I am sure you've heard about the devastation caused by tornados and extreme weather in Oklahoma this week. Many lives have been lost, hundreds of people have been injured, and countless homes and businesses have been destroyed. I can't even imagine the pain these people are going through. In an effort to raise funds for The post Domain Boardroom an...

The organizers of the TRAFFIC conference which will be held in Las Vegas next week just published the reserve price ranges for the domain names at the TRAFFIC auction. 70% of domain names in the auction have NO RESERVE and will be sold to the highest bidder One of the domain names that was contributed by Nat Cohen a member of the ICA is being put u...

Google Inc. just lost a UDRP on the domain name play-gogles.com which was registered in February 2013.   Google claimed it had rights to the domain name play-gogles.com based off its trademarks for Google and Google Play. However the one member panel denied Google's claim even though the domain holder didn't even bother responding the the UDRP...

I wanted to thank Adam Dicker for the kind words yesterday on his daily video (at the 9:20 mark).   I have to admit I was hitting a wall with all that I am trying to do lately but I have received some timely phone calls and emails from people letting me know that I've helped them realize that there is plenty of time to accomplish what you want to a...

ICANN has set up a study into whether certain applied-for new gTLD strings pose a security risk to the internet, admitting that some gTLDs may be rejected as a result. Its board of directors on Saturday approved new research into the risk of new gTLD clashes with "internal name certificates", saying that the results could Related posts: Verisign'...

ICANN has picked Los Angeles for the third of its three 2014 public meetings. The decision was approved by its board of directors at its retreat in Amsterdam last week. As you may know, ICANN's meeting schedule cycles through its five geographic regions, and North America's next turn comes next year, picking up hopes that Related posts: No more C...

It's been all over the tech news as Yahoo! acquired Tumblr for a whopping $1.1 billion this week. Now the big question is will the internet dinosaurgiant keep their promise not to screw it up and let the blogging service...

The ICANN Board announced tonight that is has selected Los Angeles California as its location for its third Meeting for 2014   The ICANN 2014 North America Public meeting, will be held on October 12th-17th, 2014. ICANN announced last December that the meeting location for the March 2014 ICANN will be Singapore and  ICANN meeting for the June 2...

Auction giant eBay sent out an email to its members, seeking their support against the so-called Internet Tax Bill. As an online shopper, you may be negatively affected by sales tax legislation currently being considered in the U.S. Congress. I want to let you know about the bill and give you a quick, easy way

A few cases either filed or decided today in UDRP world, DomainTools.com filed a UDRP on 10 typo domain names The UDRP from Domaintools.com is on the following domain names: doaintools.com doimaintools.com domailtools.com domaintoolls.com domaintoos.com domainttols.com domaiontools.com domaitools.com domanitools.com domsintools.com A one member UD...

This month's inventory is pretty decent in my opinion. The auctions will end in about 1 day and 20 hours, click HERE to take a look at all of the listings. Here are some of the domains that are being auctioned this month: 345.com features.com mph.com ghr.com kjq.com upv.com chz.com sbq.com dog.co.uk consulting.de cloud.at woman.net UT.TV Georgia.t...

This spring contained, as usual, the spring “conference season”. And, DomainTools attended a variety of them. The back-to-back-to-back conferences we exhibited at were FS-ISAC, IACC and INTA. Each of the three conferences had sessions covering the pervasiveness of cybercrime generally, but each also focused in on areas specifically pertaining t...

XBoxOne.com, the matching domain for Microsoft's new video game system, was originally registered more than 10 years ago. Microsoft today unveiled its new XBox video game system called XBox One. Microsoft does not own the domain name XBoxOne.com, which currently resolves to a GoDaddy "coming soon" page. The domain name was registered in 2002 by...

If you comment on a post, it might affect the outcome of a patent application. Whenever I post about a recently granted patent, comments inevitably turn to "that invention is nothing new" or "that's a junk patent". I'm sure that at some point today there will be comments to that effect on my post about

Paul Nicks' inventions related to name spinning and appraisals get patent protection. The United States Patent and Trademark Office today issued two patents to GoDaddy related to name spinning and appraisal. U.S. Patent number 8,447,701 is titled "Appraising domain names using comparative data" and 8,447,702 (pdf) is "Domain appraisal algorithm". T...

YAHOO! has concluded that TUMBLR, the social blogging service, is worth more than $1 billion. That's what their betting on the service. Whether it's worth that amount will depend upon whether or not the combined company can turn its millions of users into an interlocking set of services that no competitor can hope to replicate.

Tumblr is a micro-blogging platform that makes it easy to post and share content with your friends. Today Yahoo announced that they have acquired Tumblr for $1.1 billion in stock and cash. Tumblr users have expressed concern about whether Yahoo … Continue reading →

Directi, fresh from relaunching .pw, will shortly start selling third-level domain names under .in.net, mimicking the pseudo-TLD business model most often associated with CentralNic. The sub-domains will be targeted at the Indian market, with prices expected to be in the sub-$10 range. Directi is set to launch June 17 with a 42 day "landrush &...

Article on Forbes.com about domain names and startups is worth bookmarking to refer potential domain buyers to as a reference. David Teten, a partner with ff Venture Capital, has published the second part of a story on Forbes.com about startups and domain names. It's a good primer on how companies can get creative when acquiring

I have to admit my domain business has taken a hit with my busy May schedule.  My overall work schedule has not. Sunday I rode 45 miles, had breakfast with my family, went in to work for the day, came home and planted our spring garden completely full of grafted tomatoes and peppers, and then called 3 people about domains   Every single minute of t...

Today TRAFFIC organizers announced the addition of two one-day pass options for the TRAFFIC Vegas show coming up next week. Their decision to offer these passes was based on requests from potential attendees who wouldn't be able to make it for the entire show. I am definitely a fan of getting as many people to

Company suggests ICANN is only posting letters that "will advance its positions". Verisign has sent a letter to ICANN questioning why it isn't publishing certain correspondence on the ICANN.org web site. ICANN has a section on its web site where it publishes many letters it receives and sends. But Verisign says ICANN hasn't published three...

This is the first GoDaddy coupon code I have seen to offer three domain names discounted to just $0.99! The discount applies to both new registrations and transfers. I've tested and it works for me. I happened to come across this while noticing a banner for the GoDaddy promotion. The savings are significant, so I ... Continue Reading

The domain name TextAlerts.com was on sale at BuyDomains.com just a week ago with a buy it now price of $250. There were no takers. Instead the domain name which was owned by Domainbox Limited of the UK, when it was listed at Afternic.com/BuyDomains.com,  expired, dropped and went into a SnapNames.com auction where it sold on Friday for $3,505!!! I...

Lots of ground to cover in the Lowdown at DNJournal today - most centering on the launch of new businesses. Email.biz, Directi's .IN.NET and Michael Cyger's SEOBlog.com all joined the growing ranks of new online enterprises. Elsewhere, Traffic Las Vegas offers 1-day passes.