Who stole my domain? Paralegal owns the matching .com
The biggest threat to one’s online presence is clearly their domain name, and its safe-keeping at the domain registrar. Domain theft is prevalent currently, and while some cases involve domain names and not active business web sites, when the latter occurs it’s hell on earth. We recall the temporary theft of ShadesDaddy.com, a case that […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MyRedBook.com owner sentenced to 13 months in prison
The former operator of MyRedBook.com, a web site that was seized by the FBI for assisting in the facilitation of prostitution, was sentenced to 13 months in prison. According to U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, Eric Omuro’s conviction is the first federal conviction of a website operator for facilitating prostitution. The Northern California resident pleaded guilty […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Responsive design: Uniregistry rolls out new domain inquiry page
Uniregistry has rolled out a new contact form for domains parked at Domain Name Sales. The new design is responsive, which means that it adapts to the width of the device it’s displayed on. It’s also visually far more pleasant, separating the three fields – name, email and phone number – that must be submitted […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Koeln and CC : Two more additions to the roster of non-COM sightings!
Domainers submitting ‘real life’ sightings of domain names that aren’t dot .com, are getting busier. After the dot .US by yours truly, and the dot .CLUB, we have two more additions to the roster of non-COM sightings today. The first one, is a dot .CC submitted by Angela St. Julien, who operates Brand.Bar. Dot .CC […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .KY : Uniregistry preparing for worldwide availability of Cayman domain names
Uniregistry announced its direct managing of dot .KY domains in March; the ccTLD for the Cayman Islands will soon be available for anyone to register. About 4,000 individuals and businesses have signed up for the Sunrise period registrations, which gives local businesses ‘first dibs’ to domains. Current domain registrants also have until September 2nd to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Flippa : Relist your domain, app or web site “for Free”, until it sells!
Flippa recently announced the acquisition of Domain Holdings as its domain brokerage branch, and today they followed up with yet another piece of great news. Until now, one would get a free second chance to relist their domain, if they didn’t sell the first time. Going forward, all established web site, domain, and app auctions […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Enom’s DNS attacked; account info deemed safe
The New York Times reported on Tuesday that The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, which uses Enom as its domain name registrar, suffered a DNS attack: “In a statement issued late Monday, the St. Louis Fed informed those who use the bank’s public economic data and analysis tools that in late April it discovered the breach. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DNForum : Membership changes & banned member amnesty
Simon Byrne, administrator for DNForum, has been very busy lately; the improvements and additions to the oldest domain name forum are increasing daily. Byrne’s latest announcement reinforces the commitment Adam Dicker pledged, to ensure DNForum remains a top destination for domain professionals. Conducting sales on DNForum has become easier, as all Gold members have received […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Flippa Holdings : New domain auction and brokerage powerhouse
The news of a Flippa & Domain Holdings mega-merger came as a shocker this morning, and the aftershocks have yet to subside. Australia-based domain and web site auction venue, Flippa, announced that they are acquiring Domain Holdings, an elite brokerage house that witnessed a restructuring recently. The new entity forming, will be called Flippa Holdings. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Facebook’s Internet.org initiative under fire over “net neutrality” issues
Facebook and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, have been promoting the benefits of “free Internet access” that they offer to underdeveloped countries. The Internet.org initiative works with local ISPs in African and Asian markets, to provide access to authorized applications at no cost to the consumer. Naturally, Facebook is the #1 app that belongs to the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bye bye Walmart.Horse : UDRP terminated
The registration of Walmart.Horse was an alleged art experiment that challenged a famous trademark, that of WalMart. Initially, its registrant – Jeph Jacques – fought gallantly to retain the domain and minimalist web site live, displaying a composition depicting a horse in front of a WalMart store. Eventually, he gave up arguing with the WalMart […]
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