This is a no-brainer if I’ve ever seen one.
I just set up a new domain name, grlucas.net, through Yahoo! Small Business. I received an offer yesterday that looked suspiciously like spam, but I’m glad I looked at it: they’re offering to register a new domain name for only $2 for the first year! I bought my domain for three years for about $22. Nice.
Once the order was processed, I was able to login and easily forward traffic to this site — all in under fifteen minutes. That was so easy, I thought I’d take it a step further and sign up for Google Apps, since I like the services they offer Earthshine. When I initially signed up for the service with Earthshine, it took Google about two weeks to get back to me. That was not my experience this time: even before I finished submitting the second form, they had set up my account.
In under an hour, I had all the numbers changed (CNAME, MX records, and such) in the easy-to-navigate Yahoo control panel that point to my new Google services. Easy as shopping at Amazon.
What will I do with this new site? I think I’ll use it as a links page: all about yours truly. All the stuff on the side f this blog will be transferred there, so this space will be exclusively for my ranting. I may even pick up another name or two before I’m finished. If you’ve always wanted a place on the web, now might be the time. Yahoo offers a full line of web hosting services, too. However, their fees are a bit high, in my experience, but that could be a way to go for someone just starting out.
Don’t pass up this deal. Get your brain out there.
