Quite a few people are using alternative DNS services, like Google DNS (I use Google DNS) to navigate the internet. However as pointed out by one reader to TheDomains.com, one of the alternative DNS services is now blocking parked pages. Most troubling the service, dnsadvantage.com is owned by Neustar, which provides registry services for .biz, .us, kids.us, .cn, .tw, .travel, .tel … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2010
Well I’m Off To My First ICANN Meeting
Well some 13 years after I registered my first domain, I'm heading off to my first ICANN meeting. I'm really not sure what to expect, but we are off to Brussels. If you have attended a show in the past, please feel free to give me some tips or pointers. This show looks like an very important one with the new gTLD's and all the ancillary issues in play. The Guidebook V4 just came out … [Read more...]
Here’s Some Good Advice: Let Go, Your Lego Domains
One thing I've noticed watching the daily WIPO decisions as they come down, every week seems to bring another case involving "Lego". So I did some research and found it wasn't my imagination. So far in 2010 there have been 69 cases filed according to UDRPSearch.com, by the toymaker. and this is just the middle of June. From 2009 to date there have been over 100 cases filed by the … [Read more...]
Yahoo Acquires Flicker.com
The whois record for Flicker.com was last updated a few weeks ago and Yahoo now owns the domain. Fickr.com of course is one of Yahoo's prime properties and the 31st most visited site on the net according to Alexa. Surprisingly the domain Flicker.com is still resolving to the former owners site. We asked the question in a post just about a year ago why Yahoo had not purchased … [Read more...]
Our Picks From The SnapNames Monthly Showcase Auction Ending Tuesday
The SnapNames.com monthly showcase auction for June closes tomorrow Tuesday June 15th at 3:15PM EST in accordance with Snaps normal closing procedures. The auction for June features "Telecom, Mobile and Tech" domains. We have gone through the few hundred domains in this auction and could only find a few "interesting" domains. Overall I would have to say the quality of this auction is one … [Read more...]
If GM Doesn’t Want Anyone To Use The Word Chevy, Why Are The Promoting ChevyBaseball.com?
You got to love corporate America. Last week there was a big stink when an internal GM memo got leaked to the media, telling its employees that it didn't want them to refer to Chevrolet as "Chevy" anymore. Yet last night I was watching ESPN's Sportscenter and during the highlights of the Cubs-White Sox game there behind home plate, wasa huge ad for ChevyBaseball.com Right the same week … [Read more...]
363.com Sells On Sedo For $41K; 980.com At $40K
The domain name 363.com just sold on Sedo.com for $41K. There were 2 bidders in the auction and reserve was set at $40K. If you missed that one another 3 numbered .com is at auction, has hit reserve and will sell today. The domain 980.com is currently at $40K with 9 hours to go. Congrats to the buyers and sellers … [Read more...]