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As 3D technology becomes more popular, is it worth registering 3D domain names?

October 17, 2013March 4, 2010 by brooke

3D movies have become popular again with the release of Avatar and it is safe to say that 3D technology will improve over a very short period of time. Many more movies are set to be released in 3D and we have the ability to watch television in 3D; even YouTube supports 3D videos now. But as technology evolves, you have to ask: Is it worth registering 3D domain names?

When registering domain names you have to keep in mind how fast technology is evolving and how far ahead of the craze you will need to be, as an example 3dtv.com was created 14 years ago. Someone had a lot of foresight 14 years ago…

The .xxx Extension

October 17, 2013March 1, 2010 by brooke

.xxx.gif The ICM registry has won an appeal for an independent review of the .xxx extension.

The proposed TLD .xxx is suggested as an option for sexually explicit Internet websites. .xxx would be suitable for adult material, similar to .edu for education and .gov for government bodies.

The .xxx would be suitable for adult material, similar to .edu for education and .gov for government bodies. The appeal has caused controversy for both those for and against the introduction of the TLD.

The idea of .xxx would be to implement a way for those who wish to provide access to pornographic nature on the web and also make it easier for those who don’t wish to view explicit material to block the websites. This would also make it easier for search engines to block .xxx websites.

MTV Domain Names Dispute

October 17, 2013February 15, 2010 by brooke

International music and cable television channel MTV has filled a domain name dispute case for 21 domain names.

The disputed domain names are:
alternativemtv.com
alternativemtv.tv
bluesmtv.com
bluesmtv.tv
classicalmtv.com
classicalmtv.tv
divamtv.com

Watch your TLD’s when buying domains

October 17, 2013February 3, 2010 by brooke

New TLD‘s are continually being added and it can be easy to get caught up in these.

A generic name, such as ‘shoes.com’ can prove to be a good investment but a domain of another TLD, such as shoes.do or shoes.dm, will generally have a much lower value.

There are ways to benefit from ccTLD‘s and gTLD‘s, although this can prove to be very difficult.

.mobi

October 17, 2013February 1, 2010 by brooke

ringtone.mobi.jpg .mobi is a sponsored TLD which provides the Internet to mobile phones. .mobi domains are made to be viewed on mobile phone screens. .mobi registry is sponsored by Nokia, Samsung, T-Mobile, VISA, Vodafone, Afilias, Ericsson, Microsoft, Google and other international mobile identities.

.mobi was approved by ICANN on July 11, 2005 and then made available for registration from the 26th of Sept 2006.

As mobile phones replace every day computers it may be worthwhile for you to look into the .mobi extensions. Before purchasing a .mobi extension you need to deem whether marketing via the Internet will benefit your business.

Credit.fr highest selling .fr domain name

October 17, 2013January 18, 2010 by brooke

Credit.fr sold for

Haiti Earthquake Domain Names

October 17, 2013January 15, 2010 by brooke

Internet users have been warned to take care donating towards the latest natural disaster, in Haiti.

The FBI has warned those wishing to donate money, to those affected by the misfortunate natural disaster, to not respond to unsolicited incoming emails and to be wary of those who represent themselves as a victim through emails or social networking sites.

It is important that you are aware when opening files of images from the Haiti disaster that they could contain viruses.

Associated Press has reported that “more than 400 Internet addresses related to Haiti have been registered since Monday’s devastating quake’.

Disney Domain Dispute

October 17, 2013January 15, 2010 by brooke

Disney, a major media company, filed a domain dispute case requesting for 41 domain names to be transferred to Disney as they were all very similar to trademarks Disney has registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

What are two character domain names worth?

October 17, 2013January 13, 2010 by brooke

8l.com sold through online auction site, Sedo, for USD$14,000. Sedo also recently sold 9l.com for USD$10,099. Both 8l.com and 9l.com do not contain websites, as of yet.

Two letter domain names are rare and nearly all are currently registered; they are valuable because they are short and easy to remember.

URL Shortening Services & Short URL’s

October 17, 2013January 7, 2010 by nicholas

Short URL’s are helpful when a user is limited to a certain number of
characters, such as on Twitter. When using most Twitter applications,
whenever a long URL is entered in a tweet, it is automatically
shortened, using a shortening service like bit.ly.

These shortening services usually take advantage of recently released
TLD’s to get a domain name as short as possible. Recently, Google
jumped on the bandwagon with goo.gl, another URL shortening service.