http://www.domainblog.co.uk Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:55:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.isquattedyour.eu/2008/07/24/unreasonable-charges-from-registrars-releasin/ http://www.isquattedyour.eu/2008/07/24/narniamobi-wipo-decision-doesnt-hold-any-surp/ “Domain King” Rick Schwartz has sold “property.com” to foreclosure.com. Rick purchased the domain for $750,000 USD less than 3 years ago. Details of the deal have not been disclosed at this point and it is not known if “properties.com” was included in the deal. Property.com will include all listing types, including ... http://feeds.domainnamenews.com/~r/DomainNameNews/~3/343964296/1799 Michael Geist recently reported that Rogers, an internet service provider, has changed its approach for failed DNS lookups, which happens when an internet user types in a domain name that does not resolve. Now, instead of reaching a standard error page, Rogers’ customers are being redirected to a sponsored page ... http://feeds.domainnamenews.com/~r/DomainNameNews/~3/343088684/1785 Carolyn Gudmundson, a former program manager at Microsoft’s MSN division, has been sentenced to 22 months in prison for defrauding the company out of nearly $1 Million in fake domain name registration fees. Between 2000 and 2004, Gudmundson submitted invoices with inflated charges for registration fees, billed the company for registrations ... http://feeds.domainnamenews.com/~r/DomainNameNews/~3/342807502/1767 While Andy Purdy called the auctions of the 4-letter .tv domains that use the call letters of U.S. TV stations “highly-prized”, it seems that his speculation was a bit of hype. On Friday of last week, Purdy posted a report on his website explaining that a Florida resident had let ... http://feeds.domainnamenews.com/~r/DomainNameNews/~3/341726404/1750 According to a post on the site, NameMedia has purchased Splitcoststampers, a community for “stampers”. The site joins NameMedia’s list of enthusiast communities, which consists of the following sites: Dave’s Garden, Photo.net, geek.com, mommy.com, Cats.com, Photography.com, Tarot.com, Basejumper.com, Biking.com, , Yachting.com, DreamWheels.com, Hotcars.com, DropZone.com, Gardens.com, Cycling.com, Rockclimbing.com, Craftster.org and TheTruthAboutCars.com. (c) ... http://feeds.domainnamenews.com/~r/DomainNameNews/~3/341204338/1748 As reported earlier, Afilias had submitted a proposal to ICANN for the .INFO gTLD that would allow them to shut down domain names at will if they consider them abusive. ICANN has approved the proposal without soliciting comments, however comments to any registry proposal can be submitted at any time ... http://feeds.domainnamenews.com/~r/DomainNameNews/~3/340947541/1740 This article continues directly on from Part 12 and Part 13 in the series on the domain industry. This brings up the most important point that we need to never forget, traffic really is king. It's the one unique resource that everyone needs and they're prepared to pay for it.... http://www.whizzbangsblog.com/index.php/20080719451/MyBlog/Part-14-the-Journey-to-Mega-Park.html According to some insider sources the two remaining auction providers for the Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C. auction in New York are Bido.com and Sedo. The full list of the live auction providers is: Moniker Aftermarket.com / DomainTools Rick Latona Bido.com Sedo (c) 2008 DomainNameNews.com Domain Convergence, October 6-8, 2008, Niagara Falls Share http://feeds.domainnamenews.com/~r/DomainNameNews/~3/339015771/1734