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Internet Adds 4.5 Million Domain Names in First Quarter of 2011
May 25, 2011 @ 5:05 AMFour and a half million domain names were added to the Internet in the first three months of 2011, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief published by VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN).
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DoylesRoom Makes Statement After Seizure of Domain
May 25, 2011 @ 4:09 AMDespite the seizure of its .com domain by the U.S. government, online poker room DoylesRoom says that its business operations have not been affect by Monday’s actions. On Monday, the domains of 10 online poker sites — mostly on the Yatahay Network, including DoylesRoom.com and TruePoker.com — were seized as a result of an investigation by the Homeland Security Office, with a warrant from a U.S. Attorney’s office in Maryland. Three defendants — representing the payment processors working with the poker sites — are accused of money laundering and running an illegal gambling operation.
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Domain Wars: A Tale of Two Sydneys
May 24, 2011 @ 1:36 PMSydney, Australia and Sydney, Nova Scotia don’t butt heads too often but upcoming changes to the internet domain name system could force the cities into mediation. In June companies, governments and cashed-up individuals will be able to augment their .com, .net and other standard web addresses with .anything. For $US185,000 – and $US25,000 a year – they will be able to buy anything from .qantas to .music to .sydney and own the entire domain.
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Spammers Create Short Url Systems to Beat Security
May 24, 2011 @ 4:28 AMSpammers have started setting up bogus URL shortening services to act as relay points for traffic generated by their emails.
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Why We Haven't Seen Any Lawsuits Filed Against The Government Over Domain Seizure
May 24, 2011 @ 2:25 AMWe’ve heard a few times that the lack of lawsuits from those who have had their domains seized is “evidence” that they know the seizures were legal and that they would lose any court case. I began to wonder about this myself, and spent the last two weeks contacting people on all sides of these cases and found the answer to be exactly the opposite: it’s not the site holders who are scared. It’s the Justice Department, and they seem terrified to have one of these cases actually go to court.
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Microsoft Buys 8 Search Engine Optimization Domain Names
May 24, 2011 @ 1:28 AMMicrosoft has purchased eight domain names related to search engine optimization (SEO). I am not quite sure about the reasoning behind this move by Microsoft the owner of the Bing.com search engine. There could be a few reasons, the most logical being brand and trademark protection, as I do not suspect that Microsoft is going to go into the search engine optimization business anytime soon.
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Entrepreneurs Primed for Domain Name Opportunity
May 23, 2011 @ 2:32 PMThe looming introduction of a new domain name regime will “open the floodgates” for entrepreneurs keen to take a slice of the $5 billion industry, the CEO of a wholesale domain provider has claimed.
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Dot.anything to Take Over Internet, Predicts Domain Name Expert
May 23, 2011 @ 4:19 AMSO LONG dot.com. Soon the easy way to consult the internet will be via dot.anything. The so-called Top-Level Domain program will be ratified by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) in Singapore on June 20, followed by a four-month global communication campaign. After that will come a 60-day window to apply for a Top-Level Domain name, which will come at a cost of $US185,000 ($174,388) to discourage frivolous applications.
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How to Protect Your Brand From The Coming .xxx Porn Domain
May 23, 2011 @ 3:56 AMThe new .xxx top-level domain, scheduled to launch this fall, is causing brand managers and trademark owners anxiety. Thankfully, a “defensive registration” process is in place that allows registered trademark owners to block their marks from being abusively registered as a .xxx domain by a third party. Defensive registration can prevent unwanted affiliation between a wholesome brand and the adult entertainment industry.
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US Government Starts New Round of Pirate Domain Seizures
May 21, 2011 @ 2:12 AMUS authorities have resumed “Operation In Our Sites” and have seized several domain names associated with copyright infringement or counterfeit related crimes. Among the new targets are two sites that linked to copyrighted films hosted on third party streaming sites such as megavideo.com and veoh.com. Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has yet to officially announce the new operation.
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