Canon to begin acquisition of the “.canon” Top-Level Domain name

http://www.canon.com/news/2010/mar16e.html
TOKYO, March 16, 2010—Canon Inc. announced today that it will begin the acquisition process for the top-level domain name “.canon,” based on the new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) registration system.
The non-profit organization ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), which maintains and regulates the Internet’s addressing system, has rigorously evaluated the current gTLD [...]

“domain names themselves just don’t matter that much nowadays”

Not posting that often, but definitely keeping up with my domain news. Read this interesting article today that says:
domain names themselves just don’t matter that much nowadays. Web browsers have gotten a lot smarter since the 1990s, and they’re now pretty good at determining what we want when we type in names that have many [...]

Protecting Brands Article – Unlimited New TLDs Like .domaining or .media

It’s always been known that protecting a brand (or hell, even starting one) online is a pretty hard thing to do with the vast majority of TLDs available to developers/companies. Mainstream news has been catching onto ICANN’s little “get your own tld” pitch it has been making recently. Along with zillions of gtlds + cctlds [...]

Dynadot Grace Policy Change – How Will It Change Your Business Model?

We recently had an outtage from Dynadot which left a semi-bitter taste in the mouths of some.
What is going on now is a domain grace delete policy change. Now this isn’t exactly the fault of Dynadot, but it’s in reply to the domain tasters in mass. You know, the average joe that buys 1-3 domains [...]

Domain Grace Period Deletions Policy Change From ICANN

An email has just been sent out by domain registrar Dynadot regarding grace deletions. Apparently, ICANN released a statement severely limiting the use of grace deletions compared to the current system. According to the new policy, it seems that registrars have a max of “10% or 50 threshold maximum number of AGP deletes per top-level [...]

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