In a letter sent to ICANN yesterday by Verisign's Chuck Gomes, Vice President, Policy of VeriSign, Inc. responded to the response he received from his initil letter to ICANN seeking to "set the record straight" As the previous two letters its worth a read: Dear Cyrus, I was disappointed by your October 3, 2013, response to my August 30 letter to Fadi. But before I tell you why, let me … [Read more...]
Verisign Launches of DomainScope: Domain Discovery Tool To Find Available .Com. .Net & .Tv Domains
Verisign launched DomainScope.com today which they say "a new domain name discovery tool designed to enhance the search for unique, relevant domain name choices in the .com, .net, .tv and .cc top-level domains", for which it is the registry for. "Incorporating the same functionality found in our DomainFinder, DomainScore and DomainCountdown tools, DomainScope replaces these tools and allows … [Read more...]
Verisign: Over 150 Domains Registered Over Government ShutDown
Verisign the registry for the .com and .net registry just released a graph showing a lot of activity with people registering domain names involving the Government Shutdown. It appears from the graph there have been over 150 domain names registered since October 1st containing the word :"shutdown" We also wrote a post about the domain name GovernmentShutdown.com on October 1st, so we are going … [Read more...]
Verisign Study: 9 out of 10 Small Business Prefer A .Com Domain For Company Website
Verisign released the results of a global survey today that was conducted by Merrill Research of 1,050 small businesses (SMB) with an online presence, to get a better understanding of SMB’s sentiment around the benefits, barriers, and preferences for creating an online presence. The results of the survey found that in the U.S., 9 out of 10 small businesses with an online presence prefer a .com … [Read more...]
Verisign’s New Letter To NTIA On New gTLD’s: Its Important to Differentiate Between “Ability” and “Advisability.”
In a letter send by Verisign today to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce; Verisign made it clear it is ready, willing and able to delegate up to 20 new gTLD's to the root upon request of the NTIA but it also made clear that it doesn't advise that the 1,000 new gTLD strings a year get delegated to the root saying: "The introduction … [Read more...]
Verisign Publishes “New gTLD Security, Stability, Resiliency Update: Exploratory Consumer Impact Analysis”
Verisign issued its fifth and last chapter in its five part series "New gTLD Security, Stability, Resiliency Update: Exploratory Consumer Impact Analysis"; issues related to security, stability, and resilience of the DNS ecosystem, particularly as we approach the rollout of new gTLDs. " Bottom line Verisign Concluded with: "The mechanical capability to delegate a vast quantity of new gTLDs … [Read more...]
Verisign: Ends 2Q With 124.3 Million .Com/.Net; Domain Revenue up 12% & $2 Billion In The Bank
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), treported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013 after the market closed. As of the quater ending June 30 there were 124.3 million .com/.net domain names an increase of 4.9% VeriSign, Inc., and subsidiaries ("Verisign") reported revenue of $239 million for the second quarter of 2013, up 12 percent from the same quarter in 2012. Verisign … [Read more...]