First off, New Top Level Domains (nTLD) are a real thing. Instead of being forced to use .com, .org or .net, a whole slew of domains have been gearing up for use. Hundreds of new TLDs were released in 2014 and the trend for domain names search will continue into [...]

A new domain extension has been introduced lately under the name .co. This domain is now offering a wide variety of choice in helping to brand your product, helping your brand to be recognized globally.  If it’s for personal use, hobby or a way to make money many people seek to […]

When domain owners list names for sale, one of the last places they think to list names is Facebook. But domainer Mike Mann made a smart move when he decided to list his generic .co domains on his Facebook page. He sold Flying.co for $3,500. Some of the other domains Mann has listed […]

The Domain Name Association (DNA) is basically a non-profit business association that works for the benefit of the domain name industry. The DNA conducted a survey to find out the attitude of the internet users around the world, towards the new domain names and extensions, such as, .club and .global, [...]

The investment consulting firm known as RVK, which was formerly named as R.V. Kuhns &Associates, Inc. was found guilty of getting involved in reverse domain name hijacking on the domain name of RVK.com. The charges were confirmed by the World Intellectual Property Organization panel. The company filed a UDRP with [...]

The popular online gambling service Bingo.com issued an announcement recently that the domain name Bingo.com along with the community built around their online gambling services has been purchased by Ubinet Group PLC. The sale, according to Bingo, was completed for a whopping sum of $8 million!. The company issued a [...]

The year 2012 is one of those years that had many ups and downs. According to reports by business analysts, domain sales increased by a margin of 20% with some saying it may be higher. This is mainly attributed to the fact that more and more companies are setting out […]

After a long drawn out legal dispute that even require arbitration and mediation by the WIPO Arbitration and Medication Center, the celebrity was awarded ownership of the domain name. The domain name registration of SofiaVergara.org first took place back in July, 2014 and was being used by the respondent as [...]

Domain Name Association, or DNA, is the body that advocates the adoption of new top level domains. They have recently conducted a survey to assess how well aware internet users were about the expansion of TLDs that took place recently. The survey also tried to figure out how people react [...]

Getting your brick and mortar business on the verge of internet has become the need of the hour as the authenticity of the businesses is assessed in this, the most popular way. If anybody is interested in your business and wants to purchase the products and services that you are [...]

Afnic has made the announcement that comes December 8, its existing terms and policies for domain name registration are undergoing a revision. Afnic is responsible for the management of the .FR domain extensions. According to the release issued, the domain registration process will undergo revisions for websites that end with [...]

E-commerce is an incredibly competitive way of doing business. To stay ahead of the game you need to be constantly aware of what your peers are doing and finding ways to be a few steps ahead of them. There’s really two roads you can take to succeed, outrun or outdo […]

In the amended S-1 that GoDaddy filed with the SEC today, the company disclosed its earning details for the third quarter of the year 2014, revealing the fact that the earnings for the company have increased by an impressive 25% for the same quarter year on year. The company is [...]

Online scams are hardly new, and everyone online today has received scam emails from Nigerian princes and endless deposed millionaires. However, there are some scam attempts that turn to be so unintentionally hilarious that one cannot help but share them with everyone they know. Maybe they are extremely daring, or [...]

While the new TLDs that have been announced in the past year have definitely helped companies and individuals get shorter and more relevant domain names, Google still does not offer any special benefits to the domain owners when it comes to SERP. John Mueller made it clear once again using [...]

Several instances have been reported where people successfully flipped their TLD registrations to get a higher sum than what they paid for it. While there are many who complain that the host of new TLDs that have launched in the past year are of no real value and offer no [...]

.org is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) that can be used in the Domain Name System (DNS), which is used on the Internet. It is a name taken from the short format of the word organization. This is in fact one of original domains that was constructed in 1985. This […]

.co.uk is a domain name that is normally used by firms that operate in the UK. The idea behind having this kind of domain is to help you localize the content to sections of the United Kingdom. Localizing the content to a particular geographical area allows you ensure that the […]

A generic top-level domain (gTLD) is one of the categories of top-level domains, which is usually acronymed as TLDs and maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). These generic top-level domain are typically reserved for use in the Domain Name System of the Internet. As such, it is visible […]

Domain cloaking is a process through which the domain name on the address bar remains the same even though the location of the domain may change. It is also known as domain masking and it is normally used by companies that would like to change their hosting service but would […]

DNS is an acronym for domain name systems. It refers to a hierarchical distribution naming system that is normally used for computers, services or any resource. It is normally used for those computers that are connected to the Internet or any other private network. A domain name associates a variety […]

gTLD domain names have been around for a while. They have essentially taken over the domains market as every individual tries to get a footprint out in the internet. For businesses especially, they have become the poster child, so to speak of successful businesses and those aiming to reach the […]

The .com domain name is the oldest domain name there is. It is also the most popular domain name in the world, having had exclusive rights for a long time before the introduction of other domain names. As such, it is the poster child of the domain names having seen […]