Sex sells, so it's hardly surprising that Neil Edwards, CEO of Mtld, the dotmobi registry, in a post on the company blog last night chose to catch people's attention with the headline: "sex.mobi To Go On Sale, And More" Was he really that interested in sex? Probably not more than any other guy, but what he was interested in doing was showcasing a couple of more dotmobi sites … [Read more...] about Neil Edwards on DotMobi Site Launches
Kieren McCarthy on new and old TLDs
Kieren, who has been setting up new things with ICANN since he joined them, has an interesting post on the ICANN blog today discussing both new and old TLDs and ones that just didn't happen. It's well worth a read. Why wasn't .nom approved? Why did they opt for .name? … [Read more...] about Kieren McCarthy on new and old TLDs
Domain Roundtable San Francisco April 2008
Jay Westerdal has announced that the next Domain Roundtable will be held in San Francisco from April 18th - 20th 2008. The most recent event was held last week in Seattle. … [Read more...] about Domain Roundtable San Francisco April 2008
Defending the indefensible – EUBrowser Denies CyberSquatting
Today's Irish edition of the Sunday Times has an article on the cybersquatters referred to commonly as "EUBrowser" entitled "Cybersquat Firm Lurks in Digital Hub". I've mentioned them in the past, as they lost several WIPO cases including adidas.ie, buy-sell.ie and a couple of Google squats (googl.ie and googel.ie) that were settled before WIPO had a chance to publish a … [Read more...] about Defending the indefensible – EUBrowser Denies CyberSquatting
ICANN To Hit Paris
ICANN have officially announced that their next European meeting will held in Paris, France. (Full announcement here) The meeting is scheduled to run from 22-27 June 2008, though venue details are yet to be announced. … [Read more...] about ICANN To Hit Paris
Web Based Tool For Nominet Registrars
As regulars here probably know I run an Irish hosting and domain registration company. We released a bit of software that might be of interest to Nominet registrars earlier this evening. NB: If you aren't a Nominet registrar it won't be of any interest / use to you … [Read more...] about Web Based Tool For Nominet Registrars
Tracking the weather on your mobile – weather.mobi goes live
Weather.mobi is the first of the premium dotmobi domains to go live. The registry made an official announcement a few hours ago and the site is already up and running. Unlike paramount.mobi, that reserves a lot of its premium content for US subscribers only, weather.mobi provides local weather information for even the smallest of Irish towns. The Weather Channel have been … [Read more...] about Tracking the weather on your mobile – weather.mobi goes live
Secondary Market Frowned Upon by IE ccTLD
Whenever I meet up with colleagues in the domain industry from outside Ireland they are always amazed at the size of the IE namespace. While it's not the smallest ccTLD in the world, it is one of the smallest in Europe, especially when compared to its neighbours. Of course one of the many reasons for this is the policy. While the policy surrounding registrations has relaxed … [Read more...] about Secondary Market Frowned Upon by IE ccTLD
ICANN Investigating Domain Tasting
ICANN has announced that it is seeking input and feedback on the topic of domain tasting. (See their announcement for full details) Interestingly enough Michael Gilmour published an article a couple of days ago covering the same topic - "Why domain tasting is great!", which will probably raise a few hackles! One point that in particular caught my eye: Domains that are … [Read more...] about ICANN Investigating Domain Tasting
mobi takeup reflected in serps
I wrote recently about how usage as opposed to fluffy PR was the best strategy to promote a new TLD. The guys over in dotmobi obviously agree (they even included my post in their latest newsletter!) and their most recent article is about the takeup of the domain as measured by search engine results / pages indexed. It's worth reading, though I'd have to take some of the … [Read more...] about mobi takeup reflected in serps