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LeWeb conference switches from .net to .co

(May 10, 2012)

Big European tech conference changes web site to LeWeb.co. LeWeb, a large European tech conference, has jumped on the .co bandwagon. The company just changed its web address — and its logo — to LeWeb.co. The video below features .co founder Juan Deigo Calle discussing the change with LeWeb. (It’s actually rather entertaining.) LeWeb previously [...]

Jay-Z files domain dispute

(May 9, 2012)

Entertainer files complaint about JayZGroup.com. Rapper and producer Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z, has filed a complaint with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over the domain name JayZGroup.com. The domain name is currently registered to someone in Hazel Park, Michigan. The current registration dates to 2009, but the domain was previously registered and then [...]

.Nxt conference heads to London next month

(May 8, 2012)

.Nxt moves across the pond. The third .Nxt conference covering issues related to new top level domains takes place June 20-22 at Victoria Park Plaza in London. I caught up with show founder Kieren McCarthy yesterday to discuss his latest show. After holding two conferences in San Francisco, McCarthy said a number of interested attendees [...]

Donuts and Minds + Machines updates on TAS and new TLDs

(May 7, 2012)

Interesting posts from the perspective of new TLD applicants. The new TLD delay continues and ICANN just released the total number of applications received so far (over 2,000). So what does this mean for new TLD applicants? Two of the largest recently published blog posts that shed some light on it. First, eNom founder Paul [...]

And…we’re back!

(May 5, 2012)

I just switched hosting providers over the past 48 hours. Transferring the Domain Name Wire database from one host to another, plus the propagation of the new name servers, caused some lag time between sites. As a result, a handful of comments submitted over the previous 36 hours are lost. I could take an ICANN [...]

Sex + hot social site = major press

(May 2, 2012)

Sex.com relaunches as a Pinterest clone for adult photos. I’ve got to hand it to the company that bought Sex.com for $13 million: nice PR move. The site was just relaunched in beta as a “Pinterest for Sex”. That’s a nice way to get buzz. For news story research purposes I just checked out the [...]

Afterthoughts about Ammar Kubba’s new blog

(May 2, 2012)

Ammar Kubba pens a new blog.

Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories of April 2012

(May 1, 2012)

Here’s a look back at April on Domain Name Wire. 1. GoDaddy now offers free domain appraisals, but… – Go Daddy has dropped the price of its automated domain appraisals to zero, but don’t expect it to give you an accurate value for good domain names. 2. Francois Carrillo’s ZUT.com hit with UDRP – the [...]

3 .com typos that may be applied for as new TLDs

(May 1, 2012)

They may have meaning but are very similar to .com. A number of country codes, such as .cm and .co, can result in misguided visitors looking for a .com web address. Will we see some other domains that could be considered typos push their way through the new top level domain process? I first thought [...]

This could have been reverse domain hijacking had the domain owner responded…

(April 30, 2012)

Your comadre wouldn’t approve. The National Arbitration Forum has found against Texas company Comadre Commerce, LLC in arbitration over the domain name Comadre.com. This is despite the owner of the domain name not responding. Had the owner responded, this case could have been an easy case of reverse domain name hijacking. First things first, comadre [...]

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