WEEK IN DOMAINING # 14

HIGHLIGHTS

• Gold .com acquired by JM Bullion, Inc. Read more

• Google new spam policy: Expired domain abuse. Read more

• Domain Name Wire is 19. Read more

• GoDaddy Outlines Long-Term Profitable Growth Strategy at Investor Day. Read more

• Sedo: Most searched keywords for February 2024. Read more

• ICANN79 Governmental Advisory Committee Communiqué Now Available. Read more

• Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Scaffolding .com. Read more

• DN Journal Bi-weekly Report. Read more

• Domain Industry Pioneers Turned Out for 2024 South Florida Domainers Meetup in Fort Lauderdale. Read more

• Virtual Handshake conference takes place this week. Read more

• Squarespace: Q4 and full year 2023 financial results. Read more

• Google stops monetizing adult PPC traffic. Read more

• Content blockers are preventing people from seeing domain landers. Read more

• Bodis: Unable to Monetize Adult Classified Domain Traffic. Read more

LEGAL NEWS

• RDNH in Freshkidz .com. Read more

• UDRP: Neuralyze .com was denied. Read more 

• UDRP: Enchantedtreehousecottages .com was denied. Read more

• RDNH in Toros .com. Read more

• .UK: Reporting of malicious domains is down, but phishing still on the rise. Read more

• Canva triumphs in cybersquatting case, secures 174 domain names. Read more

BLOGS

• Why Buy a Blockchain TLD When You Can Turn a Domain Name into a TLD? by Michael Cyger. Read blog

• Impersonating Retired Executive to Perpetrate Fraud by Ankur Raheja. Read blog

• A Preview of the ICANN80 Policy Forum by Sagbo Pierre Dandjinou. Read blog

• Complainant’s failure to demonstrate timely trademark rights dooms complaint? by Ankur Raheja. Read blog

• How to set up catch-all email forwarding at Squadhelp by Andrew Allemann. Read blog

• Buying on SnapNames is better, but still not great by Andrew Allemann. Read blog

• No Reply on a Follow-Up? Check LinkedIn by Elliot Silver. Read blog

• Domain Name Marketplace Traffic Comparisons by Bob Hawkes. Read blog

• Afternic experiment of February 2024 by AbdulBasit Makrani. Read blog

PODCAST / INTERVIEW

• It’s all about domains by Sophie Pieck (Sedo). Read

• Courting Mr. Beast – DNW Podcast #476. Listen

• DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – March 7, 2024: NameJet, SnapNames & the Domain Aftermarket. Watch

UPCOMING EVENTS

• HandyCon 2024 : Mar 13 - 15, 2024 | Virtual

• CloudFest 2024 : Mar 18-21, 2024 | Europa-Park, Germany

• Middle East DNS Forum 2024 : Apr 24 - 25, 2024 | Rabat, Morocco

• Nordic Domain Days : May 13-14, 2024 |  Stockholm, Sweden

• CloudFest USA : Jun 5-8, 2024 | Austin, USA

• NamesCon Global : Jun 5-8, 2024 | Austin, USA

• Collision Conf : Jun 17-20, 2024 | Toronto, Canada

• APAC DNS Forum : Jul 23-24, 2024 | Bali, Indonesia

• Affiliate Summit East : Jul 29-30, 2024 | New York, USA

• Domain Summit 2024 : Aug 19-21, 2024 | London, UK

• APrIGF 2024 : Aug 21-23, 2024 | Taipei, Taiwan

• Domain Days Dubai 2024 : Nov 05 - 07, 2024 | Dubai, UAE
  

NEW LAUNCH

• Squadhelp adds down payment option for lease to own. Read more

ALERT

• Beware of phishing email of Escrow .com. Read more

JOBS

• Apply Now for ICANN Leadership Positions. Know more

• Explore openings at Newfold Digital. Know more

DEALS

• Namecheap Monthly Coupons. Explore

RECOMMENDATION

• Cutestat -  A web service for Website Owners, Webmasters and General Internet Users to retrieve information related with Domain Name, IP Address, Web Server and Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Explore