DNW Radio interviews Rick Latona about the upcoming TRAFFIC Conference. It's hard to believe, but the next domain name conference is next month. This will be the second TRAFFIC conference organized by Rick Latona, but the first under his multi-year ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Archives for December 2009
Octane360 Monetizes Long Tail Geo Domain Names
· Domain ParkingCompany provides scalable solution to monetize long tail geo domains. Connecting local businesses to customers is a huge business. But it has always presented a challenge to owners of long tail geo domain names, such as (City)DaySpa.com. A couple ... Continue Reading7 Comments
GoDaddy Scores Another Whois Privacy Patent
· Domain RegistrarsDomain name registrar firms up patents related to whois privacy. GoDaddy was today awarded U.S. patent 7,627,633 (pdf), a divisional patent for its previously awarded whois proxy patent 7,130,878. This patent for "Proxy email method and system" ... Continue Reading11 Comments
SnapNames Awarded Patent for “Demand based domain name auctionability”
· Expired DomainsDomain auction site awarded another patent. Domain name auction platform SnapNames has been awarded U.S. patent 7,627,628 (pdf) for "Demand based domain name auctionability." The patent's abstract describes a system that triggers a domain as auction ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Three Registrars Lose ICANN Accreditation
· Policy & LawICANN sends termination notices to three registrars. ICANN is terminating the accreditation of three domain name registrars for failing to pay their bills. The three domain name registrars -- Hosting365 Inc, OOO "Russian Registrarâ€, and R.B. Data ... Continue Reading1 Comment