Reports suggest the new .xxx domain has failed to arouse any interest! During a recent website scan by Metacert, it appears that 82% of adult sites are choosing to remain on the .com domain.
Many argue that the new top level domains are in fact beneficial, as they will allow consumers to be more aware of the site they are on whilst ensuring safety and stability of the domain name system. However certain pornography industry representatives disagree.
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
.TRAVEL DOMAINS – an inauspicious beginning
Due to widely held beliefs and speculative rumours, many web developers and domain registrars hold . travel domains in disregard. Without going into details, I will attempt to illuminate as to why the .travel domain release was such a flop.
BATMAN AND DOMAINS
Batman fans worldwide are jumping with excitement about the rumour that there may be a new Batman film or video game!
Where did this rumour originate? Interestingly, by registration of some domains!
Technology news website Fusible has noticed that overnight 15 Batman related domains have just appeared. Although the owner remains confidential due to the privacy laws, using a whois website, the domain registrar can be traced to the domain registration company Markmonitior. And as Warner brothers inc are a recognised client of Markmonitor, there’s a strong chance the domains were registered by Warner Brothers inc.
Where did this rumour originate? Interestingly, by registration of some domains!
Technology news website Fusible has noticed that overnight 15 Batman related domains have just appeared. Although the owner remains confidential due to the privacy laws, using a whois website, the domain registrar can be traced to the domain registration company Markmonitior. And as Warner brothers inc are a recognised client of Markmonitor, there’s a strong chance the domains were registered by Warner Brothers inc.
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
ONLINE TRAVEL INDUSTRY & ITS PITFALLS
Gone are the days when the sole source of travel information and services came from the high-street travel agent. The online travel industry has blossomed in the past decade, now supplying absolutely everything needed for a trip, except maybe for the actual experience itself. Nowadays if you happen to contract the travel itch, the first place you go for answers will invariably be the Internet.
Apart from adult websites (naughty.xxx) and spam sites, Travel has become the biggest online industry. In fact, completely contrary to popular predictions 10-20 years ago, worldwide interconnectivity has boosted travel rather than making it obsolete. This has meant that the way we think about travel has changed, or rather how we approach it.
Apart from adult websites (naughty.xxx) and spam sites, Travel has become the biggest online industry. In fact, completely contrary to popular predictions 10-20 years ago, worldwide interconnectivity has boosted travel rather than making it obsolete. This has meant that the way we think about travel has changed, or rather how we approach it.
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
C’EST LA VIE…
Paris threatens US citizens over domain names
Paris entices millions of tourists every year with the Eiffel tower, Louvre Museum, gorgeous food and beautiful architecture. Yet the cities recent behavior does not reflect its fine, elegant image.
A recent law case saw Paris fined multiple times, in some cases up to $100,000 for sending threatening letters to US citizens who registered the domain name ‘.Paris’ and ‘.Parvi’ (Paris’s free wifi system).The United States government, top lawyers and citizens from both countries have taken sides and despite Paris being an internationally recognised capital city – it lost the case!
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Darwin and Domains!
The evolution of the internet really is the ‘survival of the fittest’
Let’s take a look at this. We recently saw, credit checking firm, Experian, reveal figures suggesting online fraudsters have exchanged as much as 12 million items of personal information only in the first quarter of 2012. That’s a 300% increase since 2010! You can read about this here: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240159690/Online-identity-theft-is-up-300-on-2010-warns-Experian.
Monday, 10 September 2012
What are GTLDs?
If you are reading this, you are one of the 2 billion plus internet users worldwide. With such a large number of constantly growing internet users, ICANN (the owners of the internet) have decided to create many more website address suffixes. For instance, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com already exists but soon there could be anything from Amazon.shop to Amazon.solar or even “amazon.amazon”.
These suffixes are called GTLDs (Generic Top Level Domains) and at present there are 22 of them. In a few months however, there will thousands of them! The idea is that, although Johnsmith.com and johnsmith.biz are useful, johnsmith.law says a lot more about John’s business. So: these names are about benefiting consumers and promoting brands. ICANN opened up the internet and for the princely sum of $185,000 brands and companies were able to apply for their own GTLD for their brand.
You can see the list of successful applications and new GTLDs here.
These suffixes are called GTLDs (Generic Top Level Domains) and at present there are 22 of them. In a few months however, there will thousands of them! The idea is that, although Johnsmith.com and johnsmith.biz are useful, johnsmith.law says a lot more about John’s business. So: these names are about benefiting consumers and promoting brands. ICANN opened up the internet and for the princely sum of $185,000 brands and companies were able to apply for their own GTLD for their brand.
You can see the list of successful applications and new GTLDs here.
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