By: RH Batch Wars may not become a reality tv show, but it would be entertaining if it happened. MiKe Berkens wrote a post about conflicting strings. Tlds that cover the same topic but with different keywords. So we have .car,.cars,.auto and .autos for example. So next this will become batch wars, because if an […]
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Note to ICANN, People want the good stuff
Rod Beckstrom and ICANN have called the new gTld program an opportunity, and that it should increase choice and lower prices. Guess what? People want the good names, not what is left over after “Founders programs” and auctions of all the good domains that were held back. By the time the average person interested in […]
Continue ReadingSenator questions the ethics of ICANN
Wyden raises internet bias question on domain names September 22, 2011 Wyden Calls for Ethics Rules to Prevent Revolving Door for Internet Domain Name Regulators By Senator Ron Wyden, Press Release Washington, D.C. – As the online community prepares for a massive expansion in potential domain names and the expiration of the contract with the […]
Continue ReadingNew Tlds can be successful without unseating the King
CircleID published an article where it talked about a new TLD can compete with .com if its quality. TheDomains.com posted about it and you get the normal .com is king comment and a few posting not knowing what they are owning. .CO is a cctld you can call it a gTld but its not. If […]
Continue ReadingThe Register “Top level domain explosion could wreak MAYHEM on NET”
In an article out today The Register talks about how things could get screwed up with the new gTLD program. From the article: A plan to populate the internet with hundreds or thousands of new top-level domains has security researchers pondering some of the unintended consequences that could be exploited by online criminals. Some of […]
Continue ReadingHop down the domain trail
An animated look at the new gTLD program. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGNgAFSNuwI
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