Vox Populi Registry Inc. (VOX) was in the news last week when it put up a site taking Priority Registrations for .sucks domain names for $250 per domain, per year, and Trademark Priority Registrations of $2,500 per domain threatening trademark owners to act now because if they wait until the Sunrise Period, the cost would be $25,000. The $25,000 Sunrise fee is a per domain per year fee and of … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2013
PC World: “Typos online aren’t just a hassle, they’re a hazard”
PC World did a story today on typos, they went on to look at the problems that typos cause as they are still being used by scammers and other shady online websites. They looked at at data from High Tech Bridge and how many typo domains were registered by people trying to pass themselves off as Anti Virus companies. Interestingly 107 domains were regged by the firms themselves to protect against … [Read more...]
Jennifer Wolfe: “Your .Com Won’t Be Worth Much Anymore”
Jennifer Wolfe is a digital strategy advisor and executive leader. She is nationally accredited in public relations and the Co-author of Brand Rewired and Domain Names Rewired. She runs a blog at Wolfedomain.com. On Friday Jennifer wrote a post entitled Dot Com Bubble (pt.2). I wanted to first find and read part 1, that post looks to have been written July 16, 2013 under the title of "New … [Read more...]
New gTLD Price Wars As United Domains Undercuts Godaddy
United Domains sent out an email making customers aware that they were now taking binding pre-orders on some new gTLD domain names. Interestedly Go Daddy which built its business being the low cost provider on .com, looks like it may be taking a different path with the new gtlds as there prices are higher on a majority of the extension both are taking pre-orders on. UnitedDomains.com is … [Read more...]
Google+ profile links work with bunch of Google domains like Google.me
Google has been rolling out the availability of vanity urls for a little while now. One thing that was picked up by Search Engine Roundtable back in October was the terms. Google actually mentioned they may one day charge a fee. TechWhack.co posted an article yesterday that included this tip: If you have gotten yours, here is a cool tip. You do not need to use it with plus.google.com … [Read more...]
.BUZZ Rolls Out Gift Cards In Time For The Holidays: “Give the Gift of .Buzz”
We knew that the new gTLD registries would come up with some creative marketing ideas. Today we got an email from the upcoming .buzz registry who is selling .Buzz gift cards "just in time for the holidays"; "JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. GIVE THE GIFT OF .BUZZ" "dotStrategy, the parent company of the .buzz registry, is offering an easy solution for the last minute gift buyer — 'Give the … [Read more...]
Internet is about to experience one of its greatest changes: ICANN
The Times of India sat down with Fadi Chehade of ICANN and conducted a small interview. Fadi Chehade is the president and CEO of the International Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), an organization that allocates web addresses and assigns unique protocol numbers on the internet. In an email interview with Kim Arora, he discussed ICANN's globalization efforts, digital … [Read more...]