Domainers

One Ebay seller thought he'd hit it big with the sale of the domain name "InMemoryOfMichaelJackson.com" for $9,999,999. The bid, however, appears to have been a fraud - the name was re-listed the next day with a starting bid just under $1 million...

The International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has appointed Rob Beckstrom, the former director of the U.S. National Cybersecurity Center, as its new CEO.

Seven reasons to ignore that PR3 homepage link offer that looks so juicy.

TargetDomain.com just released V2.3 of the popular "Domain Analyzer" tool for Joomla and WordPress. Both scripts are available for free download.

Domain registering, when done wisely, can do wonders for company branding. A well-named domain will bring visitors to your site and make selling your products that much easier. There are a few simple rules to follow when registering domain names...

Originally intended for use as the country-code domain extension for the island of Samoa, 'dot ws' has come to be known as 'dot website', and can be registered by anyone for virtually any legal purpose....

"People are convinced that gun ownership in America is threatened, and that makes for a tremendous money-making opportunity for BuyAmmoOnline.com and whoever ultimately winds up with these top-quality, premium domain names..."

"... with the rise of social media and the sale of the CNNbrk Twitter account to CNN it looks like a new Internet gold rush could be starting up!"

The body in charge of assigning Internet addresses such as .com and .net should be shorn of its U.S. government links from October and made fully independent, the European Union's information society chief said on Monday.

If indeed that scenario or something close to it played out, than Thomas Hall is quite likely a far-wealthier man today than he was mid-February. However, the WHOIS data and the absence of any coverage or follow-up story do not constitute proof the domain

Selecting a domain name should be easy, right? Why, I'll just use my business name. Not so fast, Sparky. A good bit of thought should be given to selecting a domain name.

Domainer "Fat Lester" is hoping to provide a boost to the domain industry with featured "domain showcase" posts intended to promote premium domain names while advancing reader interest among both professional and amateur domainers...

This article is more about those who just go out and register a bunch of domain names they believe are creative, hoping that someone is going to come along someday and give them a bunch of money for what they consider to be creativity.

Seemingly everyone in the domain industry has an opinion on whether it is best to choose an excessively long .com domain name or register a short, easily remembered name with a somewhat obscure domain extension...

What might be the single-biggest and most important news story so far this year involving domain names and the domain industry broke this morning, Tuesday April 28, 2009, when domain development company WhyPark.com was acquired by Parked.com.

he simplest way to make money off a domain name is through a process known as domain "flipping". This refers to registering or buying a domain name and quickly reselling the name to another party...

TargetDomain.com just released the "Domain Analyzer" V2.2 for WordPress & Joomla as free download for your WP or Joomla site. The Domain Anlayzer checks a given domain for statistics and data like WHOIS, Search engine indicators and more ...

FROM SOURCE: "This article will enable you to understand why the correct strategy for domain name choice is absolutely critical to your success."

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and others urged the Kentucky Supreme Court on Friday to uphold an appeals court ruling that blocked state officials from stealing hundreds of legally registered domain names related-to gambling...

Many major domain name registrars offer a "Domain Name Forwarding" service which is the easiest way to forward your domain, but can cause some serious headaches when search engine spiders visit your site...