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Home :: ICANN 28 Jun 2008 ICANN to add new top level domains, World to come to an end ICANN The biggest buzz from the Paris ICANN meeting was that the board accepted last fall's proposal for a streamlined process to add new TLDs. A variety of articles in the mainstream press, many featuring inflammatory but poorly informed quotes (from people who probably got a phone call saying "We go to press in five minutes, what do you think about ICANN's plan to add a million new domains?") didn't help. When can we expect the flood of TLDs? Don't hold your breath. See more ... posted at: 19:23 :: permanent link to this entry :: 2 comments Trackback link is http://weblog.johnlevine.com/ICANN/newtlds.trackback 12 Jun 2008 Domain Registration, a Simple Introduction ICANN I recently gave a talk about the way that domain registrations work. To illustrate it I made a slide that illustrates the process. Any questions? posted at: 05:12 :: permanent link to this entry :: 1 comments Trackback link is http://weblog.johnlevine.com/ICANN/simple.trackback 29 May 2008 Dot travel still isn't dead yet ICANN I've writen several blog entries about the continued downward swirling motion of Tralliance, the company that runs the registry for .TRAVEL. In this month's installment, as told in their quarterly 10-Q SEC filing, they flirt with bankruptcy but may well end up more stable than before. One of the more eye-catching paragraphs says: Based upon the Company's current financial condition, as discussed above, and without the infusion of additional capital, management does not believe that the Company will be able to fund its operations beyond the end of May 2008. See more ... posted at: 23:19 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments Trackback link is http://weblog.johnlevine.com/ICANN/travelstillnotdead.trackback 19 Apr 2008 ICANN GNSO Votes to Kill Domain Tasting ICANN Domain tasting is the disreputable practice of registering lots of domains, seeing how much traffic they get, and then using the five day Add Grace Period to refund the 99.9% of them that aren't worth paying for. A related abuse is front running, registrars speculatively grabbing domains that people inquire about to prevent them from using a different registrar. See more ... posted at: 14:38 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments Trackback link is http://weblog.johnlevine.com/ICANN/realnotaste.trackback 27 Feb 2008 More on the Front Running Class Action Suit ICANN Several people pointed out that although the suit still hasn't appeared in PACER, copies of the complaint are available online, including this one at Lextext. Having read it, I'm rather underwhelmed. See more ... posted at: 22:16 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments Trackback link is http://weblog.johnlevine.com/ICANN/front2.trackback

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