Company is ready to reinvigorate marketing for .tv extension. GoDaddy Registry has completed the takeover of registry services for .tv domain names. .Tv is the country code for Tuvalu, a tiny island nation in the South Pacific. But its domain ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Verisign lowers full year domain guidance (again)
· ServicesCompany predicts full year growth of 1% or less. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) announced third quarter earnings after the market closed today. The company's revenue was $357 million, up 6.8% year over year. It ran an operating margin of 66.3% and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Google adds site names on mobile search
· ServicesSite names are now prominently featured in search results. Google continuously plays around with how it displays search results. Sometimes it messes around with the URL, either truncating it or removing it altogether. Today, it announced that ... Continue Reading2 Comments
.Com continued to slip in Q3
· ServicesThe total number of registered .com domains fell again during the past quarter. The number of registered .com domain names fell last quarter, the second consecutive quarter-over-quarter fall. As of September 30, the last day of Q3, there were ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Escrow.com reports $256 million in domain transactions in first half of 2022
· ServicesDomain transactions are up, although results are flattening so far this year. Escrow.com parent Freelancer.com (ASX: FLN) reported domain name transaction data today for the first half of 2022. The escrow service handled USD $407.2 million of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign gets patent for registering domains through Amazon Alexa
· ServicesPatent covers using your voice to register domains, do Whois lookups, etc. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,451,511 (pdf) to Verisign for "Audio-based systems, devices, and methods for domain services." Yep, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Nameblock launches to make domain blocking easier
· ServicesCompany wants to make it easier for brands to block problematic domains across top level domains. The 2012 new top level domain name round ushered in new services to help brand owners protect their marks across top level domain names. For example, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Tips for next week’s NamesCon conference
· ServicesHere are some suggestions to get the most out of NamesCon. NamesCon returns in person in Austin next week. It's the first in-person stateside domain conference for domain investors since the pandemic took hold. Here are some suggestions for next ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Second level .au take-up is low with time running out
· ServicesTime is running out for existing registrants to secure their matching domain. Registrants of third level .au domain names have just four weeks to claim their matching second level domain before the names become available for anyone to ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Verisign earnings: domain base down, earnings up, .net price hike
· ServicesPrice increases mask falling domain base. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released Q2 2022 earnings after the markets closed this afternoon. As I previewed earlier this week, the base of registered .com and .net domain names fell this quarter. It ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
