5 Domain Name Stories — July’s Top
These were the top five most-viewed stories on Reglike in July.
1. McDonald’s takes domain names off the menu – McDonald’s exited the fresh top level domain program following deciding to relinquish its two domain names, .mcdonalds and .mcd.
2. Is Verisign regarding to change the expired domain drop catching game? – I discussed a patent that was just published as well as ICANN’s forecast of a reduction in drop catching registrars. I wonder who told ICANN to be on the lookout for lots of these registrars to shut down.
3. David Duchovny wins DavidDuchovny.com domain name dispute – The Golden Globe-winning actor won a cybersquatting dispute against Alberta Hod Rods, which has lost lots of celebrity domain names in UDRP cases.
4. GoDaddy promotes domain investing on its homepage – Promoting domain investing on the home page of the world’s largest domain registrar is a nice boost for awareness.
5. Amazon.com gets big win in domain battle, may yet get .Amazon domain – If firm can get .amazon it could be big for driving fresh TLD awareness.
Podcasts
Episode #146 – I speak with BrandIT regarding the European domain market and corporate domain name management.
Episode #145 – Domain investor Steve Kaziyev explains how he’s buying and selling domain names.
Episode #144 – Alan Dunn states why he doesn’t think it’s too late to get into domain investing.
Episode #143 – Kevin Ohashi of ReviewSignal explains how he uses sentiment analysis to rate web hosts.
