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Rumors About China Manipulating DomainsApparently China has been controlling its citizen's access to certain websites by changing or manipulating Domain Names, or URLs, to send Internet users to state-approved sites, causing much concern and worry about censorship issues. China is trying to encourage local content and Chinese characters in Internet addresses, and one might speculate whether they might want to weed out certain websites with potential to introduce or encourage Western marketing schemes or societal destructive, or decadent, depraved content. New TLD .EU Enjoys a Wild RushThe newly available .eu has been very well received by the Domain Investors who have taken the industry somewhat off-guard since its introduction to the market a few weeks ago. Of the over 1.5 million names registered so far, the top buyers are from Germany, UK, Netherlands, Italy, and others who scramble to secure brands and grab other single words of importance. DNS Servers Hit Hard by HackersNetwork Solutions was hit by hackers who disabled their services for 25 minutes. Another company in Germany, Joker.com was similarly affected, but both companies scrambled to restore service in a fairly short time. Both incidents reflect the growing concern for tight security against malicious attacks on the Internet and it was of special concern considering the reputation and supposed strength of the two firms on the Internet. A Hundred Grand Domain SellsMovieRentals.com recently sold for $100,249, another for $110,000 in a bid at the Domain Roundtable Conference in Seattle, making Brokers and Sellers quite happy, no doubt. It showed the Domain Industry that the business of Domain Sales still remains vibrant and active, despite doomsayers who claim otherwise. Harry Potter's Creator Secures Her (Domain) NameJ.K. Rowling, author of the famous books, won in a dispute about two domains that were registered by a Uruguay man. The domain names were transferred to her after accusations of "typo-squatting" as one of the names is merely close to hers. Multi-Lingual Domains Challenge the English MonopolyRegistrations of non-English domain names has been opened up, including symbols, marks, characters, and alphabets of various non-English languages. The domains are still in the test stage and not yet in use on the Internet, but this may change in the near future. The fact is that most (8 of 10) websites feature English, although native English speakers are only 7 percent of the world’s population. As the Internet grows, especially in countries such as China, where a billion people reside, non-English domains are bound to increase to serve the majority populace. Domain Goes to CharityA generous domain owner, a certain Tom Bird of Boston, donated farm.com to the Boston Foundation, which quickly sold for $200,000. This is part of a trend to donate domain names to charities, but is unique in that the name was intended for sale, not as a site for the non-profit group. It is also remarkable because Mr. Bird had been receiving high offers for the domain and then decided to forego the profits in favor of the donation. |