Selling Domains For Profit

Go Daddy milestone: 30 million domain names (The Arizona Republic)

Yahoo! News Search Results for domain names — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:47:05 +0000

Go Daddy says it registers, renews or transfers domain names at the rate of one per second.

Relaxed domain laws may fuel legal costs (Computing.co.uk)

Yahoo! News Search Results for domain names — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:34:48 +0000

Neon Kelly, Computing , Wednesday 2 July 2008 at 17:00:00 Experts warn that changes could tempt new cyber-squatters The loosening of restrictions on internet domain names could lead to a boom in cyber-squatting and increased costs for UK businesses, say legal experts….

Relaxed domain laws may fuel legal costs (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Yahoo! News Search Results for domain names — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:30:03 +0000

The loosening of restrictions on internet domain names could lead to a boom in cyber-squatting and increased costs for UK businesses, say legal experts.

The Domain Blast (TechNewsWorld.com)

Yahoo! News Search Results for domain names — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:04:49 +0000

Now you can buy any domain with any suffix. If a dot-com is gone, so what? For a cost, you can create your own suffix using any letters and any name. Domain names are made of three parts. The www, the “name” and the suffix like .com. With ICANN’s latest decision, you now have full creative control over the last two parts. Now you can buy any domain with any suffix. If a dot-com is gone, so what?

‘Historic’ Domain Name Ruling (SKY News)

Yahoo! News Search Results for domain names — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:58:27 +0000

Domain names such as .paris, .sports and .love could soon appear across the web after internet regulators relaxed existing rules.

Opening up domain names to end in any word and be created in any language will only create confusion, fraud, and … (Fast Company Magazine)

Yahoo! News Search Results for domain names — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:52:29 +0000

Last week ICANN approved a massive change to the Internet’s address system. Companies, organizations and countries can now apply for domain names that end in pretty much anything. www.fastcompany.com could become www.fastcompany.magazine and www.parishilton.com could become www.parishilton.paris. Right now, domain names are restricted to about 20 suffixes — .com (for companies), …

ICANN approves plan for new system of domain names (InternetRetailer.com)

Yahoo! News Search Results for domain names — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:54:09 +0000

ICANN, the organization that coordinates the Internetâ€™s system of domain names, announced yesterday a plan to expand the availability of web addresses to allow for such domain names as Gap.apparel as an alternative to Gap.com.

End of the .com era signals overhaul of domain names (PrintWeek)

Yahoo! News Search Results for domain names — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:06:29 +0000

The internet regulator is paving the way for companies to apply for a wide range of new top level domain names (TLD).

New wave of Internet domain names coming (The Tennessean)

Yahoo! News Search Results for domain names — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:17:31 +0000

NEW YORK â€” The Internet’s key oversight agency relaxed rules last week to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join “.com,” making the first sweeping changes in the network’s 25-year-old address system.

Hundreds of domain names to join ‘.com’ (Rocky Mountain News)

Yahoo! News Search Results for domain names — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:24:48 +0000

The Internet’s key oversight agency relaxed rules to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join “.com,” making the first sweeping changes in the network’s 25-year-old addressing system.