Tag Archives: brand

June, 2010

• 22 June

  Test shows some major brands have insecure domains

  A test run by Domain Incite on the domains of companies on Deloitte’s list of top-1oo brands shows that even though these firms spend millions on their IT operations, 4 of the 100 have domains with serious security problems. The blog did not list the vulnerable sites, but mentioned that …

April, 2010

• 30 April

  Worst web host names ever

  If you’re like most people, you expect companies to have normal-sounding names. Why would a business risk success with a less-than-stellar play on words? One blog’s compilation of some odd web host, names, just goes to show you that anything is possible on the web. Here are some of the …

September, 2009

• 8 September

  Michael Moore misses out on movie domain

  Yesterday, American documentary maker Michael Moore presented his latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story, at the Venice film festival. The tag line of the movie is “Capitalism is evil, and you cannot regulate evil.” Moore already owns capitalismalovestory.com, but could did not register capitalismisevil.com. Not only does it match the …
• 3 September

  Registering TLD variants

  Domains are so cheap these days, why stick with just one? You may use a .com or .co.uk for your site, but it’s always worthwhile to register other top extensions if you can. Why is this important? It’s all about brand protection. Someone once registered the .net version of my …

August, 2009

• 7 August

  KBToys.com sells for £1.25 million

  After a business closes, its intellectual property- domains, trademarks, logos, etc.- still have value and can be sold. Bankrupt toy retailer KB Toys took advantage of this to pay its creditors when it sold its trademarks, logos, and KBToys.com domain for £1.25 million ($2.1 million USD) yesterday. Retail operator CE …
• 5 August

  Register a creative domain with Wordoid

  These days, it sometimes seems as though every good domain is already taken. Rather than settle for a less common extension or shell out big bucks for a parked domain, why not get creative? Wordoid is a free tool that lets you do just that. Enter any word or phrase, …
• 4 August

  Check username availability with Namechk

  There are all sorts of tools out there for checking domain availability, but what about social networking usernames? Namechk is a free tool that will check the availability of any username on 130 websites. Why is this relevant to domainers? Website marketing these days is all about social networking. Before …

July, 2009

• 6 July

  What Sarah Palin and Twitter can teach us about domain names

  I read an interesting piece today about Sarah Palin’s use of social media and her problems with cybersquatting. She not only failed to obtain her name on Twitter, but will need to find a new handle now that she is no longer Governor of Alaska. Thinking only in the short …

May, 2009

• 1 May

  The Benefits of a Top Level Domain

  Many people who find themselves needing websites are neither technology experts nor do they have the time to work out every detail. A person might know nothing more than the fact that his business is missing out on a larger market by not having a web presence. Such a business …