Author Archives: James Wade

About James Wade

Systems administrator, web developer and domain guru for Phurix Web Hosting. Avid open source script writer in TCL, PHP, Perl and for shells. Newer posts →

The rise and fall of WhoisX

Posted on August 15, 2011 by James Wade

WhoisX is a domain name lookup service, similar to the whois service provided by “domain tools”, but ours was primarily for UK domain names. It began as a small project to help people check whether a domain was available or not. When … Continue reading →

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What is my IP?

Posted on August 9, 2011 by James Wade

An IP address is a unique number which identifies a machine on a network. On the Internet IP addresses are allocated in blocks to ISPs in each country by regional registries, making it possible to identify which country an IP … Continue reading →

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PageRank Viewer Launch

Posted on August 3, 2011 by James Wade

Back in 2007, we were developing code for our domain lookup service. One of the features we wanted was to display the Google PageRank of a domain right there in the lookup along side the whois details. At the time … Continue reading →

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Domain Slamming

Posted on July 21, 2011 by James Wade

Ever received one of those domain renewal notices from companies such as “Domain Registry of America” or “Domain Renewal Group” claiming that your domain is about to expire and you need to renew with them? We’ve had them too, a … Continue reading →

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