In a recently released policy brief, ICANN addresses domain name monetization (PDF) as if it were a problem to be addressed. The policy brief begins by discussing and explaining domain monetization and Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising in layman terms. The paper further goes on to discuss domain tasting and points out [...]

Attorney John Berryhill addresses an important issue that seems to be ignored by some U.S. based registrars: Doing business with Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) and countries under US sanctions is against the law. Berryhill’s article points to several obvious violations of the law by registrars including Network Solutions, Godaddy and Enom who all appear to [...]

Name.com recently announced the launch of their new company blog. The blog is written by Name.com’s Kellie Peterson. It’s good to see Name.com launching this and Kellie seems to be the perfect person for this job. 2007 was the year of the blogging domainers. Maybe 2008 will be the year of the blogging registrars. [...]