Need someone to take over domain name management
Betsy Richter
expire in March, 2012.
As part of closing out my account at GoDaddy, I'd like to have someone
volunteer to take the management of these domain names, please. (I've
moved my other domains over to Namecheap, but am not willing to move
these three as part of my consolidation - my mantra these days is
'reduce, reduce, OK!') All three domains are currently unlocked - so
someone can initiate a transfer from their own DNS service of choice &
I'll authorize it from my end (do send me private email first so I
know to anticipate it, thanks!
I'd like to have this taken care of by the end of January, if at all
possible. Thanks.
- Betsy
OREGONNEWSINCUBATOR.COM
3/10/2012
OREGONNEWSINCUBATOR.NET
3/10/2012
OREGONNEWSINCUBATOR.ORG
3/10/2012
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
1. Are *all* of these domains in *actual* use, maintained by *actual*
humans keeping the frameworks updated and posting *actual* content on
a regular basis?
2. If not, is *one* of them in such use? Do they all point at the same
site, or to different sites?
3. If not, what is the plan to change that? Do we want to focus on a
single domain and set up a rotating schedule of "bloggers / content
strategists", or abandon the idea?
Cart: web sites. Horse: goals and objectives ;-)
--
http://twitter.com/znmeb http://borasky-research.net
"A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems." -- Paul Erdős
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
decide the fate of our "social media outreach efforts." I did a little
digging with Betsy's help and discovered that the domain names
oregonnewsincubator.com and oregonnewsincubator.net no longer work.
They appear to be caught up in GoDaddy -> Namecheap nameserver Hell,
as noted here:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/competitor_accuses_godaddy_of_delaying_domain_tran.php
oregonnewsincubator.org is still working and points to
newsincubator.wordpress.com, a WordPress.com blog.
Here's my proposal. Yes, it's harsh, but that's the world of SEO and
social media:
1. We let the domains expire in March.
2. We remove all the nameserver links, *including* the one that
appears to be functioning, oregonnewsincubator.org, *now*. They are
costing "us" money and providing no payoff. Betsy is no longer willing
to manage them, and I'm not either. It may be a small commitment, but
it *is* a commitment and there needs to be a payoff to justify that
commitment. I think it distracts both us and potential audiences to
have more than one web site.
3. We set up an editorial calendar for the blog,
newsincubator.wordpress.com. It's all about content marketing *for
ONI*, and we aren't doing it.
4. We set up an editorial calendar for the ONI Twitter feed. If you
wish, I'll do the tweeting and other IT - I have the tools set up and
I've been posting the work party announcements.
Betsy Richter
The .com and .net domain issue has nothing to do with GoDaddy/
Namecheap. They were both pointed to t.a's host, Dreamhost, when he
was working on a self-hosted Drupal site for this group. (While I'd
love to throw GoDaddy under a bus for this, I cannot in good
conscience do so!)
I also disagree with Ed's suggestion to not point
oregonnewsincubator.org to the current WordPress installation. This
isn't costing ANYTHING further to anyone at this time - that money
was already paid for to WordPress a few months ago (thanks to Bill for
reimbursing me at the time to keep that in place - I do hope those in
the group who volunteered to chip in have already done so by now!)
Instead, I'd respectfully suggest that you get a strategy in place
before you start yanking anything down.
- Betsy
On Dec 26, 3:07 pm, "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <zn...@borasky-
> I think we need to have a meeting when everyone's back in town to
> decide the fate of our "social media outreach efforts." I did a little
> digging with Betsy's help and discovered that the domain names
> oregonnewsincubator.com and oregonnewsincubator.net no longer work.
> They appear to be caught up in GoDaddy -> Namecheap nameserver Hell,
> as noted here:
>
> >> I have three URLs currently parked at GoDaddy for this group. They'll
> >> expire in March, 2012.
>
> >> As part of closing out my account at GoDaddy, I'd like to have someone
> >> volunteer to take the management of these domain names, please. (I've
> >> moved my other domains over to Namecheap, but am not willing to move
> >> these three as part of my consolidation - my mantra these days is
> >> 'reduce, reduce, OK!') All three domains are currently unlocked - so
> >> someone can initiate a transfer from their own DNS service of choice &
> >> I'll authorize it from my end (do send me private email first so I
> >> know to anticipate it, thanks!
>
> >> I'd like to have this taken care of by the end of January, if at all
> >> possible. Thanks.
>
> >> - Betsy
>
> >> OREGONNEWSINCUBATOR.COM
> >> 3/10/2012
>
> >> OREGONNEWSINCUBATOR.NET
> >> 3/10/2012
>
> >> OREGONNEWSINCUBATOR.ORG
> >> 3/10/2012
>
> > --
> >http://twitter.com/znmeb http://borasky-research.net
>
> > "A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems." -- Paul Erdős
>
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
> Ed (and all) - one correction.
>
> The .com and .net domain issue has nothing to do with GoDaddy/
> Namecheap. They were both pointed to t.a's host, Dreamhost, when he
> was working on a self-hosted Drupal site for this group. (While I'd
> love to throw GoDaddy under a bus for this, I cannot in good
> conscience do so!)
>
> I also disagree with Ed's suggestion to not point
> oregonnewsincubator.org to the current WordPress installation. This
> isn't costing ANYTHING further to anyone at this time - that money
> was already paid for to WordPress a few months ago (thanks to Bill for
> reimbursing me at the time to keep that in place - I do hope those in
> the group who volunteered to chip in have already done so by now!)
>
> Instead, I'd respectfully suggest that you get a strategy in place
> before you start yanking anything down.
>
> - Betsy
Don't the domains expire in March and need money to renew?