Over the last month I and others have written quite a bit about domain tasting and how registrars are taking advantage of the policy, allowing them to capture potential domain names that their customers are searching for.
ICANN Takes On Domain Tasting
It took a small panel of us to translate the minutes of the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meeting regarding the practice of domain tasting, which read like an MC Escher painting, but we think we got it, and here’s what we’ve come up with:
Secondary Domain name Sales Total GBP37 Million in 2007
According to SEDO, internet domain name sales in the secondary market totaled GBP37 Million. Sedo, the leading online market place for buying and selling Internet domain names and websites, has launched its annual report on the growth of the secondary Internet domain name market in 2007. The report, which has tracked the state of the secondary Internet domain market annually since 2004, unveils the latest figures for 2007.
CNN’s New Domain and Other Topics
There is a lot going on this week and it is only Monday, January 21st 2007. I thought I would catch you up on some of the interesting, totally unrelated things, not in any order of importance. I considered covering each of these items today, but
The Improved Reality of Parked Domain Traffic
For years many of us in the advertiser camp have yelled about the fact that vendors like Google AdWords lump domain traffic in with "search" traffic without giving you much control over the situation. A lot of this was justifiable yelling – but as with much about the content networks (and stuff that should be in the content network but was in the past classified as search), today’s reality seems to have improved.
Network Solutions, Critics Spar Over Domain Front Running
The Network Solutions practice of registering domains being searched by visitors to the registrar has domainers demanding action by ICANN.
Google To Topple Baidu With Short Domain Name?
Someone who’s too weak, lazy, or pressed for time to type eight letters and a period is in serious trouble. But anyone who would rather type eight than three is just silly, and so Google China has unveiled a new domain name: G.cn.
Dallas Cowboys Return Cowboys.com Domain Name
Last week I spoke about SEO, Search, and Domain Names at the TRAFFIC domain name conference, held in Hollywood, Florida.
Dotcom Falls Into Baby Name Domain
This is a topic close to my heart and I have to say I agree whole-heartedly – well, it’s a good idea, anyway. Parents are picking baby names based upon the availability of a domain name that matches.
SES: Let The Domain Drive
Domainers have been enjoying some additional attention these days, and that extends to a session at SES San Jose 2007 where they discussed tips and the power of the domain address bar.