According to The Wall Street Journal, chatbots are fast becoming the go-to source for online answers. As consumers turn to AI tools like ChatGPT, were seeing a steady erosion of traditional web searchand with it, one of the most important ways … Continue reading → The post Another Reason We Need Domain Names first appeared on Alagn...

For those of us whove been around the domain name world for a while, this is news worth watching: ICANN has just handed out nearly $10 million in grant money to 21 organizations around the globe. This is the first … Continue reading → The post ICANN Just Gave Away $9 Million first appeared on Alagna.com.

This is the book we've just completed. I spent almost 13 years immersed in the process of helping new Top-Level Domains come into existence and grow, first, working for a growing domain registry between 2007 to 2012. This was the … Continue reading → The post (Free PDF Offer) How to Get Your Own TLD first appeared on Alagna.com.

AI and AI Agents are the newest trends in marketing and technology. Some examples follow: According to Afternic, the word agent recently entered the top twenty most important keyword list. AO (Agent Optimization) is the new SEO (Search Engine Optimization). … Continue reading → The post Domain Names Still the Best Way to Maintain Your ...

ICANN is famous for its complexity, but they are really trying hard to help new gTLD applicants understand the process. The video below was released two weeks ago and helps viewers to understand what is going on. I thank ICANN … Continue reading → The post ICANN Releases Applicant Support Video first appeared on Alagna.com.

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Joe Alagna, [11/28/2024 1:13 PM] I work for it.com Domains Ltd. and want to share why I believe this product is important for Italian business. In today's global digital landscape, securing your brand's online presence across different markets is crucial … Continue reading → The post Unlocking American Digital Markets: The Strategic Adv...

I was doing some winter and year-end cleanup this weekend and ran across a lovely relic from the past: the show prospectus from Targeted Traffic in 2007. Most people don't know that, besides a mention of domain names from my … Continue reading → The post Found a Cool Domain Industry Relic first appeared on Alagna.com.

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I'm not a big user of Microsoft Teams, but I've been receiving emails "from them" telling me I've won an Apple iPhone and asking me to do a survey. If Microsoft sends these, I'm disappointed because they look very spammy. … Continue reading → The post To Any/All Email/Spam Experts first appeared on Alagna.com....

As part of it.com Domains, I am constantly surveying the domain name market. I have accounts at many registrars to understand what works and what doesn't. Today, I received a communique from our good resellers, ConnectReseller.com. They are a wholesale … Continue reading → The post Domain Name Pricing Trends first appeared on Alagna.com...

The ICA represents the interests of domain name registrants from all over the globe. From January 17th through the 20th, elite domain investors gathered to share their ideas, best practices, and concerns. It was also a chance for members to … Continue reading → The post it.com Domains Sponsors the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) in ...

I've been a Christ follower for over 30 years. I may not always wear it on my sleeves, but I'll never deny it. As a natural skeptic, it's taken me a long time to believe the way I do today. … Continue reading → The post Reasons for My Faith in Jesus Christ first appeared on Alagna.com.

I'm looking forward to meeting you at the 2023 annual INTA meeting during the coming week. We are sharing our booth with Sedo and invite you to visit us there. We will be in Hall B in booth Q17. As … Continue reading → The post it.com is Going to INTA! first appeared on Alagna.com.

I'm happy to report that I've just accepted a full-time offer to work for it.com (Intis Telecom). I could not be more pleased with our arrangement, and we're looking forward to an exciting future together. The it.com domain will become … Continue reading → The post Im Back! first appeared on Alagna.com.

For Immediate Release, London, UK: The it.com registry, UK Intis Telecom, wants to thank their registrar channel for a successful Sunrise Launch! With their help, most FAAMG companies and subsidiaries have registered and protected their trademarks under the it.com domain name.   "We … Continue reading → The post A Br...

Life and work happens in stages. One of my most recent ventures was to be hired as an Advisor to the it.com registry. I'm honored that they decided to work with me and I want to share my thoughts on … Continue reading → The post Working With it.com first appeared on Alagna.com.

I ran out of room to answer a question about our new it.com domain name on Linkedin, so am posting my more complete answer here: We are engaged with several Italian online providers to answer your question more precisely. However, … Continue reading → The post The Success of Our New it.com Domain Name first appeared on Alagna.com.

Although I left the domain name industry last year, an opportunity came along that I couldn't refuse. I was contacted by some old friends, now affiliated with Intis Telecom, a $40 million dollar, UK based telecom and short messaging service. … Continue reading → The post New Domain Name Launched it.com first appeared on Alagna.com....

I have an insurance agency. We insure cars, homes, businesses, and lives. Over the past few months, I've heard more and more people bringing up the fact that their insurance is being raised. I've also met several potential client / … Continue reading → The post Making Butterfield FireWise first appeared on Alagna.com.

I've opened up an insurance agency – CauseWell Insurance Services (www.cwinsu.com). I now offer homeowners, condo, and auto insurance as well as umbrella, RV, motorcycle, classic car, and life insurance. After twenty years of traveling around the world talking to … Continue reading → The post Ive Opened Up an Insurance Agency! fir...

NamesCon Online 2021 is bringing the world of domain names together once again, and Im excited to be speaking! Join me Jan 27-29: lets move the domain industry forward together. Register here:namescon.online #NamesConOnline Twitter – @namescon (namescon.com/twitter) Instagram – @namescon … Continue reading → The post Looking...

I like to think of life as a series of seasons. Like television shows, every year brings a new chance to reinvent yourself. After seven years with 101domain / Afilias, I am moving on to a new season in my … Continue reading → The post A New Season Begins first appeared on Domain News and Views.

The Economist Intelligence Unit published a nice infographic demonstrating the Availability, Affordability, Relevance and Readiness of 100 countries around the world. Read the story | Source: The Economist | Date posted: 3/19/2020 The overall Index score based on the scores … Continue reading →

The new year, and especially a new decade, has me thinking about time and its passing. Living on the west coast of the United States is a funny thing.  You always feel late.  If you call someone in the Midwest … Continue reading →

DNS Week is a four-day week of events organized by LACTLD(1) and .PR Top Level Domain (Manager of .PR) that will take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from August 20th to 23rd, 2019. Within the framework of .PR Top … Continue reading →

A new business line is being created within the insurance industry related to the costs of recovery related to cyber attacks. Consider that it cost over $2.5 million dollars for the city of Atlanta to recover from their cyber attack … Continue reading →

Learn about the ISO 2-character country codes from around the world. Continue reading →

There are no secrets Look great on the Internet: Format images however you need them for free. Create amazing graphics (for free). Create more amazing graphics (for free). Search Engine Marketing Resources: Learn search engine optimization (SEO). Learn more about … Continue reading →

ICANN's meeting in Puerto Rico was really well attended. There are still many problems down there related to Hurricane Maria, but there was very little degradation of services that I could see while I was there. This is not because … Continue reading →

San Juan, Puerto Rico – Dublin, Ireland – January 08 2018 – Gauss Research Laboratories, the .PR ccTLD manager, is pleased to announce that it has selected Afilias, a leading domain registry operator, to provide technical services to support Puerto … Continue reading →

The Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries recently released its DomainWire Global TLD Report. The results are interesting and include the following in summary: .info grew over 10%; the fastest growing of the top 15 largest gTLDs year over … Continue reading →

Within the domain name industry, we have continual debates about which domain name endings are best or most successful. But this announcement is exciting for anyone in the industry regardless of how one feels or whatever sector of the industry … Continue reading →

Nic CL (.cl ccTLD) is a pioneer in the domain name space for South America. We interviewed Patricio Poblete, who has managed that ccTLD for almost 30 years now. Patricio sent one of the first emails from university to university … Continue reading →

Last month I interviewed the CEO of TZNic, Abibu R. Ntahigiye. He manages the Tanzanian country-code Top Level Domain. I got to visit Tanzania for the Africa DNS Forum and was quite impressed at the industriousness of the country. Besides … Continue reading →

I didn't know that my cousin, Kristy Alagna, wrote a book! I'm so excited for her and have already ordered one. This is a part of my family's history and we do have some fun and crazy stories and memories … Continue reading →

Don't let her sweet demeanor fool you, Alejandra holds BSc and MSc in Computer Science degrees from the University of the Valley, Guatemala (UVG), and has been a professor of the Computer Science department in UVG since 2004. She has … Continue reading →

I've always wondered why a company, big or small, would use a hashtag or a Facebook page as part of their advertisements. It doesn't make sense. A domain name is the one digital brand asset that you have complete control … Continue reading →

I Interview Abdalla Omari, CEO of kenic (.ke registry). Transcription Joe Alagna, Director of Business Development at Afilias (Registry Services) Interviews Abdalla Omari, CEO of kenic (.ke) JA: You're one of the first people I'm interviewing for the Country Code … Continue reading →

As I begin my new job at Afilias I am looking forward to helping promote country-code Top Level Domain names (ccTLDs).As  Over 18 years I have enjoyed working with the diverse communities that make up this group of people (in … Continue reading →

As I move on to a new career with Afilias, I want to share my thoughts on what makes a registry successful. I became interested in domain names in 1999, while working as a National Accounts Manager for AT&T Wireless. … Continue reading →

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Incapsula, a web technology company produced an interesting infographic depicting the percentage of bots that visit websites. According to them, more than half of your visitors may be robots. The largest number of bots used (24.3%) are "impersonators" that are … Continue reading →

Uber May Have Deceived Authorities in Areas Where the Service is Not Allowed Uber had (may still have) a program called Greyball that disqualified law enforcement from hailing an Uber to avoid prosecution in places that it wasn't allowed. The … Continue reading →

Verisign Releases Domain Name Industry Brief 2016 ended with just under 330M domain name registrations across all top level domains (TLDs). That's about a 2.3 million name increase over the previous quarter. Domains grew at a rate of 6.8 percent … Continue reading →

The Domain Name Association (DNA) released an infographic today illustrating the rapid growth rates of new generic Top Level Domain names. The chart depicts year over year growth of total domains, country-code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs), .com and .net, and … Continue reading →

A UK based hosting company, Nimbus Hosting, has released an interesting infographic graphing out the 500 most expensive domain names and broken it out into industry sectors such as travel, sports, and finance. They reported the most expensive domain ever … Continue reading →