http://domainfood.com/ nibbles of news from the domain name industry Copyright 2004 en-us 2006-05-04T07:38:56-05:00 daily 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000132/ http://www.enom.com/inthenews.asp?pr=060501demandmediaeNom, Inc., one of the world's largest Internet domain name registrars, announced that it has been acquired by Demand Media, Inc., a new company headed by former MySpace.com chairman, and... http://domainfood.com/archives/000132/ 2006-05-04T07:38:56-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000131/ USA Today ran an article yesterday about some of the larger sales this past year (though no mention of the .EU fiasco) This year, 15 names used in Internet addresses... http://domainfood.com/archives/000131/ 2006-04-15T00:42:38-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000130/ The .EU domain name registry boasts over 1.5 million registered as of Friday morning however the complaints, controversy and conspiracy theories are starting to build around the net. Even the... http://domainfood.com/archives/000130/ 2006-04-14T10:43:15-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000129/ There is a new project for Firefox/Mozilla to allow it to pass the web standards Acid2 test. This will allow it to join the ranks of Opera 9 and Safari... http://domainfood.com/archives/000129/ 2006-04-13T09:16:10-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000128/ In case you haven't heard, one million .EU domain names have been purchased since open registration (aka "landrush") started Friday, April 7th 2006. That has to be some kind of... http://domainfood.com/archives/000128/ 2006-04-08T10:02:42-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000127/ One of my favorite researchers for subject-matter that I would deem "naughtiness on the web" has published another great article on a growing tactic he has discovered. Check out Ben... http://domainfood.com/archives/000127/ 2006-04-07T06:23:10-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000126/ If you are using Firefox (and really, you certainly should be) you might be interested to know that Google has released an enhanced v2 version of their Firefox Toolbar. Even... http://domainfood.com/archives/000126/ 2006-04-07T03:16:53-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000124/ There are some reports on the web of some domains/websites experiencing PR updates on some Google datacenters. Be sure to check yours with one of the 3rd party pagerank checking... http://domainfood.com/archives/000124/ 2006-04-05T06:30:19-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000125/ The sunrise registration period for the new .eu TLD finally ends Friday and then ANYONE will be able to register any remaining domain name. There have been over 300k pre-registrations,... http://domainfood.com/archives/000125/ 2006-04-04T06:30:19-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000123/ A few site bugs have been fixed today including one huge problem with long delays after clicking on a link. A big thank you to our visitors for your patience... http://domainfood.com/archives/000123/ 2005-09-14T13:17:36-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000120/ I found this very interesting, may be of use to those dealing with trademark issues, etc. http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/packets/vol_2_no_3/002728.shtml Magistrate Judge Arlander Keys rejected Polska's assertion of hearsay, holding that the archived... http://domainfood.com/archives/000120/ 2004-11-19T06:00:00-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000119/ This is an important reminder to ALL domain name holders: Starting November 12th, .COM .NET and .CC can now be instantly transfered out of your account, by any person without... http://domainfood.com/archives/000119/ 2004-11-09T08:34:58-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000118/ Communicate.com has put out a press release stating they have sold Rugby.com for $350,000 to a North Carolina-based investment company called "Peninsula Investments". It is interesting to note that Communicate.com... http://domainfood.com/archives/000118/ 2004-11-06T07:51:29-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000117/ PIR is going to suspend .org domain names from resolving in two days that have bad phone number data in their WHOIS details: The Public Interest Registry (PIR.org), is mandating... http://domainfood.com/archives/000117/ 2004-11-02T00:17:51-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000116/ You can now get .com domains at GoDaddy for only $7.95 also available at GoDaddy are $1 .info domain names and a promo for $4.95 .us domain names and a... http://domainfood.com/archives/000116/ 2004-11-01T21:55:54-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000115/ Yahoo's PayDirect was a little known competitor to PayPal. It showed some promise over the years but apparently the eBay buyout of PayPal was the final stroke to their lack... http://domainfood.com/archives/000115/ 2004-10-23T22:03:04-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000114/ After years of speculation and silly delays, the new .eu TLD for europe looks like it will finally become a reality, according to the updated timetable at http://eurid.org/Information/timetable.html and their... http://domainfood.com/archives/000114/ 2004-10-14T21:04:06-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000113/ If this transfer happens, it will be the highest (public) domain name sale ever! http://lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/text/2004/oct/08/517637350.html The company that operates the VEGAS.com Web site has asked a Clark County District Court... http://domainfood.com/archives/000113/ 2004-10-11T19:30:12-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000112/ Netcraft has excellent coverage on a story that has been brewing quietly behind the scenes, noticed only by certain domain professionals until now. Domain owners are protesting a move by... http://domainfood.com/archives/000112/ 2004-10-08T19:33:42-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000111/ Germany now has the largest country code TLD in the world with 8 million registrations, followed by 3.7 million for England. Denic reports eight millionth .de registration.de Denic received the... http://domainfood.com/archives/000111/ 2004-10-08T08:49:28-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000110/ If you have created a new site in the past few months or have done alot of updates to an existing one, you might want to check your page rank... http://domainfood.com/archives/000110/ 2004-10-06T18:33:28-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000080/ If you reprint this list elsewhere, in whole or in part, you are required to: 1. inform us of your reprint (email or use comment form below) 2. link back... http://domainfood.com/archives/000080/ features 2004-10-06T07:00:00-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000109/ The Australian government seems to be a big domain name spender this year. $50,000 AUD was recently paid for WesternAustralia.com (which is around $35,500 in US dollars) by the Western... http://domainfood.com/archives/000109/ 2004-08-24T03:01:30-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000108/ Domain Food now feature a "recent domain sales page" at http://domainfood.com/sales/ Here is a highlight from our collection: top eBay domain sales $100 or above August 8th - August 21st,... http://domainfood.com/archives/000108/ 2004-08-23T08:07:55-05:00 http://domainfood.com/archives/000107/ Yet another ccTLD (country code Top Level Domain) is trying to do an end-run around the slow progress of ICANN to add new gTLDs (global Top Level Domains). The .mp... http://domainfood.com/archives/000107/ 2004-08-22T03:01:00-05:00