How to Prevent Losing your Domain Name

Officials at Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet in Boulder were shocked when they recently discovered that their Web site had disappeared off the face of the Internet. “We had bought the domain name from NameSecure, which is kind of ironic,” said Jenifer Sher, the ballet company’s executive director. “I guess it must have expired, but we didn’t receive any renewal notices.” To make matters worse, Sher couldn’t send or receive e-mails, because her address was tied to the Web site. Sher, who admits she isn’t tech-savvy, was flustered and in disbelief but unfortunately for her, this is a common issue that could have easily been prevented. How do you prevent losing your domain name? Several simple but effective tips are revealed in an article (http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/17/new-wave-of-cyber-theft-involves-names-of-web/) recently published by Rocky Mountain News. Source: Original article by Jeff Smith (http://www.rockymountainnews.com/staff/jeff-smith/), Rocky Mountain News - Posted by Roland G Buck - Chief Editor - August 20th, 2008

IPW Article: USA wants to Maintain Control over ICANN

As previously reported here on DomainNews, for years there has been a back and forth on the issue of privatisation and internationalisation of the DNS core resource management, also known as ICANN. The topic nearly led to a failure of the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) because of demands by governments from the Arab world, Asia and Europe to end the privileged oversight role held by the United States. In an interesting article posted by Monika Ermert (http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=1185) for Intellectual Property Watch website today, she states that the United States has no intention of giving up control over ICANN, the Internet's Domain Name System.

VeriSign Extends SSL Security to Internationalized Domain Names

Mountain View, Calif. – August 18, 2008 – Seven of every 10 people in the world don’t speak English, but that isn’t keeping them from using the Internet. Now, domain name registrants and Web site operators not only can reach users in their own language – they can also protect their sites with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificates from VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world. VeriSign today announced that its SSL Certificates will now support Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). IDNs display Web site addresses in local language characters, such as Sinitic characters used in China, Kanji symbols from Japan, and Cyrillic characters in Russia.

Moniker Publishes Final SES Auction List for Tomorrow!

Moniker.com just released the final auction list for the much anticipated Live Auction tomorrow, Wednesday August 20th, 2008, at the Search Engine Strategies show in San Jose, starting at 5:45pm PST (8:45pm EST). As usual remote bidding is available through SnapNames.com If you want to bid through SnapNames.com you have to download the software in advance which you can do here (https://www.snapnames.com/liveAuctions.do). Here is the complete list of domains to be auctioned in order, with the range of reserve prices for each: LIVE-10 reverselinesofcredit.com No Reserve LIVE-20 earlybirddiscounts.com No Reserve LIVE-30 seoproduct.com No Reserve

Marchex Connect wins SES Best Search Engine Marketing Technology SMB Platform Award

SEATTLE, Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX) (NASDAQ:MCHXP), a local search and advertising company, today announced that Marchex Connect, the leading independent local advertising platform, was named a winner of the Best Search Engine Marketing Technology Platform for SMBs - small-to-medium-sized businesses - at today's Search Engine Strategies 2008 Conference and Expo being held in San Jose, California. The Marchex Connect platform provides integrated online and proprietary call-based advertising products and services to help local resellers, SMBs, and national advertisers efficiently acquire local customers at scale, including: -- Integrated Performance-Based Lead Generation -- Comprehensive Call-Based Advertising Products and Services -- Fully Trackable Business Profile Pages -- Diversified Local Advertising Distribution -- Analytics Providing Proof of Return on Investment This honor is further recognition of Marchex's position as the leading independent local advertising platform in the market and underscores our commitment and success in the local space, said Scott Finholm, Vice President, Local Platform and Services at Marchex.