The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of January 2017 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. There were 2 common keyword in the .com …
Read More »Q4 Liquid Domains Market: China gains market share
GGRG Brokerage Consulting and Giuseppe Graziano published the 4th quarter Liquid Domains Market Overview partnering with Estibot’s parent company Intelium and ShortNames.com. This report is focused on 2016 Q4 and presents key statistics of the …
Read More »TLD Registry gets Chinese accreditation for .在线 (Dot Chinese Online) and .中文网 (Dot Chinese Website)
TLD Registry Ltd., owner and operator of two fully Chinese domain name extensions, .在线 (Dot Chinese Online) and . 中文网 (Dot Chinese Website), announced that its Beijing-based wholly foreign-owned entity (WFOE) company has received full …
Read More »Updates on Domaining Europe 2017 in Berlin, Germany
Domaining Europe 2017, the 9th Domaining Europe Conference, is just 3 months away taking place from the 14th to 16th of May in Berlin, Germany. The event venue is going to be Steigenberger Hotel Am …
Read More »Top 10 domain articles in January 2017: Mike Mann, NamesCon, Andy Kelly, domain disputes, New gTLDs
These are the top domain name articles from January 2017. The most popular articles were Mike Mann attacking New gTLDs, the NamesCon auction results, broker Andy Kelly, a domain name dispute and a threat, New gTLDs …
Read More »Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) says that the “Healthy Domains Initiative” is a Shadow Regulation
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) published an article with the title “Healthy Domains Initiative Isn’t Healthy for the Internet” going against the new initiative by the Domain Name Association. The (EFF) made it pretty clear by …
Read More »92% of global NGOs have a website and 68% use a .org domain name
The 2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report was published and it has some very interesting findings on how NGOs worldwide use domain names, web and email communications, online and mobile fundraising tools, and social and …
Read More »Verisign ended 2016 with 142.2 million .com and .net domain names (Lost 1.9m domains in Q4)
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global leader in domain names and internet security, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2016. Verisign ended 2016 with 142.2 million .com and .net domain …
Read More »Namejet sold 128 domains for $793,301 in January (trm .com, timi .com, comments .com)
Namejet released it’s January 2017 domain name auctions report that includes a lot of 3 letter and 4 letter .com and some 1-word .coms. Namejet sold 128 (122 domains in December) domains in January for …
Read More »OnlineDomain.com hits 1,000,000 page views!
OnlineDomain.com just reached a big milestone. A couple of days back it surpassed 1,000,000 page views. When I started the blog less than 5 years ago I would have never imagined reaching such a number. …
Read More »Domain Name Association unveils “healthy domains initiative” practices
“Healthy Domains Initiative” (HDI) establishes voluntary practices aimed at safeguarding the evolution of the domain name system and defines measures for self-regulation. The Domain Name Association (The DNA), the Internet domain industry’s trade association, announced …
Read More »39% of Super Bowl ads had a domain name, 30% had a hashtag while 39% had NONE
I did some of my own research on the Super Bowl ads based on the Marketing Land statistics and it quite interesting: 39% of all Super Bowl ads this year had a domain name shown, …
Read More »Internet Society calls for hearings on .NYC contract renewal with Neustar
The New York Internet Society passed a resolution that called for the city of New York to hold public hearings before renewing its contract with Neustar Inc. for the operation of the .nyc TLD. The …
Read More ».ORG domain name sells for $55,000
A .org domain name selling for $55,000 is not something you see everyday. But .org domain names are consistent sellers and many are selling for 5-figures. Sedo had the highest .org reported sale of the …
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