The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) released the following statement regarding the domain seizures in Kentucky: “”””The Internet Commerce Association is aware of the extreme concern of ICA members regarding the action of…
Category: Domain Industry
EU Looking at Google-Yahoo Deal
The European Union is looking into a planned deal between Google and Yahoo. “In mid-July, we decided to open a preliminary investigation on our own initiative into potential effects of the Google-Yahoo…
TechWorld: Generic Domains Not Important Anymore
Various sources are quoting John Dunn, editor of Techworld, who thinks domains are no longer important. Domains do not make ‘a lot of difference now’ because most internet use is driven by…
SearchEngineWatch: Its Worth Buying a Good Domain Name
In a very interesting post today by Mark Jackson over at SearchEngineWatch.com, he discusses a client who hired him to do SEO work for his site. Mr. Jackson tells the story of…
Happy Birthday Google
On Sunday Google will be 10 years old. Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, with four computers and $100,000 that they received from an investor. Today…
Google Chrome Download Available: Is it Bad for Domainers?
The first version of Google’s Chrome web browser is out and available for download here: According to a video on how to use the search bar (click on “Watch a video on…
New Domain Extensions: Registries Should be Required To Give Trademark Holders Their Domains.
The domain industry got another black eye when Toyota.me became the highest priced .me domain sale, at over 90K. In the next few years there may be hundreds of new extensions (gTLD’s)…