Category: domainers

Traffic Down Under

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… Continue reading Traffic Down Under

Chitika Launches Parking Solution

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… Continue reading Chitika Launches Parking Solution

Eurid and the failure to promote dotEU

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.… Continue reading Eurid and the failure to promote dotEU

Battelle Gives Domainers a Shout Out

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… Continue reading Battelle Gives Domainers a Shout Out

I Congreso de dominios – Madrid October 9th

There will be a one day domain congress in Madrid next month organised by the people behind ForumDominios.com The 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… Continue reading I Congreso de dominios – Madrid October 9th

Secondary Market Frowned Upon by IE ccTLD

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… Continue reading Secondary Market Frowned Upon by IE ccTLD

ICANN Investigating Domain Tasting

ICANN has announced that it is seeking input and feedback on the topic of domain tasting. (See their announcement for full details) Interestingly enough Michael Gilmour published an article a couple of days ago covering the same topic – “Why domain tasting is great!“, which will probably raise a few hackles! One point that in… Continue reading ICANN Investigating Domain Tasting

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