VeriSign set to hit major milestone this quarter. Sometime this quarter, VeriSign predicts its total registered base of .com and .net domain names will top the 100 million mark. In its investor conference call last night, VeriSign reported that the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
VeriSign Offers Tools to Secure Domain Names
· ServicesTwo tools from VeriSign help keep your domain names secure. With a couple recent high profile domain thefts, and the recent hijacking of Baidu's nameserver settings, I reached out to VeriSign Chief Technology Officer Ken Silva to learn what VeriSign ... Continue Reading4 Comments
VeriSign Proposes Domain Name Exchange Service
· Policy & LawNew program would let registrars trade-in domains they no longer want. VeriSign has filed papers with ICANN proposing a "Domain Name Exchange" that would let .net domain name owners trade in their domains for others. The stated purpose of the exchange ... Continue Reading15 Comments
ICANN Board Drops Bomb on Registrars Hoping to Launch New TLDs
· Policy & LawBoard opts for separation of registrars and registries for new top level domain names. [Update: Minutes from board meeting emphasize pending plan from GNSO.] ICANN's board resolved today that there will be "strict separation of entities offering ... Continue Reading11 Comments
VeriSign’s Plans for “.Com IDNs” Become Clearer
· Policy & LawRegistrants of existing .com domain names are well positioned for coming release of IDN TLDs. For years, domainers have been investing in Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) that use non-Latin characters. But these have all been IDN at the second ... Continue Reading43 Comments
How Tiered Pricing Could Lower the Cost of Domain Name Registration
· Domain Registrars...for some domains, anyway. A lot of the talk around new top level domain names is the lack of pricing controls on providers. A company that launches a new TLD can set prices however they wish, and owners of existing TLDs worry that this idea would ... Continue Reading3 Comments
VeriSign Joins List of Companies Not Going to Nairobi
· Uncategorized.Com registry to participate remotely. The world's biggest registrar, Go Daddy, has already announced it is not sending anyone to the ICANN meeting in Nairobi due to security concerns. Now you can add the biggest registry, VeriSign, to the ... Continue Reading11 Comments
VeriSign Gets Patent for Suggesting Alternative Domain Names
· ServicesPatent describes system for providing alternatives to already registered domain names. When you search for a domain name at any major registrar, and the domain isn't available, the registrar will likely serve up a list of similar domain names that are ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Al Gore, Steve Jobs, Digg, Others up for .Com 25 Awards
· UncategorizedPoliticians and instrumental web companies nominated for awards. As part of a year long celebration of the 25th anniversary of .com, domain registry VeriSign today announced nominees for its ".com 25". There are 75 nominees; a panel of judges will ... Continue Reading3 Comments
VeriSign Toasts 25 Years of .Com
· Domain RegistrarsVeriSign launches campaign to celebrate 25 years of .com. .Com registry VeriSign has launched a new campaign to celebrate 25 years of dot com domain names and the emergence of the web. The campaign -- found online at 25YearsOf.com -- will celebrate a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment