Image via Wikipedia If like me you cannot attend the ICANN meeting in Mexico City, then you are probably looking for other methods for keeping track of goings on. Twitter, which has become one of the most popular social networks, has been adopted by both ICANN staff and many of the meeting delegates. You can… Continue reading Keep Track of ICANN Mexico via Twitter
Xml.mobi Sells For $430
Short generic domains can be insanely expensive, so it was interesting to see how much xml.mobi would fetch at auction over on Sedo The bidding heated up a bit in the last hour or so, but the domain went under the hammer for a mere $430, which is a lot lower than you might have… Continue reading Xml.mobi Sells For $430
Toys.com Sells To Toys R Us For 5.1 Million
Toys.com has been sold at auction this evening for a staggering $5.1 million! Adam Strong covered the auction live over on Twitter: More coverage over on DomainNameNews.com
Nominet PAB Election Takes A Strange Turn
Nominet was expected to announce the nominations for the PAB election this afternoon. What we got instead took me by surprise. Since there were only three nominations put forward by the deadline all three get appointed without any election, leaving one free seat on the PAB. In other words, there won’t be a PAB election… Continue reading Nominet PAB Election Takes A Strange Turn
Getting To Grips With DotTel
With .tel domains expected to “go live” in dns very soon Telnic have made available a number of resources to help people make the best use of their .tel domain(s). The updated “community” page on the Telnic site provides access to a range of useful information: The domains will ‘go live’ (resolve to the DNS… Continue reading Getting To Grips With DotTel
ICANN Goes Mobile For Mexico Meeting
ICANN announced their new mobile site earlier today just in time for the upcoming public meeting in Mexico city. The new ICANN mobile site which has been setup with the assistance of dotMobi, contains information of relevance to delegates attending the public meeting in Mexico. I know from previous ICANN meetings that I can never… Continue reading ICANN Goes Mobile For Mexico Meeting
Aftermarket Survey Users
Aftermarket.com are currently conducting a survey of their users. If you complete it (and it really does take about 10 minutes) you can enter for a draw to win $500 of credit, which isn’t bad. A lot of the questions relate to how you would like to buy and sell domains via an aftermarket provider,… Continue reading Aftermarket Survey Users
Mexican Registry Announces Grandfather Option For .mx
The Mexican domain registry recently announced that they would be making available domain registrations in the top level ie. directly under .mx. At present most domains are registered under a second level, so people end up with company.co.mx The ability to register directly under .mx should make for some interesting development in the MX namespace… Continue reading Mexican Registry Announces Grandfather Option For .mx
Bido Spam DNForum Users
Image by Getty Images via Daylife While I’ve mentioned Bido in the past, as I thought it was a cool idea, I won’t be in the future. Why not? Because they seem to think it’s ok to send spam to members of DNForum. If you want to market your website spamming people about it is… Continue reading Bido Spam DNForum Users
Bido To Relaunch Next Week
Domain auction site Bido.com, which was forced to close last year due to technical issues, is relaunching next week. The first auction is scheduled for February 19th, with the inventory for upcoming auctions being made available on February 16th. What makes Bido that bit different is their approach. Unlike Sedo and other auction sites which… Continue reading Bido To Relaunch Next Week