What did Rick say about dot-Mobi?
Ever since dot-Mobi extension was launched, it always generated a lot of buzz and controversy.
Domain Forums are full of long controversial threads showing passionate arguments between dot-Mobi proponents and opponents. And you know some of our blogger friends are not that fond of mobi either
Today while reading a post at Rick Latona’s blog, I [...]
ccTLDs and the potential of dot-US
Today I read few articles and comments about IDNs, ccTLDs, and dot-US ccTLD.
I have no doubt that IDNs will be important in some countries (not all though) but it appears IDNs still have a long way to go. Perhaps IDNs will catch on much faster when ICANN implements everything for the IDN domain names. But I [...]
Downsizing at Oversee.net - Sign of times or something else?
You probably already read many headlines at various domain blog sites about lay-offs at Oversee.net which is the parent company of DomainSponsor.com, SnapNames.com, and Moniker.com
Apart from its famous domain parking monetization division DomainSponsor.com, Oversee.net is a diversified full service company in the domain industry.
Here are some of the headlines from various domaining blogs and other [...]
Domain Names and The Web - Space Age is yet to come
Are we still in the early states of the internet?
Have we seen all the power of the web?
Well, if we go by a latest article published in the Guardian news site, you will understand why we ain’t seen nothing yet. In fact, we are still in the early states of the internet.
Here are some quotes [...]
CAPTCHAS are NOT safe anymore - Both Gmail and Hotmail are struggling to control spam!
The latest news is that CAPTCHAS are not very effective in controlling spam anymore.
Both Google Gmail and Microsoft Hotmail are having problems controlling spam. In fact one headline says that Gmail spam has almost doubled in last one month and bots are also breaking Homail account registration CAPTCHAS.
Check out this quote from an article on the Computer World website:
March [...]
“A Struggling Domainer With $1,000,000 Dream” - It’s both funny and sad!
Alright, I just came across this story of a struggling domainer with $1,000,000 dream.
Here is part of what his press release says:
A once-failed domainer has announced his new business model to make a living entirely from buying and selling domain names at Seminarist.com.
“People are keep telling me to stay away from my computer, which apparently has [...]
Future of the Domain Industry - Will you bet the house?
Domain Industry is enjoying some good domain sales this year but parking income has declined significantly over the last one and half year. Many people have seen their revenues decline almost 50% from the old highs.
I have just finished reading this nice article by Sahar:
All in all, things are good, could be better, will be [...]
Experts blame United States for DNS Security Hole! Problem still not fixed.
The blame game has begun!
Check out the following from a story from the wired blog:
Despite a recent high-profile vulnerability that showed the net could be hacked in minutes, the domain name system — a key internet infrastructure — continues to suffer from a serious security weakness, thanks to bureaucratic inertia at the U.S. government agency [...]
How to start a multi-lingual website?
Google has just posted a nice little article on their blog, sharing some simple tips about starting a website in multiple languages.
Have you ever thought of creating one or several sites in different languages? Let’s say you want to start a travel site about backpacking in Europe, and you want to offer your content to [...]
If ICANN = ICAN’T, then do we “really” need ICANN?
Here is how it goes:
Top-level domains: if you or I can, do we need Icann?
THERE WAS a time when the internet didn’t just have a father or a godfather: for a brief period, it had a fully fledged god. The god died and a private company, Icann, took his place. Now it’s time we asked [...]
