.Co, .Su, Snoop Dogg: March’s top domain name stories

The legacy .su domain name, .co, and more top stories from last month.

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1. ICANN moves to retire Soviet-era .SU country domain name – Both ICANN and the .su registry have responded by saying that the formal process hasn’t started. And that’s true — what I noted is that ICANN sent a letter to .su saying it was going to start the formal process. It didn’t follow the timeline it set out in the letter, and I suspect geopolitical tensions are at play.

2. 13 domains end users just bought – Do you read my weekly notes of domains end users purchased at Sedo? One of these posts was very popular last month.

3. Colombia puts .co domain contract out for bid – The country has a short timeline for awarding a ten-year contract to operate the domain. GoDaddy Registry right now operates the domain.

4. Snoop Dogg wins cybersquatting dispute – Someone in Ukraine used the domain in a rather peculiar way.

5. Ohio firm tries to hijack domains from IBM – It wanted resource .com for free.

Podcasts

Mark & Logan: Domain investing results – DNW Podcast #528

Self-brokering at Afternic – DNW Podcast #527

ICANN82 Recap – DNW Podcast #526

200 fresh top level domains – DNW Podcast #525

A 10,000 domain portfolio – DNW Podcast #524