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iGoldrush.com, launched in 1996 is recognized by many in the industry as the original and most comprehensive domain resource, providing everything from basic details on registering domain names to advanced domain name strategy and sales.

With the Local Sunrise phase of the .Co ccTLD launch closed and roughly two weeks until the end of the Global Sunrise, Landrush (public availability at a price of around USD $300 per year) is not far away.

The Landrush phase is provided for businesses that do not hold a registered trademark for a particular name, but wish to protect their brand. This phase gives them the opportunity to register the .co variation of their existing domain, though owning the existing domain is not a requirement. Since this phase is technically open to anyone, many of the bigger domainers will be buying up valuable generic domains. The high price is designed to discourage domainers from snapping up too many domains, during this phase. If two or more people attempt to register the same domain during this phase, it will go into an auction.

ICANN has announced this week that COO (Chief Operating Officer) Doug Brent will leave ICANN at the end of July 2010; he has worked with the organization since January of 2007.

Doug is stepping down due to family reasons and has described the resignation as 'difficult'. Doug and his family moved to Los Angeles to be closer to the ICANN headquarters, his family has decided the new location is not for them.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) unveiled a new logo for their organization on the 26th April to correspond with a new direction they are taking for the 21st century.

The new logo is said to represent the iconic WIPO headquarters building in Geneva.

The color blue represents WIPO and the relationship they have with the United Nations.

UsedAirplanes.com has purchased Flying.com for $1.1 Million.

The new owners of Flying.com are currently developing the site to be launched on June 1st, 2010. The website will be used to display used airplanes and aircraft from UsedAirplanes.com. Flying.com currently states that it is "in the process of developing the first community and social media based portal for flying." 

                                                        

With the .com turning 25 years old this months a peek at  the oldest currently registered .com domain names along with the registration dates, according to VeriSign.

 

        DOMAIN NAME               DATE

symbolics.com                March 15, 1985

bbn.com                          April 24, 1985

think.com                         May 24, 1985

mcc.com                         July 11, 1985

dec.com                          September 30, 1985

 

3D movies have become popular again with the release of Avatar and it is safe to say that 3D technology will improve over a very short period of time. Many more movies are set to be released in 3D and we have the ability to watch television in 3D; even YouTube supports 3D videos now. But as technology evolves, you have to ask: Is it worth registering 3D domain names?

When registering domain names you have to keep in mind how fast technology is evolving and how far ahead of the craze you will need to be, as an example 3dtv.com was created 14 years ago. Someone had a lot of foresight 14 years ago...

The ICM registry has won an appeal for an independent review of the .xxx extension.

The proposed TLD .xxx is suggested as an option for sexually explicit Internet websites. .xxx would be suitable for adult material, similar to .edu for education and .gov for government bodies.

The .xxx would be suitable for adult material, similar to .edu for education and .gov for government bodies. The appeal has caused controversy for both those for and against the introduction of the TLD.

The idea of .xxx would be to implement a way for those who wish to provide access to pornographic nature on the web and also make it easier for those who don't wish to view explicit material to block the websites. This would also make it easier for search engines to block .xxx websites.

International music and cable television channel MTV has filled a domain name dispute case for 21 domain names.

The disputed domain names are:
alternativemtv.com
alternativemtv.tv
bluesmtv.com
bluesmtv.tv
classicalmtv.com
classicalmtv.tv
divamtv.com

New TLD's are continually being added and it can be easy to get caught up in these.

A generic name, such as 'shoes.com' can prove to be a good investment but a domain of another TLD, such as shoes.do or shoes.dm, will generally have a much lower value.

There are ways to benefit from ccTLD's and gTLD's, although this can prove to be very difficult.