More top level domains are canceled. At least one more dot-brand domain name is being scrapped. Today, ICANN published a notice of termination from Linde for .linde. Linde is a global industrial gases and engineering company. The company ... Continue Reading2 Comments
How to prevent someone from accidentally selling a domain name
· ServicesFast transfer networks are great, but how to prevent edge cases of mistaken sales? A lawsuit against GoDaddy's Afternic is a cautionary tale of automated fast transfer sale networks. Premier Shield Insurance sued Afternic (pdf) earlier this year ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Escrow.com releases 2021 Master of Domains rankings
· ServicesEscrow.com has released its 2021 Master of Domains list. This list shows the top 10 domain name brokers, as ranked by the dollar volume of transactions they completed with Escrow.com this year last year. For 2022, the rankings are: 1. Andrew ... Continue Reading5 Comments
GoDaddy finishes .tv migration, launches marketing campaign
· ServicesCompany 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