ICANN hosted its third Asia/Pacific regional gathering in Seoul, Korea. The regional gathering approach to broadening participation in the ICANN process for gTLD registries and ICANN-accredited registrars was first introduced in February 2005 in Brussels, Belgium. And, since that time, ICANN has conducted annually three outreach events – one each in the Asia/Pacific, Europe and North America regions.
As the time nears for ICANN, the internet’s technical oversight body, to publish draft guidelines (request for proposals) in the fourth quarter of 2008 for the gTLD applications, the chorus of criticism against the new domains is getting louder, with some saying it is merely a way for the global domain-name body to make money.
There are a number of ways to value a geographical domain name such as a city. One factor that certainly matters is the population of the city. All else being equal (and it rarely is) a city of 100,000 people is better than a city of 10,000 people.
Sedo, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling domain names, today announced premium domains for its September GreatDomains Auction. The line up includes Fly.com, Planet.com, Brews.com, Bicycle.com, and Address.net. Domain entrepreneurs and enthusiasts will be able to place bids on these names from September 18 through September 25.
Spend much time on domain name forums or at trade shows and you’ll hear a lot of conspiracy theories: auction tampering, domain renewal notices “lost” on purpose, etc.
As the result of the de-accreditation of Esoftwiz Inc. (IANA ID 614), ICANN is seeking Statements of Interest from ICANN-accredited registrars that are interested in assuming sponsorship of the gTLD names that had been managed by Esoftwiz Inc.
Web host and domain name provider Hostway (http://www.hostway.co.uk/) is recommending professionals adopt .Pro domains, as rules for the domain extension have been relaxed, it was reported recently.
Top level domains (TLDs) are typically an integral part of the internet domain name address system but a new TLD authorized by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will have a entirely different purpose when it is finally launched by UK-based Telnic in December.
A company that’s redesigning its Web site recently called me to discuss the possibility of my firm assisting them with their SEO efforts. First, I congratulated them on being one of the few companies to consider SEO prior to re-launching their site (that’s the way it’s done, people!). Then we talked about their domain name.
Webmasters are often faced with the problem of how to approach SEO on websites which have a country-specific focus. As you may have noticed, the search…
