Domainer Meeting Paris Success!
Posted by Melanie Delannoy , Wednesday, 25 June 2008
J+7 Domainer Meeting Paris – The Domainer Meeting that was held at the heart of Paris on the 19th and 20th June, was a great success and achieved all expectations with more than 300 attendees and some high profile speakers and sponsors from the Domain Industry. This could not have happened without the presence, support and commitment of all sponsors, partners, speakers and attendees.
ICANN Policy Issue Briefs Now Available in French and Spanish
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Today ICANN released French and Spanish versions of ICANN Policy Issue Briefs in furtherance of ICANN’s internationalization efforts and to help better inform the community on important areas of Internet policy development.
While the briefs are designed to accommodate newcomers to ICANN, they also are meant to serve ICANN issue veterans as basic introductions to potentially unfamiliar issues. Today’s releases include the following:
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Wednesday, 25 June 2008
The IDNC WG has produced its draft final report [PDF, 97K] for discussion by the GAC and the ccNSO pursuant to the charter of the IDNC WG. Please note this document has not been signed off by the IDNC Working Group. The public comment period on the draft officially closed on 23 June 2008.
Summary: The IDNC Working Group (IDNC WG) report on the methodology it proposes that would enable the timely and efficient ("fast track") introduction of a limited number of non-contentious IDN ccTLDs, while an overall long-term IDN ccTLD policy is being developed.
CO.NL Opens a New Horizon for the Dutch Internet
Posted by Melanie Delannoy , Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Paris, June 25th 2008 – Launched today at ICANN Paris, a new extension for Internet domain names that will open a brand new horizon for Dutch and international enterprises. From September 2008, companies and other interested parties will be able to give a Dutch "flavor" to their Internet presence by using the "CO.NL" ending.
Stephen Chip of Foreclosure.com Interviewed Live
Posted by Vince Milder , Wednesday, 25 June 2008
‘Foreclosure.com’ LIVE Webcast this Friday 2pm EST
Stephen Chip, one of the founders of the leading real estate website FORECLOSURE.com will be appearing LIVE on THE DOMAIN SHOW this Friday, June 27th at 2pm ( NOTE new time ) for a one on one interview with Rick Waters. Stephen will discuss topical issues concerning developing a premium domain, talk about real estate as an investment vehicle for domainers and will field questions from the audience via live chat. Watch live at the following address: www.ustream.tv/channel/webcastone * NEW TIME – 2pm Friday
ICANN Paris Meeting, New TLDS Likely
Posted by David Goldstein , Tuesday, 24 June 2008
More top level domains are likely to be approved following this week’s ICANN meeting in Paris. With suggestions ranging from a couple of dozen to thousands of TLDs that could be approved, this would be a significant opening up of the number of TLDs, up from the six that were available back in 1985 when the domain name system began.
NeuStar Announces Registration of Two Millionth .BIZ Domain Name
Posted by David Goldstein , Tuesday, 24 June 2008
NeuStar announced that two million domain names have been officially registered within the .BIZ Internet domain. NeuStar is the operator and administrator of the .BIZ top-level domain (TLD) registry, and was awarded the contract by ICANN.
Google to Unveil New Ad Management, Internet Use Tools
Posted by David Goldstein , Tuesday, 24 June 2008
An interesting new tool from Google, possibly set to be released as soon as next week, is an ad measurement tool to measure internet use, reports the Wall Street Journal.
