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If your anything like me, your constantly looking for quality .com domain names. Problem is, they are extremely hard to find. Mainly because they’ve all been registered. You can try using mispellings in order to get the .com your looking for ( e.g. AutoCarz.com instead of AutoCars.com ) but more times than not, the people looking for your site will end up at your competitors.

What about domain auctions?? Sure, you can use places like Sedo and the like, but unless you have a big budget ( unlike me ) your going to pay some serious coin. Then it occured to me, hundreds of domain names are being dropped daily. Maybe I can get a domain name with the keyword in it I want that was just dropped??!! With that in mind, I went searching for a way that I could get domain names I was interested in that were going to be dropped. I came across SnapNames.com, but again, your finding yourself in a bidding war for some premium names and spending some serious money. I was about ready to give up when I came across JustDropped.com.

JustDropped.com is the PERFECT solution for anyone looking for premium domain names at ridiculously low prices. I signed up for their mailing list, and every morning I get an e-mail with all the new domain names that were just dropped and available for purchase. Domain names like UnconfirmedRumors.com, PromotionalKit.com, CiscoCertification.net, and so many more. The best part about it is the pricing. Most domains are priced UNDER $99.00!!!

JustDropped.com also has some great tools on their website to help you find that perfect domain name your looking for! You can search for just dropped domains by the following criteria:

• Starts with
• Ends with
• Domains should include
• Include Numbers
• Domain with only numbers
• Contains ONLY words
• etc

I cant say enough about JustDropped.com. I’ve been using them for almost a year now and have been extremely happy with them. Dan Rubin, owner of JustDropped.com, is extremely helpful, extremely fast with any requests, and once purchased, you recieve your domains within minutes!

NOTE – This post is NOT a paid advertisement! Dan Rubin did NOT ask me to write this post! I am in NO WAY affiliated with JustDropped.com and I stand to make NOTHING by writing this post. My only intention for writing this post is to share with you, what I’ve found to work very well for me. There are times when I come across a service that I’m so happy with, that I encourage others to give it a try too! I hope in some small way, you also, will be able to gain from the service JustDropped.com provides.

If you remember a couple of months ago, Dody, lead programmer and partial owner of NiceCoder decided to leave NiceCoder to explore other areas. As of a few days ago, Dody has rejoined NiceCoder again. He will resume his old position as Lead Programmer.

In other news, Bruceper, or Bruce as most people know him, has decided to leave NiceCoder in order to start his own venture. Bruce is the current owner of two scripts, that NiceCoder use to sell under their umbrella of products, WPDirectory Pro and NiceBackup. WPDirectory Pro has been taking off in sales as the first real directory plugin for the popular blogging software Wordpress. It has alot of the same features as IndexU, although it is considered the ‘lite’ version of IndexU. Take a moment to check it out. It even is a great subsitute for the built in links that Wordpress offers.

Those that have bought WPDirectory Pro in the past and went to the NiceCoder Forums for support, should now head over to WPDirectory Pro Forums to recieve help.

IndexU Hosting is happy for Bruce and hopes to forge a strong relationship with him and his new company. WPDirectory Pro and Wordpress are part of the Guaranteed to Run Out of the Box scripts our servers host.

You may have noticed by now that I’ve changed the look and feel of IndexU Hosting’s website. I like the coloring better and feel it gives the site a better flow. Hopefully you agree.

There are two areas that still need my attention. ‘Sign Up’ and ‘Support’ areas are still in need of work. I should have them done within the next few days. ‘Sign Up’ and ‘Support’ work, but the templates are just a little distorted.

Please note that we are now on twitter. You can follow us at @iuhost. We’ll be sure to post specials we are running, updates concerning NiceCoder, and other issues that will be important to you. We are currently in the process of creating our FaceBook presence. When its complete, I’ll post it here.

As alwyas, we welcome your comments and feedbacks. Please feel free to do so

I’ve just added another video to our series of Video Tutorials on IndexU Deluxe. The tutorial is ‘Installing and Activating Plugins in IndexU Deluxe’. You can find the tutorial, and others just like it, at the following locations:

IndexU Hosting Video Tutorial Page

IndexUHosting.com on YouTube

Please remember you can leave comments and suggestions, along with request for tutorials you would like to see.

IndexUHosting.com now has its own channel on YouTube.com. Our YouTube address is http://www.youtube.com/IndexUHost

We currently have the following How To videos posted

• - Installing IndexU Deluxe On A New Domain
• - Upgrading IndexU Deluxe From A Previous Version
• - Installing WPDirectory Pro

Feel free to watch the videos and we encourage comments and feedback. If you have a particular video you would like to see, please let us know.

More videos will be coming shortly, so check IndexU Hosting’s YouTube Channel regularly.

Last week NiceCoder announced a new script they have added to their product line called WPDirectory Pro. WPDirectory Pro is a plugin for WordPress. It merges Wordpress with IndexU Link Directory. The plugin isn’t as full featured as IndexU Deluxe, but it you ever wanted to add a Link Directory to your Blog, this is the way to do it. You can read more about WPDirectory Pro on NiceCoder’s site here

IndexU Hosting is offering a special from now until the entire month of May for those wish to host WPDirectory Pro. Here’s what you get:

1. 25% Off your first month billing ( Choose from all three of our hosting packages )
2. Free Domain Name ( Domain Name to be credited on your next month bill )
3. Free installation of Wordpress and WPDirectory Pro

The coupon code is ‘wordpress‘ and is valid until May 31st, 2009. This coupon applies to new signups only

As with all of NiceCoder’s scripts, IndexU Hosting guarantees WPDirectory Pro will run directly ‘out of the box’. Dont waste your time with other hosts hoping that it will work only to find out you wasted your time and money.

Today, much to our surprise, our Network Operation Center ( NOC ) had some technical difficults that resulted in some downtime. As far as we can tell, the downtime was between 2 – 3 hours. The NOC has since corrected the issue and all servers are back on-line again.

We pride ourselves in being able to offer the best web hosting experience possible with little to NO downtime. Unfortunately, this situation was beyond our control.

We appologize for the problem and hope that it did not impact your sites to any great extent. If you have any additional problems or concerns, please feel free to contact our Support Department.

Welcome to the Grand Opening of IndexUHosting.com

IndexU Hosting was created to give a place for NiceCoder clients to host their NiceCoder scripts worry-free! Where they could do a fresh install of IndexU, iDesk, or any other NiceCoder script and know that it would work ‘right out of the box’.

So many times I would see posts on the NiceCoder Forums where NiceCoder clients would have issues with mod_rewrite, MySQL issues, along with many others. When they would find out that the script wasn’t the issue, but the host was, they were left wondering if they should move hosts and if so, what host to move to. Well, wonder no more! IndexU Hosting is your answer!!!

IndexU Hosting is not owned or directly affiliated with NiceCoder. IndexU Hosting is an independant company and a subsidary of C-4 Web Hosting which has been in business for over 6 years.