Nominent, the registry responsible for .UK domain names, has celebrated reaching a milestone of 10 million active domain names.

The ten millionth domain to be registered was swarvemagazine.co.uk.

In the country code top level domain stakes, .UK is still roughly 4.5 million domains behind Germany and the .de domain name space. In the context, .org domains total about 9.9 million and .net with 14.5 million, roughly the same as .de.

Looking to get your hands on your own .uk domain? Head over to our domain search and register your .uk domain name today!

If you’re looking for a new web hosting plan or looking to transfer from your current host, why not take advantage of a free $75 Google Adwords voucher by signing up to any of Web3k’s hosting plans!

For customers who sign-up in January to any of our Web Hosting plans, each will get one $75 Google Adwords voucher to help kick start their online advertising. Adwords is the most powerful online advertising solution available today and allows you to advertise online with Google, the largest online search engine on the internet, quickly and easily and allows you to target customers using selected keywords which match your business and your products and services.

Some of the great features of Google Adwords are;

• Control your advertising costs; set your daily spend limit and there is no minimum spend or contract required.
• Target people specifically searching for your brand, product or service.
• Pay only when people click on your ads.
• Measure the performance of your advertising with detailed reporting.

The $75 credit can only be applied to new Google Adwords accounts within 30-days of signing up for a new Google Adwords account. New Google Adwords accounts attract a $10 set-up fee and vouchers must be used by the 31/03/2012 otherwise they will expire.  Offer ends 31 Jan 2012.

Your Google Adwords voucher will be sent to you within a business day or two of signing up with Web3k.

There is a lot of confusion for individuals looking for web hosting services. Is Linux or Windows better? Which will better suit your needs? We try and explain the differences to help you choose which is the right hosting technology for you - Linux web hosting or Windows web hosting.

Linux is an open source and largely free operating system and competitor to Microsoft Windows. Open source means that rather than one company having control over the software, many thousands of people commit their spare time to making the product better.

Linux is very popular for web hosting, with most web hosting organisations, like Web3k opting to use Linux for its servers. It’s quick, comes with all the software both we and our customers need to easily manage their websites and it’s a very reliable system.

Some might think that because they use Microsoft Windows at home, they need a web hosting plan that’s Windows powered too, though that’s not the truth. Truth is, if you’re hosting a basic website, both Windows and Linux will work in much the same way and most customers won’t know the difference.

If you’re a seasoned programmer, or you’re getting a web development company to build your souped up website with lots of features, then what hosting you need will come down to how the website is programmed and coded. There are two main programming languages for the web besides HTML, and they are PHP (Linux) and ASP/ASP.Net (Windows).

Windows hosting generally commands a premium too, as the software is at little more expensive. Generally the security and availability of websites on either Linux or Windows is much the same.

So, it really comes down to what how you’re website is coded – if it’s a basic website, coded in HTML or PHP, then a simple Linux based web hosting plan will do the trick. If it’s built using the ASP or ASP.Net programming languages, then a Windows web hosting plan is the go.