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Is Your Brand in Danger of Sex Domain Abuse?
August 19, 2011 @ 11:10 PMCyber squatting is, for the most part these days, old hat as far as threats to your business go. After all, any business that wants to protects itself from
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WordPress Now Powering 14.7% of Top 1M Websites, 22% of New U.S. Domain Names
August 19, 2011 @ 2:32 AMWordPress has revealed that it is now powering 14.7 percent of the top 1 million websites in the world through both WordPress.com and WordPress.org (self-hosted blogs), which is up from 8.5 percent last year. Additionally, 22 out of every 100 new active domain names in the U.S. are using WordPress.
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PETA to Launch Porn Website
August 19, 2011 @ 1:43 AMSEX sells and when it comes to the internet, pornography remains one of the biggest sellers around. Now animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), have come up with a new way to get some attention – their own porn site.
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The Current Domain Market Worth $12 Billion, Says Thrush
August 18, 2011 @ 8:05 PMPeter Dengate Thrush, the former chairman of the board of ICANN, the body responsible for the internet’s top-level domain name management, oversaw the introduction of the reforms that are about to upend the world of web addresses.
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.Asia Plans to Release 1 and 2 Character Domain Names
August 18, 2011 @ 11:36 AMRegistry for .asia domain names wants to release short names. .Asia registry DotAsia Organisation Ltd is joining fellow top level domain name operators with plans to release one and two character domain names. The registry has filed a Registry Services Evaluation Process request with ICANN explaining how it plans to allocate the domain …
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Domain Sponsor: No More Redirects
August 18, 2011 @ 2:14 AMDomain Sponsor sent an email this morning informing its customers that they can no longer re-direct their domain names that are parked with the company.
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Ad Groups Oppose New Domains, ICANN Chief to Step Down
August 18, 2011 @ 2:12 AMThe online advertising industry this week encouraged the Internet’s governing body to withdraw its plan for issuing new domain names, arguing that it could hurt brand owners financially.
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Web Domain Chief Rod Beckstrom Announces Departure
August 17, 2011 @ 3:55 AMThe head of the international organization that oversees Internet domain names announced that he will leave his post when his contract ends next July.
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XXX Domains Causing a Stir
August 17, 2011 @ 1:25 AMThe Internet is about to get a little racier. The new triple-X domain that is slated to launch in December is ruffling feathers all around the web.
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Africa Internet Domain Coming Soon
August 17, 2011 @ 1:09 AMWithin two years African internet users could have their continent’s name as part of their web addresses, say the African Registry Consortium (ARC) – the organisation that aims to administer the .africa domain.
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