Domain ownership and theft: Will ICANN remain antiquated, slow and bureaucratic?

In October 2014, before the ICANN51 conference in Los Angeles, I implored ICANN officials to include the topic of domain ownership redefinition in their agenda. Facing a dramatic surge in domain theft throughout 2014, that article outlined the reasons that domain ownership must be redefined, and … [Read more...]

Perfect numbers revisited Part Deux: 360 and 100

I've followed the seemingly cryptic obsession of the Chinese for Arabic numerals for years. Around 2002, at a time that I was investing in short LLN and LNN .com domains that were available to register en masse, a very smart domainer lady shared with me the information that seems to be less of a … [Read more...]

A press release is not a rehash of your blog post

Press releases are official statements announcing a milestone, an accomplishment, or an upcoming change about a company. As such, they serve as a public announcement aimed at disclosing information to the media and the consumer of the industry they target. Press releases follow a format that … [Read more...]

Don’t let employees manage your domains

When you run a business, your assets include domain names; unlike tangible assets, domain names need special care. Keeping track of your asset inventory should extend to domain names as well. If you are in a business partnership, make sure that the assets are recorded and there is a clear … [Read more...]

Dot .CLUB Registry did the right thing despite own error

Big kudos to the executives manning the dot .CLUB Registry, for researching, acknowledging, and - most importantly - owning a Registry error. It all started with the astonishing manual registration of the domain name Credit.Club. Registrant Bruce Marler, a developer that shared the classroom … [Read more...]