If you are buying a domain name, you would want to know how long the current owner had it for – right? If you are investigating cybercrime you would want to know the history of a phishing website – right? How do you find out who the previous owners were? Well, I’ve created this short [...] Continue reading →

If you are a business owner, you would want to know what your competitors are doing – right? If you are a domain name broker, you want to know who the serious buyers are – right? If someone makes you an offer for a domain name, you are going to want to do some research [...] Continue reading →

Back in 2011, Nintendo announced the Wii U without owning the domain name. Sure enough, a WIPO case was heard with the result just published. Denied! In WIPO D2013-0322, panelists Abbott, Frederick, M.Slutsky, Bradley A. (Presiding) and Sorkin, David E have denied the complaint for the domain wiiu.com. A quick check of the historical whois records at [...] Continue reading →

We have a new Facebook URL – http://www.facebook.com/domainer Thanks to the guys at Page Operations at Facebook, we were able to make the switch very quickly. Over the coming week we are going to post some big news, so click that Facebook Like button (above the photos) and keep up to date! [...] Continue reading →

Just after lunch I received an email from Apple saying that “Apps can now be transferred from one developer to another within iTunes Connect, for example after an acquisition or when a distribution deal expires.” I can see a whole new marketplace of buying and selling Apps. Like DotBuyer.com, but for Apps instead of domain [...] Continue reading →

Domain name research and monitoring is critical to all domain name investors. As such, its been great to see the industry embracing IP Neighborhood as not just a data source, but something that can add value to their business. One such company is Parklogic. On Friday at the industry conference, TRAFFIC, Parklogic Founder Michael Gilmour announced [...] Continue reading →

SEO people – brace yourself – Penguin & Panda updates are coming. Here is a quick summary of what to expect: Your web site ranking will change. Penguin 2.0 is dedicated to find blackhat webspam. So if you are doing dodgy stuff, you’re going to be in a world of pain. Advertorial sites that [...] Continue reading →