Comments on: Why Yemma.com.ng is offline http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/ Personal blog of an Internet Entrepreneur & Technology Enthusiast Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:59:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: <img src="http://www.davidajao.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/geosmart/flags/us.png" alt="United States" /> Yemma is back! | Oluniyi D. Ajao <small id="gs_author_location">from Texas, United States</small> http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-44694 United States Yemma is back! | Oluniyi D. Ajao from Texas, United States Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:40:12 +0000 http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-44694 [...] Emmanuel Oluwatosin is back online, but not yet on his old .ng domain – yemma.com.ng His blog has been down for months now because the .ng registry threw it into the wilderness after deleting his domain name. [...] [...] Emmanuel Oluwatosin is back online, but not yet on his old .ng domain – yemma.com.ng His blog has been down for months now because the .ng registry threw it into the wilderness after deleting his domain name. [...]

]]> By: <img src="http://www.davidajao.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/geosmart/flags/tz.png" alt="Tanzania United Republic of" /> INTURL <small id="gs_author_location">from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania United Republic of</small> http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-37439 Tanzania United Republic of INTURL from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania United Republic of Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:23:55 +0000 http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-37439 The .com.ng is preferred if offering services to Nigeria. I don't see any reason for a stressful registration process dat ppl go thru to register a .com.ng The .com.ng is preferred if offering services to Nigeria. I don’t see any reason for a stressful registration process dat ppl go thru to register a .com.ng

]]> By: <img src="http://www.davidajao.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/geosmart/flags/us.png" alt="United States" /> » Nigerian cc-TLD (.ng domains) - Something is definitely wrong - Oluniyi D. Ajao » Blog Archive <small id="gs_author_location">from Texas, United States</small> http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-33649 United States » Nigerian cc-TLD (.ng domains) - Something is definitely wrong - Oluniyi D. Ajao » Blog Archive from Texas, United States Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:07:43 +0000 http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-33649 [...] Emmanuel Oluwatosin, the owner of yemma.com.ng I blogged about a few weeks ago, was chatting with me online yesterday and told me he believed his domain name (also pending re-registration for several weeks now) was going to be re-registered yesterday. His information was that the fellow in charge of the final registrations had travelled thus the long delay in .ng domain registration. I really didn’t want to believe that because I didn’t want to believe Nigeria could have sinked to this level. [...] [...] Emmanuel Oluwatosin, the owner of yemma.com.ng I blogged about a few weeks ago, was chatting with me online yesterday and told me he believed his domain name (also pending re-registration for several weeks now) was going to be re-registered yesterday. His information was that the fellow in charge of the final registrations had travelled thus the long delay in .ng domain registration. I really didn’t want to believe that because I didn’t want to believe Nigeria could have sinked to this level. [...]

]]> By: <img src="http://www.davidajao.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/geosmart/flags/ng.png" alt="Nigeria" /> Emmanuel <small id="gs_author_location">from Lagos, Nigeria</small> http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-33601 Nigeria Emmanuel from Lagos, Nigeria Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:08:46 +0000 http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-33601 Thanks all for the concern and the comments. This week makes it 3 weeks that the domain has been off the net and I can only hope that it comes back up this week. I had the option of going for a .com domain from the onset but I chose to promote .com.ng even when it was not popular and all I could get is a deletion of my domain. Aaron, I have some traffics already coming to that domain. All I want to do is to ensure that I don't loose my traffic even when I change domain. I have been indexed by some sites already as well as search engines. I might even be changing the domain entirely when I register a .com but I need to do everything possible to protect the traffic my site already has. Else, I'd have to start from scratch over again. So, I am waiting for my domain to be back up... Thanks all for the concern and the comments. This week makes it 3 weeks that the domain has been off the net and I can only hope that it comes back up this week. I had the option of going for a .com domain from the onset but I chose to promote .com.ng even when it was not popular and all I could get is a deletion of my domain.

Aaron, I have some traffics already coming to that domain. All I want to do is to ensure that I don’t loose my traffic even when I change domain. I have been indexed by some sites already as well as search engines. I might even be changing the domain entirely when I register a .com but I need to do everything possible to protect the traffic my site already has. Else, I’d have to start from scratch over again. So, I am waiting for my domain to be back up…

]]> By: <img src="http://www.davidajao.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/geosmart/flags/ng.png" alt="Nigeria" /> Seun Osewa <small id="gs_author_location">from Oyo, Nigeria</small> http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-33597 Nigeria Seun Osewa from Oyo, Nigeria Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:53:52 +0000 http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-33597 He needs to edit his config.php file manually. When people are providing a service that they are not allowed to profit from, non-performance is guaranteed. What we need is a domain market rather than an NGO. He needs to edit his config.php file manually. When people are providing a service that they are not allowed to profit from, non-performance is guaranteed. What we need is a domain market rather than an NGO.

]]> By: <img src="http://www.davidajao.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/geosmart/flags/gh.png" alt="Ghana" /> Oluniyi D. Ajao <small id="gs_author_location">from Ghana</small> http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-33595 Ghana Oluniyi D. Ajao from Ghana Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:25:38 +0000 http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-33595 The domain name yemma.com.ng is hard-coded into the WordPress software that powers his blog. Thus, he cannot access the admin section of the blog, except through the domain name. That answers your 2nd question too. Accessing the blog through an IP (without the domain) will not give you any functionality. Any click on any link will still point you to yemma.com.ng :sad: The domain name yemma.com.ng is hard-coded into the WordPress software that powers his blog. Thus, he cannot access the admin section of the blog, except through the domain name.

That answers your 2nd question too. Accessing the blog through an IP (without the domain) will not give you any functionality. Any click on any link will still point you to yemma.com.ng :sad:

]]> By: <img src="http://www.davidajao.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/geosmart/flags/gb.png" alt="United Kingdom" /> Aaron <small id="gs_author_location">from Hampshire, United Kingdom</small> http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-33593 United Kingdom Aaron from Hampshire, United Kingdom Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:35:22 +0000 http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-33593 This is awful, but not surprising. I thought his blog was great, and I've been wondering where it has gone. I'm trying to work out what you meant by: <blockquote>finally decided to move to a regular .com as soon as the .ng registry releases the domain name back to him."</blockquote> Is waiting for the .ng release necessary to park a .com domain on his host? That would be totally bizarre and a bureaucratic nightmare! Meanwhile can his site be reached via just an IP address? I see that yemma.com is taken, so perhaps we'll see yemma-ng.com or similar. Anyway, if you are reading this Emmanuel, good luck! This is awful, but not surprising. I thought his blog was great, and I’ve been wondering where it has gone.

I’m trying to work out what you meant by:

finally decided to move to a regular .com as soon as the .ng registry releases the domain name back to him.”

Is waiting for the .ng release necessary to park a .com domain on his host? That would be totally bizarre and a bureaucratic nightmare!

Meanwhile can his site be reached via just an IP address?

I see that yemma.com is taken, so perhaps we’ll see yemma-ng.com or similar.

Anyway, if you are reading this Emmanuel, good luck!

]]> By: <img src="http://www.davidajao.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/geosmart/flags/gh.png" alt="Ghana" /> Oluniyi D. Ajao <small id="gs_author_location">from Ghana</small> http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-33592 Ghana Oluniyi D. Ajao from Ghana Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:54:36 +0000 http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-33592 Seun, before now, I had been thinking you too should register a .ng for Nairaland and re-direct traffic to the .ng domain. As things are, I have to shut-up cos one never knows what flimsy excuse they'd come-up with tomorrow. This recklessness on their part is completely un-acceptable. Do they dare delete the .ng domain of a government agency, an ISP or leading news website like that? If the answer is NO, then why are they discriminating and metting this unfair treatment on a Nigerian? :mad: Seun, before now, I had been thinking you too should register a .ng for Nairaland and re-direct traffic to the .ng domain. As things are, I have to shut-up cos one never knows what flimsy excuse they’d come-up with tomorrow.

This recklessness on their part is completely un-acceptable.

Do they dare delete the .ng domain of a government agency, an ISP or leading news website like that? If the answer is NO, then why are they discriminating and metting this unfair treatment on a Nigerian? :mad:

]]> By: <img src="http://www.davidajao.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/geosmart/flags/ng.png" alt="Nigeria" /> Yomi Adegboye <small id="gs_author_location">from Nigeria</small> http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-33591 Nigeria Yomi Adegboye from Nigeria Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:43:07 +0000 http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-33591 This is absolute nonsense. The registration process is already cumbersome as it is. Then people scale through and for such a lousy excuse as server mis-configuration, NIRA deletes a domain name. That site was a high traffic piece of virtual real estate! David, you remember I was also promoting .ng domains, but I observed a few sites run on it and concluded it wasn't worth the trouble, so we simply stopped pushing .ng. It is a shame and the guys at NIRA need to wake up to the reality that they are not doing Nigerians any favours - free domains or not. This is absolute nonsense. The registration process is already cumbersome as it is. Then people scale through and for such a lousy excuse as server mis-configuration, NIRA deletes a domain name. That site was a high traffic piece of virtual real estate!

David, you remember I was also promoting .ng domains, but I observed a few sites run on it and concluded it wasn’t worth the trouble, so we simply stopped pushing .ng.

It is a shame and the guys at NIRA need to wake up to the reality that they are not doing Nigerians any favours – free domains or not.

]]> By: <img src="http://www.davidajao.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/geosmart/flags/ng.png" alt="Nigeria" /> Seun Osewa <small id="gs_author_location">from Lagos, Nigeria</small> http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-33590 Nigeria Seun Osewa from Lagos, Nigeria Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:39:46 +0000 http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/06/08/why-yemmacomng-is-offline/#comment-33590 Such things are inevitable in such a politicized system. Such things are inevitable in such a politicized system.

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