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… Continue reading Afilias and GoDaddy to Get .Me
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Netsol Take Evil To A New Level
A couple of months ago I posted about domain name front running. I’d been at a meeting during ICANN’s LA meeting and had also read Jay Daley’s paper on the subject.At the time I was unconvinced as to the existence of front running as a practice. In light of the revelations that have come to… Continue reading Netsol Take Evil To A New Level
Nominet EPP Live in February
Nominet has announced that they will be putting EPP into production in February 2008.
IE Domain Registry Adds RSS News Feed
The IE Domain Registry has added an RSS feed with their latest news items. You can subscribe to the feed here
Eurid Quarterly Report – EU Usage Up
According to the latest report from Eurid to the EU Commission usage of .eu domains is up based on DNS query volumes. Seemingly registrants average 2.6 domains each! The full report is available for download as a PDF
The Logistics of an ICANN Meeting – Paris 2008
Between 1200 and 1500 people attend each ICANN meeting. A few months ago I had a look over the documents provided to potential hosts to get some idea of the requirements and it was quite scary on some levels. The organisers of next year’s Paris meeting have been sharing some of the details (in French),… Continue reading The Logistics of an ICANN Meeting – Paris 2008
Domain Pricing – What’s Going On?
Domain pricing is always an emotive subject. In recent discussions among Nominet members it came up as part of a discussion on drop-catching and domaining. Some people feel that the fees are too high, while others feel that they need to be increased significantly in order to discourage domainers. Within the Irish internet community the upcoming… Continue reading Domain Pricing – What’s Going On?
Nominet To Launch EPP Trial
On Monday October 1st Nominet will be launching their EPP trial which will be using test data only. More information on EPP may be found on the Nominet site.
dotmobi Premium Domain Auction
Caroline from dotMobi has announced that they are running a premium auction in conjunction with Sedo starting on September 26th. The auction will include 100 premium .mobi domains, I’ve taken the liberty of listing them below: AntiSpam.mobiask.mobibusca.mobicell.mobiCellphone.mobichat.mobichatrooms.mobichats.mobiDesktop.mobidomain.mobidomainname.mobidomainnames.mobidomainregistration.mobiDonwload.mobidownload.mobiDownloads.mobiE-mail.mobiforum.mobifreedownload.mobifreedownloads.mobifreesoftware.mobihosting.mobiimage.mobiimages.mobiindex.mobiMessage.mobimp3downloads.mobisearchengine.mobitelefono.mobitelephone.mobitelephones.mobitraffic.mobivoip.mobiWebcam.mobiwebcams.mobiwebdesign.mobiWifi.mobiatm.mobiatms.mobibank.mobibills.mobicredit.mobicreditcard.mobicreditcards.mobicreditdebt.mobicurrency.mobidebito.mobidebthelp.mobidinero.mobiexchange.mobifinanza.mobiFunds.mobiloans.mobimutualfunds.mobipayment.mobipension.mobiqoutes.mobirent.mobisalaries.mobisales.mobisell.mobistockmarket.mobistockprices.mobiTaxes.mobitrade.mobipeace.mobipet.mobiPets.mobipolice.mobipumps.mobipush.mobisurf.mobihello.mobihotstuff.mobimarketing.mobifree.mobibed.mobibeds.mobiaccidents.mobiadvertising.mobials.mobiautomobile.mobiautomobiles.mobihospitals.mobiinsurance.mobiinterviewtips.mobiAlerts.mobibag.mobiblue.mobibook.mobibooks.mobicalculator.mobicalendar.mobicasa.mobicolleges.mobicricket.mobidad.mobifirstaid.mobiget.mobiMoto.mobi There’s some very interesting names on the list, but any content provider would have to ensure that the… Continue reading dotmobi Premium Domain Auction
Nominet Polling Registrars On Tools
Nominet is currently conducting a web based survey of its registrars to see what preference people have for web-based tools to manage their domains.