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Cloaking

A technique where different content is shown to search engines than to regular visitors. While sometimes used legitimately, cloaking is often considered a black-hat SEO practice and can result in search engine penalties.

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Nameserver

A server that handles DNS queries for a domain, translating the domain name into its IP address.

Reverse Hijacking

Reverse Hijacking (also known as reverse domain name hijacking or RDNH) refers to an unethical and unjust action where a trademark owner attempts to secure a domain name by making false cybersquatt...

URL:

The term "URL" or Uniform Resource Locator is fundamental to your business. A URL is essentially the address of a specific webpage or file on the internet. It is made up of several components ...

Registry

TLD operator

TTL

Time To Live - a DNS setting that specifies how long (in seconds) a DNS record should be cached by resolvers before requesting an update.

Thin WHOIS

A WHOIS system that provides only basic registrar information, requiring additional queries for full contact details.