Brett Fausett, who I met briefly in LA this year, has been blogging about the domain name industry for a long time and is a respected and knowledgeable voice. He has just launched a new domain related blog which should prove interesting, as his first post explores Google’s latest play on domain registration.
Category: Domains
A Semi-Useful Domain Management Tool – Domain Log Book
I came across Domain Log Book earlier this evening via a post on Pinstripe The concept is nice – keep track of your domains in terms of renewal dates and page rank, however it’s not that helpful if you deal with ccTLDs. I added a couple of .com domains to it and it showed me… Continue reading A Semi-Useful Domain Management Tool – Domain Log Book
DomainSponsor Changes / Clarifies Payments
A few weeks ago DomainSponsor emailed their clients to inform them of planned changes to their payment processes. Frank covered it here. While anyone reading the email from a few weeks ago would have got the distinct impression that Paypal was being phased out: We will be phasing out the PayPal payment method Couldn’t be… Continue reading DomainSponsor Changes / Clarifies Payments
Privacy – US vs EU Perspectives
A few days ago I posted about the state of the EU. This was prompted in part by the first part of John’s excellent study into the .eu namespace and activity therein and partially by Eurid’s latest promotional campaign. My post here may have gone unnoticed, but shortly after it appeared on CircleID Jay Westerdal… Continue reading Privacy – US vs EU Perspectives
DNZoom Closed Beta
I mentioned DNZoom a few weeks ago and was hoping to be able to try it out. I’ve been invited to take part in the private beta with a handful of others. I’ve been playing around with the interface and the various functions while chatting to Dan Kimball, one of the driving forces behind the… Continue reading DNZoom Closed Beta
Centralnic Pushing .LA
Centralnic have just announced that .la domains are available to their resellers / registrars: As you may know, earlier this year CentralNic became the registry provider for .LA. We are pleased to be able to inform you that we are now able to offer .LA to all accredited CentralNic resellers. .la is the ccTLD for… Continue reading Centralnic Pushing .LA
Mobi Ready Tools Upgraded
.mobi is aimed at mobile devices and all domains are meant to serve mobile ready content. While that may sound like a nice idea, or possibly a bit crazy, the people running the registry, which is based in Dublin, Ireland, take it very seriously. Of course they know that it’s not going to be that… Continue reading Mobi Ready Tools Upgraded
EU Domain Scam – Eurid Pulls Registration
Francesco, who works for Ascio, posted to the Eurid registrars’ list yesterday about a domain scam (in German). The scam is strikingly similar to so many of those that we have seen for .com, .ie and .co.uk over the last few years. The text of the mail is below: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren Sie… Continue reading EU Domain Scam – Eurid Pulls Registration
EU NameSpace is Dead?
The EU sunrise and landrush has probably been discussed to death, but what is the landscape like over a year later? A lot of industry insiders were right to express their doubts about the stability of EU following on from the high profile squats, that have been discussed here at length. Of course any discussion… Continue reading EU NameSpace is Dead?
The Dead Auction – Moniker Auction at Affiliate Summit
I’ve listened in to several domain auctions over the last year or so. Even if you didn’t have the list of domains it could be a lively and entertaining experience. Last night’s auction, however, was terrible. It wasn’t the Adam and