The UK registry has now hit the seven million names registered.You may recall them hitting six million names in July of last year, which means (obviously) that they've added over one million names in just over a year.tootsdrivingschool.co.uk was the 7 millionth domain.More on this story on the Nominet site … [Read more...] about UK Hits Seven Million Domains
DotMobi Extends Pricing Promotion
While other domain registries seem only to happy to increase their prices this autumn it is refreshing to see that dotMobi won't.DotMobi have been offering registrars promotional pricing for most of this year, although they were meant to be halting the promotion during the autumn. They have now revealed that they will be continuing with their promotional pricing until the end … [Read more...] about DotMobi Extends Pricing Promotion
Wanted : Hosts For ICANN Meetings in 2009-10
ICANN will be holding a meeting somewhere in Europe from October 25 - 30 2009, while another meeting is planned for Africa from February 7 - 12 2010.The question, of course, is where exactly will these meetings take place...The logistics of holding an ICANN meeting are quite daunting, to put it mildly.The city would need to have an international airport, or be close to one.Of … [Read more...] about Wanted : Hosts For ICANN Meetings in 2009-10
Solid Host To Sue Enom and Namecheap
Normally when I see headlines about companies suing registrars I have to read "more" to find out what has happened. In the case of SolidHost that isn't the case, as I've been following this story quite closely over the last couple of weeks.Around 7pm on August 4th Solidhost sent their clients an email saying that their site was unavailable as the domain had been hijacked.They … [Read more...] about Solid Host To Sue Enom and Namecheap
Trying To Cash In On Bond – IanFleming.com UDRP
Image via Wikipedia One of the more recent WIPO decisions caught my eye as it was for the domain ianfleming.comIan Fleming was, of course, the creator of James Bond and wrote all 14 novels, as well as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.This year happens to mark the centenary of his birth, which may or may not be a coincidence:The intellectual property rights associated with the name Ian … [Read more...] about Trying To Cash In On Bond – IanFleming.com UDRP
Sedo Expands UK Presence
Sedo are expanding their UK offices and adding more staff at all levels. They're also moving from Reading into London.While there have been rumours of issues in the parking industry it's obvious that not all companies are feeling the squeeze just yet. … [Read more...] about Sedo Expands UK Presence
Craiglist.fr WIPO Decision
The WIPO UDRP decision regarding craiglist.fr does not hold many surprises.What is semi-interesting is that the decision gives an overview of craiglist.org, which has been in operation since 1997.Needless to say the panelist decided in favour of the trademark holder and ordered the transfer of craiglist.fr … [Read more...] about Craiglist.fr WIPO Decision
Check Your DNS Security
In the last few weeks considerable attention has been focussed on security flaws in DNS.IANA have released an easy to use tool that allows you to check your dns to make sure that it is not vulnerable to attack and / or abuse.They also explain what the tool is checking for and why. … [Read more...] about Check Your DNS Security
IE Domain Registry To Introduce Multiyear Registrations
The IE Domain Registry has announced that they will be enabling multiyear registrations of IE domains later this week.From 6pm on Wednesday 13th 2008 it will be possible to register IE domains for 1,2,3,4,5 or 10 years at a time.(Why you cannot register a domain for 6,7,8 or 9 years hasn't been explained as yet). … [Read more...] about IE Domain Registry To Introduce Multiyear Registrations
Domain Pricing – Is There A Ceiling?
The announcements by Verisign, PIR and Afilias of price increases in com,net,org and .info shouldn't really come as a surprise to anyone.However if the year on year price increases do leave an interesting question - is there an upper ceiling?Will the next price increase have a negative impact on some of the low cost registrars? (The last one didn't seem to have much … [Read more...] about Domain Pricing – Is There A Ceiling?