The owners of Oakville.com have developed a custom platform they plan to use to build out approximately 100 fully automated city guide web sites. Oakville.com was first off the assembly line and the popular site is extending its reach by helping to market the PGA's Canadian Open that is coming to Oakville July 20. [...] Continue reading →

Talk.com sells for $500,000 through the domain brokerage firm, Sedo. The domain was sold to National A-1, which is the same company that recently purchased contests.com from Yahoo! for $380,000. National A-1, a company that focuses on the acquisition of premium domain names was also a runner up in the toys.com auction, which ended up [...] Continue reading →

.US fans have often said that America's country code is a "sleeping giant." The current global ccTLD boom, recent .us sightings on TV and at the airport, plus the millions of pages from .us business sites that have been indexed by Google indicate the extension might be starting to stir from its slumber. [...] Continue reading →

Rick Schwartz "Domain King" I am happy to say that my Domain Names Podcast with “Domain King” Rick Schwartz is complete and live to listen to below. Rick is a “tell it like it is” type of guy which is one of the reasons I like to read his blog religiously over at [...] Continue reading →

Recently, many companies have begun filing for trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that are geared towards possible new top level domain names in hopes that it will give them a leg up in the upcoming application process with ICANN. What is surprising is that the new TLD process is still [...] Continue reading →

The company behind most versions of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference website that you have seen in recent years announced a major expansion for their domain development and audio/video services firm. Also today - ICANN makes it official - Rod Beckstrom is their new CEO. [...] Continue reading →

The Associated Press is reporting that the former chief of U.S. cyber security is the leading candidate to become the next CEO of ICANN, replacing Dr. Paul Twomey. Meanwhile, an ICANN VP confirms they want to change the UDRP rules in favor of a URS that would drastically reduce your rights. [...] Continue reading →