The importance of Universal Acceptance, and what is being done to improve it. Have you ever typed an email address into a web form and it wasn’t accepted because your address ends in a new top level domain? Or noticed that a domain name wasn’t ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Domain investor sues to try to get one character .com domain names
· Policy & LawCompany claims it should get 1.com, a.com etc based on its registration of internationalized domain names. A domain name investor has sued ICANN (pdf), arguing that the investor should have exclusive rights to many single-character .com domain ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Visit an IDN? Google might warn you
· Policy & LawChrome uses a sophisticated system to determine if an IDN might be spoofing another website. While researching end user sales at Sedo yesterday, I visited öttö .de, which sold for €2,000. This is what I saw when I visited it: This is the first ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Most of these IDNs are declining
· UncategorizedKassey Lee examines how these IDNs have performed since the beginning of last year. I wrote about the Chinese IDN extensions in January 2020. Now, about one and half years later, it's time to check-in and see how they're faring. I used ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Taking a look at an early IDN top level domain
· UncategorizedIDNs haven't been as successful as backers hoped. One of the purported benefits of expanding top level domain options last decade was to offers domains in native scripts and languages to their users, so-called Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). ... Continue Reading2 Comments
This Austin restaurant uses an internationalized domain name
· UncategorizedNote the accent mark in this domain name. A domain industry friend was in Austin this morning and we met up for breakfast. When scheduling a place to meet, I googled the name of a local bakery to get its details. I did a double take when I saw its ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Verisign: we’re not afraid of new TLDs, and IDN transliterations will be delayed
· ServicesA defense of .com's staying power and bad news for IDN.com investors. On its investor conference call yesterday afternoon, Verisign CEO James Bidzos explained why he isn't afraid of new top level domain names. Also, in a blow to IDN.com investors, the ... Continue Reading18 Comments
How right-to-left domain names work in practice
· UncategorizedDepending on your language, new TLDs might be about new opportunities to the left of the dot. When ICANN unveiled the list of top level domain name applications at a media event in London last summer, some in the community were upset that Arabic IDNs ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.Co to offer Asian IDNs starting April 15
· UncategorizedMore .co internationalized domain name options available this month. .Co Internet announced that it will begin allowing registrations of Asian language .co IDNs starting April 15. Registrations will be available in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
IDN community reacts to Verisign’s .com transliteration selections
· UncategorizedThe good, the bad, and the ugly of Verisign's IDN plans. Verisign applied for 12 internationalized top level domain names as part of the new TLD program. These domain names are transliterations of .com and .net. A transliteration is different ... Continue Reading12 Comments