$0.99 .info Domains Offered by Free Rider Web Hosting

HostReview.com
Monday, May 7, 2007; 02:49 AM

Free Rider Web Hosting announced it is now selling .info domains for $0.99. The domains, which usually sell for $8.95, are on sale until 18 May.

.info domains are ideal for web sites that provide information about a business's products or services, or information about a non-profit organization. The domains have been available since 2001, and since that time, more than 4 million .info domains have been registered.

"Free Rider Web Hosting ran this promotion in March, and we were surprised at how popular the promotion was," said Simon Drain, CEO of Free Rider Web Hosting. "As a result, we have decided to offer the special price again. There are still a lot of .info domains available for registration, so customers should be able to find a suitable domain easily."

Customers who find that their preferred domain has already been taken will find Free Rider Web Hosting's Smart Search facility to be helpful. Smart Search suggests other suitable domains by using related keywords, and by adding suitable prefixes and suffixes. Customers can use Smart Search to look for available .info domains, or can widen the search and look for domains using several top level domains such as .com and .biz.

“Not only have customers found Smart Search to be helpful, the service has been used by Free Rider Web Hosting staff when working on new projects. Smart Search has been invaluable when finding new domains,” said Simon Drain.

.info domains will be instantly recognized by Internet users from around the world. The word “Info” is recognized as meaning “information” in about 37 languages, so the domain is suitable for web sites that provide information to people overseas.

Free Rider Web Hosting (http://www.frwh.net) also suggests that customers consider renewing their .com and .net domains within the next few months. Many registrars will be increasing their prices in October due to increases in the fees charged by Verisign, the company that maintains the Domain Name System for .com and .net domains. Free Rider Web Hosting is suggesting the customers renew their domains for a period of several years at current prices; the increased prices will not take effect until the next renewal.