What You Believe Today… — Be Careful
Reminder: It’s April Fools’ Day.
Leave it to domainers to go hog wild on April Fools’ Day. I promise not to pull any April Fools jokes at Reglike, but here are a few “stories” you may read regarding elsewhere…
DomainTools disclosed a fresh tool that predicts which typosquatters will register certain domains ahead of they do, allowing lawyers to sue them in advance. Isn’t there a Tom Cruise movie regarding seeing crimes ahead of they happen?
Rebel.com wants to be like GoDaddy, and disclosed a fresh “sexy spokesperson” today. The firm states “As the domain industry gets more media recognition, Rebel.com has updated its image to mirror the allure of domain registration. The fresh Rebel.com spokesmodel is edgy, innovative, fun, and sexy — all qualities we identify with at Rebel.com.” Here’s a picture of the fresh “sexy spokesperson”:
Domain Name News notes a number of interesting developments:
California is going following Canada’s .ca extension, notes Adam Strong. (All joking aside, Canada did consider opening up the domain to registrants in California as a way to generate cash, but it took the high road instead.)
ICANN is dropping the last ‘n’. Apparently it’s going to Auction it off.
There’s a fresh domain conference in the works called T.R.A.G.I.C. It will showcase women in the industry. All 5 of them.
