Despite ICANN hyping the new .biz and .info TLDs, business has been slow for both new extensions. The domains that have been registered generally are to companies who are registering the new TLD version of their main .com domain. According to most, while the new TLDs are an option, .com still rules when I comes [...] Continue reading →

AGN Domain Services (ADNS) has issued a warning regarding a new website that claims to be an authorized registrar for a new .USA TLD. The website is operated by TLD Networks, a company located in England that has in the past claimed to register .god and .sex domain names as well. [...] Continue reading →

NeuLevel, the company managing the new .biz TLD, opens its doors for business on Wednesday, a month after originally planned. The new TLD is marketed towards business related websites. The debut of the new TLD comes a month after the launch of .info, another new TLD, and a year after ICANN announced the 7 new [...] Continue reading →

House lawmakers are debating a government established kid-friendly domain extension after ICANN refuses to create one. The original government bill called for ICANN to create .kids. The new measure calls for the government to create a .kids.us domain to be overseen by the federal government. [...] Continue reading →

The Ernst & Young financial site for kids, moneyopolis.com, has been taken over by a porn site originally located at moneyopolis.org. The error came as a result of the domain expiring for failure to pay the domain name fees. Ernst & Young said that the fees were not paid because VeriSign sent invoices to an [...] Continue reading →

Registration for new .biz domain names has been pushed back another month in order to allow NeuLevel, the .biz Registry, more time to test their registration system. The launch of .biz has also been delayed due to a lawsuit over claims that the Registry’s process of distributing domain names via an illegal lottery. [...] Continue reading →

VeriSign and RealNames announced a new deal that would allow the keyword browsing company to sell keywords through VeriSign’s network of domain name Registrars. The deal is designed to build demand for the keyword browsing service, which allows companies to purchase simplified keyword that would direct to the domain name. [...] Continue reading →