New registrar offering below-cost pricing in promotion. I don't usually write about domain name registrars offering discounts, but this one seemed like it was worth passing on. NameBright.com - the domainer-created domain name registrar that I wrote ... Continue Reading33 Comments
A subtle (yet big) change in GoDaddy’s ads
· Domain RegistrarsVerisign paying to include .com in GoDaddy ad. I was watching the Cardinals game last night when I noticed ads for GoDaddy.com behind the batter. This is nothing new. GoDaddy frequently advertises on baseball broadcasts. But something about the ad ... Continue Reading12 Comments
For VeriSign, it’s 2009 all over again
· UncategorizedGrowth in .Com/.net base slows down thanks in part to search engine changes. Immediately after Verisign released its earnings yesterday that showed slowing growth, fellow blogger Michael Berkens sent me this tweet: Michael was referring to my ... Continue Reading8 Comments
.Com growth rate slowing (but only slightly)
· UncategorizedData show a slight reduction in .com growth rate, but it's still over 8% per year. A couple weeks ago Michael Berkens wrote a story about how the base of .com and .net domain registrations was slowing "to a crawl". A few days later Treffis issued ... Continue Reading13 Comments
Google Apps makes .co an option (and promotes it)
· Domain Registrars.co front and center with the big three on Google Apps. Google Apps has added .co as a registration option when you open a new account. Given that you can currently register 27 different top level domains with Google Apps, that's not big news by ... Continue Reading8 Comments
.Co’s Juan Diego Calle responds to anti-domainer allegations
· Uncategorized.Co founder explains his opinion on domainers and cybersquatters. There was a bit of a blogstorm earlier today about the video of Juan Deigo Calle and Loic Le Meur, founder of the LeWeb conference announcing LeWeb was changing its domain to ... Continue Reading10 Comments
LeWeb conference switches from .net to .co
· UncategorizedBig European tech conference changes web site to LeWeb.co. LeWeb, a large European tech conference, has jumped on the .co bandwagon. The company just changed its web address -- and its logo -- to LeWeb.co. The video below features .co founder ... Continue Reading3 Comments
3 .com typos that may be applied for as new TLDs
· UncategorizedThey may have meaning but are very similar to .com. A number of country codes, such as .cm and .co, can result in misguided visitors looking for a .com web address. Will we see some other domains that could be considered typos push their way through ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Which domains the top 10 domain registrars promote
· Domain Registrars.co is a favorite among non-VeriSign domains. Registrars have many options when it comes to which top level domains to promote to customers. Sometimes this is based purely on demand calculations. In other instances domain registries strike deals with ... Continue Reading17 Comments
25 Years of .Com Gala Celebrates Web Innovators
· UncategorizedGala celebrates big companies and players in the dot.com revolution. Last night I had the honor of attending VeriSign's "25 Years of .Com" gala at city hall in San Francisco. It was a fantastic event with a lot of the companies and people that made ... Continue Reading11 Comments