Nominet, the official registry for .uk domain names is upgrading their system today to permit 1-10 year registration and renewal periods. Similar registration terms are already standard at most domain registries and this upgrade will be welcomed with open arms by .uk registrants. Up until this day .uk domain names (.co.uk, [...] Continue reading →

Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St. Clements but you won't find any lemons in the Clements brothers' domain auction ending this coming Monday. Almost one year to the day after announcing his split from Rick Latona, Toby Clements and his brother David Clements are running their first domain auction at [...] Continue reading →

Domain investor and iGoldrush CEO, Paul Goldstone, put his high value, two-character domain, co.com up for sale today after 15 years off the market. Interestingly, all variations of the 676 two-letter .com domain names have been registered since 1998 and these valuable, highly sought after names can only be obtained on the secondary market. Co.com [...] Continue reading →

Google has announced that they are phasing out the AdSense for Domains program, a domain parking service introduced in 2008. This is not surprising after last years changes to the program and the announcement that Google was essentially going to begin removing parked pages from their search index: "New 'parked domain' classifier: This [...] Continue reading →

The first .com domain name, symbolics.com, was registered on March 15, 1985. In the beginning, domain registration was free, but by the early 90's, the web was ablaze and and domaining was born. Vote below to tell us what the reg date is of your oldest domain name and post a comment to tell us [...] Continue reading →

Domaining Europe is the newest conference on the domain name circuit and will host their inaugural event between April 26-28, 2012 at the Sercotel Sorolla Palace Hotel in Valencia, Spain. Numerous top domainers have already committed to attending and are excited about the trip. [caption id="attachment_76454" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Terrace and Poolside [...] Continue reading →

On January 18th, major sites all over the Internet plan to go black in protest against SOPA and PIPA. Some of the largest sites participating include: Google (which modified their homepage in support), Wikipedia (which is reportedly used by an estimated 365 million readers worldwide), Reddit (one of the first to join the strike), and [...] Continue reading →