[clo-devel] common-lisp.net domain registration expiring soon
The domain registration for common-lisp.net expires in a couple of days. I'm willing to cover the cost of 5+ year renewal. If the Donate button on the site will get funds to the right person, we can handle it that way. Alternatively, I can call the registrar and simply give them my credit card info directly. Please confirm or suggest how to do the donation/payment, and tell me the amount. (For domain only services with the same registrar, I believe it's US$70 for one year US$135 for five and US$235 for nine, which is the maximum duration that they'll allow.) Is the plan to remain with the existing registrar? Why five or more years: For search engine optimization (SEO) reasons, it's better to have a far future expiration. That is, certain search engines factor this into their ranking. It's based upon belief that domains of official organizations intend to keep the domain and therefore renew for several years at a time. An examples, Wikipedia and Lisp.org have expirations of 2015 and 2016, respectively. Also, there have been issues in past of this particular domain expiring and someone (Xach, perhaps?) doing an emergency payment to keep it going. Let's just take care of it. Thanks, -Daniel -- first name at last name dot com
Hi Daniel, On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Daniel Pezely <dp@sonic.net> wrote:
The domain registration for common-lisp.net expires in a couple of days.
I'm willing to cover the cost of 5+ year renewal.
If the Donate button on the site will get funds to the right person, we can handle it that way. Alternatively, I can call the registrar and simply give them my credit card info directly.
Please confirm or suggest how to do the donation/payment, and tell me the amount. (For domain only services with the same registrar, I believe it's US$70 for one year US$135 for five and US$235 for nine, which is the maximum duration that they'll allow.)
Is the plan to remain with the existing registrar?
I'd be fine to stay with the current registrar. Drew Crampsie is the registrant of the domain, but sadly we can't reach him at least for the next few weeks: due to unfortunate accident he's in hospital and Jenn (his partner) says it may take weeks before he'll be released. So, if you can arrange this with the registrar directly, that'd be so absolutely great! I'll make a note of your sponsorship on the common-lisp.net pages, of course. Bye, Erik.
Daniel Pezely wrote:
Please confirm or suggest how to do the donation/payment, and tell me the amount. (For domain only services with the same registrar, I believe it's US$70 for one year US$135 for five and US$235 for nine, which is the maximum duration that they'll allow.)
Is the plan to remain with the existing registrar?
$70/year is absurd. $135 for five is a tad steep but acceptable.
An examples, Wikipedia and Lisp.org have expirations of 2015 and 2016, respectively.
Franz has agreed to handle the ALU's domains (alu.org and lisp.org).
Also, there have been issues in past of this particular domain expiring and someone (Xach, perhaps?) doing an emergency payment to keep it going. Let's just take care of it.
By my memory, that was cliki.net. The ALU had offered to pay for and/or handle administration; but we never got the transfer. Somebody (fortunately friendly) eventually grabbed the domain and transferred it IIRC to drewc. Daniel's individual opinion: Given the expiration is June 26, somebody (a cl.net admin?) please renew common-lisp.net at your registrar of choice. If nobody offers to donate, please submit a request to alu-board-only@alu.org. I think the board would approve reimbursing the five-year rate. The nine-year rate is silly; it doesn't provide significant savings. Just don't wait for ALU feedback before renewing; the next board meeting is a ways off. - Daniel
Ok. Working with the registrar now to get the issue fixed. We can find a new (and cheaper) registrar later. Bye, Erik. On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 9:03 PM, <dherring@tentpost.com> wrote:
Daniel Pezely wrote:
Please confirm or suggest how to do the donation/payment, and tell me the amount. (For domain only services with the same registrar, I believe it's US$70 for one year US$135 for five and US$235 for nine, which is the maximum duration that they'll allow.)
Is the plan to remain with the existing registrar?
$70/year is absurd. $135 for five is a tad steep but acceptable.
An examples, Wikipedia and Lisp.org have expirations of 2015 and 2016, respectively.
Franz has agreed to handle the ALU's domains (alu.org and lisp.org).
Also, there have been issues in past of this particular domain expiring and someone (Xach, perhaps?) doing an emergency payment to keep it going. Let's just take care of it.
By my memory, that was cliki.net. The ALU had offered to pay for and/or handle administration; but we never got the transfer. Somebody (fortunately friendly) eventually grabbed the domain and transferred it IIRC to drewc.
Daniel's individual opinion: Given the expiration is June 26, somebody (a cl.net admin?) please renew common-lisp.net at your registrar of choice. If nobody offers to donate, please submit a request to alu-board-only@alu.org. I think the board would approve reimbursing the five-year rate. The nine-year rate is silly; it doesn't provide significant savings. Just don't wait for ALU feedback before renewing; the next board meeting is a ways off.
- Daniel
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