Archive for the 'Domains' Category
Need help in choosing URLs?
0 CommentsLaunching an new micro/site but can’t find a url to suit you? This article on e-consultancy.com gives you the tools to help you name your new site and find out if the urls are available.
www.ajaxwhois.com
www.nameboy.com
www.domainnamesoup.com
www.nametumbler.com
Enjoy
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Playing the domain game
1 CommentAccording to Bob Parsons, 35 million domain names were registered in April. I trust him - GoDaddy’s one of the biggest registrars on the block, so they probably have their facts right.
Compared to a few years ago, this is a manifold increase. Surely, this is a good sign - a growing number […]
Verisign - hate them but buy their stock
0 CommentsICANN recently announced that its Board of Directors approved the pending deal with VeriSign for the .COM registry. ICANN has been under a lot of pressure to transfer the “ownership” of domain names to the UN. A few months ago, ICANN got another five-year lease … so they hurried to cast […]
Who rules your Internet?
0 CommentsThe five-letter answer is ICANN. Nominally, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a private corporation. A recent meeting in Tunis of the WSIS sparked up the debate for the independence of ICANN and its transformation to a more “international” entity.
Currently, ICANN’s founding document states that “neither national […]
Mugabe, online brands, and Cybersquatting
0 CommentsWe’ve all seen the recent images of bulldozers tearing through walls and driving thousands of people homeless in Harare. It made me realize the old claim, that domains (dot coms especially) are a lot like real-estate, still holds true today.
Mugabe’s campaign – promoted by the government as “Murambatsvina”, or “drive out […]
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