Krydos Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 Yeah, I heard dot.tk is a great service! After reading a bit about dot.tk I created an account to try it out. Their website is a lot easier to navigate than co.cc, but there is a lot more silly stuff that you have to wade through before you can get to what you're trying to do. Co.cc has a lot more ads and the survey thing which always make me think that a website is just a big scam. So dot.tk has a leg up in this department because it looks a little more legit in that regard. I guess all of the silly nested menues on dot.tk is supposed to make it more user friendly to people new to hosting because it takes a while to find the dumb nameserver boxes even when you know exactly what you're looking for and what you're trying to do. Also you need to make sure your website gets at least 25 page hits during every 90 day period or they disable your free url. Not a problem for most people, but I doubt I will get 25 hits since I just created my account to try it out not to actually use it for anything in particular. Probably the biggest issue I have run into, but I have yet to try to fix it so it may not be an issue at all, is dot.tk seems to set your favicon for you to their icon. I haven't bothered to try overriding their favicon because, like I said, I don't really plan to use that url for anything, but it would be an issue if it wasn't possible to change.
jje Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 I think I feel a poll coming on....! http://www.helionet.org/index/index.php?showtopic=9666
Krydos Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 Another thing that might be considered a downside to dot.tk is they have this refer a friend type promotion where you can earn points or something from recruiting people to use their service. Hence the original weird spyware/virus looking original post in this thread.
i7Grendel Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 It's not like you MUST use their affiliate program (or Ambassador Program as they call it) to get a domain. I like their domains, but I wouldn't recommend using their nameservers.
Tjoene Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 I've tried dot.tk. It is just a url forwarding service. You give up your domain, they make an *.tk domain, and that will be shown in the address-bar if you surf to it. It is more a static address. Not really handy if you want to bookmark a page. Unless I did something wrong.
i7Grendel Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 It is just a url forwarding service. Unless I did something wrong. Yes, you did do something wrong. First, make an account. Second, add a new domain, and be sure to hit the "Use DNS for this domain", after which it will ask for additional information. If you do, it will allow you to use either their DNS (not recommendable), or add your own Nameservers.
cl58 Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 @Tjoene - They used to be only a forwarding service, but now they are just another co.cc or cz.cc.
PenTester Posted July 31, 2011 Posted July 31, 2011 dot tk is good free domain. When i start blogging, i use that domain only. Later i bought new domain.
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