filed in Domain Registration on Dec.03, 2008
We have covered .TEL domain name news since the concept was made known to the public. Today is the first historic date, which will make all the skeptics cut their speculations about whether .TEL will launch or not. Here it is, it has launched, the Sunrise period starts now and ends on February 2, 2009.
The Sunrise period of [Read the rest of this entry...]
filed in Domain Sales on Nov.30, 2008
In a recent mastername.ru auction the premium domain name people.ru was sold for a record high $100,000. The domain name was registered in 1997. It is no surprise, the same goes with .COM and any other internationally popular TLD – six figure domain sales are usually generated by domain names registered in time period of 1996 – 98. [Read the rest of this entry...]
filed in Domain Statistics on Nov.28, 2008
Well, I know you love a bit of domain statistics from time to time. Here’s what is happening in Latin America. During October the higher growth of domain names in absolute values are following: [Read the rest of this entry...]
filed in Domain Registration on Nov.20, 2008
Tomorrow, November 21 2008, is the day when Pool.com, the famous drop-catcher, officially opens a service that allows users to backorder .MOBI domain name drops.
It will be one of the few [Read the rest of this entry...]
filed in Domain Registration on Nov.18, 2008
Just a short time ago we congratulated Netherlands on achieving the 3 million mark in national domain registration. Following a success of the .NL top level domain, a new second level domain has been introduced. It is .CO.NL and today, November 18, 2008 starts the first phase of Sunrise period dubbed the Grandfather period. Up until Thursday 15 January, 2009 anyone currently holding a legitimate .NL domain name will have a right to register a matching .CO.NL name. [Read the rest of this entry...]
filed in Internet Business on Nov.13, 2008
Well, here it is – yet another attempt to put some sense into optimizators’ brainless heads! Google team has announced a release of a free SEO guide. You can download it from Google Blog. It is a short yet feature-rich 22 page document covering the 12 most common areas (or stumbling blocks) of new SEO experts. The central character of this SEO guide is a non-existent website brandonsbaseballcards.com. And Brandon Falls is a popular man now!
It covers all the best practices such as Titles, Descriptions, URL structure, content and other things. The two perhaps most interesting parts of this [Read the rest of this entry...]
filed in Domain Statistics on Nov.06, 2008
Over two years since it’s launch and MOBI zone has grown to more than a million domain names – the activity in the area of the sites for mobile devices and cellular phones is high. The domain tld administrator dotMobi says the zone will continue to grow.
The volume of mobile content is rapidly increasing, just look how big is the ringtones and mobile apps market. Owners of existing sites are gradually overcoming the traditional anxiety about going mobile. [Read the rest of this entry...]
filed in Domain Registration, Internet Business on Oct.28, 2008
Never forget a domain renewal again. Should it be your own domain name or one you are looking to grab or purchase, it is always annoying to miss the date and see the domain going to someone else. We are usually holding our domain names with different registrars and it would be good to have a single domain reminder service. DomainReminders.net is a new service and its title speaks for itself. The thing that makes it stand out from the competitors is that DomainReminders is free and you can add any domain to your watch-list. Even if you don’t own it. Let’s see if we can learn more from the author of DomainReminders.
3APP: How is it possible to tell a genuine reminder service from an idea skimmer? [Read the rest of this entry...]
filed in Domain Registration on Oct.27, 2008
The registry operator of the new TLD, Telnic Ltd, has revealed that exactly 100 domain name registrars have expressed their interest in offering .TEL domain names to clients.
The first to jump on the incomplete train of .TEL was the old fox EuroDNS. They are doing their best to [Read the rest of this entry...]
filed in Domain Registration, Domain Statistics on Oct.24, 2008
Today is IWF (Internet Watch Foundation) Awareness day – the only day in the year when everyone is trying to be aware about filth and fraud ruling the internet.
Afilias, the registry of INFO domain names, has actually tried to switch from words to deeds. The company has found methods to cut the abusive sits on a domain name registry level. [Read the rest of this entry...]
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