The South Florida Business Journal posted an article yesterday with the title “Fort Lauderdale-based domain .club is one of top-selling web newcomers”. The Fort Lauderdale-based domain .club is leading a pack of newly established alternatives …
Read More »Michael Gilmour Hosts A Webinar Discussing A Domain Industry Association
Michael Gilmour, owner of ParkLogic, send out an invitation and encourages everyone to attend his upcoming webinar today the 21st of August discussing a Domain Industry Association. Michael has made 5 blog posts lately about …
Read More »24 More New gTLDs Have Been Delegated: .diet, .hosting, .property, .gifts, .restaurant, .wales
ICANN has announced that 24 more New gTLDs have been delegated for a total of 370 new gTLD strings. Here are some of the more important of the latest 24 new gTLDs: .diet, .hosting, .property, …
Read More ».REALTOR Launches Offering 500,000 Free Domains To It’s Members
The National Association of Realtors announced that the new .REALTOR top-level domain will be available October 23, 2014 to members of NAR and the Canadian Real Estate Association. The top-level domain will be made available …
Read More »GoDaddy Acquires Email Marketing Company Mad Mimi
GoDaddy announced today that it has acquired Mad Mimi, which helps small businesses connect with customers through simple, beautiful and effective email marketing. Mad Mimi’s easy-to-use applications, empathetic and knowledgeable customer care, and robust technology …
Read More »ICANN Announces Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group Members
As described in the 14 August 2014 posting of the Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Process and Next Steps, four respected individuals with backgrounds in academia, governmental relations, global insight, and the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC), will …
Read More »Domain Name Owner Says Google Ranking Returned 30 Days After Domain Expired
A WebmasterWorld thread called “Accidentally let domain expire for a day: Now site’s gone from Google. Temporary or permanent?” was started by a domain name owner and webmaster that let a domain name expire for …
Read More »Flippa Introduces Starter Sites
Flippa introduced it’s brand new section, “Starter Sites”, that is designed to showcase the best newly created websites on Flippa. All Starter Sites are under 3 months old and need a new owner to grow …
Read More »ICANN To Give Governmental Advisory Committee More Power
ICANN is posting for public comment proposed Bylaws revisions that would incorporate a higher voting threshold for the Board to determine not act consistently with the advice of the Governmental Advisory Committee. Currently, the Bylaws …
Read More »ICANN 2014 Nominating Committee Announces Selections
The ICANN 2014 Nominating Committee (NomCom) has completed its selections for six leadership positions within ICANN, listed below for each ICANN body, in alphabetical order by family name. Also the Non-Contracted Parties House (NCPH) has …
Read More »How Did RetailMeNot Get 849 .Codes Domains In Sunrise Without Any Trademarks?
RetailMeNot, Inc. registered 849 .codes domain names in Sunrise without owning any of the corresponding trademarks. The domains were all registered at the 101Domain registrar. The list includes many keyword domains as well as trademark …
Read More »T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Award Nominations NOW OPEN Until Friday
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. AWARD Nominations for 2014 are now open by sending the following form to nominations@targetedtraffic.com. Nominations will remain open until Friday, August 22nd at 6 P.M. EDT. Only those persons or companies that receive 3 …
Read More »Domain Name Course DNFCollege TERM 3 Started Today
DNFCollege TERM 3 started today at the always popular domain name forum DNForum.com owned by Adam Dicker. The course is free and you can sign up here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/domaincollege/ A lot of domain name related material …
Read More »ARI Registry Criticizes The Purchase Of Racing.com For $500,000+
ARI Registry Services, an Australian company offering New gTLD registry services, published a blog article criticizing the purchase of the domain name racing.com for $500,000+. The domain name racing.com was bought by Australian south east …
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