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Zoupon Brings in The Deals, Companies Buy Misspelled Domain Names
February 6, 2011 @ 4:31 PMHaving an easy name to say and spell is of benefit when it’s turned into a domain name, but sometimes you have to give the people what they want. Sometimes, that means buying an entirely new domain name, while other times it means buying a range of domain names that are common misspellings of your existing domain name, just so you can make things easier for the people that fund your business – your customers.
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.Co and Other Commercialized ccTLDs Hit New York Times
February 6, 2011 @ 12:13 PMArticle highlights commercialization of two letter country code domains. The New York Times published an article today about the commercialization of country code top level domain names. Colombia’s .co will get major attention after a Go Daddy commercial plugs it today, and .co was front and center in the article. .Co Internet CEO Juan Calle noted that Colombia gets 25% of revenue from sales of .co. This is the first time I’ve seen this number published.
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Country Domain Names Becoming Source of Revenue
February 6, 2011 @ 4:10 AMCatchy suffixes like those of Colombia (.co) and Montenegro (.me) are in higher demand because the popular .com is running out of room.
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Big Business Buys Up to Outsmart 'Typosquatters'
February 6, 2011 @ 12:35 AMBIG Australian companies are buying up ”misspelt” internet domain names to stop others making money from their brand. Corporations such as Qantas, Westpac and Woolworths have registered the incorrectly spelt internet names because many people are terrible typists or cannot spell.
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A Second Tour As CEO
February 5, 2011 @ 9:30 AMDavid Ulevitch of OpenDNS says a professional setback helped him fine-tune some management skills.
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Massive .co Domain Registration Sale!
February 5, 2011 @ 8:35 AMIf you’ve ever wanted a short custom domain name for your business, organization or whatever it may be, a .CO domain name may be just what you need! The new and highly talked about .co domain extension is the perfect choice to get your brand or business name on the web! A .co domain name is the perfect alternative to the .com domain extension which has been highly dominate for years now across the world wide web as we know it.
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From Big Pong to Fight Centre ... The Rush to Register Online Typos
February 5, 2011 @ 4:58 AMBIG Australian companies are buying misspelt internet domain names to stop sneaky businesses making money from their brand names. And corporations such as Qantas, Westpac and Woolworths have registered the incorrectly spelt internet names because some people are terrible typists or cannot spell.
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How to Stop Domain Names Being Seized By The US Government
February 5, 2011 @ 4:35 AMAs the United States authorities continue with their domain name seizure policy, file-sharing, streaming and link site operators around the world are looking for ways to mitigate this aggressive action. To this end, an Internet engineer and website operator has put together a guide that might just help site owners avoid a whole heap of inconvenience in the future.
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Broomfield Man Grabs Metro State-associated Domain Names
February 4, 2011 @ 11:28 PMWhat’s in a domain name? For an enterprising Broomfield man, there’s the hope for some income should Metro State go ahead with plans to change its name. According the domain name-manager GoDaddy.com, John Gunter, of Broomfield, bought both universityofcentralcolorado.com and denverstateuniversity.com on the same day the Denver Post reported that Metropolitan State College of Denver is considering changing its name to either University of Central Colorado or Denver State University.
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Senator Wyden Demands Feds Justify Domain Seizures
February 4, 2011 @ 3:43 PMAsks Obama Administration to explain what standard the DoJ expects other countries to use when seizing US-based domain names, as well as whether or not the DoJ and ICE take into account the legality of sites in their home country before seizing them.
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