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Off to ASIA Part 1
Off to ASIA for a business trip combined with pleasure!
Tuesday November 2, 2010
Once again I am off to my favorite continent, ASIA. Early start to the airport. Unfortunately for us our flight departs in the morning for H.K. If we had flown 2 days earlier we would have had the luxury of departing at 2.00 a.m., definitely a better choice if flying to ASIA on a long haul. Got lucky at check-in and got an exit row seat with ample leg room.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Arrived over an hour late in H.K., after a dreadfully long flight of close to 14 hours. These long hauls economy cabins are definitely getting to me (mental note: must play lottery more often). Due to a delay in getting into H.K. dinner plans were cancelled. All we wanted to do is get the hotel relax, check emails and get some sleep.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Didn’t sleep as well as I had hoped to. It didn’t really matter as this gave me enough time at 4.00 a.m. in the morning to catch up on my emails. We were off to an early start as we needed to catch a train to Guangzhou, China. I was amazed at how well the train station was organized. Very efficient and quick handling of luggage and seat assignment. Two hours later we were already in Guangzhou. No time for a rest, quickly off to our first meeting. A very interesting conversation and I learned a lot about the Chinese market, especially interesting insights into .CN and the additional restrictions imposed by the Chinese government. Overall the meeting was a success and I was happy as this was time well spent. I was hoping for a Starbucks coffee in between, but we were already running late for our next meeting. Finished the second meeting and then off to the hotel, quick shower and then early big family dinner. After dinner, I could hardly move. I constantly heard “Robbie, have some more, you look hungry”. People who know me know that I most certainly do not look hungry.
5 Top Reasons to Register a .ASIA Domain
Considering all the turmoil going on in Asia with .CN Domains, this may be the best timing for .ASIA to make some head-way.
Top 5 Reasons to register .ASIA Domains:
#1: With all the restrictions CNNIC has now imposed on .CN Domains, why not change to a TLD that provides security and stability and is used and commonly known for ASIA?Recently, CNNIC the official TLD Registry of China disabled .CN registrations from international registrars, meaning international accredited registrars were no longer permitted to register .CN Domains on behalf of their customers. Just recently CNNIC has opened registrations once again for international registrars, however the burden is now on the registrars to collect the required documentation from the registrant prior to submitting the registration request. With all this manual work, the prices of .CN Domains are bound to sky-rocket or you may even see many registrars start taking .CN off the shelf. It is very unfortunate that it had to come this far with .CN Domains. Everything was working fine without any problems, until CNNIC started giving away .CN Domains at a few cents, basically opening the gates to Spammers worldwide. Based on the above one should now consider if a .CN Domains is the right choice. Given all of the above, I would recommend going with a .ASIA Domain, which is stable and secure.
#2: Anybody can register a .ASIA domain, quickly and easily without the hassle of documentation
An .ASIA Domain can be registered within seconds and no additional documentation is required. You immediately know, if you got the domain or not, thus providing more security and stability to the registrant.
#3: Asia is the market of tomorrow. Did you know, that a .ASIA Domain improves SEO for searches relevant to the Asia Market? With all other SEO elements held equal, domain anmes make a difference in search results. The term “ASIA” itself is already one of the most popular search keywords. A “.ASIA” domain helps improve search engine rankings naturally, especially when Internet users search for information about Asia. Getting a .ASIA is a cheap and efficient way of increasing your SEO.
#4: Did you know, that every .ASIA registrations helps fund community work in ASIA?
DotASIA has a core mandate towards digital inclusion, education and development. Today, DotAsia is already supporting many major community projects: Relief.ASIA, ISIF.ASIA (R&D Grants Fund), CreativeCommons.ASIA, OLPC.AISA (One-Laptop-Per-Child initiative in Asia), … and many more. Every registration contributes funds to the social and technical development of the Internet throughout Asia.#5: How likely is your desired domain to be taken beneath .COM and still available in .ASIA? Very likely indeed. The .ASIA namespace is still fairly young, hence the chances of your desired domain name taken beneath .ASIA is significantly lower than searching for your domain in .COM.
To emphasize on this prime opportunity, HEXONET is offering a special price promotion throughout the months March and April 2010. The required Asian CED Contact is provided with each registration free-of-charge.
In the event you are interested in registering larger volumes of .ASIA Domains, please drop sales@hexonet.net an email and allow HEXONET to make you an offer.