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Yesterday evening, Chinese web portal IT168.com and a similar social networking site, 51.com, both went offline. This is not normal downtime, however. Rather, the registrar of the two .coms is claiming the names were “rendered unable to resolve” at the request of the Chinese government. China has a long history …
Read More »Victoria's Secret emerges victorious from domain dispute
Between modeling expensive lingerie and selling beauty products, the busy girls at Victoria’s Secret managed to find time to file a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum, claiming rights to the name victoriassecretpromotion.com. The retailer claimed the domain is confusingly similar to its trademark. The name was registered early last …
Read More »How IDNs could hurt web security
IDNs have been hailed as a milestone in web accessibility, but unfortunately, this new technology could make it easier for phishers and other cyber criminals to target victims. This is because while certain letters in two different scripts might look exactly alike, they have different meanings in their respective language. …
Read More »Kiev.com sells for $88,000 at auction
Kiev.com recently sold in an online auction for $88,000 USD. Kiev is the capital of Ukraine and its largest city with a population of 2.6 million. Some other recent sales include: taxspecialists.com- $7,000 websitebids.com- $1,600 trustbuddy.com- $1,350 withinyou.com- $1,125 In addition, Live Current Media sold Indonesia.com and Leisure.com in separate …
Read More »Imingle.com sells for $30,000
If there were one thing I was hoping we could have left behind in The Noughties, it’s the stupid “i” branding scheme. Unfortunately, my hopes were dashed with the sale of imingle.com for $30,000 USD. Just because Apple puts ‘i” in front of everything doesn’t mean everyone else has to …
Read More »InternetBlog: Best of 2009
This year has been a big one for both the domain and web hosting industries. Significant growth has been seen in the ccTLD market while more prominent TLDs continue to sell for record-high prices. A recession has brought more entrepreneurs and investment online, spurring heavy growth in the hosting and …
Read More »Google loses dispute over Groovle.com
Google has lost a complaint it filed with the National Arbitration Forum requesting ownership of Groovle.com. The Mountain View company argued the domain was confusingly similar to “Google,” but the three-person panel thought otherwise. Out of 65 cases filed with the forum, this is only one out of two the …
Read More »6m.com sells for $16,055
Two character domain 6m.com has sold at auction for £10,026 ($16,055 USD). Though the name isn’t exactly descriptive, it is short and easy to remember. Just about any website or company could be branded under “6m.” Other recent sales include: catholicsoulmates.com- $8,995 USD speaq.com- $5,000 USD allwhites.com- $5,000 USD pacomp.com- …
Read More »Domain Name Grabber
Domain Name Grabber is a free widget for OS X that lets you quickly and easily research domain names. Simply type in your idea and click “Go.” The widget supports dozens of extensions. One might argue that there are online tools out there that provide better functionality. That’s definitely true, …
Read More »If my .com is taken, what is the next-best extension?
Usually if a domain you planned to register is taken, the .com version is the first to become unavailable. You have your heart set on that phrase, but don’t know what alternative extension to use out of the dozens of choices. Which should you pick? I ran into this problem …
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