Based on a recent report, the .eu top-level domain, launched a year ago, has proven particularly popular with groups that have been created as a result of cross-border mergers. For example, Dexia, the Franco-Belgian group, as well as companies registered...

Online gamblers have been in a bit of a pickle this week with trouble at Bodog.com due to a dispute over the ownership of the domain name bodog.com, causing the website to be temporarily out of action. It’s back up...

In his weekly wrap of the previous week’s domain name sales, Ron Jackson reports LI.COM was the biggest seller last week, selling for US$500,000. Other six-figure sales were supernatural.com ($125,000) and Passover.com ($100,000). Ron also notes Sedo was responsible for...

The LA Times posted an article today discussing the ever growing trend of new internet based companies to use “cool” Google like domain names to become recognized. The questions being asked are valid… “Would you feel OK owning Wakoopa shares...

The ICANN comment period on its new gTLD policy is over. The comments reflect overwhelming opposition to the Council’s attempt to impose a standard of “morality and public order” on new TLD strings. The vast majority of comments — about...

DotAsia Organisation announced a landmark partnership with ICANNWiki, a grassroots domain collaborative website and industry resource for ICANN stakeholders, that will leverage the Web 2.0 web-based communities to expand online community participation for DotAsia’s .Asia Pioneer Domains Program. This initiative...

Today, August 29, European registrar EuroDNS announced that it is launching a Summer End Sales Rally. The following ccTLDs are being discounted: .hk (Hong Kong), .sk (Slovakia), .be (Blegium), .co.uk (Great Britain), .nl (Netherlands) and .lu (Luxembourg). In order to...

According to the quarterly Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief – August 2007 published by VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the number of domain names registered worldwide is now over 138 million domain names . Of course, as expected, most registrations are...

An interesting article about parents naming their kids with the condition that the baby’s domain name must still be available can be read here. Source: August 21st, 2007 – MSNBC News Article – http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20378395/ Share This by email or social...

For those of you who were unable to attend Domain RoundTable 2007 in Seattle, we have gathered videos that were taken during the show. Click on Read More below to see them all. Especially noteworthy is the keynote address video...