Although consumers may have been following the pricing of domains that they pay ie. the retail rates they should be aware of what is going on behind the scenes. A lot of the bloggers who are involved in the domain industry have been commenting in recent months about the new contracts that Verisign is getting from ICANN. … [Read more...] about Verisign – License To Print Money
Domains & DNS
More Blogging Goodies
As part of our sponsorship of the inaugaral Irish Blog Awards we'd like to offer all nominees a little something. We are offering all nominees a blog hosting plan + FREE domain (com/net/org/info/biz/co.uk) for one year. The package details are as follows: 200 MB diskspace 2.5 Gb monthly transfer FREE domain name* FREE email filtering Choice of Wordpress or Drupal … [Read more...] about More Blogging Goodies
Cultureireland.ie WIPO Decision
Ambrand mentions the WIPO decision regarding the domain cultureireland.ie The case is between Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and Odyssey Internet Portal Limited. It seems that Odyssey registered the domain after the Department had either failed to renew the domain or simply let it expire. While they had held the domain for a period up to 2004 they were no longer the … [Read more...] about Cultureireland.ie WIPO Decision
Spanish Domain Registry – Dodgy SSL and no whois
Anyone wishing to draw comparisons between the IEDR and the Spanish domain registry probably needs to get their head examined: - the site's SSL seems to be self-signed - there is no whois server - the web based whois uses captcha … [Read more...] about Spanish Domain Registry – Dodgy SSL and no whois
Online Real Estate Vendor
While talking to a friend last night the conversation swung round to that of analogies and how best to explain "our" world to the non-technical. Using an analogy can help, as for some people the concept of websites, hosting and domains is far too intangible and abstract for them to comprehend. Hosting companies sell or rent online real estate (space). They can help mark out … [Read more...] about Online Real Estate Vendor