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Traffic Down Under

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TRAFFIC is heading down under later this year, so if you want to escape from the dreary weather in Europe you could do worse than heading to the warmer climes of Australia's Gold Coast.The lineup for the event mixes business with pleasure, which is probably the best way to have it!Although the conference runs from the 18th to the 20th of November, the organisers have laid on a … [Read more...] about Traffic Down Under

Chitika Launches Parking Solution

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While many parking companies seem to be having issues it's interesting to see a new "player" entering the foray.Chitika, which is best known for it's "blog friendly" advertising solutions, has just launched a domain parking solution called "Chitika for Domains".The "beta" nature of the solution reveals itself very quickly if you try to explore it in any great depth. In less … [Read more...] about Chitika Launches Parking Solution

Eurid and the failure to promote dotEU

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In some ways the failure of .eu to capture hearts and minds makes me sad. I'm European. I'd like to think that a European namespace could be a success, but that seems to be a misplaced desire.As I mentioned some time ago, the only way to grow a namespace or TLD is through usage. Once people start to see a domain extension in "action" then they begin to start using it. If people … [Read more...] about Eurid and the failure to promote dotEU

SnapNames Live Auction – Mac Users Not Welcome

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Anytime I go to an industry event I find myself surrounded by fellow Mac users. I don't know what proportion they make up, but it's not insignficant. Next week's auctions at DomainFest are being held "live" both online and at the venue. If you want to take part in the online auction and use a Mac SnapNames obviously don't want your business, as the online auction requires … [Read more...] about SnapNames Live Auction – Mac Users Not Welcome

Battelle Gives Domainers a Shout Out

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John Battelle is one of the keynote speakers at DomainFest this year.In the most recent post to his blog he's been asking a few interesting questions about the domain industry. They're probably the most obvious questions someone could ask, but that doesn't make it any easier to actually answer them accurately:A few things I'd love to know with some authority:- Overall size of … [Read more...] about Battelle Gives Domainers a Shout Out

I Congreso de dominios – Madrid October 9th

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There will be a one day domain congress in Madrid next month organised by the people behind ForumDominios.comThe day's lineup looks quite interesting and covers topics such as the Spanish domain market, monetisation strategies, legal issues, dotmobi, the future of the .es namespace and other topics.Full details and registration is on their site (in Spanish) … [Read more...] about I Congreso de dominios – Madrid October 9th

Secondary Market Frowned Upon by IE ccTLD

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Whenever I meet up with colleagues in the domain industry from outside Ireland they are always amazed at the size of the IE namespace. While it's not the smallest ccTLD in the world, it is one of the smallest in Europe, especially when compared to its neighbours. Of course one of the many reasons for this is the policy. While the policy surrounding registrations has relaxed … [Read more...] about Secondary Market Frowned Upon by IE ccTLD