Domain Names: What’s Hot, What’s Not -
A look at current trends in domain names.
What are the hottest trends in domain names right now? Where are things headed south? Here’s a quick look.
—–What’s HOT—–
Four character domains – I’m not sure why everyone is jumping on this bandwagon. But it’s never pretty when most of the sales are between domainers. Do yourself a favor: unless the four character domain you’re buying is an acronym for several organizations or is a word, leave it ... read more ...
Tag Archives: CADNA
Fri 14th March 2008
Mon 3rd March 2008
Senate Anti-Phishing Bill (or Reverse Cybersquatting in Disguise) -
What you can do about a bill that will hurt your domain assets.
Over the past week a lot has been written about the Senate’s so-called anti-phishing bill. On February 25, 2008 U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe introduced S. 2661, the “Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008†(APCPA). The bill is also cosponsored by Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Ted Stevens (R-AK).
This isn’t a bill to stop phishing. It’s a bill to give people another avenue to take ... read more ...
Wed 30th January 2008
CADNA Releases Report on Domain Name Drop Catching -
Special interest group suggests that non-refundable $.20 fee is not enough to stop domain tasting.
The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) released a report today about expired domain drop catching. It’s an interesting report and contains good data, although I don’t agree with all of its conclusions.
CADNA hired Zooknic to study 17,000 randomly selected domains dropping on September 18, 2007. Of those names, 100% of the .net and .com domains released ... read more ...