Domain name booking and cyber-squatting is a creating a new legal problem as the web has crossed any country's limit.
Keeping the legal control over the un-lawful activities over the web, most of the countries are modifying the IT laws including India, US and the European union.
Here is a recent IPR (intellectual Property Rights) case of domain name booking by cybersquatters against the popular telecom service Verizon and the trademarks registered by the company.
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is taking it to cybersquatters, and the telecom said it has been awarded $33.2 million from a company trying to intentionally confuse Web users.
The ruling, which the telecom said is the largest-ever cybersquatting judgment, said OnlineNIC "unlawfully registered at least 663 domain names that were either identical or confusingly similar to Verizon's trademarks." The telecom was awarded $50,000 per domain name, which included the likes of iphonefromverizon.com and treoverizon.com.
OnlineNIC is a San Francisco-based domain registrar, and no representatives showed up to court. The company also faces similar lawsuits from Microsoft and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO)
Source : InformationWeek
I would suggest to check the brand names and trademarks before you register a domain and avoid committing such activities.
Showing posts with label domains. Show all posts
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Friday, January 2, 2009
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Learn SEO for Free : Domain Names and SEO
Today we will discuss about important criteria for "Business" branding and a "lesser" important metrix for Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
This is one of the most arguable topic among worlds top search optimizers and marketers, as domain do hold some important message in terms of easy to remember, business theme, brand and so on..
Now the question is why Domain name is important?
Mostly there are three major concerns
1. Reflects the overall business theme.
2. Creates and manages a Brand
3. Gives an indentity to the business
4. Keywords included in domain name (URL) are generally good for natural search SEO
How to choose a domain name ( Tips)
1. It should be as per your business need
2. A smaller domain name is easy to remember
3. Domain without one or more dashes need to be avoided ( traffic may be lost to others)
4. A .com is preferred for a commercial activity, while .org is for organizations and .edu for eductional sites.
5. Multiple domain names ( with all the extensions possible will help to redirect visitors to the main domain)
To find a useful domain :
As domain booking is a first-come-first-serve process, you need to check Domain Name Availability first.
The available domain then has to be coupled with Website Hosting Space.
SEO Tip for Better Ranking:
Everytime you are creating a URL ( page name / file name) dont use ? or avoid passing variables with = signs, rather use a tangible name to the page.
Here are a video which will help you in selecting a domain name:
This is one of the most arguable topic among worlds top search optimizers and marketers, as domain do hold some important message in terms of easy to remember, business theme, brand and so on..
Now the question is why Domain name is important?
Mostly there are three major concerns
1. Reflects the overall business theme.
2. Creates and manages a Brand
3. Gives an indentity to the business
4. Keywords included in domain name (URL) are generally good for natural search SEO
How to choose a domain name ( Tips)
1. It should be as per your business need
2. A smaller domain name is easy to remember
3. Domain without one or more dashes need to be avoided ( traffic may be lost to others)
4. A .com is preferred for a commercial activity, while .org is for organizations and .edu for eductional sites.
5. Multiple domain names ( with all the extensions possible will help to redirect visitors to the main domain)
To find a useful domain :
As domain booking is a first-come-first-serve process, you need to check Domain Name Availability first.
The available domain then has to be coupled with Website Hosting Space.
SEO Tip for Better Ranking:
Everytime you are creating a URL ( page name / file name) dont use ? or avoid passing variables with = signs, rather use a tangible name to the page.
Here are a video which will help you in selecting a domain name:
Monday, May 19, 2008
Oldest domains on world wide web
Do you know which were the first domains to be registered?
Here is a list of 25 domains out of them.
The 100 Oldest Currently Registered .COM Domains
(last updated 1/25/2003)
Source : Whoisd
Here is a list of 25 domains out of them.
The 100 Oldest Currently Registered .COM Domains
(last updated 1/25/2003)
| Create Date | Domain Name | |
| 03/15/1985 | SYMBOLICS.COM | |
| 04/24/1985 | BBN.COM | |
| 05/24/1985 | THINK.COM | |
| 07/11/1985 | MCC.COM | |
| 09/30/1985 | DEC.COM | |
| 11/07/1985 | NORTHROP.COM | |
| 01/09/1986 | XEROX.COM | |
| 01/17/1986 | SRI.COM | |
| 03/03/1986 | HP.COM | |
| 03/05/1986 | BELLCORE.COM | |
| 03/19/1986 | IBM.COM | |
| 03/19/1986 | SUN.COM | |
| 03/25/1986 | INTEL.COM | |
| 03/25/1986 | TI.COM | |
| 04/25/1986 | ATT.COM | |
| 05/08/1986 | GMR.COM | |
| 05/08/1986 | TEK.COM | |
| 07/10/1986 | FMC.COM | |
| 07/10/1986 | UB.COM | |
| 08/05/1986 | BELL-ATL.COM | |
| 08/05/1986 | GE.COM | |
| 08/05/1986 | GREBYN.COM | |
| 08/05/1986 | ISC.COM | |
| 08/05/1986 | NSC.COM | |
| 08/05/1986 | STARGATE.COM |
Source : Whoisd
Monday, November 12, 2007
What they say about .mobi
Google :
"Google is pleased to support mTLD in setting the standards that will define the future of mobile content, and most importantly, improve the experience of our users. Creating one mobile domain encourages content that is designed and optimized specifically to help users navigate the unique environment of the mobile world."
Microsoft:
"Ultimately, dotmobi will enable users to find predictable content and services from the businesses that provide them. This will have a major and significant impact on both the mobile and internet industries."
Nokia:
"Establishing dotmobi is an important milestone. Forming the joint venture company has helped to formalise the work that has been put into the initiative, and we look forward to seeing dotmobi domains benefit all mobile users."
Samsung:"Samsung believes that mTLD will enhance the mobile users' internet experience by providing a mobile friendly domain .mobi. We fully support and want to deliver beneficial products/service to the consumers in the mobile industry. By being a part of mTLD, Samsung believes that these goals can be achieved."
Ericsson:"A mobile top-level domain will bridge the gap between the internet and the mobile users, making content more mobile user friendly. The .mobi domain will simplify the Internet experience using mobile devices. By working across industries, dotmobi will cater for a continuous growth in mobile data and help bringing enriched services to mobile users."
Vodafone:"Vodafone has been a keen supporter of the dotmobi initiative from the very beginning. This new sponsored top level domain will greatly increase the use and discoverability of mobile Internet content and dotmobi sites will guarantee a high quality experience when accessing the Internet from mobile devices. The dotmobi domain will further fuel the growth of the mobile Internet, with more content and service offerings available around the world. This is a great step forward for the mobile Internet and will significantly enhance the consumers’ mobile experience overall."
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Airtel site redirecting to Vodafone
Is it a mis-direct , an intentional one or a technical problem?
When typed www.airtel.com in the browser, it redirects to http://www.vodafone.es/
According to the WHOIS data from http://bombayhosting.myorderbox.com/whois :
The domain Airtel.com has following details
Domain Name: AIRTEL.COM
Registrar: CORE INTERNET COUNCIL OF REGISTRARS
Creation Date: 15-dec-1998
Expiration Date: 14-dec-2008
Some Explanation:
When typed www.airtel.com in the browser, it redirects to http://www.vodafone.es/
According to the WHOIS data from http://bombayhosting.myorderbox.com/whois :
The domain Airtel.com has following details
Domain Name: AIRTEL.COM
Registrar: CORE INTERNET COUNCIL OF REGISTRARS
Creation Date: 15-dec-1998
Expiration Date: 14-dec-2008
Some Explanation:
Vodafone bought the then second largest mobile phone group in
Airtel Móvil is not linked to Airtel India, Bharti Group (www.airtelworld.com)
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Some Downtime notices ( Blogger and Cisco)
Some Downtime notices ( Blogger and Cisco)
Blogger.com Hit By Downtime:
Blogger.com was offline for an hour early Wednesday as Google's popular service encountered performance problems. Blogger is one of the oldest and largest blogging services, hosting several million free blogs. Google "apologized profusely" for the service interruption.
"Blogger and Blog*Spot had an unexpected outage for an hour this morning, starting around 7AM PDT," Google reported on its Blogger status page. "As of 8AM, all but a few blogs are working properly again." The company didn't offer any additional details on the cause of the outage. The Google search engine and other services were unaffected, as the outage appears to have been isolated to Blogger and blogspot.com.
Human Error Knocks Cisco Web Site Offline:
Human error was responsible for a data center electrical overload that knocked the Cisco Systems web site offline for about three hours Wednesday afternoon, the company said last night. The outage came as Cisco released four security advisories about vulnerabilities in its networking products, and left system administrators unable to access Cisco's support resources. The company was able to alert users through blogs.cisco.com, which is hosted on an another network.
"The issue occurred during preventative maintenance of one of our data centers when a human error caused an electrical overload on the systems," Cisco said in an update. "This caused Cisco.com and other applications to go down. Because of the severity of the overload, the redundancy measures in some of the applications and power systems were impacted as well, though the system did shut down as designed to protect the people and the equipment."
source : http://news.netcraft.com/
Blogger.com Hit By Downtime:
Blogger.com was offline for an hour early Wednesday as Google's popular service encountered performance problems. Blogger is one of the oldest and largest blogging services, hosting several million free blogs. Google "apologized profusely" for the service interruption.
"Blogger and Blog*Spot had an unexpected outage for an hour this morning, starting around 7AM PDT," Google reported on its Blogger status page. "As of 8AM, all but a few blogs are working properly again." The company didn't offer any additional details on the cause of the outage. The Google search engine and other services were unaffected, as the outage appears to have been isolated to Blogger and blogspot.com.
Human Error Knocks Cisco Web Site Offline:
Human error was responsible for a data center electrical overload that knocked the Cisco Systems web site offline for about three hours Wednesday afternoon, the company said last night. The outage came as Cisco released four security advisories about vulnerabilities in its networking products, and left system administrators unable to access Cisco's support resources. The company was able to alert users through blogs.cisco.com, which is hosted on an another network.
"The issue occurred during preventative maintenance of one of our data centers when a human error caused an electrical overload on the systems," Cisco said in an update. "This caused Cisco.com and other applications to go down. Because of the severity of the overload, the redundancy measures in some of the applications and power systems were impacted as well, though the system did shut down as designed to protect the people and the equipment."
source : http://news.netcraft.com/
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
New Domain Name Extensions Coming by 2008
How many domain extensions do you know about ?
Most Popular are the Top level domains or TLDs . They are .com /.net/org etc. In all there are more than 200 TLDs,including the two letter extensions like .in used for country specific websites . Here .in stands for India.
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers. These include domain names (like .org, .museum and country codes like .UK), as well as the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocols. Computers use these identifiers to reach each other over the Internet. Careful management of these resources is vital to the Internet's operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly to develop policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and stability.
According to the latest News from Reuters.com,
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which manages the Internet's domain-name address system, said on Friday it was on track to allow an expanded number of domain names next year.
ICANN officials, wrapping up a week-long meeting in Puerto Rico, said their goal was to have in place by next year a permanent process to allow for new, generic top-level domain names, as well as to begin "internationalizing" domain names.
"With the progress we've made is San Juan, we're on track for the new applications and approvals policy to be ready for the start of 2008 and the introduction of new TLDs by mid-year," said Dr. Paul Twomey, president and chief executive of ICANN.
The California-based non-profit organization oversaw two previous extensions of Internet space: the addition of seven TLDS, including .info and .name in 2000, and the addition of another six starting in 2004.
It recently denied a petition to include .xxx as a TLD to be used for pornographic Web sites.
The group is also working to expand the number of characters that can be used to create Internet addresses, currently limited to the 26 Roman characters, 10 numerals and the hyphen. This would allow the use of Arabic, Chinese and a multitude of other characters to be used in domain names. "
Read the full Story at Reuters
Most Popular are the Top level domains or TLDs . They are .com /.net/org etc. In all there are more than 200 TLDs,including the two letter extensions like .in used for country specific websites . Here .in stands for India.
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers. These include domain names (like .org, .museum and country codes like .UK), as well as the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocols. Computers use these identifiers to reach each other over the Internet. Careful management of these resources is vital to the Internet's operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly to develop policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and stability.
According to the latest News from Reuters.com,
"
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which manages the Internet's domain-name address system, said on Friday it was on track to allow an expanded number of domain names next year.
ICANN officials, wrapping up a week-long meeting in Puerto Rico, said their goal was to have in place by next year a permanent process to allow for new, generic top-level domain names, as well as to begin "internationalizing" domain names.
"With the progress we've made is San Juan, we're on track for the new applications and approvals policy to be ready for the start of 2008 and the introduction of new TLDs by mid-year," said Dr. Paul Twomey, president and chief executive of ICANN.
The California-based non-profit organization oversaw two previous extensions of Internet space: the addition of seven TLDS, including .info and .name in 2000, and the addition of another six starting in 2004.
It recently denied a petition to include .xxx as a TLD to be used for pornographic Web sites.
The group is also working to expand the number of characters that can be used to create Internet addresses, currently limited to the 26 Roman characters, 10 numerals and the hyphen. This would allow the use of Arabic, Chinese and a multitude of other characters to be used in domain names. "
Read the full Story at Reuters
Sunday, May 27, 2007
DNS and Search Engine Ranking
What is a DNS ?
According to DNS.net, "The Domain Name System (abbreviated DNS) is an Internet directory service. DNS is how domain names are translated into IP addresses, and DNS also controls email delivery. If your computer cannot access DNS, your web browser will not be able to find web sites, and you will not be able to receive or send email.
What does DNS contains?
The DNS system consists of three components: DNS data (called resource records), servers (called name servers), and Internet protocols for fetching data from the servers.
The billions of resource records in the DNS are split into millions of files called zones. Zones are kept on authoritative servers distributed all over the Internet, which answer queries based on the resource records stored in the zones they have copies of. Caching servers ask other servers for information and cache any replies. Most name servers are authoritative for some zones and perform a caching function for all other DNS information. Large name servers are often authoritative for tens of thousands of zones, but most name servers are authoritative for just a few zones. "
Bill Gates has once termed DNS as Short for digital nervous system while explaining the relationship in a hosting network.
For example, the domain name of India's premium hosting provider http://www.newfunda.com/ might translate to anything like 198.x.x.x and x can be anything depending upon your hosting, shared or dedicated.
Does change in DNS affects Google Ranking?
Its hard to judge in general, but if we consider our experience, then yes it affects (mostly lowers down in number of pages indexed for a particular period of time)
As Google is also a Domain Registrar himself, it has access to all the DNS entries and WHOIS data related to each domain.
Google's Patent Claims as:
"The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more types of history data includes domain-related information corresponding to domains associated with documents; and wherein the generating a score includes: analyzing domain-related information corresponding to adomain associated with the document over time, and scoring the document based, at least in part, on a result of the analyzing."
According to DNS.net, "The Domain Name System (abbreviated DNS) is an Internet directory service. DNS is how domain names are translated into IP addresses, and DNS also controls email delivery. If your computer cannot access DNS, your web browser will not be able to find web sites, and you will not be able to receive or send email.
What does DNS contains?
The DNS system consists of three components: DNS data (called resource records), servers (called name servers), and Internet protocols for fetching data from the servers.
The billions of resource records in the DNS are split into millions of files called zones. Zones are kept on authoritative servers distributed all over the Internet, which answer queries based on the resource records stored in the zones they have copies of. Caching servers ask other servers for information and cache any replies. Most name servers are authoritative for some zones and perform a caching function for all other DNS information. Large name servers are often authoritative for tens of thousands of zones, but most name servers are authoritative for just a few zones. "
Bill Gates has once termed DNS as Short for digital nervous system while explaining the relationship in a hosting network.
For example, the domain name of India's premium hosting provider http://www.newfunda.com/ might translate to anything like 198.x.x.x and x can be anything depending upon your hosting, shared or dedicated.
Does change in DNS affects Google Ranking?
Its hard to judge in general, but if we consider our experience, then yes it affects (mostly lowers down in number of pages indexed for a particular period of time)
As Google is also a Domain Registrar himself, it has access to all the DNS entries and WHOIS data related to each domain.
Google's Patent Claims as:
"The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more types of history data includes domain-related information corresponding to domains associated with documents; and wherein the generating a score includes: analyzing domain-related information corresponding to adomain associated with the document over time, and scoring the document based, at least in part, on a result of the analyzing."
Saturday, March 17, 2007
SiteAdvisor from Mcaffe to help keep www clean
Mcaffe has launched " Site Advisor"
They say - they" test the Web to help keep you safe from spyware, spam, viruses and online scams "Also considered are the domain/countrywise TLD's with low and high risks.
From the site:
Our easy to use software for Internet Explorer and Firefox summarizes our safety results into intuitive red, yellow and green ratings to help Web users stay safe as they search, browse and transact online. Our goal is to pioneer a new approach to Web safety and make the Internet safer for everyone.
More Info here
They say - they" test the Web to help keep you safe from spyware, spam, viruses and online scams "Also considered are the domain/countrywise TLD's with low and high risks.
From the site:
Our easy to use software for Internet Explorer and Firefox summarizes our safety results into intuitive red, yellow and green ratings to help Web users stay safe as they search, browse and transact online. Our goal is to pioneer a new approach to Web safety and make the Internet safer for everyone.
More Info here
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