Domain Name News

Who Is Hosting This.com was kind enough to share this very useful infographic that outlines the steps that a domain name buyer has to take if he/she is interested in buying a domain name that …

I just tried to check whois details for a .org domain and it seems that the .org whois server is down and is not responding. A whois search at PIR, the .org registry, whois search …

Symantec, a computer security, antivirus, backup and SSL provider, wrote an article about the effect that new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) will have on SSL certificates. There are already many new gTLDs that have been …

I missed a couple of days because there were just too many announcements and news over the past week. I am using the search terms that visitors of my blog are using at Google and …

In the past week (Jan 6 to Jan 12), 572 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $2.5 million. Only 208 domains from the 572 were reported by Sedo. The other domains were either private …

The domain name creativ.com was sold at Sedo in December 2011 for 6000 EUR. The domain was hit with a UDRP complaint at the National Arbitration Forum on the 13th of January 2014. The domain …

At 31 December 2013 the .fr TLD represented 2,716,027 domain names, an increase of 8.2% in 2013. Although this performance remains higher than the average for the world market (7.1 % according to our estimates), …

Nokia Normandy, the company’s first and only Android smartphone is about to be released. It is likely that Nokia may launch its first Android smartphone during MWC in March. Normandy is a low-cost smartphone that would …

DomainTools.com rolled out their new website home page last November and at that time they promised a transformation of their design and User Experience (UX) across their entire site. Well, they just delivered. They redesigned the …

I was doing a search at Namejet for upcoming drops and auctions when I noticed that  suplementshop.com and fitnesforum.com are in pending delete status and will drop in a couple of days. I was then …

Microsoft and Go Daddy Announce Strategic Partnership to Help Small Businesses. GoDaddy.com, the Web’s top platform for small business, and Microsoft Corp. announced on Monday a long-term strategic partnership to offer Office 365 as GoDaddy’s …

Google just beta released today the new Google Publisher Plugin for WordPress. The new  plugin currently supports 2 Google products: AdSense and Webmaster Tools. Many publishers using WordPress have been looking for an easier way …

During ICANN 48 in Buenos Aires, the Governmental Advisory Committee issued further advice to the ICANN Board of Directors regarding New gTLD applications. GAC Advice was intended to identify applications that are “problematic,” e.g., that …

I was trying for about 24 hours to unlock a few of my domains at Enom so I could transfer them out. I had no luck. I was using the Bulk Global Edit by adding …