Domain Name News

$44.6 Billion “Too Low” for Yahoo
Microsoft's buyout bid of $44.6 billion has been criticized by Yahoo, according to Ron Jackson's latest The Lowdown post.ShareThis.

Simplicity Rules!
Too many in the domain industry are buying domains solely based on traffic, not understanding that traffic is one aspect of the domain, and really isn’t the main one. The best domainers in the world did not focus on traffic while ...

Standards - Part 11 - Show Me the Money!
This is the third article in the series on domain standards and transparency that relate directly to Google. You can view the whole series in the Archive area of the blog under standards and transparency . The reason why many domainers ...

.xxx backer loses suit against US federal agencies
The company behind the proposed .xxx top-level domain, which was rejected after the Bush administration intervened, has been trying to dig up embarrassing government documents through a federal lawsuit, writes Declan McCullagh in CNet ...

Canada kicks off Countdown to One Million Internet Domain Names
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) today launches its campaign to celebrate the registration of one million dot-ca domain names with the unveiling of a campaign website at onemilliondomains.ca. CIRA expects to reach the ...

DomainGraduate - educational domain investing guidebook
DomainGraduate, the leading educational domain name investing guidebook, has announced a new toolkit for “Domain Graduates” by bundling a number of value-added services from Sedo, DomainResearchTool, DnFolio.com, and others into the ...

100+ expired domain names
Well, it is time again for another expired domain list compiled by dnxpert.com. I sent my newsletter subscribers the complete list of some 105 expired domain names already - if you want a first shot at the best names you should ...

Live LLLL.com auction on March 22nd at Namepros.com
If you own some LLLL.com domain names or if you want to grab some good ones as an investment, you should head on over to NamePros.com forum where they are holding a live LLLL.com auction on the 22nd March 2008. The auction is initiated ...

ICANN GNSO recommends new anti-domain tasting solution
In a proposal to stop domain tasting, ICANN’s GNSO Council has recommended to the ICANN Board restrictions to the Add Grace period that would mean, if accepted, during any given month a gTLD operator “may not offer any refund to a ...

Dot TK Domains Now Free of Commercials
Dot TK, the registry for .TK Internet domain names, today announced the launch of Dot TK 3.0 - a new version of Dot TK without any mandatory commercial advertisements. Dot TK is the world’s leading provider of free domain names. ...