Egypt launches Arabic web domain


egyptflag.pngEgypt will open the world’s first Arabic language internet domain, its communications minister has said.

Tarek Kamel said the new domain name would be “.masr” written in the Arabic alphabet. It translates as “.Egypt”.

“It is a great moment for us… The internet now speaks Arabic,” Mr Kamel said.

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IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Launch

 
icann-logo.png16 November 2009,  ICANN is pleased to announce the launch of the IDN ccTLD Track Process.

Non-English speakers across the globe will soon  have access to the Internet addresses completely in their own lanuage.  The Internet Corportation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization charged with overseeing the Internet’s naming and numbering systems, is today launching a process for delegating a number of internationalized top-level domains.

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Any combination of letters can be worth something

All domain names have potential. Any domain can, at some point, mean something to someone. And that someone may be willing to pay lots of money for it.
A good example are brand names: everyday new businesses are formed and brands created. So a good sounding domain with no meaning may become a brand in the eyes of the marketer of a big company.

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Domain Name Front Running

Domain name front running is the act of a domain registrar using insider information to register certain domain names for the sole purpose of re-selling them or to earn profit.

Often front running is conducted via popular whois searches; where some whois websites can track what you look up. (NOTE: the Above whois does not log whois searches)

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DNS Errors

The Domain Name System (DNS)
is a naming system for computers or resources connected to the Internet, or a
private network. Its most important function is to translate domain names into
the numerical identifier (usually and IP address) of the computer.

The
DNS is a complex network. If any part of this network, between your computer and
the server you are attempting connect to has problems, you will receive a DNS
error. The problem can be with your computer, your Internet Service Provider
(ISP), the server you are trying to connect to, or any DNS server in between,
making the cause of DNS errors sometimes difficult to find.

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Fabulous Acquires Domain8.com.au Drop Service

fabulouslogo.jpgDark Blue Sea the parent compnay of the well know domain parking company Fabulous just acquired the very successful Australian Drop Domain Service Domain8.com.au

Similar to the SnapNames service, Domain8 run by George Pongas, took over where DomainWatch.com.au another Australian Drop Service started. Domain8 was both a registrar and a drop domain catch service, butonly the Drop service was acquired.

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What to sell

Most people believe that you simply need a name and a bit of time to make money when investing in domain names.
This is usually not the best way to make money.

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Reverse domain hijacking

Domain hijacking is the process of transferring ownership of a domain name without the permission of the registrant (domain owner). This is usually done by hacking into their registrar account or tricking them into giving away their password, by pretending to be their registrar.

Reverse domain hijacking is where someone tries to claim the rights to a domain and use legal threats or UDRP (Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy) action to have a domain transferred to them from the current owner who also has full right to own and the same domain.

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Class Action Suit Filed Against Oversee

snapnames.jpgA Miami lawyer has filed a class-action lawsuit against domain name auction site SnapNames.com, after the company announced that a former employee was bidding against potential customers in domain name auctions.

Attorney Santiago Cueto filed the lawsuit Monday in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court on behalf of his brother, Carlos Cueto, and others who participated in SnapNames.com’s online auctions. The lawsuit alleges that a former vice president at SnapNames.com secretly bid on tens of thousands of domain name auctions over the past four years, leading to falsely inflated prices.

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Type in Traffic

Type in traffic is an example of direct navigation; it is defined as a visitor entering a keyword into the address bar of the web browser and then adding ‘.com’ or ‘.net’ (or any other code) to the end.

Internet users may choose to ‘type in’ their chosen term instead of following a hyperlink or searching the term via a search engine. For example if you wanted to purchase a mobile phone you may type ‘mobilephone.com’ into your address bar instead of searching a search engine for a ‘mobile phone’.

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