ICANN’s gTLD Registry Failover Plan
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Following extensive collaboration and consultation with experienced gTLD registries, ccTLD managers, SSAC, and other members of the community, ICANN announced the implementable version of the gTLD Registry Failover Plan [PDF, 85K] during the ICANN Public Forum in Paris, France on 25 June 2008. ICANN is today posting the plan for public comment. Comments on the plan may be submitted to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it through 14 August 2008 23:59 UTC and may be viewed at http://forum.icann.org/lists/registry-failover-plan/ . ICANN’s gTLD Registry Failover Plan is intended to provide protection for registrants, and add to the security and stability of the Internet through collaboration with registries, registrars and members of the Internet community.
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Wednesday, 16 July 2008
On 26 June 2008, ICANN’s Board of Director’s passed the following resolution: Whereas, the members of ICANN’s Board of Directors are committed to maintaining a high standard of ethical conduct. Whereas, the Board Governance Committee has developed a Code of Conduct to provide the Board with guiding principles for conducting themselves in an ethical manner.
Resolved (2008.06.26.09), the Board directs staff to post the newly proposed ICANN Board of Directors’ Code of Conduct for public comment, for consideration by the Board as soon as feasible.
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Final Report of IDNC WG [PDF, 100K] Public Comment Forum Open Through 15 August 2008
Summary: The IDNC Working Group (IDNC WG) has developed its Final Report on feasible methods 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. The Final Report highlights the latest topics and issues that need to be considered in developing (1) a mechanism for the selection of the IDN ccTLD string and (2) a mechanism to designate an IDN ccTLD manager. The ICANN Board of Directors accepted the Final report at its 26 June meeting in Paris, France and directed that the report be made available for public comments.
Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising, Branding Explained
Posted by Sahar Sarid , Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Ever had a hard time explaining to someone what advertising is? marketing? PR and branding? I know I have, and while this illustration below is a little old, some of you may have seen it in the past, it is still as good as ever relating these concepts to others.
Part 12 – The Making of Mega-Park
Posted by Michael Gilmour , Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Once again I want to follow the fictitious game of poker that I wrote about in a number of pervious articles. This is the game with Google, Yahoo and parking companies all sitting around the table. Google has managed to carve out the enviable position of perfect information resulting in them walking around the table to see everyone’s hands prior to bidding.
We explored the fact that maybe their may eventuate a mega-park with a large enough tail to "wag the dog". This is worth investigating further and to try and understand why it could or could not happen (ignoring collusion issues of course).
Sedo Weekly Domain Sales – July 14th
Posted by Chief Editor , Tuesday, 15 July 2008
The following domain names were sold via SEDO this past week…
.coms
246.com 124,568 USD brochures.com 55,555 USD everestgames.com 33,333 USD freebar.com 12,000 USD nutricosmetics.com 9,999 EUR kidnap.com 9,200 USD
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Michael Mesure Interviewed LIVE on the Domain Show
Posted by Vince Milder , Tuesday, 15 July 2008
This Friday on "The Domain Show" – Michael Mesure, CEO of BigBangNames.com is appearing LIVE this Friday July 18th at 2 Pm EST on The Domain Show, the web’s only regular live domain name industry show.. BigBangNames.com is an online marketplace where Entrepreneurs can cash out on their ".com" names, websites and digital assets (software & intellectual property). Every entrepreneur has a few good domains, shelved concepts or technology piece in it’s closet. We’ll ask Mike questions about the latest trends in the domain industry and Big Bang Names role in it and as always take live questions from our audience.
WIPO Domain Name Dispute Decision July 10th – 14th
Posted by Chief Editor , Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Monday, 14 July 2008
Skip Hoagland is the topic of Ron Jackson’s cover story this month. Jackson explores Hoagland’s career, including his 2,000 some domain names and involvement in building a cutting-edge network of industry specific sites, like GeoDomainer.com.
Click here to read more.
Source: DNJournal by Ron Jackson — Reprinted with permission — July 14, 2008
ICANN Policy Issue Briefs Now Available in Arabic, Chinese, and Russian
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Monday, 14 July 2008
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced the availability of Arabic, Chinese, and Russian versions of ICANN Policy Issue Briefs in furtherance of ICANN’s internationalization efforts. ICANN recently developed ICANN Policy Issue Briefs to introduce the broader Internet community to issues currently being addressed by ICANN’s bottom-up, consensus-based policy development structure. While the briefs are designed to accommodate newcomers to ICANN, they also are meant to serve ICANN veterans as basic introductions to potentially unfamiliar issues. Today’s releases include the following:
