Google changes could be important. And I really mean it this time. There have been plenty of times where pundits have said changes at Google would turn the web on its head. They (and I) have been wrong. But this time may be different. When you start thinking about the implications of Instant Search your [...]

Epik releases list of domains for next week’s auction. Epik has released the list of domains and developed web sites to be auctioned at its Developer Conference next week in Seattle. The list is impressive, including: Downline.com – fantastic MLM domain, which is a big business Poster.com – like the plural better, but still good [...]

Wholesale cost for .org domain registrations increases next year. The wholesale price for registering a .org domain name will increase in April 2011. In a short letter to ICANN dated yesterday, .org registry Public Interest Registry said it will increase the annual price to $7.21 beginning April 1. This does not include ICANN fees. As [...]

Application filed for .bank domain name. The same company that filed a service mark application for .Secure is at it again, this time filing an application for .Bank. Wisconsin-based Asif LLC filed application 85,120,345 on August 31 to cover “Domain name registration services”. In the U.S. you cannot trademark a top level domain name, although [...]

Owning a generic .com doesn’t give you a monopoly on other top level domains. The owner of the descriptive and generic domain name IntlMovers.COM has failed to win the domain name IntlMovers.ORG from its owner in a UDRP case. Although IntlMovers.com existed before IntlMovers.org, and they offer similar services, panelist Tony Willoughby pointed out that [...]