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US Government Uses Seized Domains for Anti-Piracy Video
April 27, 2011 @ 5:53 AMThe U.S. Government is celebrating the importance of intellectual property by educating visitors to the domain names it seized in previous months. These visitors are now redirected to an anti-piracy video instead. The viral video is running on 65 of the seized domains which have now become property of the Government, and shows how illegal downloads can financially ruin innocent workers.
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Cyber-Criminals Register Free Domains and Subdomains for Phishing Attacks
April 27, 2011 @ 2:17 AMScammers have shifted tactics to use free domain services to launch phishing attacks, according to a research report. A new phishing survey found that phishing gangs are abusing free subdomain services. They are also likely to register new domains instead of hacking an existing one.
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Facebook Deals Launches Sans Domain Name
April 26, 2011 @ 5:38 AMFacebook gets its deals on, but without FacebookDeals.com. Facebook formally launched its new deals offering today in five test cities (including my home town of Austin, Texas.) Here’s what I see when I go to Facebook.com/deals: One thing the social networking behemoth doesn’t have is the domain name FacebookDeals.com.
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CADNA Strongly Supports ICANN Oversight Hearing
April 26, 2011 @ 5:36 AMThe Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) strongly supports Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet, in his decision to convene an oversight hearing on ICANN and generic top-level domains (gTLDs). CADNA wholeheartedly endorses Chairman Goodlatte’s decision to review ICANN governance and policy development in relation to the proposed roll out of new gTLDs. The oversight hearing coincides with U.S. Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary for NTIA Larry Strickling’s recent comments expressing concern about ICANN’s lack of responsiveness in upholding their obligations under the Affirmation of Commitments.
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Poker Players Alliance Bullish Over Poker Domain Returns
April 26, 2011 @ 2:36 AMThe Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has welcomed the agreement to allow online operators PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker to reclaim their dotcom domains, while reiterating that the battle to save internet poker has only just begun.
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Report: Kate Middleton .com Domain Name Bought for Under $2,500
April 26, 2011 @ 2:04 AMA Canadian couple reportedly acquired KateMiddleton.com for $2,350 shortly before the Royal Wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William.
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Congress Preparing to Beat Up ICANN Again
April 26, 2011 @ 12:39 AMICANN will be called to task over new top level domain names next week. Next week The U.S. House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet will hold an “ICANN Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) Oversight Hearing”. You can be assured that someone from ICANN will be asked to attend.
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Google Panda Estimates are All Over The Board, and None are Accurate
April 25, 2011 @ 6:04 AMReports of traffic changes aren’t very accurate. I’ve seen a number of reports estimating the damage to major content sites from Google’s so-called Panda updates. I’ve come to one conclusion: none of them are more than directionally accurate. Yes, we know that a lot of content sites have taken a beating, but by how much?
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How One Seattle Company is Capitalizing On The Royal Wedding
April 25, 2011 @ 3:44 AMA few days ago, someone asked me if GeekWire had any plans for covering the royal wedding between Prince William and Catherine Middleton. At the time, I said there was “no formal coverage plan” unless we found some interesting Seattle angle. Well, here’s one for you. Guess who owns the Web site, RoyalWedding.com?
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Cities Battle Over Geographic Internet Domains
April 24, 2011 @ 11:06 PMA LONG rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne has moved to the web, as both vie to be the first Australian city to operate its own international top-level domain.
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