.Edu has strict eligibility requirements for post secondary education institutions. Utexas.edu. Phoenix.edu. London.edu. All of these domains belong to accredited post secondary education institutions and use the .edu top level domain name. This ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Archives for December 2008
3/31/09: Death of Domain Tasting (Or is it?)
· Policy & LawDomain tasting is down, and will take another hit in March. But that may not be the end of it... Domain tasting -- the practice of registering a domain to test for traffic and deleting it for a refund within a specified grace period -- is down 84% ... Continue Reading9 Comments
ICANN Releases Upgraded Invalid Whois Reporting System
· Policy & LawNew system improves submissions and tracks registrar compliance. ICANN has updated its Whois Data Problem Report System (WDPRS), which anyone can use to submit reports of inaccurate whois information on a domain name. According to ICANN, the new ... Continue Reading19 Comments
Analysis: U.S. Government Has Domainers’ Backs
· Policy & LawDocuments from U.S. Government question ICANN's actions. You've probably read a lot about ICANN's introduction of new top level domains. Now, as reported over at DNJournal, the U.S. Government is weighing in. Domainers should be happy with its ... Continue Reading16 Comments
Demand Media Wants to Introduce New Domain Names
· Policy & LawDemand Media wants to offer new top level domain names using its eNom registrar. The owner of the world's second largest domain registrar, eNom, plans to apply to ICANN to offer new top level domains. That's the only plausible assumption based on ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Suggest Companies for 4th Annual Domain Name Wire Survey
· UncategorizedFill in the gaps: suggest missing answers for domain name survey. It's the end of the year, which means it's almost time for the 4th Annual Domain Name Wire Survey. Every year after the results are released, I am inevitably am contact by a company ... Continue Reading15 Comments
BuyDomains Turning on End of Year Sales Pressure
· Domain SalesNow might be a good time to strike a deal with BuyDomains. If you've had your eye on a domain at BuyDomains, now might be a good time to negotiate a deal. Over the past two days I've received four messages from BuyDomains with subjects ranging from ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Frank Schilling Tests New Domain Parking Templates
· Domain ParkingSchilling's Name Administration tests new parking templates. Mike Cohen of WannaDevelop.com has made some interesting observations about Frank Schilling's parked domains. It seems that Schilling is testing some new designs. Here's what a typical ... Continue Reading20 Comments
PokerHost.net Owner Wins Reverse Domain Hijacking Charge
· Policy & LawRuss "Dutch" Boyd gets a royal flush. Dutch Boyd cleans up atthe tables and WIPO.Last month I wrote about arbitration proceedings for the domain PokerHost.net. The complainant -- online poker company Poker Host Inc which operates PokerHost.com -- ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Go Daddy To Shut Down Standard Tactics, LLC
· UncategorizedStandard Tactics and 60-day lock discussed on Radio Go Daddy. I just concluded my interview with Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons on his internet radio show. It is available for on demand listening RadioGoDaddy.com. Perhaps the biggest news that came out ... Continue Reading43 Comments