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Paypal and Facebook The Most Phished and Blocked Domains Online
January 26, 2011 @ 1:00 AMOpenDNS’s report on Phishing and content filtering looks back at 2010 and examines the stats from more than 30 billion queries a day. In their report, they list PayPal as the most Phished site by criminals, and show the love/hate relationship users have with Facebook.
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Network Solutions Offers Extra Security for .co Domain Registrations
January 26, 2011 @ 12:15 AMNetwork Solutions is now offering its private registration service for .CO domain registrations for as little as $9.99 per year per domain. Private registration allows registrants to protect their contact information from being listed in the public WHOIS database.
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The Perils of Working With ICANN
January 25, 2011 @ 2:02 PMBusiness models dependent on ICANN are risky. If the new top level domain name process and .xxx are any indication, staking an entire business model on something that must work its way through the ICANN process requires unending patience and a strong appetite for risk. New top level domain names haven’t even been approved yet, but we’ve already seen layoffs in the new TLD business. Companies that sprung up to launch new TLDs have had to cut back to lower their burn rate.
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Sedo to Auction Off Domain Names February 10 Through 17
January 25, 2011 @ 12:51 PMEver heard of the website Shoes.co or Art.co, entrepreneurs? Neither has anyone else, because right now those .co extension names are up for sale.
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Microsoft Granted Kinect Domain Names
January 25, 2011 @ 4:15 AMThe main name in question was wwwkinect.com which was registered at the same time as the Kinect’s release by Moniker Online Services LLC. Microsoft lodged the complaint with the National Arbitration Forum saying that the domain was “confusingly similar” to the Kinect trademark despite its apparent typo. Microsoft believed they should therefore have the rights to it as it would otherwise confuse people. They also said that the “Respondent does not have any rights or legitimate interests in the (wwwkinect.com) domain name” and that it was filed in “bad faith”.
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Network Solutions Offers Private Label Domain Registration Services for Companies, Organizations and Communities Planning to Register, Manage and Sell New Gtlds
January 25, 2011 @ 12:23 AMIn March 2011, the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization that develops policies that govern the operation and use of domain names, is expected to formally launch the new generic top-level domain program (gTLD) that will allow applicants to own and manage their own gTLD on the Internet beyond the most commonly known .com, .net and .org. Brand managers, product managers, program directors, city managers and others will be able to secure domain names, such as .yourbrand, .yourproduct, .yourcause or .yourcity, and own a unique namespace on the Internet to further promote their brands, products, programs, and special interests. Those interested in securing a new gTLD will have to complete and submit a detailed business and technical application to ICANN for review and approval.
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In Another Blow at Content Farms, Google Could Let You Block Domain Names From Searches
January 24, 2011 @ 9:29 AMGoogle is finally doing something about spam. The noise is growing louder about the spam gumming up many Google queries, and about content farms like Demand Media (goodbye, eHow). Some people even think it might erode Google’s dominance over search. The latest move is that Google might allow you to blacklist entire domain names (like businessinsider.com) from searches. Once you add a domain to your blacklist, pages from that domain wouldn’t appear in your search results. In time, Google could use the domain names people blacklist as a repository of spam services.
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Is Amazon.com Planning a Free 3 Day Shipping Plan?
January 24, 2011 @ 9:00 AMRecent domain name registrations hint to new promotion. Amazon.com currently offers free ground shipping on purchases of $25 or more and free two day shipping to members of its paid "Amazon Prime" promotion. But is the company launching a new free three day shipping option? Some recent domain name registrations suggest this may be…
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.jobs Changes are Not an Example of The Power of New Top Level Domains
January 24, 2011 @ 7:50 AM.Jobs changes could be done without the .jobs TLD. Over the weekend I read The Washington Post’s article about the liberalization of the .jobs TLD and what this means for companies such as Monster and Career Builder. Last week 40,000 .jobs web sites went live for just about every major profession (e.g. nurse.jobs) and city…
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Judge Shuts Down Zuccarini Fight Against Namejet, Netsol, and Verisign
January 24, 2011 @ 6:46 AMJudge calls for an end to lengthy domain name battle. United States District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema has said enough is enough in a domain name lawsuit filed by John Zuccarini. Zuccarini filed the lawsuit after a court appointed receiver failed to renew domain names of his that were seized to settle a cybersquatting judgment.
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