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
Cybersquatters Hand Over Bebo.ie
I've spoken about cybersquatting in the IE namespace in the past.One of the domains that had been nabbed by EUBrowser was bebo.ie. While it's still pointing to their feeble attempt at explaining their connection to the name the whois has been updated: whois bebo.ie% Rights restricted by copyright; http://www.domainregistry.ie/copyright.html% Do not remove this … [Read more...] about Cybersquatters Hand Over Bebo.ie
France Passes The One Million Mark
The .fr registry (AFNIC) had a milestone a few days ago.They've now got over one million domains registered!While that may seem like a significant number it pales in comparison to the figure of DENIC or Nominet. However, if you compare .fr to one of its European neighbours like Ireland, with barely 90k domains it's still impressive.The bizarre thing is that AFNIC didn't bother … [Read more...] about France Passes The One Million Mark
Eurid Examining IDNs
Eurid, the organisation responsible for running .eu, is currently polling the public about their views on the introduction of IDNs.The poll maybe found hereMore information on IDNs maybe found on their site also … [Read more...] about Eurid Examining IDNs
Afilias and GoDaddy to Get .Me
According to post earlier today on Jothan Frakes' blog the .me registry is going to be managed by Aflilias in partnership with GoDaddy.Francesco posted about the tendering process back in November and while his post does cover most of the issues with the tender he obviously hadn't considered the possibility of a registry operator teaming up with a registrar - but who could … [Read more...] about Afilias and GoDaddy to Get .Me
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 I'd love to know with some authority:- Overall size of … [Read more...] about Battelle Gives Domainers a Shout Out
DotMobi Premium Auction Postponed
As I've mentioned in the past, dotMobi has been running auctions to allocate some of its "premium" names. There was quite a bit of controversy surrounding the last auction which seems to have left a bad taste in some people's mouths.The next auction was originally scheduled to take place on January 23rd, but has now been postponed.According to a post yesterday on the company's … [Read more...] about DotMobi Premium Auction Postponed
DomainFest Domain Auction Preview
Adam Strong has provided an interesting insight into the live auction that will be conducted by SnapNames during DomainFest. He features an interview with Mr Domain Industry Insider himself, Jothan Frakes, who currently works with Oversee and is heavily involved in organising DomainFest.I'd predict that the auction will be a much bigger success than the DomainTools auction held … [Read more...] about DomainFest Domain Auction Preview
DomainFest 2008 Speaker List and Bios Online
While the agenda for this year's DomainFest has been available for the last few days the speaker list and their bios wasn't.It's now available. … [Read more...] about DomainFest 2008 Speaker List and Bios Online
Pot Calling Kettle, Come In Kettle
While there has been a lot of focus on the blog and forum discussions of the Network Solutions front running reactions from registrars have not been as public. Sure, they've been there, but there's a lot of noise and chatter in the comments being posted to some of the more high profile blogs.However if you peruse some of the ICANN mailing list archives over the last couple of … [Read more...] about Pot Calling Kettle, Come In Kettle