While ICANN continues to examine the overall structure of its meeting dates and geographic rotation, it is important to move forward with future planning.

Carrefour,the largest hypermarket chain in the world in terms of size, and the second largest retail group in the world in terms of revenue filed a complaint to WIPO for carrefourproperty.com.

Luxembourg, July 15th – EuroDNS announces the opening of the .CM Landrush period, starting today at 0:00:01 UTC and lasting until July 31st. The Sunrise phase of .CM was a real success and a significant number of trademark names have been registered at www.eurodns.com.

In a proposal,WIPO tries to convince ICANN to remove paper pleadings from the UDRP process and to implement electronic UDRP.

Sedo had another great week ,selling many interesting domain names at high prices.

One of the characteristics of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has been its commitment to create a level playing field between big companies and individuals who use the Internet.

[news release] The Rick Latona Auctions Premium .cm domain name sale ends at 8:00pm EDT.  The list of premium domain names includes names with reserve prices as low as 1,000 USD.  These names are not included in the regular landrush or open registration.  They are only available at this auction.

A proposal by the European Commission's Information Society and Media Commissioner, Viviane Reding, has drawn the ire of industry trade groups who "strongly call on the EU to ensure that the private sector led multi-stakeholder model on which ICANN is built is preserved and enforced, as a key factor of Internet's success."

That's the question posed in The New York Times. More specifically, The Times asks "should anyone be able to start a top-level domain." While the ICANN proposal for new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) would not actually allow for anyone to register a new gTLD, there are proposals for dozens, if not hundreds of them.

The rapid growth of the Internet has created rich pickings for the unscrupulous who take advantage of companies’ goodwill and trademarks - so much so that it has become increasingly important for business owners to register their domain names promptly to ensure that their brands and trademarks are protected on the Internet.

Researchers at IDC say that 1.3 billion people will connect to the Internet via mobile phones by 2008.  Is your website .mobi ready?To see your site the same way that millions of mobile phone users do, there are a few tools available for domainers that will provide an analysis of how your web content is likely to function on a mobile device. Some of the majo […]

In my never ending search to bring readers the newest domaining tools to hit the scene, take a second and familiarize yourself with Domize.com.At first glance, Domize looks like your regular Ajax instant domain search tool but one thing that sets it apart is the "trail" of results that are instantly displayed as you type.  Pretty cool.Notice when I […]

This post is for all the domain newbies out there.Here's a simple little trick you can use to utilize Google and only search for keyword results using a specific domain extension such as .tv, .asia, .mobi and such.First, get to the Google Homepage and click on "Advanced Search" to the right of the search bar.Next, find the area that states […]

"If newspaper carriers, cartoonists, doctors and hairstylists all have their own day, it's time for Webmasters to receive the same recognition. That's why, to honor the professionals responsible for the content on Web sites across the world, GoDaddy.com is declaring April 29 Webmasters' Day."Good karma on Go Daddy's part by hono […]

Oh how the domain industry needs a hero.It is now being reported that LinkAdage and the Pickering Institue have teamed up to open up a blackhole of unscrupulous actions by offering anyone blog space for rent...on an .edu domain.  This in effect allows ANY average-joe-schmo to post their blogs under a .edu sub-domain without actually being affiliated with any […]

Are you an Investor?  What about a Flipper? You might be a Monetizer? Found a fun post over at Media Wizard's blog that divides domainers into 7 general categories according to how they proceed with a domain after purchase.  The categories are:- The Investor- The Flipper- The Developer- The Builder- The Monetizer- The Broker- and The ProviderHere's […]

At a New York press conference today, Disney-Pixar Films unveiled their highly-anticipated upcoming lineup of 10 new animated feature films to be released through 2012.Over the past 30 days, Walt Disney-Pixar Films has began to register a ton of new (and interesting) domain names not only for these specific future planned films, but also for some rumored upc […]

Over at TiaWood.com, Tia has created a brand new domaining tool named the Domain Idea Box that helps domainers generate domain name ideas from a simple keyword or phrase search while also allowing unique data type parameters to be set .  It's free and I'm already addicted. The look is clean, simple, fast, powerful and straight-forward and this is w […]

Some speculation has begun regarding the proposed new name for the Minnesota Twins baseball team's brand new $544.4 million, 40,000 seat stadium set to open in Spring 2010. Recent purchases of some domains by the Twins, such as LandOLakesPark.com and LandOLakesField.com have baseball fans everywhere suggesting that the Minnesota-based company, Land O […]

Google has recently unveiled a new web search engine platform named, Suggest Labs, that has is causing a lot of negative chatter among business and company owners that rely on web exposure to drive traffic to their website. Let's take a second and review exactly how Google's new search tool works and is why domainers need to be aware of this new ex […]

First let me deal with the language Nazis in the crowd: according to the online Urban Dictionary, Doozy is spelled Doozey, and defined thus: Something that is unusual, difficult, or extremely large. Also something that is bizarre or unexpected.

In building a website, especially a business-related one, it is important to register a good domain name. By having a registered domain name, your space on the World Wide Web is guaranteed. A domain name is a kind of trademark that your prospective and regular customers will use to reach your website.

In general, and subject to some rules, domain names are registered on a first-come-first-served basis. That is to say, the first person to register a domain name (which in the case of com, net, and org domain names costs just a few dollars per year) continues to control that domain name until he either transfers it to somebody else, or stops paying the annua […]

Every business owner that decides to take the step to get their business known online must first choose a domain name. How you decide on your name should be determined by what image you want to portray to the world.

If you want to be an affiliate marketer, you need to get a domain name for the product you are marketing. You can forward your unique domain name to your affiliate-coded sales page and save yourself having to make a webpage.

It's all just a name game. Maybe you don't realize how important that domain name is. If you don't think so, you better make a new plan. Why? Search Engine Rankings; that's why.

The United States experienced a massive land grab back in the mid-19th century. The Homestead Act allowed anyone to claim title to undeveloped land. All they had to do was file an application, make some improvements, and then file some more paperwork. The result? Over 1.6 million American families were awarded 270 million acres over a four-year period.

Expired domain gains are possible only when you consider the viability of buying a particular domain. This year provides you an exciting opportunity to find and buy very good domains that could act as your potential money-spinners in the coming years.

We're all looking for premium domain names. But be careful. They are nearly impossible to find and you can't just make them up to fit some set of rules.

The benefits of using a short URL are more profound than you might imagine. The difference a word or two can make in the probability of a potential customer bothering to type the given URL into the address bar is astounding.

   What does a guy who is well known for “not selling domains” know about selling domain names?  Well I might just know a thing or two.  As the title of this post states:  Everybody sells. It doesn’t matter whether you’re selling cars, homes, financial instruments, religion..  everyone sells something.  Some of us are hard-sell : [...]

I just spent a few days in Vegas at the TRAFFIC convention..  man that town will chew you up and spit you out if you let it. The night I left town Josh sent me this link which focuses on an interesting observation.   While $4+ million worth of domain names just sold at the Las Vegas TRAFFIC [...]

What a world we live in..  and what a great deal a man (or woman) can learn in a month away from the blog-sphere.. Deals announced, partnerships strategized and all roads lead to the ability to reach our fellow-man.   I’ve been traveling for family issues (nothing serious folks) over the past month –  I’ve been [...]

  It’s wonderful being back after an extended vacation break. I used to scoff at vacationing (vacations are for the weak), but I was amazed that those friends and colleagues who took longer absences around the holidays skated circles around my productivity around March and April of the next year. I won’t bore you folks with [...]

Folks it’s time for me to recharge the batteries..  I’ll be leaving the blog today so that I have some time to wrap up a few left-over items..  then I take to the skies for my Christmas vacation..  I’ll try to upload some shots from the trip and stop in to post if anything major comes up [...]

http://domainstate.com/showthread.php3?s=8444324b3e3a6a31b47609a0ffc57499&threadid=84905 We can all feel the changes reverberate across the Web..  Domain names registered by small registrants and large aggregators who create content and take eyeballs/market share away from established media/content co’s are the ultimate disruptive technology. It […]

Elliot blogs about the 3 letter .com realm. http://www.elliotsblog.com/index.php/2007/12/10/b-king-on-three-letter-com-sales/ ***FS*** There are only 17,576 3 letters in .com ..  This piece probably explains which a have gotten scores of spam sales offers for my three letter and 3 number domains over the past few days. Google reduces the importance of sub do […]

   http://www.thedomains.com/2007/12/08/domains-are-cheap/ This piece deserves to be set apart from the Linkfest..  Berkins has that “oh-my-gosh” moment and realizes how cheap domain names are when viewed against overpriced pieces of modern-art. Art hangs on a wall and costs you money..  Domains activate on the Web and “make you money […]

 Beware of Domain Name Traffickers. by John F. Letchford: (From the Archer and Greiner Intellectual Property website.) Excerpt: “”Domain parking sites collect and index additional links where domain name registrants share revenue generated by web traffic but do not directly compete with the holders of similar legitimate trademarks or brand names. […]

Conor writes: “”I am giving fullname.com domains as gifts for Christmas this year. Any suggestions on how to give as a gift? I am thinking about just registering and hosting myself and if they want to take full control I will transfer it to an account they create. Otherwise, I’m not sure how to register in [...]

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