{"id":635,"date":"2010-11-16T11:14:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T10:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/?p=635"},"modified":"2012-03-19T10:38:53","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T10:38:53","slug":"why-do-dns-and-nameserver-changes-take-so-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/why-do-dns-and-nameserver-changes-take-so-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do DNS and nameserver changes take so long?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"DNS Bind\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/images\/wpdns.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"209\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So you&#8217;re wondering why you may have to wait up to 72 hours for your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/domain-nameservers.php\">name server<\/a>\u00a0and DNS record changes to take effect&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The reason is that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/domain-nameservers.php\">nameserver changes<\/a>\u00a0that you make are propagated (propagate simply means update in domain name speak) to the DNS servers all over the world, the news of your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/domain-nameservers.php\">name server change<\/a>\u00a0takes time to reach every global DNS server &#8211; hence the delay. (See\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Domain_propagation\" target=\"_blank\">DNS Propagation<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not all domains propagate at the same rate, you will find&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/domain.php\">.uk<\/a>\u00a0domains require up to 24 hours<\/li>\n<li>.com, .org, .biz, .info require 24 to 72 hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>The DNS and nameserver propagation times are entirely external to all hosts, this is simply the nature of the internet. It takes time for servers and routers to register the new information. So please be patient!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you&#8217;re wondering why you may have to wait up to 72 hours for your\u00a0name server\u00a0and DNS record changes to take effect&#8230; The reason is that the\u00a0nameserver changes\u00a0that you make are propagated (propagate simply means update in domain name speak) to the DNS servers all over the world, the news of your\u00a0name server change\u00a0takes time &#8230; <a title=\"Why do DNS and nameserver changes take so long?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/why-do-dns-and-nameserver-changes-take-so-long\/\" aria-label=\"More on Why do DNS and nameserver changes take so long?\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v23.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why do DNS and nameserver changes take so long? - UK-Cheapest.co.uk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/why-do-dns-and-nameserver-changes-take-so-long\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why do DNS and nameserver changes take so long?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"So you&#8217;re wondering why you may have to wait up to 72 hours for your\u00a0name server\u00a0and DNS record changes to take effect&#8230; The reason is that the\u00a0nameserver changes\u00a0that you make are propagated (propagate simply means update in domain name speak) to the DNS servers all over the world, the news of your\u00a0name server change\u00a0takes time ... 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