Registrants are agency of the Iranian government or Specially Designated Nationals. Web.com, parent company of domain name registrar Network Solutions, revealed today that it has shut down three Iranian websites due to the The Iran Threat Reduction and ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Network Solutions recovering from DDoS
· Domain RegistrarsCompany faced multiple outtages this week. Network Solutions customers experienced outtages this week due to a DDoS attack. The problems appeared to start on Monday. On Tuesday, Network Solutions reported that "On [Monday], some Network Solutions ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Ingenious? Network Solution offers Expiration Protection.
· Domain RegistrarsCompany charges $9.99 to renew your domain name for another year in case you forget. As Web.com points out frequently on its investor conference calls, it believes that it has room to grow its cross selling activities to existing customers. This ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Network Solutions files domain privacy patent application
· Domain RegistrarsDomain name registrar Network Solutions wants to patent various aspects of a domain privacy service, and has filed a patent application for "Private Domain Name Registration" with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The application is technically a ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Network Solutions gets a continuation patent on URL forwarding
· Domain RegistrarsPatent issued today covers forwarding one domain name to another. Domain forwarding, a.k.a. URL forwarding. Every domain registrar offers it, and most give it away for free to their customers. Type in DNW.com and get forwarded to ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Verisign gets another patent for ccTLD registration
· UncategorizedPatent covers bulk checking and registration of country code top level domains. Verisign has been granted U.S. patent number 8,356,081 for "Automated Domain Name Registration". This patent, applied for in 2005, is a divisional patent of 7,000,028, ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Web.com to Cut More Network Solutions Employees
· Domain RegistrarsCompany plans more pink slips at iconic domain registrar. Web.com plans to fire more Network Solutions employees after it acquires the company than it previously thought. The company, which also owns domain name registrar Register.com, originally ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Register.com Owner to Acquire Network Solutions
· Domain RegistrarsRegister.com and Network Solutions to get married. Two of the highest priced and oldest domain name registrars are getting married. Web.com, which owns Register.com, will pay $405 million plus 18 million shares of Web.com stock as well as take on ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Zuccarini Files Another Lawsuit, This Time Adding ICANN to the List
· Policy & LawZuccarini sues three companies for negligence. John Zuccarini has filed another lawsuit (pdf) stemming from the sale of 14 domain names on NameJet. In this case he counts Network Solutions, NameJet, and now ICANN as defendants. Zuccarini owes ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy.co Gets Ready and Network Solutions Piggybacks
· Domain RegistrarsLots of mainstream attention on domain names today. We're just hours away from Go Daddy's Super Bowl commercials and a huge plug for the .co domain. I really have no idea who the GoDaddy.co girl is. My guess is it's not someone from Colombia, but ... Continue Reading7 Comments