Domain News and Press Releases

Internet Name Once Owned by Osama Bin Laden
The new domain name owner will have a unique and controversial piece of history; as well as a mysterious technological relic as it relates to one of the most violent attacks against humanity.

George Foreman's Web Address His Under The Law
George Foreman Ventures represented by Wargo & French filed a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum, asserting legal rights to the domain name. The panel found that the Web address was registered by Zinnia Gonzalez and resolved to an under construction web page

NewDesignWorld.com Expands Directory to list Domains for Sale
The benefit your selling domains by increasing their value as well as increasing the coverage of people knowing the domain is for sale. This will help to find the best end user to sell your domains in order to get the optimal price for sale.

The Free Domain Name Giveaway is Back at DomainBlog.net
The free domain name contest is open to everyone except previous contest winners. The contest costs nothing to enter, but in exchange for offering a chance to win a free domain name, Brown requests that contest participants vote in at least one of the many online polls that he has setup on certain websites within his domain portfolio.

eNom, Inc., Announces That It Will Be the Largest Domain Registrar to Offer the New .Jobs Top Level Domain
The .jobs Top Level Domain (TLD) was created through an alliance between Employ Media, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and Verisign (ICANN). The .jobs TLD will be a sponsored top level domain. This means that it will be specific for people who deal in the human side of organizations, such as recruitment.

DomainLab™ by Aplus.Net Helps Customers Snag Better Domain Names
The Newly Registered Domains tool allows Web site owners to provide keyword-based searches amongst newly registered domains that contain variants of the keywords. The final tool is the Advanced Whois Search tool, which returns not only registrant information, but also traffic data and search engine ratings for specific domains.

Domain Bank Announces .jobs TLD
During the .jobs Start-Up Trade Name Period, customers are able to request domain names using their company name, commonly known name or a product name along with the company name or commonly known name.

Movie Turns Ordinary Guy's Dot Com Buy, Into A Big Dot Com Boom
When Hamish Webb registered his personal domain Yesmanmovie.com for his Website development course, the last thing he expected was to be selling it on eBay along with a year of his life.

Register.com Celebrates National Family Business Week
Register.com, a leading provider of Web site design tools, branded email, domain registration, and other Web business services, is proud to celebrate Family Business Week (June 13-17, 2005) and highlight the impact family-owned businesses have in stimulating and maintaining the health of the US economy.

DropListPro.com Launches Smart Search for Expired Domains
After a domain expires it may be up to three months before it becomes available. www.DropListPro.com shows when these domains will be coming back on the market and how to acquire them.

SnapNames Honored for Domain Industry Innovation, Quality Service
The award recognizes SnapNames’ Transfer Fulfillment system, which lets customers place free back-orders on currently registered domains and acquire them if they are not renewed by previous registrants. Customers pay only if the name is surrendered and becomes available after expiration.

New Technology and Domain Security Practices Protect Domain Names from Cyberthieves
As instances of domain hijacking and cybertheft increase, domain security continues to be a top concern for individuals and companies on the World Wide Web.

Five Across Announces Partnership with pairNIC; Bubbler Users Can Personalize Their Web Site Address Using Reliable Domain Provider
Five Across, Inc., the Silicon Valley start-up that revolutionized small business web site creation with Bubbler(TM), its drag and drop web publishing service, today announced a partnership with pairNIC, a leading domain registration service.

Overall Domain Name Registrations at 76.9M Names
Global Registrations Rise Eight Percent Over Q4 2004; Growth Driven by Strong Global Economy, Growing Base of Internet Users, and online Advertising; China, Japan and South Korea Among Leaders in Worldwide Domain Registrations

Blog Authored by Go Daddy's CEO Approaches 6-Month Anniversary
As the six-month anniversary of Parsons' blog approaches, the company and Parsons have decided that not only will the blog continue, but that it will continue to address Internet and other issues 'head-on' and not be afraid to generate controversy.

Prevent credit card fraud on your web site or ecommerce web site
TeleSign’s patent-pending Verification System provides a critical layer of security for the e-commerce world and is a proven deterrent against ill-intentioned web users. The company’s first product, the TeleSign Verification System, blends the latest internet, security and telephony technologies into a powerful new tool to combat fraud and enhance trust in e-business.

Name Intelligence Domain Industry Awards Announced
Name Intelligence identified key companies and their industry accomplishments at the 2004 Name Intelligence Awards. This year, GoDaddy, eNom, SnapNames, Network Solutions, Afternic, Sedo, Melbourne IT, Tucows and Pool.com, were among the companies recognized for their leadership and contributions to the industry.

InsPanel Integrates with Directi’s Domain Registration Systems
Inspedium Corp. (inspedium.com), a software solutions provider, recently announced the integration of their hosting control panel with the Domain Registration Systems of Directi (directi.com), one of the fastest growing ICANN Registrar. This integration will allow InsPanel users to use Directi’s well-established systems to register and manage domain names.

Hostway Corp. Announced Launch of Website for Newborn Infants Domain Names
The next big thing in baby-shower gifts just might be an Internet Domain Name for the little bundle of joy. Web-hosting leader Hostway Corp. has announced the launch of www.DomainsForYourBaby.com, a new online service to register a Web site address for newborn infants.

Plans for creation of adult .xxx dotcom are slammed
Adult-orientated sites, which are part of a $12bn online pornographic industry, with .xxx domains could come into effect by December, according to a spokesperson at Icann.

Dispute about Pope domains - Brand grabbers registering Benedict XVI
Brand grabbers have also been registering the name "Benedict XVI" in all kinds of categories, sometimes with and sometimes without the word "Pope" in front of it, and sometimes with a slightly different spelling.

Geek News Central Podcast to Be Sponsored By Go Daddy
The Geek News Central website is currently hosted on a Go Daddy Virtual Dedicated Server. Additionally, Cochrane has over 30 domains registered through the Go Daddy domain registration service.

Porn sites to get their own Internet domain
Sex sites will soon be able to sign up for Web addresses in the .xxx Internet domain, but a virtual red light district won't guarantee that people can avoid pornography online, Internet experts said on Thursday.

eNom Logs Six Million Hosted Domain Names - Online Services Provider Is Industry's Third Largest
eNom, Inc., a leading provider of domain name registration and other online services, announced today that it now hosts more than six million domain names on its platform, including more than four million domains registered under its own eNom, Inc. credentials.

12 Million Domains Managed By UltraDNS Receive Added Reliability and Security With Connectivity to the NTT Communications IPv6 Global Backbone
UltraDNS creates and powers technology solutions that enhance the reliability, scalability and performance of the world's largest and most highly available networks, including that of Amazon.com, Oracle and the .org and .uk top level domain root infrastructures.

FRC Voices Opposition to '.xxx' Domain Name
"The new domain would do more harm than good. The '.com' domain has been a cash cow for the porn industry and pornographers will not give it up and remove themselves to the '.xxx' domain. Instead, they will populate the '.xxx' domain and perhaps double the number of porn sites available on the Web.

AITDomains.com: $6.99 Domain Names; No Gimmicks Domain Name Registrations
On the horizon are two more services: URL forwarding, and spam and virus protection for e-mail. URL forwarding is ideal for using free web space until a domain holder needs a managed web site, and the benefits of anti-spam and virus tools speak for themselves.

Domain Names Predicted to be Outstanding Investment Opportunities
The three-day TRAFFIC Conference featured presentations by venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, lawyers and Internet marketing experts who discussed numerous techniques for developing domain names into profitable websites and successful business ventures.

GoDaddy.Com Launches 'Radio Go Daddy'
Radio Go Daddy features live podcast segments available exclusively to those who listen via the Internet stream at www.radiogodaddy.com. The "Strange Domains" segment features different and unusual domains and websites, each of which is awarded the Radio Go Daddy "Strange Domains" seal; and "Best of the Blog" features reader commentary posted to Bob Parsons' blog (www.bobparsons.com).

Domain Name Speculators See Triple-Digit Returns
An analysis of domain names that have been resold in the secondary domain name aftermarket since 1996 reveals a average return on investment of 377 percent with the average name being bought and resold in 12.5 months.

Independent Inventor Granted Key Domain Name Registration Patent
According to Schneider, The increase in the number of separate registerable naming systems having identifiers such as domain names, internationalized or multilingual domain names, fictitious domain names including top level domain aliases, trademarks, custom telephone numbers, vanity license plates, Internet keywords, screen names, usernames, reseller/affiliate names, and so forth poses a growing problem for businesses and individuals with regard to managing their brand identities.

MarkMonitor Appoints Senior Vice President of Engineering to Address Global Online Fraud
MarkMonitor, the leader in Internet Brand Protection and Corporate Domain Registration, today announced the appointment of Ted Sergott to the position of Senior Vice President of Engineering.

Samsung registers 470 .CN domains in 2005 to protect against domain name hijackers
Multinationals such as BMW, L'Oreal and Coca-cola have all been victims of .CN domain name hijacking. In one recent example, Google was forced to pay USD 1 mln to buy the rights to the www.google.com.cn domain name. As a result, many multinationals have begun to protect themselves by registering a number of variations of different .CN domain names, including Panasonic and Volkswagen, in addition to Samsung.

Win the web domain name game
When Apple recently won a high-profile adjudication against a small UK company in a dispute about the ownership of a domain name, the decision provided food for thought for businesses trading or looking to set up shop on the internet.

Forgetting to renew domain name can be disastrous for business
No statistics are available, but Larkins and other experts in the field say they see a fairly constant stream of businesses letting their domain name registries lapse. That omission, in turn, can lead to breakdowns of their Web sites or their e-mail systems.

Losing Web site domain is bad for business
In another case, Michigan Basset Rescue in Waterford Township changed its Web address several years ago, and porn purveyors got hold of the old site; visitors looking for the rescue service were greeted by lewd pictures.

Register.com Receives Notice from Nasdaq Regarding Potential Delisting
Register.com, Inc. (www.register.com) is a leading provider of global domain name registration and Internet services for businesses and consumers that wish to have a unique address and branded identity on the Internet.

New Improved Domain Name Services From Leading Domain Registrar Moniker.com
Leading ICANN accredited domain name registrar Moniker.com today announced a suite of new improved domain name services now available at www.moniker.com. A new Web site platform launched today includes domain name after market services and new domain hosting and registration tools.

Domain Roundtable Conference to highlight sessions on New Top Level Domains, Domain Hijacking, and Cyber-Squatting Awareness
The Domain Roundtable, May 25th through the 27th in Seattle, will feature discussions on significant internet domain naming issues, including new top level domain names (TLD), domain hijacking, and cyber-squatting.

Gridiron site gets unwanted makeover - Ukrainian company buys rights to lapsed Fort Walton Beach High's fan football Web address.
In late July, a company named Beta Corporation, which is based in Ukraine, purchased the name. Within weeks, the site was filled with graphic pictures and dozens of links to other sex-themed Web sites. The Northwest Florida Daily News decided not to print the domain name. Though the Web site was operated by an outside organization, it was linked to the Okaloosa School District Web site.

Web site suffix .jobs is added to make it easier to find one
The nonprofit group that oversees Internet addresses -- the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN -- approved the suffix .jobs earlier this month. Employers can use the suffix to create dedicated job-postings Web sites that end in .jobs rather than .com.