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Escrow.com Surpasses 1 Billion Dollars in Secured Transactions
January 19, 2012 @ 10:37 PMThis year, Escrow.com surpassed 1 billion dollars in secured transactions. One of the main reasons for this success is that Escrow.com is the recommended transaction settlement service for many of the top names in eCommerce, including GoDaddy, Cars.com, Flippa.com, AutoTrader, Resale Weekly and eBay Motors.
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Domain Registration Adds $475 Million to Australian Economy
January 19, 2012 @ 9:02 AMAustralian domain names (using ‘.au’) contributed $474.7 million to the economy last financial year, according to a new report from Deloitte Access Economics.
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Monte Cahn and Oversee.net Go to Trial Next Week
January 19, 2012 @ 12:52 AMCourt to decide two aspects of dispute between Moniker founder Monte Cahn and his former employer. Monte Cahn and Oversee.net will square off in court on…
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Facebook Registers Mysterious Fborigin Domain Names
January 18, 2012 @ 10:42 PMFacebook registered a curious bunch of domain names yesterday with the moniker fBoriGin. It’s unclear what the domain names, spotted by blog ubergizmo, will be used for. When asked by The Register about the – among others – .com, .org, .net and .co.uk registration of fBoriGin, the world’s biggest social network declined to comment.
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Virgin Loses Control of Porn Domain
January 18, 2012 @ 6:58 AMVirgin Group, with fingers in many pies of air travel, banking, and more, is trying to reclaim a lost domain name that fell into a cybersquatter…
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Regional Businesses Trump Cities in Domain Registration
January 18, 2012 @ 3:35 AMA larger fraction of businesses in remote Australia have registered .au domain names than those in major cities, domain name regulator auDA has reported. According to a Deloitte report commissioned by auDA in September and released this week, more than two in three businesses in “very remote Australia” own .au domain names.
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A Visual Gallery: Which Sites Protested SOPA & PIPA on January 18th?
January 18, 2012 @ 3:35 AMAs most are aware, today, Wednesday, January 18th, thousands of websites went dark to protest SOPA & PIPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and (Protect IP Act) similar to sites like Wired.com, as seen in the image.
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UK Buying Up .XXX Domains to Avoid Pornography Affiliation
January 18, 2012 @ 2:37 AMPornography websites can now register domain names of “.xxx” instead of “.com,” which creates a conflict for university websites. This domain name will differentiate erotic material from other websites, but it can be a problem because a pornography website could potentially use domain names similar to colleges’ .edu addresses. The International Creativity Management Registry recently started selling domain names to distinguish pornography websites from others, according to CNN.com.
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Beyond Sopa: Why Easy Solutions Don't Stop Net Crime
January 18, 2012 @ 1:35 AMGuest post by Leslie Daigle, chief internet technology officer of the Internet Society, a non-profit founded in 1992 to promote a free and open Internet. Leslie Daigle: There are better solutions.
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United Domains Expands its US Partnership with SedoMLS Premium
January 17, 2012 @ 10:47 PMLeading online domain marketplace and monetization provider Sedo today announced an expansion of its North American partnership with registrar United Domains. By broadening their SedoMLS Premium partnership, United Domains customers can now list names in the SedoMLS Premium network, increasing their chances of making a sale. United Domains’ integration with SedoMLS already allows end users to search for and purchase domain names that are listed within the SedoMLS inventory directly at UnitedDomains.com.
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