A couple of interesting developments on the issue of whether registrars should be required to verify the identity of the registrant of every domain name. First today the authority charged with running…
Category: Domains
Huffington Post Celebrates 25th Anniversary Of Domains With A Look At The “Most Inappropirate URL’s”
The Huffington Post marked the silver anniversary of the first domain name registration, by publishing what it calls, “The Most Inappropirate URL’s On The Web” including pictures. Ok so take a deep…
Australian Trademark Office: Apple Does Not Own The Letter “i”
In a case decided last week by the Australian trademark office, Apple, Inc objected to the trademark application filed by another company on the term, DOPi (iPod spelled backwards with emphasis on…
ABC Evening News Covers Domains: .Anythinggoes: “Is This The End Of .Com’s”: Watch Now
ABC evening news has a story on ICANN plan to release an unlimited amount of extensions called “.AnythingGoes”. The first line from the story: “Is This The Beginning Of The End For…
Talk About Bad Timing; ChileEarthQuake.com Drops Just Days After The Quake
Talk about having some bad timing. The domain ChileEarthQuake.com dropped just 2 days after the 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile. Today the expired domain was auctioned off and sold on SnapNames.com While we…
How Much For The Domain Of a .Com Bubble High Flier That Raised $23M?
Once in a while you will see them on a drop list, the domain of a company that was once an internet high flier. So is the case of NextMonet.com a site…
How Much Traffic Can a .Info Site Lose To A .Com? 27,000 Visitors In 1 Day
Dominers have discussed the issue for years. What is the bleed over from a an advertised extension other than .com to the .com due to the fact that users often default to…