Senator Elizabeth Warren calls for investigation of Verisign
The .com registry Verisign has come under fire from Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren in a letter to the Department of Justice and the National Telecommunications…
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BlueSky: the social media venture finding a new use for domain names
The social media company BlueSky–founded in 2019 by Twitter founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey–was initially a research initiative for Twitter to investigate the feasibility…
ICANN Launches Whois lookup service
Brian Krebs is reporting on his blog that the long-awaited Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) has been launched. At the end of November, ICANN launched…
Google selling registrar to SquareSpace
Matt Binder at Mashable is reporting that Google is in the process of selling their domain registrar to SquareSpace. The move comes as a surprise…
“New” TLDs 10 years later — a retrospective
It has been ten years since the first of the custom TLDs began their sunrise on the road to general availability. Since then, hundreds of…
Domain Authority: What is it and how does it work?
You may have registered a domain name with an eye towards search engine optimization (SEO), trying to register a name that matches desired keywords. While…
What to do with extra domain names
Search Engine Journal has taken a deep dive into domain registration strategy, revisiting the conventional wisdom surrounding extra domain names and evaluating whether or not…
.TORONTO? It make be closer than we think.
blogTO is reporting that a new lobbying file has been opened with CIRA (Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), which could create a brand new top-level…
Which TLDs to scammers like most?
Palo Alto Networks has recently released a report indicating that of all of the TLDs available today, threatening actors such as phishers, scammers and hackers…
What’s a Premium Domain Name?
Forbes has recently published an excellent primer on Premium Domain names. In short, Aapremium domain name is a high-quality domain that investors often buy and…