Ranking Domains Using Domain Maturity Invented by Janine Crumb, Krishna C Gade, Rangan Majumder, Vishnu Challam Assigned to Microsoft US Patent Application 20080086467 Published April 10, 2008 Filed October 10, 2006 Abstract Ranking domains for search engines is provided herein.…
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Domain name scammers get sneakier
Long ago scammers discovered that they could trick domain name owners into paying grossly inflated fees for domains they already owned. They would send official looking letters to domain name owners telling them their domain name was about to expire…
Who Is Really Monitoring Your Domain Searches?
It’s getting more and more difficult to do any kind of domain research without running the risk of losing your domain ideas to unscrupulous domain tasters. Back in February, we described the problem as follows: A perfect domain name pops…
www.sex.asia likely to be Internet domain in demand…
The Internet address www.sex.asia is likely to be the domain name most in demand next week when dot Asia Web sites are launched, Europe’s .eu Internet domain registrar EURid said on Friday. “No one knows which names will be most…
How Secure Is Your Domain Name?
Fancy playing Russian roulette with your online business? Of course not, but if you knew how insecure your domain name might be, you’d realize what a risk you were taking when you register one. Here are five potential security risks…
ICANN September magazine is out
Kieren McCarthy writes the September issue of the ICANN magazine is out. This month it includes interviews with ALAC chair Jacqueline Morris, as well as CEO Paul Twomey. Recent Board meeting are covered, and the policy issues reviewed are: IDNs,…
Chinese woman accused of cybersquatting
The organisation behind the .eu domain has suspended 10,000 domain names registered by a Chinese woman whom it accuses of being a cybersquatter. The woman, in retaliation, has filed a lawsuit in Belgium. EURid, the Belgium-based registry for .eu domain…
Medical Domain Name Attracts Investors, Users to Web Sites
The Internet domain name .md is being marketed to the medical community as the preferred domain for health care information, and two entrepreneurs have acquired .md domain names for 300 U.S. cities and the world’s 100 largest cities to build…
Domain tasting
Domain tasting is the practice of registering a domain with the intention of taking full advantage of ICANN’s “Create Grace Period” (CGP), holding those domains, testing to see if it has traffic and then deleting that domain name within a…