19
Nov
Amsterdam/Prague 17th November - A few hours before the launch of its Grandfather period, the CO.NL Operator is proud to announce that the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) has agreed to commit the resources of its Online Dispute Resolution Platform to .CO.NL domain names. “.CO.NL’s goal has always been to provide a credible alternative while ensuring […]
14
Nov
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Today Aftermarket.com announced that they have added ccTLDs to their auction portfolio moving forward. The TRAFFIC Down Under auction they will be holding soon has added high-quality .com.au’s to the auction inventory; many with no reserve. On top of that have been many requests after previous auctions to include alternate extensions… […]
13
Nov
The termination of ICANN-accredited registrar EstDomains is to go ahead, effective 24 November 2008.
On 28 October 2008, ICANN sent a notice of termination to EstDomains, Inc. (EstDomains) based on an Estonian Court record reflecting the conviction of EstDomains’ then president, Vladimir Tsastsin, of credit card fraud, money laundering and document forgery.
Pursuant to Section 5.3 of […]
13
Nov
On 12 November 2008, the Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC) announced the launch of single character domain names (”Allocation Exercise”). Single character domain names such as www.a.sg and www.b.sg will be possible in Singapore come next year and will be distributed according to the “Allocation Exercise” table listed below.
The Allocation Exercise will commence on December […]
13
Nov
Mr. Moustapha Saya Kaigama reminded us, that on the 15th of November the open registration for .com.cm, .co.cm and .net.cm will start.
He further told us, that many international trademark holders have secured their domains during the sunrise period and that he would like to thank the accredited registrars for their efforts and the good coperation.
13
Nov
The domain name kredit.de recently sold for €892,000 (~US$1,133,000), a remarkable sale given the state of the current financial markets. This makes it the largest reported sale for any .de domain name and, according to Domain Name Journal, the third largest sale for the year to date, outshining the $1 million sale of vibrators.com announced […]
13
Nov
The domain name vibrators.com sold for US$1 million to PriveCo, a small company selling adult goods, and is set to be one of year’s biggest sales.
Going by Ron Jackson’s Domain Name Journal year to date sales charts, the sale would currently sit in fifth place in reported sales. The year’s biggest reported sale was fund.com, […]
13
Nov
Google released today what is calls The Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide (pdf file), a 22 page document.
According to Google:
“””””Our Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide covers around a dozen common areas that webmasters might consider optimizing.
We felt that these areas (like improving title and description meta tags, URL structure, site navigation, content creation, anchor text, […]