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ICANN decision ups SEO importance
2008-06-29 17:56:00 Relying on spreading a website’s address to consumers has never been a good way to market online. Unless a firm is the lucky holder of a truly simple domain name (Hotels.com, Diet.co.uk and so on), it cannot hope to make enough consumers remember its address to keep it in work. The majority of online business is directed ...
By: SEO Blog
ICANN decision ups SEO importance
2008-06-29 17:56:00 Relying on spreading a website’s address to consumers has never been a good way to market online. Unless a firm is the lucky holder of a truly simple domain name (Hotels.com, Diet.co.uk and so on), it cannot hope to make enough consumers remember its address to keep it in work. The majority of online business is directed ...
By: SEO Blog
ICANN launched localized domain name addresses for URDU
2008-06-08 20:21:00 "To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one global Internet." - ICANN.org read more
ICANN Monthly Magazine May Edition Published
2008-05-29 11:21:00 ICANN has been published the May edition of its Monthly Magazine with the following issues covered: What happens when you don?t comply?; A full policy rundown in just one click; What?s on the Board?s slate?; L-root issues and Paris previews; domain news from around the world; what ICANN has been doing and more? To read the May edition of the magazine, or ...
ICANN Unanimously Approves RegistryPro Proposal to Expand the .Pro TLD
2008-05-15 00:32:00 The newly ratified terms of service increases the number of professionals who are eligible for the TLD, extends the availability globally, and streamlines the registration process
Latest issue of ICANN Magazine published
2008-04-15 09:44:00 ICANN have announced that The April issue of ICANN?s magazine is out. It was emailed to ICANN’s subscribers on Friday night and has been posted online today, Monday 14 April. You can find it at www.icann.org/magazine In it, they provide updates on three policy areas: translation, SSAC, and new gTLDs. It also provide summaries of all ...
ICANN Selects Terremark to Host Critical Internet Infrastructure
2008-04-09 01:31:00 Terremark to Provide Peering, Colocation Services for Global Root Domain Name System
ICANN to shut down internet for one hour
2008-04-01 12:53:00 The main domain servers and related infrastructure controlling the internet will be powered down for one hour on Tuesday at 12pm, British Summer Time. ICANN, the body responsible for maintaining the registry of domain names and IP addresses, announced on Tuesday that it would effectively turn off the internet in order to gauge the ecological impact ...
Network Solutions Presents at NTIA Mid-Term Review of ICANN
2008-03-03 21:09:00 Jon Nevett Represents Registrar as Member of Review Panel
ICANN Opens Comment Period on Proposed Add Grace Period Modifications for N
2008-02-29 17:27:00 ICANN is today opening public comment periods on requests submitted by NeuStar, the .BIZ registry, and Afilias, the .INFO registry, to modify terms regarding the add grace period (AGP) in their respective registry agreements.
ICANN Sued Over Domain Front Running
2008-02-26 19:07:00 techCrunch.com: Network Solutions and ICANN are being sued over the “front running” domain registration practices that we covered last month. “Network Solutions has forced millions of people to buy Internet domain names from them instead of cheaper competitors through a scheme that’s netted the firm millions of dollars,” according to the federal class action lawsuit filed by Kabateck Brown Kellner. The suit also alleges ICANN is guilty by association as its policies allow Network Solutions to front run. For those not familiar with the practice, Network Solutions (and some other registrars) lock up domain names as soon as a user searches for them, taking them off the market and forcing users to use their service to register the name they want. | read more | similar articles:First Spam Felony Conviction Upheld: No Free Speech to SpamBush Urges Congress to Pass Wiretap BillComcast Paid People to Fill Seats at Net Neutrality Meeting
By: Thought-Blender
Network Solutions and ICANN facing class action lawsuit
2008-02-25 23:20:00 Kabateck Brown Kellner, a plaintiff’s only firm, have announced they have filed a class action lawsuit against Network Solutions. ICANN is also named in the lawsuit. Network Solutions has forced millions of people to buy Internet domain names from them instead of cheaper competitors through a scheme that’s netted the firm millions of dollars. The Network Solutions ...
31st annual public meeting of ICANN
2008-02-11 22:54:00 The 31st annual public meeting of ICANN got under way this morning in New Delhi, India. The move to IPv6, the introduction of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and various gTLD issues are hot on the agenda. You can view a press release by the Indian NIC here.
Government to push for Indian language IDNs at ICANN Meet
2008-02-11 00:00:00 IDNs are one of the critical factors for democratisation and universalisation of the Internet. It has already introduced 13 language test names, including in the Devanagari and Tamil scripts. Its meeting is being held in New Delhi.
ICANN Improves Root Zone with Root Servers
2008-02-06 17:12:00 Addition enhances end-to-end connectivity for IPv6 networks
XXX tld rejected by ICANN again
2008-02-02 11:47:00 ICMRegistry has been trying to get the adult gTLD .XXX approved by ICANN for a while now. On two previous occassions their request had been rejected by ICANN, and this time it was no different. ICMRegistry claims that by moving adult/porn related websites to the .XXX tld, we would be able to regulate content easier and ...
ICANN Board Recommends Action on Domain Tasting
2008-01-31 16:27:00 Suggested fee change would effectively eliminate tasting
With Google playing Sheriff, ICANN votes to stop domain tasting
2008-01-30 16:43:00 According to the minutes of their meeting on January 23, ICANN will stop the extremely questionable practice of domain tasting that has been standard practice for many registrars. Was it an act of Congress or in response to the public’s outcry? No, it was in reaction to Google crack down adsense accounts for tasted domains. While ICANN has done a horrid job of policing the less than ethical practices of many members since they left DARPA’s oversight, this is a step in the right direction. Moral to the story: if registrars misbehave, complain to Google first. They seem to be the most effective sheriff in the wild west of the internet.
By: Third Pipe
ICANN To End Domain Tasting!
2008-01-29 16:40:00 ICANN has announced some drastic news resulting from it’s most recent board meeting. The ICANN board passed a resolution to impose the ICANN per-name fee on all new registrations, regardless of the registration period! What does this mean? Where as in the past domain tasting enabled domainers to taste domains for low value fees, this latest ...
ICANN wants to end US government oversight? What oversight?
2008-01-24 23:11:00 Disclaimer: the author has a personal axe to grind with ICANN and his views may differ substantially from those of the rest of the Third Pipe team. ICANN or the organization that oversees the registration of domain names has submitted a document that make sthe case for ending oversight by the Department of Commerce. ICANN, ...
By: Third Pipe
?Assaggiare? un dominio? Ora, anche per l?Icann, diventato un problema
2008-01-12 10:00:00 “Assaggiare” un dominio? , purtroppo, una bruttissima pratica, molto diffusa e difficile da estirpare. E ora anche l’Icann, l’ente internazionale che come sapete ha molti incarichi di gestione della rete internet come l’assegnazione degli indirizzi Ip, ha deciso che si tratta di un problema non pi accettabile. Di cosa si tratta? presto detto: ...
By: Geekissimo Blog
ICANN Releases Its Submission to the Midterm Review of the Joint Project Ag
2008-01-11 18:18:00 ICANN Board believes that JPA Responsibilities are being met
IHS Telekom gains ICANN accreditation
2007-12-05 10:10:00 IHS Telekom, a Turkish provider of web services to hosting and web development companies, have become an ICANN accredited domain registrar. Their aim is to "focus on gaining Turkish clients back from foreign registration providers". "It is a great recognition by ICANN on IHS Telekoms' credibility in providing quality registration services to our customers," said Emre ...
Iron Mountain gets ICANN data escrow contract
2007-11-30 09:06:00 Iron Mountain has been appointed as the data escrow by ICANN, according to their press release yesterday. Ever since the Register Fly debacle, when a feud between business partner caused the collapse of the ICANN accredited registrar, ICANN has had data escrow on or near the top of it's agenda. The Register Fly collapse caused many ...
ICANN releases 6 week IDNwiki report
2007-11-27 09:29:00 ICANN launched the IDNwiki on 15th October 2007. Now, 6 weeks later they have compiled some user statistics and related information which show an interesting trend. There were over 250,000 page views, with over 40% Chinese, 13,5% Cyrillic, 12,55% Arabic, etc. 94441 page views were made by a Netscape compatible browser, 35423 by Yeti, 34304 by IE ...
Next ICANN meeting to be held in New Delhi, India, February 10-15, 2008
2007-11-23 00:41:00 ICANN (Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers) has announced that the next ICANN meeting is to be held in New Delhi, India between the 10th and 15th February 2008. The Department of Information Technology, Government of India, along with the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) will be hosting the event. If you wish to preregister ...
There are more then 13 root servers - from ICANN
2007-11-16 18:29:00 ICANN's Kim Davies has refuted the common myth that there are 13 root servers all around the world in the ICANN blog yesterday. "What there are is there are many hundreds of root servers at over 130 physical locations in many different countries. There are twelve organisations responsible for the overall coordination of the management ...
ICANN to fast track launch of internationalized domain names
2007-11-16 18:20:00 ICANN - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has announced its plans to fast track the launch of country coded top level domains (ccTLDs) and local language scripting at the internet governance conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil yesterday. I blogged previously about the tests that ICANN performed testing the domain "test" in 11 ...
ICANN to investigate domain name search theft
2007-10-27 13:26:00 Have you ever searched for a domain name, found that it was available at the time of the search, only to find it has been registered by someone else when you come back to register it a few minutes later? Well, apparently enough people have complained about this occurance to indicate that it might not be simply a coincidence every time.
New Delhi Chosen as Site of ICANN?s 31st Public Meeting
2007-10-11 06:54:00 New Delhi, India will host the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ 31st International Public Meeting from 10-15 February 2008. “Growth of Internet activity in India is extraordinary so it’s fitting that the ICANN community is gathering there to discuss major Internet issues like internationalized domain names and new generic top-level domains,” said Paul Levins, ...
ICANN approves .tel as TLD
2007-10-03 14:38:00 From arstechnica: After years of controversy, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has officially reversed its approval of a proposal that would have established a .xxx top-level domain for use by the pornography industry. Initially proposed by ICM Registry in 2000 and resubmitted in 2004, the .xxx domain faced strong opposition from ...Technorati Tags: TLD, ICANN, .tel
By: TechnoBitez
ICANN approves .tel as TLD
2007-10-03 14:38:00 From arstechnica: After years of controversy, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has officially reversed its approval of a proposal that would have established a .xxx top-level domain for use by the pornography industry. Initially proposed by ICM Registry in 2000 and resubmitted in 2004, the .xxx domain faced strong opposition from ...
By: TechnoBitez
Soviet Union TLD Owners Snub ICANN
2007-09-21 15:34:00 An anonymous reader writes “New Scientist has up a post about ICANN’s latest decisions about country-code TLDs. The body is making an effort to tackle the problem of Yugoslavia’s .yu outliving the country by over a decade but is far from getting its way with the Soviet Union’s domain .su. Around 2,500 new .su sites are created every year despite ICANN ordering its retirement — the disgruntled .su registrars have announced an 80 per cent price cut in the price of .su domains in response. ‘It makes the much-publicized wrangles over the “.xxx” domain seem tiny by comparison. And it convinces me of the need to reevaluate the existence of the US Dept of Commerce-backed non-profit organisation that is ICANN. The current squabbles are petty compared to the diplomatic arguments that TLDs could cause. An international body like the UN would be a more appropriate overseer, surely?’”Read more of this story at Slashdot. (more…)...
By: Technology Blog
ICANN CEO "Virtual Worlds Are The Future Of Global Commerce"
2007-09-09 17:19:00 [Via http://www.techcrunch.com] Its interesting that the head of the body that controls the internet believes that the world of tomorrow is virtual; Twomey didnt suggest that it may happen, he stated that it would be as a fact. Virtual worlds such as Second Life may not be the exact model used in the future, but there is little doubt that if Twomey is correct they are certainly heading in the right direction. My $.02 This is obviously directly in line with my "The Trends Ahead" reporting and very in line with our belief we are dead on with our virtual environments and mobile media work. Related Links: Read write web TechCrunch
ICANN?s Paul Twomey keynote at Influence Forum 07
2007-09-09 09:45:00 At the secret gathering of journalists, freelance writers, vendors and a few bloggers they call Influence Forum 2007 hosted by Media Connect, the CEO of ICANN Paul Twomey, who happens to be Australian, gave a deep insight into what he and his organization thinks of the internet’s current trends and issues over lunch. At least trying ...
Netizens Encouraged to Weigh-In on Free Expression Concerns at ICANN
2007-08-16 22:50:00 Public Comments Open on Domain Name Policy at ICANN. "ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, announced Friday that a 21-day comment period has opened for the public to submit comments regarding ICANN's proposed policy for approving new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) on the Internet. The Keep The Core Neutral coalition (KTCN) has created a new Action Alert to guide supporters in submitting comments to ICANN. ..."
? on Internet Governance and ICANN
2007-04-16 15:03:00 Frankly it’s debatable that this term even truly holds weight. The truth is that there are a number of people out there who maintain that the Internet is completely decentralized. What controls the Internet, and who makes decisions about what happens on the Internet? Personally it sounds a bit like using the word organized anarchy ...
By: Speak Up Project
Icann overweegt privatisering
2007-04-06 14:01:00 Icann, de organisatie die de regie voert over het domeinnamensysteem en IP-adresschema op internet, verandert mogelijk in een internationale private organisatie. Dit blijkt uit een advies dat een werkgroep binnen de organisatie onlangs uitbracht. De commissie zegt nadrukkelijk dat het nieuwe organisatiemodel niet het karakter van een Verdragsorganisatie of een intergouvernementele organisatie moet krijgen. De taak ...
ICANN: Y en a marre de gouvernement Americain
2007-04-06 12:15:00 L?ICANN, l'autorit de rgulation de l'Internet qui est base en Californie, en a assez du gouvernement amricain qui lui indique tout ce qu?elle doit faire. Elle souhaite s?expatrier vers la Suisse.L'ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) est l?autorit qui gre les autorisations d?adresses Internet. Selon le site News.com, un rcent rapport command par l?ICANN indique que cette organisation devrait suivre le modle des organisations internationales prives . Fondamentalement, l?ICANN deviendrait en grande partie immunise contre les procs, les enqutes de police et les impts, et ses employs auraient des privilges quasi-diplomatiques s'ils quittaient l'Amrique pour la Suisse. L'administration Bush a rcemment durci son emprise sur l?ICANN. Elle a notamment ordonn l?organisation d?couter les plaintes de groupes religieux au sujet des noms de domaine pornographiques. L'ICANN a abandonn les .xxx pour des raisons techniques, mais le fait que ...
F-Secure pleit bij ICANN voor veiliger bankieren
2007-04-03 16:42:00 ICANN, de organisatie die wereldwijd internet domeinnamen coördineert, zou volgens F-Secure domeinnamen als .safe, .sure of .bank moeten introduceren. Deze domeinnaam mag vervolgens alleen door geregistreerde banken en andere financiële organisaties worden gebruikt. Vergeleken met de eerste helft van 2005, is online fraude in bijvoorbeeld het Verenigd Koninkrijk al met 55 procent gestegen. En volgens de ...
ICANN Board Vote Signals Era of Censorship in Domain Names (IP Justice)
2007-04-03 04:14:00 "While Friday's vote was specific to the application for a .XXX domain name space, the Board Members' vote signals their position as to whether they are comfortable with ICANN expanding its mission to become a regulator of online human behavior. By voting to turn down the .XXX application for public policy reasons, the Board indicated it will go beyond its technical mission of DNS coordination and seek to decide what ideas are allowed to be given a voice in the new domain name space. Unfortunately, it looks like it will be impossible for any idea that is politically or culturally controversial to be permitted a new domain name space by ICANN. ICANN is setting itself up as ..."
ICANN Board Vote Signals Era of Censorship in Domain Names (IP Justice)
2007-04-03 04:12:00 "While Friday's vote was specific to the application for a .XXX domain name space, the Board Members' vote signals their position as to whether they are comfortable with ICANN expanding its mission to become a regulator of online human behavior. By voting to turn down the .XXX application for public policy reasons, the Board indicated it will go beyond its technical mission of DNS coordination and seek to decide what ideas are allowed to be given a voice in the new domain name space. Unfortunately, it looks like it will be impossible for any idea that is politically or culturally controversial to be permitted a new domain name space by ICANN. ICANN is setting itself up as ..."
ICANN: Registerfly has forzen ALL the transfers!
2007-04-01 01:40:00 Not that long ago ICANN terminated RegisterFly to be an accredited registar. Under the agreement RegisterFly could initiate arbitration challenging the termination, which it did and that means the termination has to be stayed by at least an additional thirty days. Consequently there will be NO BULK(domains) TRANSFER to another Accredited registrar until further notice. comments from ...
By: blog dot kam
ICANN decision - .COM zone will be closed for registrations since May 2007
2007-03-31 22:51:00 March 30, 2007 More than 830 people from 81 countries gathered in Lisbon, Portugal for ICANN’s 28th Public Meeting. These meetings, one of three held each year, are open to anyone interested in participating. They constitute an essential part of ICANN’s efforts to consult the global community. “We’ve just finished one of ICANN’s busiest and issue-intensive meetings ...
ICANN wijst .xxx-domein opnieuw af
2007-03-30 15:46:00 Het .xxx-domein, bedoeld voor pornografische websites, is voor de tweede keer afgewezen door de Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Negen bestuursleden stemden tegen en vijf bestuursleden stemden voor de komst van het domein, tijdens de 28e internationale bijeenkomst in Lissabon in Portugal. Eén bestuurslid onthield zich van stemming, zo meldt ICANN-woordvoerder Andrew Robertson. Tegenstemmers ...
ICANN Terminates RegisterFly.com?s Accreditation
2007-03-17 08:15:00 “ICANN has issued a letter to RegisterFly indicating that it will cease operating as an ICANN-Accredited Registrar on March 31, 2007″ Source: vinnie
By: AllToSearch
Power-Grab: ICANN to Become Internet?s ?Word Police?
2007-02-27 04:07:01 "... Unless reformed, this ICANN policy will prevent anyone in the world from being able to use controversial words like ?abortion? or ?gay? in a new gTLD if a single country objects to their use. The proposal would further prevent the use of numerous ordinary words like ?herb? and ?john? in a string since they can have an illegal connotation in certain contexts. In addition to any country in the world being able to stop a new gTLD string, ICANN staff would also be able to prevent any idea that it deemed too controversial to exist in the new domain space. The 13 Feb. proposal (Term of Reference 2(x)) gives ICANN staff the important job of making preliminary determinations as to whether a string is inappropriate and who the ?legitimate sponsor? of a domain name (such as .god) should be. "The 13 Feb proposal would essentially make ICANN the arbiter of public policy and morality in the new gTLD space, a frightening prospect for anyone who cares about democracy and free expression,"... |
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