Повышение цен в зоне .ORG

Public Interest Registry, администратор домена ORG, сообщил о 10% увеличении ежегодных сборов с аккредитованных регистраторов доменов. Это произойдет 9 ноября этого года.

Thanks to domain parking programs many users earn hundreds or even thousands of dollars each month without selling a single domain name. Instead, they park their high traffic domain names, and then sit back and watch as the checks roll in. Domain traffic, they realize, is like a license to print money. Inevitably this leads to the next question: How can I get more of it?! Читать полностью

The most astounding thing about the dot-com boom was the obscene amount of money that was spent. Zealous venture capitalists fell over themselves to invest millions in Internet start-ups; dot-coms blew millions on spectacular marketing campaigns; new college graduates became instant millionaires (albeit on paper) and rushed out to spend it; and companies with unproven business models executed massive IPOs with sky-high stock prices. Of course, we all know what eventually happened to this world. Few of these companies actually made enough money to recoup that cash, and when their investors fled to the hills, these start-ups died dramatic deaths. These are the celebrity victims of the new-economy bust. Читать полностью

There is now a central place for the surfers to dwell in a forbidden cyber land of adult fantasies, sex, dark rituals and total taboos. Finally, ICANN gave up under the pressure and now has tossed a big rock across the turbulent e-commerce ocean. It has approved a new suffix, “.xxx” for adult-only porn sites, creating ripples and debates in ever so confusing global cyber branding times where cyber global domain name challenges are being fought in the complex earthly trademark realities. Three things are bound to happen Читать полностью

Identity theft is getting a lot of press coverage now, and stories abound of big profile names that have been hit, as well as headline numbers of just how many people have been affected. This is leading all of us to be much more cautious than previously with our personal information, and most of us are increasingly on our guard against social engineering attempts to make us part with information such as bank account details and credit card numbers. Читать полностью

It is possible that your small business may grow into different areas of interest, or even change tack altogether. For this reason, it may be an idea not to make your domain name too specific to one area of your expertise. Читать полностью

The dilution of a business name by so many similar names points to the demise of the power of once-unique names. They have become a big marketing liability by being just background noise with no distinction in today’s fiercely competitive marketplace. It’s a soup all right. Читать полностью