A problem at the .es registry shows the importance of stable registries with good technology backbones. Web sites using Spain's .es domain disappeared from the world for a couple hours Tuesday. The problem was with the .es registry, Esnic, which is ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
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· Policy & LawVerisign domain name market report
· Domain RegistrarsVerisign recently released its Domain Name Industry Brief. The briefing discusses recent trends in domain names. Verisign is the registry for .com and .net domains and therefore has access to a rich data set. Among the more interesting data: -As ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Business 2.0 article about international TLDs
· Domain SalesBusiness 2.0 has a new article about the rising value on non-.com domain names. .Com is king. We all know that. But it seems like every week we see huge domain prices for non-.com domains. Of particular interest is .de, which frequently rings up ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
It’s official: GoDaddy cans premium auctions
· Domain Registrars, Expired DomainsGoDaddy confirms it is no longer offering premium auctions on its TDNAM service. On Monday I wrote about how TDNAM appeared to no longer offer premium auctions. I wasn't able to get a clear answer from GoDaddy support, but today I received a response ... Continue Reading1 Comment
OnlineCasino.de $101,000
· Domain SalesOnlineCasino.de is poised to sell for 6 figures on Afternic. OnlineCasino.de is currently in the closing soon section of Afternic with a top bid of $101,000. The domain has met its reserve. Although a bid doesn't necessarily mean the sale will be ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Where are TDNAM’s Premium Auctions?
· Domain Registrars, Expired DomainsGoDaddy's TDNAM premium auctions have disappeared. And so has GoDaddy's support. On August 11 I wrote about how GoDaddy was offering "premium auctions" on its TDNAM domain aftermarket. All of the domains in the premium category had traffic and most ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Analyzing the Microsoft cybersquatter lawsuits
· Policy & LawThe domainer community was abuzz this week after Microsoft sued many individuals for registering domains with its trademark in them. If you search on Google news for "microsoft domain name" you'll find over 130 hits about Microsoft's lawsuits that were ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Will splogs kill .info domains?
· Policy & LawAn article in the September issue of Wired explores search spam and the role of .info domain names. The article, titled "Spam + Blogs = Trouble" is a good overview of the problems of search spam, blog spam, and other various forms of web activity ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Afternic Summer Sale
· Domain SalesAfternic is offering a number of quality domains for only $1,000 each. Afternic just announced a special offering of high quality domains from BuyDomains. These domains have all been priced at $1,000. If you pay immeidately via PayPal or wire ... Continue Reading1 Comment
DomainFest Los Angeles
· ServicesDomainSponsor is promoting a domain networking event in Los Angeles next month. Editors note: Please excuse the lack of posts over the past two days. I had a beautiful baby daughter Monday morning and am just now catching up... DomainSponsor is ... Continue Reading6 Comments