With the TRAFFIC conference right around the corner, many domainers may be wondering if DomainFest is still going to occur.  Andrew at DNW heard from Oversee that the show was still going on and Moniker is already taking auction submission, but it sure would be nice to make travel arrangements soon.  Well here you go, DNN [...] Continue reading →

Member of Anonymous claims responsibility As reported by a number of sources and experienced by ourselves, Go Daddy appears to be experiencing a Denial of Service Attack on their nameservers, taking down customers websites as well. TechCrunch reported on the issue and Anonymous Own3r has claimed responsibility. Go Daddy has acknowledged that they know that there [...] Continue reading →

As reported by Wired today the US Government has returned the seized domain names of Spanish forum RojaDirecta.com/org domains after the government dropped their claim on Wednesday – 19 months after the domains were originally seized. The seizing of the domains happened as part of the “Operation in our Sites” together with eight other sites [...] Continue reading →

SnapNames®, a KeyDrive S. A. company and leading domain name online marketplace for already registered, expiring and deleting domain names announced today the release of their domain name auction bidding app for iPhone and iPod touch. With over twenty-five million domains to choose from annually, SnapNames.com users can now easily bid on a wide selection [...] Continue reading →

As reported by The Daily Jeffersonian, Matt McKnight from Cambridge has registered a number of domain names in order to protect vice-president candidate Paul Ryan. The article calls him the “domain-ator” mentions that his main site is at JannaRyan.com, which is the name of the candidate’s wife. As Dan Davis writes,  McKnight purchased the domains [...] Continue reading →

Voting for the Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Domain Industry awards is only open today. Vote for your choices and send them to trafficawards@earthlink.net by 9PM EDT today. As per a prior announcement you must be a list subscriber to vote. BEST NEW MONETIZING SOLUTIONS (Vote for one) __BankAds.com __DomainNameSales.com __DomainPower.com __InternetTraffic.com __JuiceCow.com __ParkLogic.com __Protrada.com __Rook Media __The [...] Continue reading →

Users of Sedo.com and Sedo.co.uk were greeted today with a Google malware warning when accessing the popular domain name parking and aftermarket site.  The warning details are below. DNN was able to see the warnings in some Chrome and Safari but not Firefox, and upon reloading later this morning the warning had disappeared on Safari. Other [...] Continue reading →