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Cyber Cops and Domain Name Registrars Meet to Tackle Net Crooks
February 25, 2011 @ 8:42 AMCyber cops from both sides of the Atlantic are meeting with domain name registrars in Brussels today to try to figure out ways to crack down on internet crime. This second meeting of the “EU-US working group on cyber security and cybercrime” is dedicated to increasing cooperation between law enforcement agencies and the companies that unwittingly sell web addresses to online crooks, according to attendees.
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Canadian, Eh? Embrace the .CA Domain Name
February 25, 2011 @ 3:01 AMA few months ago, I received a call from a client disappointed about not being able to get a particular .com domain name for a new blog being created by his company. After a quick check on the Web, I told him the .ca domain name was available. The response was a combination of surprise and delight because it was an option the client had not considered.
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New TLDs Could Come Quicker Than Expected
February 24, 2011 @ 2:01 PMNew top-level domains may arrive a month earlier than previously projected, after ICANN revealed it is considering reducing the first-round application window to 60 days. That’s one of a number of suggested changes to the new TLDs program that appear in documents published Monday.
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As Libya Erupts, What Does The Future Hold for Twitter Favorite Bit.ly
February 24, 2011 @ 9:24 AMWith Libya in turmoil, will bit.ly be biting the dust anytime soon? For the popular link-shortening service, the answer may be yes–for the moment. In the past few years, bit.ly has become so synonymous with link-shortening that Twitter uses it as its default service. Users simply insert a link into the site and the link is shrunk down to fit sites like Twitter.
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Is Sex.com Worth $13 Million?
February 24, 2011 @ 8:16 AMDomain names can attract millions of lazy web browsers, which is why they can go for a high price. Take a short, often used word, like beer, put it in a url and…
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Demand Media Reports Q4 Results
February 24, 2011 @ 8:15 AMDemand Media results shed light on revenue sharing, eNom results. Earlier this week Demand Media reported fourth quarter results. The company eked out a small profit in the quarter, but expects to return to losses going forward. You can read the complete details here, but here are some interesting numbers: Revenue Sharing: In Q4 its …
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Never Start a Mainstream Web Site On a .net Domain Name
February 24, 2011 @ 7:36 AMThis is what happens when you create a popular web site on something other than .com. You should never start a mainstream web site on a .net domain. Or .org, .biz, .info, etc. Unless you own the .com of the same name. Especially if the domain name you choose is generic. Unless you don’t care about losing traffic to the .com. OK, so …
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China's .cn Domain Name Keeps Dropping
February 24, 2011 @ 5:43 AMSize of .cn registration base falls 75% from peak. Thanks mostly to tighter controls and rules on registration, China’s .cn domain name count keeps falling. According to data collected by HosterStats.com, there were about 3.5 million .cn domain names registered at the end of January. That’s a far cry from the over 14 million .cn domain …
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Yellow Pages Agrees to Hand Over Domain Names to Rival
February 23, 2011 @ 4:31 PMYellow Pages Group settled a legal Fair Trading Act dispute with The Localist the same day that chief executive Bruce Cotterill announced he was stepping down from the company. Cotterill and board member and interim CEO Scott Pomeroy said the settlement and resignation were not connected. Yellow Pages Group has agreed to transfer ownership of the contested domain names which included variations on the word localist – to Localist.
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Cricket Mobile Phone Company Sues to Get Cricket.com Domain Name
February 23, 2011 @ 1:57 PMLarge wireless company sues in effort to get Cricket.com domain name. Cricket Communications filed a lawsuit on Friday in U.S. District Court – Southern District of California in an effort to get the domain name Cricket.com (pdf). Cricket uses MyCricket.com as its primary domain name. Cricket Communications filed a UDRP case against …
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