Donuts: Law enforcement has its own dedicated WHOIS portal These days, information is everything; the amount of raw data collected on everyday activities can be astounding. WHOIS information is collected at the time a domain is registered or altered, and while a single domain name can’t always reveal much, data analysis across the entire WHOIS database can lead to some interesting conc...
DomainGang.com - 39 min ago
Sorry bro! Vine bans all pornography from its video network Those of you that use Vine, the seven second video sharing engine, to distribute your nude bits and parts, better find another venue, horny dogs! Vine announced a change to the Vine content rules, which now excludes pornography completely, instead of hiding it under the digital rug. In a blog post made yesterday, Vine announced [R...
DomainGang.com - 5 hr 5 min ago
wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.com – 25 years of the World Wide Web Twenty-five years from the inception of the World Wide Web, its creator has urged the public to re-engage with its original design: a decentralized internet that at its very core, remains open to all. With that in mind, Yahoo and the World Wide Web Foundation bought the domain name wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.com to celebrate the 25th ...
DomainGang.com - 5 hr 58 min ago
Not your Daddy’s Registrar: Uniregistry gearing up for Monday launch Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry is revving up the engines, with a Monday launch of its registrar services, aptly named Uniregistrar. Initially planned for tomorrow, March 8th, it appears that the launch will take place on Monday, March 10th.
DomainGang.com - 7 hr 32 min ago
Hiroshi Yakamoto: Mysterious Japanese American domainer behind the Bitcoin craze! Until yesterday, nobody had heard of Hiroshi Yakamoto, a Japanese American from San Diego, California. The man who apparently orchestrated a series of high profile Bitcoin exchange crashes, is a low profile, 24 year old student, working on his PhD in Mathematics and Physics. As the great-grandson of a Japanese samurai warrior, Hirosh...
DomainGang.com - 8 hr 26 min ago
Domain Name Sales: Emails to buyers arrive just fine It’s official: If you’re not hearing back from certain buyers during an email exchange at Domain Name Sales, it’s because they don’t want to respond. Early concerns about responses to inquiries ending up at buyer’s spam boxes, are simply untrue. We ran a test, after creating accounts at Gmail and Outlook...
DomainGang.com - 22 hr 5 min ago
NameCheap: Unleashing a bunch of stale emails! When we received a notification of a successful domain transfer from NameCheap today, it was a baffling moment: the domain had been transferred to GoDaddy almost a year ago. Then more emails arrived, all with current time stamps, but referencing domains that had been transferred out in 2013. Despite the transfer at that time, these [...
DomainGang.com - Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 15:57
TBEX 2014: Largest gathering of travel bloggers heads to Greece If you are a travel blogger, writer or content creator, or a professional in the travel industry, the TBEX conference is the largest such gathering of both worlds. Every year, TBEX partners with exciting destinations in North America and Europe, bringing the travel industry’s most creative minds together to learn, network and do busi...
DomainGang.com - Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 14:48
BrandVerity: Reporting trademark violations to Google and Bing BrandVerity is a Seattle, Washington company that provides services that detect online brand and trademark abuse, since its founding in 2008. An example of brand infringement would be the exploitation of the Oscars ceremony, an event attracting a lot of eyeballs, by buyers of traffic. In this example, BrandVerity details the methodol...
DomainGang.com - Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 3:59
Missy Ward: Affiliate nexus tax in Florida would destroy the local affiliate market Florida Senator, Gwen Margolis (D), has introduced a bill that if it passes unchallenged, will seriously harm the affiliate market in Florida. Titled “SB 202: Tax on Sales, Use, and Other Transactions” the bill aims at establishing a “nexus” or home base for all retailers that offer affiliate programs. Essenti...
DomainGang.com - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 16:50
The Domain Princess: Tracy Fogarty sells domains with royal class Tracy Fogarty is a Senior Domain Broker with the Domain Holdings Group, and delivers her services with royal class and exquisite grace. Being domain royalty isn’t just a facade; Tracy is known as “The Domain Princess“, and naturally operates TheDomainPrincess.com. Tracy transitioned to the premium domain brokering i...
DomainGang.com - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 13:13
Donuts adds age-restriction disclaimer in Terms and Conditions Let’s face it: gTLDs aren’t for the weak, and that includes those that are physically and mentally unwilling – or, unable – to take on challenges. Facing this health concern with a warning, Donuts, Inc. – by far the biggest gTLD domain registry in the world – has taken extra steps to protect consum...
DomainGang.com - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 11:4
Daniel Negari of .XYZ rides a hoverboard prototype in California! Daniel Negari, the physically active CEO of dot .XYZ, is known for his love for extreme sports. After sky-diving from 25,000 ft wearing nothing but a thermally reinforced Speedo, Negari took another challenge: test driving a prototype hoverboard. Whether you believe it or not, hoverboards are actually here; HUVr Tech is a new manufac...
DomainGang.com - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 0:56
Domain data: Updated gTLD totals for March 4, 2014 Like clockwork, here we go with today’s gTLD leaderboard, as compiled from the zone files; the exact numbers of the active gTLDs might differ *very* slightly. The total number of gTLD registrations has approached 200k domains, with dot .guru, dot .photography and dot .today – all by Donuts, Inc. - maintaining the top thr...
DomainGang.com - Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 20:27
Domain Name Jargon : Name Collision (Mitigation of) Holy molly! It’s been more than a month since our last entry in the Domain Name Jargon series – the educational repository of terms and trivia related to domaining. There’s no excuse, and we deserve the public flogging undeniably; our mission to (re)define domaining continues! So here’s today’s entry, co...
DomainGang.com - Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 19:9
Hank Alvarez: Overjoyed by the change of ownership at SnapNames! Earlier today, SnapNames former VP of Operations, Hank Alvarez, expressed his excitement about the company’s acquisition by Web.com. Hank Alvarez became involved in a much-publicized auction shilling drama, in 2009; then owners Oversee settled the case by involving Rust Consulting as an expert adviser. After that incident, Hank...
DomainGang.com - Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 17:42
Sexy Greek-Mexican Melissa Jimenez has the .com smarts too! There were plenty of great performances last night at The Voice; the popular music competition series where young, aspiring singers reach out to impress established judges – all while singing behind their backs. One such great performance was made by Melissa Jimenez, a talented and breathtakingly beautiful lady. She managed to ...
DomainGang.com - Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 11:6
Domain data: Updated gTLD totals for March 3, 2014 We’re posting daily updates about the gTLD leaderboard as soon as the daily totals are released by the Registries, which occurs around 8:00pm Eastern US time. By reviewing this type of aggregate data, domain investors can identify trends in gTLD registrations and other useful information. More gTLDs are being added weekly; some...
DomainGang.com - Monday, March 3, 2014 - 20:23
Dynamic domain development: Tia Wood on the Ugly side of Sexy Tia Wood‘s recent project has been as complex as an Arabesque mural; the experienced developer from Florida is working hard to produce quality web sites. We had a short interview with Tia on her latest creation, Ugly.Sexy, which she discussed in depth. DomainGang: Tia, tells us about the concept behind your latest project, how ...
DomainGang.com - Monday, March 3, 2014 - 17:8
CarPlay from Apple delivers audio for cars but where is the .com at? Apple announced today the availability of CarPlay, a technology aimed at the automotive industry. Arriving on select cars in 2014, CarPlay interfaces with a car’s built-in displays to deliver audiovisual interaction with your iPhone and its apps. Car manufactures that will introduce CarPlay this year include Volvo, Honda, Hyund...
