Microsoft released the Microsoft Country-Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) Registry Security Assessment Service at the RSA Conference today in San Francisco: The new service was designed to help ccTLD registry operators find and fix security vulnerabilities before they are exploited. The offical annoucment was made on technet.com. "The exploitation of vulnerabilities specific to country-code … [Read more...]
DomainTools.com Releases Domain Report
According to a Press Release we received tonight DomainTools, launched it newest product Domain Report, which promised to change "how individuals and businesses access domain information". "A Domain Report creates a thorough, customized report that utilizes the world’s most comprehensive database on domains to generate an accurate, up-to-date and comprehensive snapshot of domain data". "In … [Read more...]
Oversee Should Have Secured The Domain Webfest.com Before Changing The Name Of Its Conference
When Oversee.net announced a few months ago it was changing its name from Domainfest to Webfest you would have thought they would have at least secured the right to use the domain Webfest.com Afterall, Oversee.net is in the domain business and even though they have switched gears by broadening the old Domainfest into Webfest it doesn't change the fact that Oversee is a major player in the … [Read more...]
DomainMongrel.com Launches New Domain Appraisal Tool: Here’s Some Comparisons
If your a frequent reader of TheDomains.com you know we are not great fans on domain name appraisal tools so we might be surprised to see us announce yet another one, DomainMongrel.com I will go through some results we got today but first this is how the developers described the appraisal tool in their press release today: "This new tool—Domain Name Estimator—offers domainers a rough … [Read more...]
IDNX/Sedo: Number Crunching Shows, Domains Sell Faster With “Charm Prices”
This is a Guest Post by Thies Lindenthal, Sedo.com’s product manager for domain pricing, and a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Real Estate. Mr. Lindenthal holds a PhD in Real Estate Finance from Maastricht University, and frequently publishes on both housing markets and on Internet domain names as a form of 'virtual land'. Dr. Lindenthal developed … [Read more...]
Marchex’s Sales Prove It: Estibot Appraisals Are Worthless
As a domain owner there is nothing more frustrating than having someone argue that the asking price of your domain is too high because its over "Estibot Appraisal" (unless your price is lower) then they hit you with the "its only worth what someone willing to pay for it" line. Estibot.com for those who don't know is a tool that attempts to appraise domain name on a bunch of statistical … [Read more...]
DomainsBot Launches Domain Suggestion Developer API
DomainsBot, is just released its Domain Suggestion Developer API."DomainsBot domain suggestion is now available as a REST API with client code available in C#, PHP or Java and via a simple-to-implement copy and paste widget (JQuery plugin). The copy-and-paste widget can be easily integrated into the html of any website; look & feel can be customized using CSS. “We designed the widget to … [Read more...]