In an offensive move, Facebook has registered twenty one new domain names in conjunction with their launch of Instagram Direct. The Instagram Direct service is a new way to send photo and video messages to friends. It allows you to send photos or videos directly to a group of people (followers) or only certain people. [Read more…]

The new generic TLDs (top level domains) are coming soon. You’ll be able to buy a domain name other than they ‘typical’ .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz domains. Some of these include .bike, .clothing, .luxury, and soforth. In fact, ICANN received applications for 1,930 new gTLDs. So, with all of these new TLDs, will these new domain names carry any extra weight when it comes to search engine rankings? Absolutely Not. But that doesn’t stop some people from declaring that Dot Com is Dead. [Read more…]

Facebook is the first brand owner to file under the new Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) domain dispute system. Facebook used the new Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) system to dispute the ownership of the domain name Facebook.pw, where they prevailed. [Read more…]

As you might know by now, one of the things that I follow on a regular basis is the domain names that companies register. Quite often, when companies register domain names, they’re related to upcoming products, services, or other future plans that the company has. Sometimes those plans get changed, or the domain registration is just an offensive move to make sure that someone else doesn’t register the domain. [Read more…]

Donuts Inc., a registry for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), has added seven new generic top-level domains that will soon be available for new registrations. There will be 13 registrars where you can register a new domain name using any of these 7 new gTLDs. [Read more…]