Emily Gosden wrote a piece for The Telegraph about Buckingham Palace buying domain names as a precautionary member. Of course the domain industry was a flutter back in July 2013 when Luc Biggs registered the domain GeorgeLouisAlexander.com. Biggs did a guest post on DomainInvesting.com that he offered the domain to the Royal Family. Buckingham Palace has bought up dozens of website addresses … [Read more...]
Nature’s Way is unsuccessful in their attempt to gain 4 domains through UDRP
This case was well thought out by the panel imo, its the type of critical thinking that domainers and small business owners should be happy with. This was a sole panelist decision. Nature's Way went after a couple of variants in this UDRP, one might think they would have succeeded in getting naturesway.biz and .info. The hyphenated version of their name most would have thought would be a victory, … [Read more...]
Your.Tattoo: The 100 Domains Uniregistry Reserved For .Tattoo
The 100 domain names Frank Schilling Uniregistry reserved for its own use are now in the zone file. Most of the domains clearly relate to the operation and promotion of the .Tattoo registry However some of the domains are some of the best brandable domains the registry has like Geta.tattoo, iwanta.tattoo and Your.Tattoo. A few like rent.tattoo; finance.tattoo and lease.tattoo are pretty … [Read more...]
No Privacy or Proxy Registrations For .NYC New gTLD Domain Names
This week during the Fairwinds Beyond The Dot conference held in Washington, Jeff Neuman of Neustar, laid out some more interesting information about the new .NYC extension which Neustar will be running in cooperation with the city of New York. Domaininvesting.com covered some basic eligibility a few days ago, including that a registrant be an entity, business or resident who has a physical … [Read more...]
First URS Decision Published on New gTLD’s
The first Uniform Rapid Suspension decision has been issued. The case was decided 9 days ago, which was 6 days after the 1st URS was filed on the domain names; ibm.guru and ibm.ventures. So while the decision was known 9 days ago, the actual decision was just published today so this is the first time we are seeing at how these URS decisions will look: DOMAIN … [Read more...]
Could Watson Change Search As We Know It ?
Daniel Newman wrote a piece on Millenial CEO that took a look at Watson, the super computer from IBM. Newman explores the possibility if Watson could change the search landscape. Just Google It…Everyone Else Does Right now when we want to know more about something, anything, we Google it; this isn’t an exception, this is the rule. In fact, 74% of the entire population turns to Google to … [Read more...]
Better Business Bureau Warns Against Domain Scam
The Better Business Bureau is warning people about domain scams. Times Record News reported, How the scam works: You receive an email addressed to the owner of your company. It appears to be from an Asian domain registration service. The email says that a third party company has requested to register your business’s brand name as a website domain in China or elsewhere in Asia. According … [Read more...]