August 5th, 2008 by 
David Goldstein
In a June court ruling, domainer Navigation Catalyst and registrar Basic Fusion lost a cybersquatting lawsuit to Verizon. This is an extremely interesting and potentially precedent-setting case regarding domaining and domain name tasting writes Eric Goldman. The court condemned both practices, leading to a preliminary injunction against the domainer and its registrar based on the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). It is also the first time Goldman is aware of a domainer losing an ACPA lawsuit. … more
August 4th, 2008 by David Goldstein
Whereas the overall click fraud rate isn’t increasing, it’s not decreasing either, remaining flat for the first two quarters ofClick fraud in Q2 of 2008 reports ZDNet. … more
July 30th, 2008 by Michael Lawrence
Effective August 1, 2008, Bentley will transition out of his operational role at Sedo, but will remain close to the company in a non-operative role as Strategic Advisor.
“Together with Sedo’s founders, Matt has played an important role in helping Sedo become the recognized, global domain marketplace leader it is today,” said Tim Schumacher, CEO and co-founder of Sedo. “Matt will no doubt continue to be a tremendous asset to Sedo in his new advisory role. We thank him for his years of dedication and wish him success in his future endeavors.”
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July 20th, 2008 by Michael Lawrence
One of my domain names was registered long ago with Network Solutions. Network Solutions charges several times as much per year for registrations as other registrars, so of course I want to transfer away. Hah. But I’m told at times it’s the wrong time of year to make the transfer.
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July 18th, 2008 by Michael Lawrence
“China” will formally enter the global Internet in 2009. The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) officially launched “China’s domain name global escalation action” on July 16, according to Chinanews.com.
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July 14th, 2008 by David Goldstein
The experience of one woman, Jill Caren, in getting top rankings for her small business with Google is outlined in this BusinessWeek article. The American woman runs a small business called “Expressions Photo Design, and ilovephotogifts.com, her Web site, regularly lands among the first listings for anyone Googling ‘unique photo gifts,’ the keywords she thinks potential customers are using in searches.” … more
July 14th, 2008 by Michael Lawrence
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has cooled its interest in taking control of the Uganda country code, .ug.
The country code is registered to and controlled by Charles Musisi, an Internet entrepreneur who has managed Uganda domain names over the past 12 years.
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July 9th, 2008 by Michael Lawrence
Fairfax , having launched its Perth-based WAtoday.com.au news website on June 10, last week bought the rights to the SAtoday.com.au and AdelaideToday.com.au internet domain names.
The company also bought domain names that are variants on its publications in others cities - SAage.com.au and AdelaideAge.com.au, after Melbourne, SAherald.com.au and AdelaideHerald.com.au, after Sydney and SAtimes.com .au, after its Brisbane news website.
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July 8th, 2008 by Michael Lawrence
The IE Domain Registry (IEDR), which manages .ie web domain names for Ireland, said that registrations rose 29pc in 2007. A non-profit organisation, the IEDR said it posted turnover of €2.3m in 2007, and a surplus of €523,000. During the year, the IEDR relaxed registration rules to allow individuals to register personal .ie domains.
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July 8th, 2008 by Michael Lawrence
The latest ICANN plan to allow the global populace to assemble an entire domain name like www.yourname.yourname as their free-choice is a revolutionary and timely decision. This now open doors to cyber-brands such as my.ibm, hotel.chicago, it.jobs, play.poker, fly.usa or go.dell and applicants will submit a non-refundable fee of US$100 - 500 000 for each name idea and the businesses are already jumping to get started.
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July 4th, 2008 by Michael Lawrence
According to the Internet analyst company’s latest statement, the regional Internet audience grew at an average of 14 percent during the first half of the year to hit 319 million users. India registered the strongest growth at 27 percent with over 28 million users, followed by China at 14 percent growth with over 102 million, said comScore.
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July 4th, 2008 by Michael Lawrence
The plan was foolproof.
It started fermenting in our heads after a radical online shakeup was announced this week. As of next year, it seems, we’re going to be freed of the shackles of .com, .net, .org, and their cronies. To date, every Internet address has had to end in such “top-level domains,” be they generic like .com, or country-specific domains like Canada’s .ca. Under the new rules, however, every top-level domain under the sun will be up for grabs.
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July 2nd, 2008 by Michael Lawrence
Last week’s decision to allow companies to buy their own top-level domains (TLDs) has led to press forecasts of a ‘land-grab’ similar to that of the late 1990s. Nora Nanayakkara, director of business development at domain marketplace SEDO, believes this prospect may be exaggerated.
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A report from Google has counted there are more than one trillion unique URLs, as opposed to domain names, reports IDG. Google openly admit they do not index every one of these pages “many of them are similar to each other, or represent auto-generated content … that isn’t very useful to searchers,” wrote Jesse Alpert and Nissan Hajaj, software engineers in Google’s Web Search Infrastructure Team. 
As previously announced on 27 June 2008, Nominet is changing the DRS Policy and Procedure, together with bringing the DRS process into their online services.