Posts Tagged ‘Domains’

Breaking News: British Court Refuses To Enforce Kentucky Domain Seizure Order

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
In a court ruling out of the UK, a British court has ruled against the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s attempt to seize gambling domains. As you will just over a year ago, before the TRAFFIC NY 2008 show, the the Commonwealth of Kentucky sent a seizure order to the registrars of 141 gambling domain names , demanding that those domains be forfeited to Kentucky. The 141 domains ranged from parked domains, to some of the biggest gambling sites on the Internet. Pocket Kings Limited which owns the d

GoDaddy Launching GeoDomain Search Tool

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Registrar is launching tool to make finding location-based domain names easier. Domain name registrar GoDaddy is launching a GeoDomain research tool to help domainers find local domains, such as cityHotels.com. The tool will be launched no later than Monday. Users enter a location (such as a city or state) and can also add keywords, such as “hotel”. The tool then loads a map of the area with pinpoints on each location, which represent available domains or domains on GoDaddy’s aftermar

Registering Domain Names

Friday, October 9th, 2009
Domain Name Registration-A Simple Guide If you want to start your online business or simply feel like wanting to create your very own name on the internet, the 2 most important things that you have to think about are domain name registration and secondly, its maintenance. These decisions are critical to your future success, and must be made before setting up your website. (See InTrust Domains ) Nevertheless, your domain name is what will make your site unique and identifiable through the

Secure Your Domains. Secure Your Business.

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
We all know that hackers and eCriminals attack websites directly, skillfully and frequently. As site administrators have grown more skilled at protecting themselves, hackers have turned to a new attack vector: hijacking site addresses. Site-address attacks, a relatively new phenomenon, emerged as hackers discovered that many domain registries and registrars were relatively soft targets. Targeting registries and registrars with the aim of pointing the domains to a different location — “changin

Private domain registration

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
It was not until I became a serious domainer that I learned the importance of private registration for domains. When you are buying highly competitive domains for marketing and business purposes, having your public information listed can be troublesome. Private domain registration allows you to mask the identity of the owner of the domain. Most domain registrars can do this for you and you only need to pay a few extra dollars more per year. When I used the godaddy coupons I believe the pric