Shocking news this morning, as Google revealed its new corporate logo. The new Google logo inherits the same colors per letter, and gets rid of the serifs it used for years. It also changes its little "g" icon, replacing with a four color "G". The font family appears to be Relish Pro, … [Read more...]
Network Solutions can now merge user accounts
August 10, 2015 by 7 Comments
Network Solutions is the original domain registrar, and although the days of $35 dollar /year .com registrations are gone, it retains a large number of domains under management. When I registered my first domain in February 1997 with them, I actually had to fork out $100 for two years; the extra … [Read more...]
Premium gTLDs : Registries should provide a tool to query domain renewal costs
August 7, 2015 by 3 Comments
There are plenty of new TLD domains in the aftermarket, some of which carry a premium renewal price. In a previous post, I mentioned how domain auction venues should require from the domain sellers to disclose the domain's renewal cost at the current registrar. As I haven't seen much of a … [Read more...]
Your gateway to tomorrow : The future, as seen 32 years ago from a Bell System ad
August 1, 2015 by 3 Comments
I was recently reading through the 50th anniversary issue of Newsweek, published in the spring of 1983, that I found in my dad's library. The articles spanned the events during the half century predating the issue, and are both educating and entertaining. Posting scans of automotive ads alone … [Read more...]
How the use of a gTLD domain saved a marketing director money and frustration
July 16, 2015 by 7 Comments
This is a true story, but some names have been changed to protect upcoming marketing plans. ;) Lana's comment on a business forum was full of frustration, anger, disgust: "They stole my domain and for a year now I've been trying to prove it, to no avail. I would contact ICANN next but it'd take … [Read more...]
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