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Tooltip Categories: General Domaining Terms

Start here if you’re new to the domain industry. This category covers the core vocabulary—TLDs, drop dates, WHOIS, brandable vs exact‑match names, and more—so you can read auction listings, registrar policies and our blog posts without scratching your head.

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Use these guides alongside Domain Hunter Gatherer to build a repeatable research process, assess opportunities carefully and move forward with confidence.

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Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Definition: A Virtual Private Server (VPS) is a high-performance hosting environment that uses virtualization technology to partition a single physical server into multiple isolated “virtual” machines. Each VPS…

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Footprints

A footprint in the context of PBNs is any traceable pattern or shared technical characteristic that links two or more supposedly independent websites together, revealing them to be…

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DNS

The Domain Name System (DNS) is the internet’s “phonebook,” translating human-readable domain names (like www.example.com) into machine-readable IP addresses (like 192.0.2.1) that computers use to locate and communicate…

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Expired Domain

Expired domains are simply a domain that was not renewed at the end of it’s registration period. These types of domains often have considerable backlinks and a content…

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