Domain Name News

.LT Domain is now accessible through IPv6 Protocol
Since 9 March, 2008, the .LT domain name is now accessible using the IPv6 protocol. This was one of the .lt domain registry DNS service infrastructure upgrade plans and facilitates access to internet users and internet service providers ...

Ensuring You Are Not Cybersquatting
Expanding your domain name portfolio requires knowledge of and attention to cybersquatting laws, which include both the ACPA and the UDRP. My partner, Enrico Schaefer, said it best in his article: You Are A Legitimate Domainer If … ...

VeriSign Expands Project Titan to Strengthen Internet Infrastructure
VeriSign announced an expansion of its Project Titan initiative to include additional security upgrades aimed at strengthening its global Internet infrastructure. Building on its initiative to expand and diversify the capacity of its ...

Time Running Out to Make the Internet Your Business
Time is running out to make the Internet your business and put your name forward to join the global leadership volunteers who help the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers coordinate the polices and process that shape the ...

Register.cc Goes to DomainIt.com
The battle over Register.cc between Register.com and DomainIt.com has been decided... in DomainIt.com's favor, according to Ron Jackson's The Lowdown post. DomainIt founder Paul Goldstone said, Based on the history, facts, and evidence ...

Rick posts his last Blog on RicksBlog.com
Rick Schwartz, also known to many as the Domain King has decided to stop posting blogs on Rickblog.com as of yesterday, March 20th, 2008. Rick owns domains such as eRealEstate.com RumorMill.com, Property.com, Candy.com, HotDates.com, ...

SES Show Report - Search Engine Optimizers hate Domainers
On her Name.com Blog, Kellie Peterson summarizes the Domaining Session that took place at the SES (Search Engine Strategies) show on the 18th of March, 2008. According to her it was a crazy negative session on Domaining and Domainers . ...

The reason why Rick Schwartz is selling Widgets.com and has ...
My previous post points to an ebay auction of Rick Schwartz’s domain name Widgets.com at ebay. At the end of the post I ask The reason Rick wants to cash out? Who knows, perhaps he is testing the waters for some of his bigger names? ...

Anti-Trust Complaint Filed Against ICANN, Registerfly and Enom
Two individuals have filed a complaint in US Federal Court in California accusing ICANN, Registerfly.com and Enom.com of anti-trust activities [pdf document]. (more…) (c) 2008 DomainNameNews.com. Visit our Calendar of Domain Industry ...

Rick Schwartz lists Widgets.com on Ebay
He has a reserve in place and I am pretty sure this will go over $500000 if it sells at all. I love the four sentence sales text: Widgets.com the #1 generic domain name for sale and looking for an end user to [...]