"Ancillary" .com domain name purchases might be jeopardized when companies start using .brand domain names. On last week's Verisign investor conference call, an analyst asked the company what effect .brand domain names might have on .com. Verisign ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Verisign: 9.2 million new .com and .net registrations last quarter
· ServicesVerisign drives new registrations, grows overall base in .com and .net. Verisign reported earnings this afternoon, and disclosed that it handled 9.2 million new .com and .net registrations in Q3. The number of new registrations per quarter is typically ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
XYZ is trending…in .Com
· UncategorizedXYZ makes .com's trending keywords list. The .XYZ domain name has garnered a lot of attention since Google's new parent company Alphabet selected ABC.XYZ for its domain name in August. Now XYZ is hot in .com. Verisign released its monthly review ... Continue Reading2 Comments
.Com Winners Update: Google Domains is Growing
· Domain RegistrarsHere’s how registrars fared with .com in June. ICANN has published Verisign's registrar data for .com from June. As always, GoDaddy dominated the charts in terms of new registrations. And, for the second month in a row, it avoided the top 5 when it ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Trump is still trending…in .com
· Domain Sales, UncategorizedTrump, Alphabet were hot keywords in domain name registrations last month. At some point, Donald Trump will flame out of the presidential race. Until then, The Donald is giving .com registry Verisign a bit of a bump. For the second month in a row, ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Panel rules that Rightside’s .Cam application is still in the mix
· Policy & LawString confusion objection ruling is overturned. Verisign's successful string confusion objection against Rightside's .cam top level domain name has been overturned. ICANN was put in a sticky situation after Verisign's string confusion objections ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Uniregistry continues to shine in .Com Winners and Losers
· Domain RegistrarsHere’s how registrars fared with .com in May. Uniregistry recently announced that it crossed the million domain milestone. I'm not sure how Frank Schilling's own domain names and North Sound new TLDs are accounted for, but the number is strong even if ... Continue Reading6 Comments
.XYZ seeks to dismiss Verisign’s expert testimony
· Policy & LawNew TLD company claims some expert testimony should not be allowed. .XYZ is asking the court to dismiss expert testimony from four expert witnesses in Verisign's false advertising lawsuit against the new top level domain company. Some of the court ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Trump and Bible trending in .com domain name registrations
· UncategorizedDonald Trump is making money...for domain name registrars. Domain name registrations related to Donald Trump, the bible and Cuba were trending last month. According to .com registry Verisign, the following keywords showed the biggest increase in ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Paul Graham: Change your name. Get the .Com
· UncategorizedVenture capitalist makes the argument for picking a good name and owning the matching .com. Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham has published an essay on his site about why it's important to get a good company name and its matching .com. Is it still ... Continue Reading5 Comments