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.info (Information) and .es (Spain) Domain Registration Specials

October 17, 2013January 18, 2010 by nicholas

If you want to register a few domains and are willing to wait, keep an eye on the big domain registrar, such as Moniker, GoDaddy …

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.

Drop.com.au Hides Proxy Bids and Stops Snipe Bidding

October 17, 2013January 14, 2010 by David Warmuz

Drop.com.au the Australian drop catching service for com.au and .net.au domains just announced two major changes to their bidding platform. Extended bidding time to stop snipe bidding and hidden bids on all domains that you are not participating in.

This is great news as it was always a big rates to place bids in the last few seconds only to lose the domain, one that you would have bid more on, if you had the extra time. I feel that this will really increase drop’s daily takings and is a good move.

To read the full notification from drop.com.au here.

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.

Why foreign markets are interesting

October 17, 2013January 13, 2010 by maxime

Obviously a .FR name targets only the French market so you may dismiss it as not worth a lot of money. However credit.fr just sold …

DNS-Luxembourg Announces The Opening of IDNS

October 17, 2013January 11, 2010 by nancy

As of February 1st 2010 registration of domain names with special characters in them, like for example a letter with an accent, called Internationalized Domain …

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.

Victoria’s Secret domain name dispute

October 17, 2013January 7, 2010 by brooke

Victoria’s Secret a luxury brand known for their beautiful models and a large range of women’s lingerie, women’s apparel and beauty products has won another domain name dispute.

Victoria’s Secret believed that the website www.victoriassecretpromotion.com was clearly similar to their trademark and had been registered in foul play to redirect Victoria’s Secret customers to www.victoriassecretpromotion.com.

Domain Conferences

October 17, 2013January 6, 2010 by brooke

Domain Conferences are often large events which are great for networking with other domainers and are also a fantastic chance to meet those who work for the companies you conduct your domain business with. Being able to meet those who you regularly speak with via the Internet or those who you rely on to help when you are in need will give you an advantage. Attending domain conferences also provide the opportunity to look and speak with other exhibiting Internet companies.