China has just the registration for domains for personal use. From this week onwards only businesses and approved organisations will be allowed to buy domain names. This move is quite significant as it shows China is now fighting against websites that promote illegal content and websites that are used for illegal purposes like hacking or [...]
Read the story »There can be a whole host of reasons to transfer a domain name. Maybe you have sold the domain or the site is moving to a different server. There are number of considerations to make when moving a domain to ensure minimum disruption to your site and business as a whole. The procedure does differ [...]
Read the story »Natwest has recently won a domain name case. The domain name onlinebankingnatwest.com was registered by Hu Lim and Natwest claim it was done in bad faith. Their main point of argument was that it was too similar to their trademarked name and could be confusing.
I highly doubt that this was the main point. It’s [...]
The 2010 domain pulse conference has been announced. It is being held in Switzerland on the 1st and 2nd of February 2010. It will be hosted by Switch the registry for domains in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany and Austria. Domain extensions include:
• .CH
• .LI
• .DE
• .AT
The conference is being held at the culture and congress centre KKL in Switzerland. Main [...]
DELL is a large multinational corporation that specialises in computer technology. Recently they submitted a complaint to the arbitration forum to have the following domains handed over to them:
• dellgaming.com
• dellvideogames.com
• dellvideogaming.com
• dellconsole.com
It seems the domain names were registered in bad faith by the respondent and DELL claims it’s confusingly similar to its trademark. The forum ordered that the [...]
A powerful tool when it comes to an SEO campaign is the domain name. There are a number of reasons this can be vital to the success of an online marketing campaign. Here are some of the reasons:
• Keyword Rich
• Domain age
• Branding which can also lead to good links being built
Domain age is important as the longer [...]