Domain Name News

SIDN Releases Numerical Domain Name Investigation Results
The controversial launch of .nl numerical domain names has been investigated by SIDN, the .nl registry, following complaints by a number of participants in the landrush between February 28 and 29.ShareThis.

VeriSign March/April Digital Branding Bulletin
VeriSign have released their March/April 2008 Digital Branding Bulletin that spotlights initiatives customers identified as important to them such as the “Service Delivery team's renewed focus on providing excellent service” and Brand ...

10 Million .cn Registrations
... and .es and .ca about to pass the magic number, in January this year .cn passed another milestone. They reached their ten millionth domain name registration and six millionth .cn registration in January 2008. And then in February . ...

Fitna Website Suspended; Network Solutions Investigates
Network Solutions have announced they have suspended the hosting of the fitnathemovie.com website, used to promote a film from a Dutch right-wing politician, while they investigate whether the site's content is in violation of the ...

10 million .cn domain names
CNNic, the Chinese .cn domain name registry have announced they have passed the 10 million domain registrations mark in January 2008. While other countries take pride in reaching 7 figures, China is strongly striding towards being the ...

Smithers.com sells for $11660
For some of us, reading Smithers.com makes us immediately think of Waylon Smithers - the personal assistant and self proclaimed best friend of Mr Burns in the Simpson. If you however do a bit more research you will find out that ...

Domain Name Business Trends
As part of the web address, the domain name precedes extensions such as .com, .org, .gov, and other kinds typically used. People who professionally monetize, buy, sell, and develop Internet domain names are referred to as “domainers.” ...

Wall Street Journal on Choosing that Domain Name
The Wall Street Journal has an article on choosing the right company and domain name for a business, saying it “is one of the most important decisions a company will ever make. But a lot of small businesses don’t give it nearly enough ...

ICANN Extends Comment Period for GNSO Improvements
In response to a request from three constituencies of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), the Executive Committee of the ICANN Board agreed to grant the month long extension of the original March 25 deadline to permit ...

Asia Domain Name Registration Limited: Good medium-term short sight
Asia Domain Name Registration Limited reports: Although the recent trend of sluggish Alibaba shares, but not without potential. Hong Kong's Tai Fook calendar Houston financial adviser told reporters that recent Alibaba is expected to ...