A few weeks ago, the government of Kentucky seized 141 domain names that were related to gambling. There have already been a few hearings about the seizure and yesterday the court came with a new decision. After the judge had looked carefully to all 141 domain names and websites, he decided the following: The domain […]
Read more >Today the .nl registry, SIDN, is down for maintenance. During this maintenance, registration of new .nl names and transfers aren’t possible. SIDN expects to be up again around 4pm. We’ll keep you posted.
Read more >The .travel registry plans a huge relaunch of the .travel extension. This relaunch will take place in the UK. If you’re a travel agency, this is the ideal extension to show the world what your company is doing. A .travel domain name needs no further explonation. Although .travel is a generic extension, it isn’t that […]
Read more >From November 17, it will be easier to register a .biz.tr, .info.tr and .tv.tr name because there won’t be needed any paperwork anymore. Right now, only pre-registrations are possible. From November 17 registrations are possible. You can sign in on www.bNamed.net. If you wish to register a large number of names, please contact us at […]
Read more >From November 6, there will be a new registration policy in force on .info names. This was announced by Afilias, the central .info registry. This new policy prohibits people who register a .info domain name to ‘abuse’ it. Abusing a .info name includes: sending spam, distributing child pornography, the use of botnets, the distribution of […]
Read more >Yesterday a new hearing on the 141 seized domain names took place in Kentucky. All 141 names link to websites that have something to do with gambling, with, amongst others, sites that offer online poker. The main argument during the hearing was submitted by Edward Leyden, who represents iMEGA (Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association). […]
Read more >Recently, a new phenomenon has emerged on the Internet, burger-flipping. This means that you buy an undervalued site, build up a visitor audience and then sell the site while there’s still a high number of visitors. (sell it while it’s “hot”). Websites that are often used for burger-flipping, are websites which mainly focus on a […]
Read more >Soon Cameroon, located in West Africa, offers the following extensions: .com.cm, .net.cm and .co.cm. From October 15, the sunrise period starts. From that day on, holders of a registered brand name can register their name under any of the above extensions. This brand can be registered anywhere, therefore a Benelux trademark is eligible. As of […]
Read more >In Kentucky, the government has seized 141 domain names related to online gambling. It is mainly about poker sites such as AbsolutePoker.com, PokerStars.com and Cakepoker.com. On Thursday, September 18, the court in Kentucky ordered to transfer these names. Some domain name registrars have already said they will cooperate with this transfer, other registrars prefer to […]
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