Businesses may rely on domain names to conduct their day to day work, but that does not mean that they really understand what they are using or how important they are.Of course those of us in industry may feel tempted to either scoff at people's naivety or feel terribly frustrated with their ignorance, however neither action is particularly productive.Loic Damilaville, however, … [Read more...] about Domain Management White Paper
ICANN Paris Venue Confirmed
According to DomainesInfo the venue for the ICANN meeting in Paris has been confirmed.They're saying that the meeting will take place in the Méridien Montparnasse. Hopefully there will be an ICANN rate announced soon, as the pricing I'm seeing for that period is rather expensive! … [Read more...] about ICANN Paris Venue Confirmed
IE Personal Names Open For Business
This morning the IE Domain Registry opened the rules up a little bit more. It is now possible to register yourname.ie if you have a tangible contact with Ireland ie. proof of address is required.I spoke to IEDR's CEO, David Curtin, earlier today (I'm currently in LA) and he predicted that there would be over 1000 new domains registered before the end of this week. For a ccTLD … [Read more...] about IE Personal Names Open For Business
Icann tribute to Vint Cerf
Paul Twomey at the tribute to Vint Cerf … [Read more...] about Icann tribute to Vint Cerf
ICANN Going Multilingual?
On registering at the ICANN LA meeting all delegates are presented with a bag and tshirt.This time round the tshirt is black and reflects what seems to be a possible theme for this meeting - multilingualism.One of the issues that ICANN has been making efforts to address over the past few months is multilingualism. This meeting is meant to be having a number of sessions with … [Read more...] about ICANN Going Multilingual?
ICANN LA Gearing Up
Delegates from the four corners of the globe are converging on the Hilton LAX for the ICANN meeting. Although the meeting does not officially start until Monday morning there are several meetings scheduled for today. … [Read more...] about ICANN LA Gearing Up
Verisign Considering Monetising the Root
I'm always amazed at some of the things companies will do or try to do to get a bit of extra income.According to a recent post by Frank Michlick, Verisign are considering selling access to the root server logs.While this isn't as abhorrent as the redirect from a couple of years back, it still is cause for some level of concern.However, if Frank's figures of what it will cost … [Read more...] about Verisign Considering Monetising the Root
GoDaddy / Afilias Fail In Bid For .US
I mentioned some time ago that GoDaddy and Afilias had joined forces to bid on the .us tender.Adam Strong reports that the US Department of Commerce has decided to renew Neustar's contract … [Read more...] about GoDaddy / Afilias Fail In Bid For .US
Nominet Adds More RSS Feeds
Nominet has expanded the number of RSS feeds available on their site to include disputes (DRS)You can see a full list of available RSS feeds provided by the registry here … [Read more...] about Nominet Adds More RSS Feeds
The Downside To UltraCheap Registrars
Some domain registrars only USP (unique selling point) is price. I've mentioned the issues with DirectI's pricing structures in the past. With the price increase this week I was more or less expecting there to be some kind of backlash, but I wasn't expecting this:All the Pending gTLD Transfer Orders (i.e. orders that haven't yet been executed) throughout your Reseller Chain … [Read more...] about The Downside To UltraCheap Registrars