Category: Commentary & Analysis

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…

Most popular searches by engine

Millions of searches are conducted each day on popular search engines by people all around the world. What are they looking for? A number of major search engines provide a way to glimpse into the web’s query stream to discover…

An Introduction to Domain Names

Simply put, a domain name is a “front” – they are word sequences users enter in their browser’s location bar to visit your site, but are not a Web site’s true address. Domain names are attached to DNS (Domain Naming…

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…

Value domains

I am just now starting to see the value in these names, especially after discovering one of them yesterday that is actually an Internet key word with thousands of inquiries thru a key word service suggestion tool. Don’t pass them…