Lindsay Gellman wrote an article for The Atlantic about domain names and them becoming less relevant in a world of superior search algorithms. Gellman wrote, "the front lines in a decades-long battle for prime virtual real estate had shifted from domains to search rankings, social media, and mobile technologies." The author did go on to get quotes from the following industry … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2016
Sedo weekly sales led by Arto.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Arto.com was the top sale at 12,000 Euros. This was a week where a lot of average and maybe to some people, below average names sold. The buy of the week in my opinion was TheBahamas.com for $2,999. Another week where just a few "other" gtlds sold. Running.shop did sell for 2,500 Euros. Domain … [Read more...]
.US Wants to Sell 1 & 2 Character Domains & Allow Privacy on All .US Registrations
On Thursday, December 15th The .US Registry opened two issues up for requests for public comment. All comment should be emailed to stakeholdercouncil@neustar.us The first issue relates to the potential release of 1 and 2 character .US domains. The second relates to the potential allowance of .US registrants to utilize privacy protection services. The comment period for both requests … [Read more...]
The good, the bad and the ugly – NameJet
“The good, the bad and the ugly” An opportunity for readers to discuss what they like and don’t like about a particular company in the domain space. Each post will deal with just one company, readers are encouraged to share their positive and negative experiences. Suggestions for improvement are also encouraged. One of the goals of the column is that company representatives will see how … [Read more...]
NFL Drops Court Seized Domain NFLMVP.com and it’s immediately registered again
Back in 2013 the NFL seized a bunch of domain names under a court order for alleged selling fake NFL merchandise. A few weeks ago I noticed that one of such domains and arguably one of the better domain names NFLMVP.com was dropped by the National Football League and was immediately registered. The registrant is trying to make people believe they are at the official NFLshop.com but they are … [Read more...]
Godaddy/Namefind Sells 50 three Character .Com Domains
Godaddy/Namefind sold 50 three Character .Com Domains yesterday all to WDINCO of Holly Springs … [Read more...]
.Com Domain Registrations Back Under 128 Million
Verisign is reporting that the number of .Com domain names in the Domain Name Base have fallen below 128 Million. Back in September of this year we reported the number of .com domain name had broken through the 128 million mark for the first time. For the record, Verisign defines the Domain Name Base "is the active zone plus the number of domain names that are registered but not configured … [Read more...]