As of February 1st 2010 registration of domain names with special characters in them, like for example a letter with an accent, called Internationalized Domain …
Short URL’s are helpful when a user is limited to a certain number of
characters, such as on Twitter. When using most Twitter applications,
whenever a long URL is entered in a tweet, it is automatically
shortened, using a shortening service like bit.ly.
These shortening services usually take advantage of recently released
TLD’s to get a domain name as short as possible. Recently, Google
jumped on the bandwagon with goo.gl, another URL shortening service.
Victoria’s Secret a luxury brand known for their beautiful models and a large range of women’s lingerie, women’s apparel and beauty products has won another domain name dispute.
Victoria’s Secret believed that the website www.victoriassecretpromotion.com was clearly similar to their trademark and had been registered in foul play to redirect Victoria’s Secret customers to www.victoriassecretpromotion.com.
Domain Conferences are often large events which are great for networking with other domainers and are also a fantastic chance to meet those who work for the companies you conduct your domain business with. Being able to meet those who you regularly speak with via the Internet or those who you rely on to help when you are in need will give you an advantage. Attending domain conferences also provide the opportunity to look and speak with other exhibiting Internet companies.
VeriSign recently announced that it registered a record number of visitors for online sales during the year-end holidays this year. These numbers clearly indicate an increase in traffic on e-commerce sales.If, as a domainer, you want to focus on selling high priced domains, you need to remember why someone would want to buy such a name.
According to SmallBizTrends, there are only three reasons:
Google, the American public corporation,has lost an arbitration over the domain name Groovle.com.
Google contended in the complaint that the dispute domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark.
Small Canadian start-up claims victory.
The City of Paris has recently filled a lawsuit against the owner of
Paris.org, who has owned the domain since 1995. A UDRP dispute would not
be effective, as the domain is not parked or being used in bad faith, so
they have decided to take it to French Court.
This is part of the City of Paris’ continuing venture to find a court
who will grant them exclusive rights to any domain containing the word
“Paris.” Judging by the results of their previous lawsuits and UDRP
disputes, it is not likely that they will be awarded the rights to
Paris.org.
Similar to the Michael Jackson and Tiger Woods domain name rush a huge amount of domainers have been quick to register Brittany Murphy domain names, after she recently passed away.
Whenever something happens in the celebrity world or there is a celebrity scandal it make people buy domains names. Celebrities draw domain traffic; Paris Hilton is a celebrity known for scandals and KeywordDiscovery states that the search term ‘Paris Hilton’ is searched for approximately 19,398 times a day!
As soon as there is a scandal from a celebrity there is a sudden rush to register domain names appropriate to the scandal. For example, Tiger Woods has recently been in the spotlight for indiscretions he made and on the day the Wood’s scandal was publicized, 30th November 2009, the domain name: TigerWoodsCheater.com was created.
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