ICANN announced that it is now accepting comments for proposed changes to the Registrar Accreditation Agreements, those agreements registrars sign with ICANN which in part, govern registrars conduct. This is the time…
Month: June 2008
GoDaddy Stops Employee’s From Bidding in TDNAM Auction
Today as reported by DomainNameWire.com the General Counsel of GoDaddy, Christine Jones announced that “”””To ensure customer confidence and to avoid any possible future questions of impropriety all GD employees are now…
Maybe Getting that New Domain Extension Won’t be That Easy
Looking at the draft flow chart that ICANN has posted for the process of obtaining new extensions, it looks like it may not be a quick and easy process as the press…
New Extension .CYM: That Wouldn’t Confuse Anyone, Would It?
According to an article, New Whales is going for the .CYM extension for a Welsh websites. South Wales West AM Bethan Jenkins said the ICANN annoucement: “could, in effect, pave the way…
GoDaddy Insider Bidding makes non-domain Blog Headlines
Slashdot.org, a non-domain blog has picked up the story about Adam Dicker the VP of Godaddy in charge of their aftermarket auctions bidding on such auctions. Good to see. We need to…
At 2.1 Million Dollars its a Very Expensive Meal and a Record Setter
A Chinese investment fund manager won a lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett by bidding $2.1 million in the most expensive charity auction ever held on eBay. Zhao Danyang of the Hong Kong-based…
How Can A .xxx/.sex Extension Be OK Now?
I have read hundreds of stories about ICANN voting to allow the creation of an unlimited amount of domain extensions in the mainstream media. Each and everyone of these article talks about…