In the spring of 2007, Steve Poland wrote the article “Twitter Usernames Are Like Domains in 1995″. As the popularity of the microblogging service grows, more and more evidence of the similarities seem to be recognizable. Poland points out
Twitter usernames are one-of-a-kind — and I kind of feel like this is 1995 and someone just told me, “Hey, you […]
The US Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration sent a letter to ICANN expressing concern over the plans to introduce new TLDs.
In the letter, the US DOC expresses concern that ICANN is moving forward with the proposal to introduce new TLDs without giving significant thought to stability and whether or not this is […]
In a case that is well over a year old, Vulcan Golf and other plaintiffs in the “Vulcan vs Google” case where handed a set back this week as the court denied their class certification. The court’s decision can be found at this link on Docutek (pdf). DNN caught wind of this news through Eric […]
Google announced today that they have extended their Adsense for Domains to all publishers. Although, the program is being opened to all publishers, Google will continue to monitor compliance. The Adsense Blog states that the program will be rolled out to North American English-speaking markets first and then expanded into additional markets and languages in […]
Domain Name News received word today that the DomainFest Global conference farewell party will be a fundraising event held at the legendary Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles.
Attendees from the DOMAINfest Global conference will join with Hollywood celebrities and star athletes at the charity event benefiting AutismSpeaks. The party will also feature a live sports memorabilia […]
As reported earlier, domain registrar NameCheap.com is holding a holiday trivia contest on Twitter.com where they are giving away over $17,000 worth of domain names from December 1 through December 25th. Contestants are also vying for an Ipod to be given to the person with the most amout of correct answers. Check out the winners […]
The Rebranding Game by Ryan McCarthy at Inc magazine focuses its attention on Simulscribe, a company who rebranded and changed their name to PhoneTag several months ago. Inc also ties in a secondary article to this story which attempts to advise entrepreneurs on how to buy domains. While the advice on buying domains isn’t the […]
Domain name registrar NameCheap.com has decided to add some social media to their marketing mix and also spread some holiday cheer by giving away domains and hosting. From December 1st through December 25th, NameCheap will be giving away $17,000 worth of domain names and hosting packages. The giveaway involves an hourly trivia contest that the […]
Technical difficulties continued to plague the auctions in Australia this evening (afternoon in Australia). Rick Latona’s auction experienced similar audio/video issues that Aftermarket.com experienced earlier in the day at their TRAFFIC Down Under auction. When the audio and video feed came in, it was quite clear Latona was agitated by the over 1 hour delay. […]
Aftermarket.com got off to a late start early Thursday morning (Australian time) with their TRAFFIC Down Under auction. The start of the auction was delayed 20 minutes with technical problems with the audio and video feeds.
However, once the auction got going, it seemed like the auctioneer really was moving the names well. Few names seemed […]