DOMAIN popularity and DOMAIN trends

For many years, Google has published a "Transparency Report" with the number of non-copyright-related takedown notices it receives from governments, police, courts, individuals and corporations. Now, the company have added copyright takedowns to the mix. Sadly (and weirdly), this part of the report isn't searchable, as Alan at Copyfight notes: "I cannot search to see [...]

Last week, I asked you to nominate your favorite account manager / account representative in the domain industry. I was very happy to see that nearly 30 dedicated individuals from more than 15 companies were nominated by happy clients. Several account managers were nominated by more than one person. Over 1,000 votes were cast in [...]

OpenDNS founder and CEO David Ulevitch wants his company to become "the Akamai for security."

Welcome to Friday's edition of "Best of" Namejet Pre-Release domain name auctions. It's a shorter list than usual because I just didn't see the same volume of quality names as usual. SmartFunds.com and SongsOnDemand.com are my personal favorites from today's inventory. Next week's lists are up in the air at this point. I'll be on jury duty [...]

ICANN is set to reveal its list of new generic top-level domain applications on or around June 13, according to several sources. My understanding is that the date has not yet been set in stone – it could be a day or so either side – but that June 13 is the current target. The [...] Related posts:Pool.com offers $25k gTLD digital archery service Digital Archery lessons from tonight’s tweet-up ...

No doubt in my mind that this has been a fantastic quarter for those that have a solid domain portfolio and looking to sell.  Prices have come back and solid names are coming out of the woodwork, even on the forums.  I actually had to hire my wife to be my accountant.  Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would get to the point I couldn’t handle things myself.  I domain and develop to ...

A few weeks ago told you about a UDRP had been filed on the domain name legalsupply.com. At the time there was no indication who filed the UDRP seeking control of the domain, but the decision has just been issued and the complainant is  eLegalsupply.com, LLC. And guess what? eLegalSupply.com just took the generic domain name LegalSupply.com away from the domain holder based off a Trademark for ...

After the antics of one mad barber from Australia, two domain conferences and four scalps collected - the results are now in. Over $50,000 has been collected for one of the domain industry's favorite charities - the Water School. Today we acknowledge those who generously gave to this live saving organization.

Francois Carrillo is best known for the creation of Domaining.com, the go-to news aggregator in the Domain Investing world. If you look at other industries like affiliate marketing, SEO, startups, etc. there is nothing like this. This one site has without a doubt changed the Domain Investing space forever and I’d venture a guess that [...]

Welcome to “Domainer Profiles” – the third edition in an open series; we profile domainers with a humorous twist. If you missed the previous two chapters, make sure to read about Elliot Silver and Rick Schwartz. Onto domain developer and investor, Tia Wood; a breath of fresh air, as she is both a talented female [...]

The Internet domain name "revolution" was back in action on Tuesday with the agency in charge of website addresses once again taking applications for online neighborhoods breaking the ".com" mold.

LONDON (Reuters) - A project to allow companies to set up a website with almost any address has relaunched after a software glitch exposed sensitive details of applications last month, forcing it to shut down.

  The most reliably entertaining segment on Bravo's hit-or-miss talk show, "Watch What Happens Live" is "Plead the Fifth," in which host Andy Cohen pries his celebrity guests with invasive and potentially embarrassing questions. No matter what question Cohen asks, the guests are only allowed to pass once. It's an ingeniously simple way to loosen up image-conscious celebrities, and it can occasi...

Eigentlich hatten die Strafverfolgungsbehörden die Seite kino.to gesperrt, doch nun taucht dort plötzlich eine Botschaft auf. Zwei Hacker haben die Präsenz geknackt - damit es kein Bösewicht tut.

People who like to learn how to create a website with Wordpress now have a new resource to turn to with the release of Ming Jong Tey's book, 'How To Create...

Unbekannte haben die Domain des gesperrten Portals kino.to übernommen - und bitten darum, von einem Strafverfahren abzusehen. Außerdem im Überblick: US-Städte balgen sich um Apple Stores, und Anonymous will Dokumente und E-Mails eines US-Ministeriums erbeutet haben.

GitHub, the source code hosting and collaboration service, has been growing like gangbusters. The site now has over 1.6 million registered developers, hosting over 2.8 million repositories on everything from jQuery and Ruby on Rails to node.js and Redis. At the outset, Github was just a side project, a tool to make developers' lives easier (its first slogan: "Git hosting: No longer a pain in th...

LAHORE - Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday rejected reference filed by Interior Minister Rehman Malilk against Sharif brothers over money laundering, a report said. The PAC adopted the stance that the reference filed against the Sharif brothers was beyond committee’s domain of action. The committee clarified that it could not investigate the case as it was not an investigative ...

First time accepted submitter ixarux writes "India is at a crucial crossroad at the moment. Internet censorship laws are getting stricter as it begins to ban file-sharing and video-sharing websites. It started with Indian courts allowing censorship of Google, Facebook, etc. It has now gone one step ahead and decided to ask ISPs to block file-sharing sites. It is the movie industry which is agai...

Earlier today, Mike Berkens posted about a UDRP case that is about to claim the ‘developed’ web site, Vanity.com Because it’s pointless to wade through trolling comments in order to relay the type of information that such a post deserves, I’m posting it all here. What does one do with a domain, as soon as [...]

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently issued a detailed press release regarding Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) cases for which it provided arbitration services in 2011 and, once again, the number of WIPO filings was up. According to WIPO: "In 2011, trademark holders filed a record 2,764 cybersquatting cases covering 4,781 domain names with the WIPO Arbitrati...

Unter der gTLD .secure will Artemis eine Art Hochsicherheitstrakt im Internet errichten, über den vertrauenswürdige und sichere Dienste bereitstehen sollen. Die künftigen .secure-Anbieter müssen dazu diverse Voraussetzungen erfüllen.

The Irish National Library has very quietly taken advantage of the entry this year into the public domain of the works of Irish novelist James Joyce by posting its horde of rare Joyce manuscripts on its online archive.

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• Brooks commiserated by Cameron, Osborne, Blair when left NI10.17am: Brooks is asked about messages from David Cameron.She confirms she received a message from Cameron apologising for his lack of support. "Very indirectly," she says, confirming that the message was along those lines.Jay asks if Cameron and George Osborne sent her these messages."And also people who worked in those offices," sa...

You've probably heard that rapper Tupac Shakur's hologram was a hit at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival, but you may not know that the company that created the virtual image has been around for more than 20 years.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The organization behind a major expansion of Internet address suffixes is offering full refunds to companies and organizations affected by a weeks-long delay in taking proposals....

Manmohan Singh denied there was any attempt to disturb the policing domain of states or the country's federal structure.

Manmohan Singh denied there was any attempt to disturb the policing domain of states or the country's federal structure.

As the interface between the cell and its environment, the cell membrane, which consists of fats and proteins, fulfils a variety of vital functions. Scientists have performed the first comprehensive analysis of the molecular structure of this boundary layer, and revealed precisely how it is organized. In yeast cells, the entire membrane is made up of independent domains, each containing just on...

Rick Schwartz penned a long post today, highlighting his vision for the next 20 years – partnering with interested parties to develop his extensive portfolio of premium domain names. It is a delightful read, as most of Rick’s work is. And it is a very appreciable sentiment – to build slow, build steady, and create [...]

QUETTA –Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has admonished authorities of the four provinces over undue delay in holding of local bodies (LB) elections.Heading a three-member SC bench at Quetta registry on Monday, the chief justice said that after 18th amendment, the local bodies have completely come within the domain of provinces but despite lapse of a long period LB polls have not been ...

QUETTA –Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has admonished authorities of the four provinces over undue delay in holding of local bodies (LB) elections.Heading a three-member SC bench at Quetta registry on Monday, the chief justice said that after 18th amendment, the local bodies have completely come within the domain of provinces but despite lapse of a long period LB polls have not been ...

Organizations had been careful not to reveal the domain names they were applying for, fearing it would encourage rivals to compete for that domain and drive up the price

Studies show that errors are much less likely when doctors send prescriptions to the pharmacy via computer. But the move to such e-prescriptions has been relatively slow.

U.S. special effects company Digital Domain Media Group is teaming up with Chinese production company Beijing Galloping Horse Film Co. to tap China's growing demand for 3-D movies.

LONDON (AP) -- News Corp. executive James Murdoch's behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign spilled out into the public domain Tuesday, casting a harsh light on the government's Olympics czar....

I listened to BBC Click about the future of publishing and had the idea to look at a couple of parameters in my reading habits: where I get the idea to read each book-length text, how I get hold of them and what form they take. Here's about the past year, April 2011 through March 2012 (38 books). Inspiration 45% Author I like 32% Recommendation from friend / family 13% ...

A U.S.-based Web site that has aggressively covered China’s biggest political scandal in decades was the victim of a disruptive attack that was accompanied by threats to the service that registers its domain name, the site’s manager said Friday. Read full article >>

The owner of "revenge porn" website Isanyoneup.com has closed up shop after selling the domain to an anti-bullying group -- which happens to be run by a man who owns a "cheaters beware" website accused of bullying.

A 'revenge porn' website has been shut down after it was bought by anti-bullying group Bullyville (pictured) - but eyebrows have been raised as the new owner runs a remarkably similar service.

From the USA Today: A USA TODAY reporter and editor investigating Pentagon propaganda contractors have themselves been subjected to a propaganda campaign of sorts, waged on the Internet through a series of bogus websites. Fake Twitter and Facebook accounts have been created in their names, along with a Wikipedia entry and dozens of message board postings and blog comments. Websites were regi...

The virtual Tupac that knocked the high out of many hos at Coachella was such a success for Dr. Dre and and Snoop Dogg that they're planning on taking it for a world tour. If this is Dr. Dre and Snoop's way of trying to lure the real Tupac out of his hiding place to smack both of them in their thinking places, I hope it works! The Wall Street Journal reports Snoop and Dr. D...

The number of new dot-ie domain names registered in the first quarter of the year grew by 12 per cent, with steady demand from sole traders and small businesses.

The impressive imagery was created by Digital Domain Media Group Inc.

FOR 72 years, Ballarat's Botanical Gardens has boasted the nation's only collection of all the Australian prime ministers.

The ANC says that, though its image might be damaged by the sharp verbal exchanges between it and its youth wing, it believes it is necessary to engage the subordinate structure in the public domain.

Your floor-model animal mitochondrion. Public domain. Click for link. Two billion years ago, around the time atmospheric oxygen levels were rising, one cell engulfed another, and instead of becoming lunch, the ingestee became an Earth-changer and, eventually, a vital part of you: mitochondria. [More]

Ob Google künftig in Deutschland Maildienste und dem Namen Gmail anbieten wird, ist noch offen - die Domain gehört indes endlich dem US-Konzern. Wie viel Google für die Einigung bezahlte, wird nicht verraten.

Berlin (dpa) - Google hat sich nach einem jahrelangen Rechtsstreit den Domainnamen «Gmail.de» für sein E-Mail-Angebot gesichert. Google musste bald nach dem Start seines Mail-Dienstes in Deutschland ...

Der Internetkonzern Google hat sich die Domain Gmail.de gesichert. Nach einem jahrelangen Rechtsstreit hat sich der Konzern mit einem deutschen Unternehmer über die Markenrechte geeinigt - der Preis bleibt aber geheim.

Organisations that want their own domain name suffix to replace .com or .co.uk have until midnight tonight to make their applications to the internet's governing body.

Nominum, proveedor de motores core para Domain Name System (DNS) y Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), espera enfocarse más en Latinoamérica y otros mercados emergentes donde el crecimiento de...

Nominum, a provider of Domain Name System (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) core engines, expects to focus increasingly more on Latin America and other emerging markets where mobile...

FILADELFIA, Paraguay -- The Chaco thorn forest, a domain with 118-degree temperatures so forbidding that Paraguayans call it their "green hell," covers an expanse about the size of Poland. Hunter-gatherers still live in its vast mazes of quebracho trees.from the New York Times (Registration Required)

The ICRC organised a two-day workshop in Tripoli to share its long experience in the domain of surgical management of violence-related trauma with surgeons and nurses treating difficult cases of wounded Syrians in hospitals in north Lebanon.

The central Chinese government hardened its grip in Chongqing, the domain of recently ousted Communist Party secretary Bo Xilai, targeting the "red singing" he had encouraged there.

Release Time:  For Immediate Release The U.S. and UK have a long history of collaboration in science and technology, reflecting the two nations’ mutual recognition that research and development—along with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education—are essential elements of economic prosperity, enhanced health, env...

When my Web site domain name was hijacked, it raised the question: How much was my name worth to me?

Stephen Parkinson said evidence given by Sue Akers (pictured) at the Leveson Inquiry had brought ‘much prejudicial material’ into the public domain - which could result in an unfair trial if any charges are brought.

Bryce Harper will start tonight against the Mets in Port St. Lucie, a game you can watch on MLB Network if you live in the Washington-Baltimore market. Harper put on a display during batting practice tonight at horrendously named Digital Domain Park, crushing line drives off the fence and drilling one ball to center about 20 feet high on the batter’s eye beyond a 410-foot mark on the fence. It’...

The government’s plan to relax the Coast Law is bad news for the environment

Domain expertise matters to businesses as a competitive advantage.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House sought Tuesday to undercut a 2005 Supreme Court ruling that gives state and local governments eminent domain authority to seize private property for economic development projects....

Seventeen states have now introduced bills for state-owned banks, and others are in the works. Hawaii's innovative state bank bill addresses the foreclosure mess. County-owned banks are being proposed that would tackle the housing crisis by exercising the right of eminent domain on abandoned and foreclosed properties

A MAN found dead in a central Sydney park may have been murdered, police say.

INTERNET domain name manager Melbourne IT says it is well-positioned for the future despite a fall in annual profit.

SHANGHAI/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - China's top search engine, Baidu Inc, plans to begin monetizing its mobile search traffic and social media platforms this year in an effort to boost growth outside its traditional PC domain, Baidu's chief executive said on Friday.

IF a bid by the Australian Football League succeeds, its websites will drop the .com.au and end in .afl from next year.

A. Raja’s subversion of 2G spectrum licence allocations, revoked by the Supreme Court last week, would not have occurred in the first place without powerful patrons guaranteeing him protection from the consequences of his malfeasance. Since the malfeasance was evident as early as September 2007 through the media and official government documentation – now in the public domain – it carried great...

Auto racer Danica Patrick and trainer Jillian Michaels promote .CO domain names with the help of a model whose body serves as a revealing 'canvas' in an ad that will appear in the first half of Sunday's Super Bowl

If Jerry Seinfeld thinks he's the master of the car domain, he's got a rival in Jay Leno. The two comedians have joined forces for Acura's Super Bowl XLVI spot hyping the...

A woman's place may no longer be in the kitchen, as millions of men have been inspired to sharpen up their culinary skills thanks to shows such as MasterChef.

Christopher Jefferies (pictured) said that information came into the public domain that would only have been known to those involved with the investigation - meaning someone in the force must have revealed it.

The top court says Congress' renewal of copyright protection on millions of foreign works once in public domain is not unconstitutional.

What is the difference between a viticulturist, a winemaker and a sommelier? Each is an expert in his own domain.

Up for grabs is the biggest cache of new Web address in a decade.

Applications are due to open for custom top-level domain names in what is the biggest change to the web address system in over two decades.

A MYSTERY buyer has snapped up the web address vatican.xxx - a domain made for porn

When you go to NewtGingrich.com right now, you might end up on the Washington Post. The pro-Democratic super PAC American Bridge has bought the domain and programmed it to redirect to various Web sites, a clever attack on the former House speaker. The link might take you to Freddie Mac’s Web site, Tiffany’s, information about Greek cruises , or to the ad Gingrich cut with former House Speaker ...

The Vatican on Wednesday denied reports that it had bought the web domain vatican.xxx to prevent internet pornographers from using it.

There’s been a scramble to snap up domain names for the Internet’s newest designation — .xxx — but not necessarily from those you’d expect. Adult sites have reserved their spot in the newly labeled section of the Web, but so have companies, charities, celebrities and politicians. Try “barackobama.xxx,” “angelinajolie.xxx” or “redcross.xxx” and you’ll find yourself faced with a black screen with...

Put the brakes on an expansion of Web domain names.

Hewlett-Packard’s WebOS operating system, first developed by Palm, has been lauded in many circles for unique aspects of task-switching and notification. Finally, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has come to a resolution regarding “WebOS,” the operating system developed by Palm and then taken over by HP with the acquisition last year of Palm, only to be left in [...]

Seit heute haben die Fusssoldaten auch eine eigene Domain - sollte man mal beobachten. Interssant, dieselben Solar-Flare-Gadgets wie beim Zeitenwende-Blog.

A proposed new ".africa" internet domain name will provide a stronger brand identity than current little known country domains, while preventing registration revenues flowing abroad, say backers.

FRENCH genre-bender Manu Chao will headline Festival First Night in The Domain next month.

Lawyer denies report that ex-Penn State coach may strike deal if more alleged sex abuse victims surfaceNew Accuser Alleges 100 Acts of Sex Abuse From SanduskyPenn State Bought Adult Domain Names Prior to Ongoing Scandal

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal authorities have seized the domain names of 150 websites accused of selling counterfeit or pirated merchandise....

A trend is developing in the National Religious community of excluding women from the public domain in the name of “modesty."

Rajan Anandan’s appointment on the Board is strategic to ASCI’s plans to step up its efforts to promote fair advertising practices in the online domain.

New York, November 14 (ots/PRNewswire) - Siebenundachtzig nationale und internationale Wirtschaftsverbände und Unternehmen haben sich der ANA (Association of National Advertisers [http://www.ana.net ]) angeschlossen, um sich als Coalition for Responsible Internet Domain Oversight (CRIDO ...

Mit dem “Time Domain Reflectrometry”-Verfahren werden schon seit über 50 Jahren unter anderem Positionen von Bruchstellen in Unterseekabeln ermittelt. Wissenschaftler an der LMU München und am Potsdamer Hasso-Plattner-Institut (HPI) haben diese Technologie weiterentwickelt und sehen in ihr die Zukunft der Touchscreens. mehr...

Authority governing the internet in India allows registration of domain names ending in ‘dot Bharat’ - dot India in Hindi

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Though still largely the domain of men, triumphs by Taylor Swift and The Band Perry at the Country Music Association Awards show that the young women of country music are finding their voices and shoving the boys out of the way....

LINCOLN, Neb (Reuters) - Nebraska lawmakers debated on Tuesday tightening eminent domain rules for procuring land during the second day of a special session to discuss bills related to the proposed $7 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline.