A look back at a watershed year for domains. It's time again for Domain Name Wire's annual roundup of the domain industry. In 2006, the top stories were surging domain values and major investors entering the market. This year includes some familiar ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Top Domain Name News Stories of 2007
· UncategorizedNo, It’s Not 2005
· UncategorizedDomain Name Wire experiences FIFO syndrome. Accountants out there know what FIFO means -- first in, first out. Domain Name Wire experienced its own version today, as the order of articles on the site were reversed. If you landed on the home page you ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Editorial: Where Network Solutions Went Wrong
· Policy & LawIf Network Solutions had good intentions, then it had a very poor implementation. Yesterday was media-frenzy day in the domain world. Thanks to a thread on DomainState and article at Domain Name News, major media outlets picked up on the story of how ... Continue Reading20 Comments
Network Solutions Faces PR Nightmare Over Domain FrontRunning
· Policy & LawDomain registrar locks domains searched on its site. [Update: see Editorial: Where Network Solutions Went Wrong] Network Solutions has implemented a program that locks users from registering domains with other registrars. According to the company, ... Continue Reading22 Comments
David Beats Goliath, Dori Media International Loses Battle for Domain
· Policy & LawDori Media International called out for Reverse Domain Hijacking by WIPO arbitrator. Fred McCaw was a bit late to the domain market. Getting started in 1999, he realized all of the good english-language domains were registered. So he registered ... Continue Reading20 Comments
RegisterFly Restarts Marketing Machine
· Domain RegistrarsDisaccredited registrar restarts familiar marketing emails. RegisterFly, a once-ICANN-accredited registrar that imploded in a wave of scandal last year, has restarted its familiar email marketing campaigns. The company was famous for sending e-mails ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Hola: Mexico and .Mx
· UncategorizedMexico uses the .mx domain when targeting its home country. I spent the last 4 days in Playa del Carmen, Mexico at an entrepreneur retreat. As always, domains were on top of my mind. Especially when I got a call Thursday morning from Moniker about ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Short-Use Domain Names: OSULSU.com
· UncategorizedCox News uses domain name for football event. Cox news understands domain names and their importance, even if the domain will only be in used for a short period of time. Its Dayton Daily News has a NCAA football national championship "mini" site at ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Top Domain Name News Stories of December 2007
· Uncategorized.Mobi and security attract most attention in December. I'm diligently working on my "Top News Stories of 2007" article. The third installment of this annual article is taking more time than I expected. In the meantime, here are the top Domain Name ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Modern Domainer Ships Third Issue
· UncategorizedLatest issue of domain magazine hits mailboxes in time for New Year. The latest issue of Modern Domainer magazine is arriving in domainers' mailboxes this week. This is the third issue for the recently launched magazine covering the business and ... Continue Reading4 Comments