Thomas Price asks: “”…how do you know when an unregistered domain is good enough to be registered? I find domains all the time that I think are great domains, but if I registered every domain I found, I would be bankrupt by the time it came around to renewing them. I’ve got a list [...]
Colin Pape writes: “”Hey Frank! Had this link delivered to my inbox via my Media Post subscription… http://www.goodurlbadurl.com/ The owner of the site takes photos of domains he comes across in the offline world and posts them along with a good URL/bad URL rating… Great idea! You can view the newsletter here: http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=71646 (subscription required) [...]
New Logo Suggested Domainer’s Gazette kindly offers so possible alternative logos for me http://www.domainersgazette.com/an-alternative-logo-font-for-frank-schillings-blog/ . ***FS*** I’m sincerely flattered .. kind of like my folksy craigs-list style font. But change is good. Typo Partnerships Whizzbang hypothetically plays with fire around TM infringing domain names. http://www.whizzbangsblog.com/content/view/329/1/ ***FS*** Many trademark holders are terrible domain managers, suing or UDRPing [...]
If I had a product or service to advertise I’d consider this opportunity.. I have no ties to the org.. just like this idea/name and think the concept has potential to stick around and become part of the broader domain show/convention circuit. There are many exemplary domain industry participants who never get the praise they [...]
Iron Mountain Digital’s Escrow Program Helps Secure Internet Address System for ICANN-Accredited Domain Name Registrars http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/NEW00428112007-1.htm ***FS*** This is direct fallout from the Registerfly debacle. Good they’re doing it. NASDAQ Launches the NASDAQ Internet Index http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/primenewswire/132031.htm ***FS*** I prefer owning the Internet than owning slivers of slivers .. Sold the last of my Google stock [...]
Godaddy Go Daddy asks how to improve their signature auctions: Elliot puts his mind to work and posts up a three point plan. http://www.elliotsblog.com/index.php/2007/11/27/godaddy-tell-us-how-to-improve-signature-auctions/ Domain Speculation Pointers. http://www.elliotsblog.com/index.php/2007/11/26/domain-speculation-pointers/ ***FS*** Elliot goes into depth. Focus of this article is brand spanking new registrations. I thought all good names were already taken? Everything but new [...]
Seed Money Sendori gets more funding from First Round Capital, Baseline Ventures and Maples Investments. Compelling model that Sendori. http://www.personalbee.com/261/23600663 Domain Wire Mag New issue online. (PDF) This issue contains an overview of the Domain Name System, an update on the Internet Governance Forum and everything you always wanted to know about Internationalised Domain Names. [...]
http://www.dnjournal.com:80/articles/events/geodomain-expo-2007.htm Ron is such a great writer. Nice job sir.
Rich Schwartz gets passionate about generics and corporate America. Talks about Competition Insurance. I like that term… http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2007/11/competition-ins.html Own the generics with type in traffic related to your core business and insure your destiny.
Elliot interviews Brett Lewis, domain attorney. Brett: “One does not choose to be a domain name lawyer. It chooses you….What is it about the field that interests me? Every case is like a puzzle. A lot of detective work goes into building or defending a case, and it is fun to find those pieces and put [...]