John DemcoNameserver Misconfigurations Cause .DE Domain Disruption – On May 12, several nameservers for Germany’s .de domain were updated with a zone file containing just one third of the actual .de domain data, resulting in incorrect “domain does not exist” responses. The problem started at about 13:30 CEST and was resolved at about 15:45. DENIC, the…
JuliannaThe latest batch of TBR domains has been released. Below are my “top picks” scheduled for release on May 19th. There are tonnes of great names this week, so prebook early. We do our best to publish a weekly “top picks” listfter CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains (aka to-be-released or TBR…
JuliannaDo you love domain names? Do you have a portfolio of domains and want to learn more about domain opportunities including how to develop, monetize and resell your names? If you answered yes, you should not miss Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C. in Vancouver! [Breaking News: ticket price drop – more information below!] The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conferences are some…
JuliannaWe recently came across an article on CanuckSEO.com that measures the effectiveness of .CA versus .COM for Canadian businesses and they kindly allowed us to republish it on Webnames.ca Blog. While it is no secret we are big proponents of .CA – Webnames.ca co-founder John Demco actually conceived of .CA in 1987 to identify Canadian…
John DemcoFirst IDN ccTLDs Active – In an important step in the development of the Internet, the first non-Latin IDN ccTLDs were added to the root zone of the DNS on May 5. The three new ccTLDs are for: Egypt: مصر (Egypt), Saudi Arabia: السعودية (AlSaudiah), and United Arab Emirates: امارات (Emarat). Under a process approved…
JuliannaBelow are my “top picks” from this week’s CIRA’s to-be-released domains list. These names will be released May 5th, 2010. We publish our “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains (aka to-be-released or TBR ). More domains are added to the TBR each day until the date…
John DemcoFirst IDN Top-Level Domains Approved – The ICANN Board has approved the delegation of the first four IDN ccTLDs: рф (xn--p1ai, “R.F.”) representing the Russian Federation, السعودية (xn--mgberp4a5d4ar, “Al-Saudia”) representing Saudi Arabia, امارات (xn--mgbaam7a8h, “Emarat”) representing the United Arab Emirates, and مصر (xn--wgbh1c, “Misr”) representing Egypt. New Second-Level Domain Names Considered for Australia – auDA,…
JuliannaBelow are my “top picks” from this week’s CIRA’s to-be-released domains list. The TBR for April 21 has tonnes of great names, so prebook early. We publish our “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains (aka to-be-released or TBR ). More domains are added to the TBR each…
An Illustrated Guide to Setting up AdSense for your .TEL If like many of us, you invested in a few .TEL names that you hope to sell one day, you might have been interested in Telnic’s announcement that from the beginning of April, they would be supporting Google AdSense. Google AdSense is the program that…
John DemcoSome domain name items from the past week: The .fr registry AFNIC has published a paper called “The Secondary Market in Domain Names”. The paper presents a clear description of concepts and issues in this rapidly growing area. CIRA has announced that ArtSchoolReviews.ca is the winner of CIRA’s ShowUsYour.CA video contest. Runners up were DringDring.ca…
JuliannaThe BBC recently posted an article about the first .COM registration way back in 1985. To put this in perspective, 1985 was the same year ‘Back to the Future’ was released. The first .COM domains registered were: 1. 15-March-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM (Their Wikipedia page is a great snapshot of the era.) 2. 24-April-1985 BBN.COM 3. 24-May-1985…
Webnames.ca StaffOn March 5th, Cybele published her secrets to high page rank for her dot tel. Given the incredible rank she achieved with Cybele.tel, I asked her to wave her magic wand at Webnames.tel as it was sow’s ear rather than a silk purse. On March 11th, she updated the information and enhanced the listings. Twenty…
John DemcoICANN Seeks Comments on .XXX Process Options – ICANN has posted for public comment a report and flowcharts of possible process options concerning the .xxx TLD application by ICM Registry. Also, ICM has written another letter to ICANN indicating that “the Board should vote to execute the registry agreement … without further delay.” However, while…
JuliannaBelow are my “top picks” from this week’s CIRA’s to-be-released domains list. The list for March 31 is a big one – 2500+ domains and still growing. We publish our “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains (aka to-be-released or TBR ). More domains are added to…
Cybele NegrisHappy 1st birthday .TEL! It has been quite a year. One year ago today (March 24, 2009) .TEL general registration launched to the world and today there are about 275,000 .TEL names registered globally. Webnames.ca has experienced quite a ride over the last year. Beyond just selling .TEL, “the digital business card that never goes…
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