ICANN is set to reveal its list of new generic top-level domain applications on or around June 13, according to several sources. My understanding is that the date has not yet been set in stone – it could be a day or so either side – but that June 13 is the current target. The [...] پڑھنے جاری رکھیں →

It’s a year away, but dates are finalized. For a while there were too many domainer-targeted domain conferences. Then the pendulum swung the other way. TRAFFIC is adding an additional show in 2013, and today it announced the final dates. The show will begin Wednesday, May 29th in the evening. It will conclude with breakfast [...] پڑھنے جاری رکھیں →

USOC claims person continues to infringe on its trademarks. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has filed a lawsuit (pdf) against Alan Bachand, an individual with whom the organization has a history when it comes to domain names. Back in 2009 the USOC objected to Bachand’s use of the domain name OlympicsBestHotels.com to pitch hotels [...] پڑھنے جاری رکھیں →

Earlier this year, Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu announced that they were considering adding a Las Vegas TRAFFIC conference to the 2013 calendar (in addition to the October conference in Florida). TRAFFIC has been held in Las Vegas before, but it has been a few years since the last event (I think the last one [...] پڑھنے جاری رکھیں →

No doubt in my mind that this has been a fantastic quarter for those that have a solid domain portfolio and looking to sell.  Prices have come back and solid names are coming out of the woodwork, even on the forums.  I actually had to hire my wife to be my accountant.  Never in my [...] پڑھنے جاری رکھیں →

Vint Cerf is critical of plans by various countries over a battle for the internet that is opening at the International Telecommunications Union in this opinion piece in the New York Times. Cerf writes that the ITU “is conducting a review of the international agreements governing telecommunications and aims to expand its regulatory authority to [...] پڑھنے جاری رکھیں →

My Mom is not a domainer. She cannot even program the VCR. She doesn’t have an email address and ‘گوگل’ sounds like a ‘ghoul’ to her. Being a septuagenarian, my Mom is dependent on others, despite her persistence with things. When people age, there is no magic substitute to do the work one used to [...] پڑھنے جاری رکھیں →