Yesterday I was having a couple of meetings at the restaurant where the ICANN conference is being held with some RightoftheDot.com clients. As we were seated a large group walked passed us and sat down at the adjoining table and I couldn't help but notice their attendee badges. Homeland Security, ICE, Interpol, FBI, DOJ. Serious guys. It was a large group of over 10 and all were law … [Read more...]
Report Says 1/2 Of All Rogue Online Pharmacy Domains Are Registered At Two Registrars & Internet.bs is #1
A new report says that 1/2 of all rogue online pharmacy domain names are registered at two registrars. According to LegitScript verification and monitoring service for online pharmacies, "at least one-third of all active rogue pharmacy sites are registered at Internet.bs," and maybe responsible for up to "nearly 44 percent." The story first reported by krebsonsecurity.com interviewed the … [Read more...]
Over 225,000 Domain Names Are On Godaddy Owned SPAM-AND-ABUSE.COM, Like JotForm.com Was
In reading one of the many stories about Jotform.com the site whose domain was seized and then returned by the Government for reasons still unexplained and therefore unknown reasons last week. I came across the servers SPAM-AND-ABUSE.COM on which the domain name Jotform.com was placed on a few days ago and then removed from on Friday. According to DailyChanges.com, There are currently over … [Read more...]
Tucows Reports Earnings: Revenue Up 19% & Yummynames.com Sells $1.65 Million In Domains in 4th Q
After the Market closed today Tucows (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) reported earnings for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011. Revenue was up 19%. YummyNames.com sold another $1.65 million in domain names in the 4th Q and Tucows ended the 4th Q with 11.8 domain names under management, up 16% from a year earlier. Here is the full report All figures are in U.S. dollars. You can also read … [Read more...]
USA Today: Super Bowl Commercials: Dogs Win!!!
According to the USA Today Ad Meter, the race for the Super Bowl Ad race was won by the Dogs. The top three rated ads all featured dogs. The Doritos commercial where the big Dog bribes the cat owner was the top rated rate. The Volkswagen ad where the overweight Dog gets fit took second and the Sketchers ad where the Boston Terrier in Dog in sneakers wins the greyhound race finished … [Read more...]
Godaddy Set Sales Record For Super Bowl Sunday
According to a press release this morning, "Go Daddy also broke its own records for sales on a Super Bowl Sunday" It also claimed its commercial featuring a QR code produced the "best mobile website traffic ... ever." Godaddy also says that .Co "enjoyed a significant surge in .CO domain name registrations over the weekend and throughout the live broadcast". Godaddy admits in the PR that … [Read more...]
Tucows: Why We Don’t Like SOPA & Joins Reddit Blackout On January 18th
Tucows.com just published a post its site entitled "Why We Don't Like SOPA and promises to follow Reddit lead and blackout its site on January 18th The story is written by Elliot Noss the CEO of Tucows.com Tucows.com is the 3rd largest registrar in the world with almost 9 Million domains under management according to registrarStats.com We congratulate Tucows for taking a strong stance on … [Read more...]