The ICANN meeting in San Juan drew to a close yesterday. As can be expected ICANN released a number of press releases and statements and these are now being scrutinised by the domain industry. Bret Fausett, for example, is not overly impressed with Paul Twomey's statement on new gTLDs: ICANN's President Paul Twomey has declared that ICANN's new gTLD policy is "on … [Read more...] about ICANN San Juan – New gTLD Frustration
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ICANN Focus On Registrants
In the aftermath of the RegisterFly fiasco there has been a lot of discussion of how best to protect registrants should a registrar fail. When the .travel registry had financial issues the issue of registry failure made it onto the agenda. The ICANN meeting in San Juan this week is not without discussions of these and other topics, which were topics in a workshop held there … [Read more...] about ICANN Focus On Registrants
TRAFFIC Auction
Frank is covering the auction at TRAFFIC today. You can also listen in on WebmasterRadio.fm A couple of sales I noticed: blogging.com - $35k IrishWhiskey.com - $8k … [Read more...] about TRAFFIC Auction
DomainFest Global Returns to LA
Shortly before the close of DomainFest in LA this February the organisers announced that the 2008 edition was to be held in Las Vegas. They've since changed their minds, so DomainFest Global will be held in the Hollywood Renaissance hotel again next year from January 21st to 23rd. Full details on their site The next question is which airline to use.... … [Read more...] about DomainFest Global Returns to LA
Keeping Track of Domain Industry Events
As the domain industry matures the number of domain related industry events grows also. Trying to keep track of them all is time consuming to say the least, so I was delighted when Frank mentioned that he'd setup a new site specifically for this: DN Calendar … [Read more...] about Keeping Track of Domain Industry Events