04|21|2011 11:45 am EDT RightHaven.com Taken Down for Invalid Whois by Frank Michlick in Categories: Legal Issues – 0 Comments Tags: Tags: godaddy , Invalid Whois , Righthaven .
04|18|2011 5:14 pm EDT Phishing GoDaddy WDRP Emails Going Around Once More. by Frank Michlick in Categories: Registrars , Up to the Minute – 0 Comments It appears that another phishing scam is making the rounds trying to get users to reveal their GoDaddy username and password to the scammers. According to “silentg” who received the email and posted on DNForum about it, the email links users to “goldidaddy.com” (registered at Melbourne IT) instead of GoDaddy.com
04|15|2011 7:34 pm EDT .XXX Goes Live in the Root Servers by Frank Michlick in Categories: Registries – 1 Comment Earlier today IANA added the .XXX Top Level Domain to the root nameservers. While the registry operator Afilias is still in their setup process for ICM registry , the zone is currently propagating. While a number of registrars have already been taking pre-registrations, the actual timeline for the launch has not yet been published.
04|13|2011 3:14 pm EDT Domain Madness 3 Live Auction Results by Frank Michlick in Categories: Domain Auction – 0 Comments After the first attempt at a live auction for Domain Madness 3 encountered technical difficulties last week, the auction is going to conclude live again today. DNN will be was live blogging the auction events without any guarantees on accuracy
04|11|2011 5:56 pm EDT Google Ordered to Disclose “Parked Domains” Metrics by Frank Michlick in Categories: PPC industry – 0 Comments According to MediaPost a judge has ordered Google to disclose financial metrics stemming from their Domain Parking and Error Pages programs within Google Adsense. The lawsuit that was started by advertising clients in 2008 and a recent pledge by Google to dismiss the suit before it goes to trial was rejected. The marketers alleged that such pages are low-quality and yield fewer purchases or other conversions than ads that appear on Google’s search results pages
04|07|2011 1:09 pm EDT Sedo Improves Sign-Up Process by Frank Michlick in Categories: Up to the Minute – 0 Comments Sedo has announced imrpovements to their sign-up process today. They also added a certification via phone-verification. The goal of the changes is to allow buyers easier access to buying domain names.


