After many years of preparation, the roll-out of .RADIO domain names will finally be underway shortly. The news has potential for broadcasters worldwide (for example, you could have Nashvillehits.radio as your URL.) Yet there are many unanswered questions about how .RADIO domain names will be allocated and what happens when multiple parties want the same … Continue Reading
With new generic Top Level Domains now available, it's time for anyone with a presence on the Internet to focus on the opportunities that those gTLDs open up.… Continue Reading
New generic Top Level Domains are becoming available, opening opportunities (and possible pitfalls) for anyone with a presence on the Internet. It's important to know how best to deal with them when, or preferably before, they get here.… Continue Reading
Looming on the Internet horizon - new top level domains, including ".RADIO". Who has applied to run that TLD, what do they envision for it, and who's going to get it?… Continue Reading
What I will remember most is the non-English new gTLDs that jumped off the screen: Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, and Cyrillic - a key reason many of us worked so hard to open the Internet domain name system to a range of languages and to a majority of the world.… Continue Reading
The universe of Internet addresses will soon expand. On June 13, ICANN will unveil the 2000+ applications for a host of new "Generic Top Level Domains." Once in place, these will change how all of us use the Internet.… Continue Reading
A new, accelerated process for dealing with cybersquatters is in the works, thanks to ICANN. But if you want to take advantage of it, you'd be well advised to register your important business identifiers -- trademarks, slogans and the like -- first.… Continue Reading