Simone Catania published an article for InternetX on domain shadowing. What is domain shadowing? Domain shadowing is a technique that cybercriminals use to secretly create and control subdomains under a legitimate domain without the owner’s knowledge or consent. This tactic has become a significant concern for DNS experts and brand managers. By gaining unauthorized access […]
Continue ReadingSimone Catania (InternetX.com) takes a deep dive into the .io extension
Simone Catania from InternetX ( an advertiser here) did a deep dive on the .io extension. Over the years Mike Carson and his Park.io have been big players in the .io space. Mike has made a lot of sales in .io personally. Simone took a look at why interest has been strong the past few […]
Continue ReadingInternetX and Sedo to hold a webinar on the Global Domain Report
Simone from InternetX informed me of an upcoming Webinar. The eco Association, will provide a detailed overview of the key points presented in the Global Domain Report 2023, The date: 19 April 2023 at 16:00 CET The speakers: Simone Catania, Global Content & Communications Manager, is responsible for the content across InternetX’s blog and other […]
Continue ReadingAn analysis of European online shops and their domain names
Simone over at InternetX.com (an advertiser here) took a deep dive into the European ecommerce market. Analyzing domain choices around the continent. The importance of domains for online shops Domain names play a crucial role in creating and developing online businesses. First, from a technical point of view, they allow you to “reach” the shop […]
Continue ReadingInternetX.com interview with Shannon O’Donald of Identity Digital
Simone Catania from InternetX conducted an interview with Shannon O’Donald from Identity Digital. It’s a rather lengthy interview as Shannon really took the time to answer Simone’s questions with a lot of info. From the interview: It hit the headlines in June 2022: Donuts Inc. and Afilias, two big players in the domain industry who […]
Continue ReadingInternetX takes a deep dive on Crypto and NFT related domain names
InternetX (an advertiser here) took a look at the Crypto and NFT keyword space. From October 2019 to September 2022, there was a 92.98% increase in hostnames containing the keyword “crypto”. Let’s look at the data in detail. Looking at the geographic area where the domain is located or originates from, North America is far ahead […]
Continue ReadingAutoDNS releases Chrome extension
AutoDNS has released a chrome extension to give you domain name info right away. There will be 7 features listed in the chrome extension including social media data and whois information. The AutoDNS Chrome extension extracts the most important domain data in the blink of an eye for research on the go – directly in […]
Continue ReadingPhilippe Fouquart talks new gtlds with InternetX
Simone Catania from InternetX (an advertiser here) published a lengthy interview with with Philippe Fouquart from GNSO (ICANN). The interview delves into the first round of new gtlds and the upcoming second round. He does get asked about blockchain domain names and Philippe went on to say, “blockchain domains remain a niche use case limited […]
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