Next week on February 3 the GNSO (General Names Supporting Organization) of ICANN will take a vote on a motion that will determine whether ICANN will consider UDRP reform. The motion up for vote includes the following: ""RESOLVED #2, the GNSO Council requests an Issues Report on the current state of the UDRP. This effort should consider: How the UDRP has addressed the problem of … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2011
Florida Is Consider Legalizing Internet Poker
According to the Sun Sentinel, a South Florida newspaper, the State of Florida is considering legalizing Internet Poker. A Bill introduced by Florida Rep. Joseph Abruzzo, would legalize Internet poker effective July 1, 2011. Mr. Abruzzo is quoted by the paper saying: "There are hundreds of thousands of players in Florida in unregulated and unprotected offshore sites. "Why not … [Read more...]
1717.com Already At $22K at SnapNames: How High Will it Go?
The domain name 1717.com is up at auction at Snapnames.com and the high bid is already $22,000. There are 195 people in the closed auction which ends on Sunday at 3:15 EST, in accordance with normal closing rules of Snap. This gem was a true drop domain and there were high prebids already in place at Namejet.com We know NNNN.com have a high value and are prized especially in the Asian … [Read more...]
February Domain & Internet Calendar
Its going to be another busy month in the Domain and Internet world, top heavy with a bunch of events and shows in the first half of the month. The iGaming domain name auction ends on Feburary 1 on Snapnames.com. The auction includes such gems as Wagering.com, Poker.me and Roulette.ca. The most attended domain show of the year also kicks off on February 1st at DomainFest Global … [Read more...]
Oversee.net Acquires ShopWiki
Oversee.net just announced in a press release that it has acquires ShopWiki "As Anchor Property in Retail Vertical Market" Here is the press release: "Oversee.net® has acquired ShopWiki Corp., parent of the multinational Internet shopping search engine, the companies said today. "The acquisition is the first in the consumer retail space for Oversee’s expanding Vertical Markets division, … [Read more...]
VeriSign Reports Earnings: 9% More .com & Nets: Revenue Up 13%: But Is That So Great When They Get A Guaranteed 7% Increase?
VeriSign, Inc a stock we follow in our Domain Stock Index, reported earnings for the 4th quarter after the market closed today. And while the executives are busy patting themselves on the back for the great job they did to increase Verisign revenue 13% we can help but point out they VeriSign is guaranteed, like few companies on the planet, a 7% annual price increase in any 4 of 6 years they … [Read more...]
Demand, VeriSign, Web.com and Neustar Added To Our Domain Stock Index
We added 4 companies to our Domain Stock Index which tracks some of the public companies that are heavily involved in domain names. As always stock prices are updated every 15 minutes through each trading day. The stock index is located on the bottom right of our main page. Demand Media owns Enom.com the 2nd largest registrar in the world, NameJet.com the auction house, and hundreds of … [Read more...]