Data from Baidu shows how people in China visit websites. Is domain important when Chinese consumers visit a website? What are the implications in terms of demand for domains and types of domains that can sell to people and companies in China? As a ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Direct visits driving demand for domains in China
· UncategorizedKassey Lee reviews data about how people in China visit websites. I often hear that domains are no longer relevant because consumers simply go to their search engines for anything they want to find. This, if true, must be detrimental to domain ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Register.com: Baidu Can’t Sue Us for Negligence. Its In Our Contract.
· Domain RegistrarsDomain name registrar argues that you can't sue it for negligence because it's in the TOS. What happens if you register a domain name at Register.com and then Register.com screws up? Tough luck. That's the message the company is sending by asking a ... Continue Reading4 Comments
How Baidu Got Hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army
· Domain RegistrarsCourt documents show how imposter allegedly duped Register.com into handing over access to Baidu.com. Last month visitors to Baidu.com were redirected to a page stating that the site had been hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army. Baidu later sued ... Continue Reading27 Comments
Baidu Sues Register.com Over Hacking Incident
· Domain RegistrarsDomain name registrar sued over alleged security breach. [Update: The court has now published an unredacted version of the lawsuit, detailing how Baidu alleges Register.com gave the keys to its domain to a hacker.] Baidu, Inc. announced that it has ... Continue Reading17 Comments
European Company Threatens Baidu Search Engine
· Domain SalesBaidu Europe hopes to extort big bucks out of popular search engine. Remember Baidu? Not the Chinese search giant, but the European software company that has promoted its trademarks and baidu.tld domain names for sale? Well, it's putting its brand ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Telnic Trips Up with Baidu.tel
· Policy & LawCompany touts first-come-first-served .tel rights, but it sends a mixed message. Telnic, the company behind the new .tel top level domain name, sent me a press release today touting that Baidu.tel had been awarded to Baidu Europe, a company that uses ... Continue Reading5 Comments