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The title sounds like a lame joke, but this story about the newly minted Pope Francis and his soon-to-be domain name is no joke.
Chicago lawyer Chris Connors represents whistleblowers in his legal practice. He purchased the domain popefrancis.com in 2010.
You can call it divine inspiration, but Connors bought the domain in the hope that Chicago Cardinal Francis George would someday be anointed as the Pope.
He was right about the next Pope being named Francis, except that this was another Francis.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the name he took was in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, who led a simple life helping the poor.
Let’s consider the odds that were stacked against a new Pope named Francis. This is the first ever Pope chosen from the Americas. Not to mention the fact that the name Francis had not been taken by any Pope in the last 2,000 years.
If Connors had decided based on these odds, he would rationally have concluded against buying the domain. But it was just a “couple of dollars” on GoDaddy, and he was motivated by the enticing prospect of hoping to see Chicago’s Cardinal become a Pope.
Connors has decided to hand over popefrancis.com to the Vatican, and is not asking for any compensation. This despite the fact that he was been contacted with offers for the domain.
Pope Francis related domains are selling like hot cakes, with Godaddy getting more than 100 “Papal” domain registrations in the first 10 minutes after the new Pope was named. Within an hour, the number of newly registered Pope Francis domains had jumped up to 479.
None of these hundreds of domains is going to attract anywhere close to the impact and publicity generated by Connors’ purchase. It shows that being first in line still counts in the domain business, coupled with a bit of luck and maybe some heavenly assistance.
Hot chick and geek kid never gets old in commercials and it always work, the latest GoDaddy is a testament to the formula but this is no ordinary hot chick for it features Maxim sexiest woman of 2012 Bar Rafaeli and a nobody nerd in huge glasses.
The GoDaddy Superbowl 2013 ad “sexy meets smart” theme was the most successful of all the superbowl ads of GoDaddy. According to the domain and hosting provider, there was a huge soar on the sales of its domain and hosting services as well as its other services like the Website Builder, Mobile add ons and most important of all – GoDaddy acquired a massive amount of new customers which strengthens GoDaddy’s customer base.
GoDaddy spent $7.5 million just for airing twice the ad during the superbowl game time and that does not include Bar Rafaeli’s fee and the production costs. Here are all their deals:
Social media shows positive response to the ad as it becomes the most talked about ad in superbowl, though not the most favorite (check out Budweiser’s ad) and some find the kissing scene of Bar and the nerd name Steve or Walter to be unappealing which took more than 60 shots to perfect the “perfect combination” kiss.
GoDaddy did not release specific numbers on the new customers and returning customers they acquired days after the superbowl ad but according to their press release, GoDaddy is very happy with the outcome of the ad.
NameCheap, a top budget friendly domain provider is offering a onepage webpage builder for its customers this 2013.
Onepager will be the exclusive new software to build quick and one paged websites in NameCheap. The partnership will give the more than 3 million customers of NameCheap the convenience of deploying effective websites immediately. Customers can create a webpage just after registering their new domains. A website can reach a wide variety of of audience to promote a business and that is the major reason why customers are signing up for new domains but the problem falls in the technical knowledge which leads to either hiring a professional website developer or buying templates.
With OnePager, anyone can deploy professional websites right away, the app which will now only be available in NameCheap (unless you subscribe its services from its website) will cost $3.33 a month and it is SEO optimized and also comes with mobile features if your target platform is the mobile. This is more than just your typical web hosting with space and bandwidth.
Aside from NameCheap adding OnePager to its offered built in services, the domain provider will also be investing but the amount has been undisclosed.
“We’re pleased that now, Namecheap can immediately offer customers the ability to quickly design and launch a simple site with Onepager, right after they’ve registered their domain,” Matthew Moore, co-founder of Onepager said in a statement.
There are many website builders for domain providers but most are either CMS (Content Management Systems) or design focused software. OnePager removes the the complicated process of creating professional websites for small businesses.
Microsoft is back again in the domain fight with new lawsuits to the owners of domain names XBoxFitness.com and XBoxFitmess.net. The legal team filed a complaint for trademark infringement to its popular gaming console Xbox to the NAF (National Arbitration Forum ) on December 3,2012.
The domain lawsuit is not new for Microsoft and the trademark “Xbox”, it is one the keywords targeted by internet markets and cybersquatters due to its popularity especially in the younger demographics. Just like the previous lawsuits Microsoft filed at the National Arbitration Forum, both XBoxFitness.com and XBoxFitmess.net are expected to be turned over to Microsoft due to the fact that Microsoft has the legal rights to trademark Xbox.
The panel members of the Arbitration team handling the case will examine first the domain names being disputed whether it is being used in bad faith or the domain name owners indeed has the rights to own the domain names. If the panel finds the domain owners violated their rules on domain ownership, which is expected in this case, the NFA will ask the domain owners to submit the credentials to Microsoft or NFA will contact its domain provider and ask it to turn over the domain to Microsoft.
There is no plan for Microsoft to release products or services in the fitness industry and the domains are not competing with the Xbox 360 or other Xbox platforms but it violates the intellectual property rights and Microsoft is strict when it comes to protecting its trademarks.
The case is pending but expect a major win from Microsoft. The company is the only giant firms whose trademarks are being used for internet marketing, other major companies includes Google and Apple.
The search engine titan is back again with another complain to the National Arbitration Forum for another trademark infringement on its brand name Google – the respondent is registered to the AfriNIC and the domain is NigeriaGoogle.com domain name.
Google has been battling cyber squatters and affiliate marketers using Google and its subsidiaries in trademark infringement. Google is one of the most visited site and using its trademark to attract potential visitors and customers has an on-going practice by scammers, spammers and hackers. Aside from the trademark Google, other brand name under the property rights of the company are also targeted by cyber squatters like Youtube, Android and Gmail.
Just like any other infringement filed by Google to National Arbitration Forum, it is expected that the domain name will be handed down to Google for it owns the disputed brand name “Google” but a process will undergo and preliminary finding will be conducted whether the owners of NigeriaGoogle.com violated property rights and uses the Google trademark in bad faith.
NigeriaGoogle.com is not the only disputed domain name pending on the National Arbitration Forum panel against Google, YoutubeUrdu.com is also under examination of the board since it uses the Youtube trademark which also belongs to the Google corporation.
The cases are still in pending but we can all expect a victory from Google since property rights and trademark rights are always a basis in the National Arbitration Forum to implement a decision that will require the owner of the disputed domain name to surrender it to the complainant.
Picking a domain name can be difficult, so many of the good domain names have been taken; it takes a little creativity to come up with a good one these days. If you just stumbled across this GoDaddy Promo Code and are trying to pick a domain name for your new site, here are some quick tips:
Make Your Domain Name Relevant To Your Site This one should be obvious, but I often come across websites with domain names that have nothing to do with the content on the site. This will not only confuse your users, but confuse the search engine crawlers and make your site harder to find.
Choose a domain name people will remember joeysmithswebsiteaboutbluegrassguitarmusicthatsellssheetmusic.com might perfectly describe your website . . . but no one will ever remember that URL. The point of a good domain should be that it’s easy to remember. Joeysbluegrass.com would make a much snappier domain name that your visitors will be likely to remember, which means they will be more likely to come back.
Don’t be too general or too specific An example of a domain name that is too general is newjerseyplumbing.com. Domains like this will always be taken because good general domains are almost all already purchased. A domain that’s too specific would look something like this: zekesplumbingshopintrentonnewjersey.com. This is hard to remember and conveys too much info. Try something in between, like trentonnjplumbing.com
Hurricane Sandy also known as Frankenstorm is considered as one of the strongest and most damaging hurricanes to hit in the U.S. history. It estimated damage is in billions of dollars and has claimed hundreds of lives from New York to New Jersey and other states and destroyed the historical and tourist spot boardwalk empire.
The destruction caused by hurricane Sandy is being covered in the news world wide until now and it is probably one of the reasons why there is a surge in domain registrations related to the devastating storm. Some of the registered sites are currently parked domains and links to weather related websites – some are legitimate and some are probably for networking and affiliate / internet marketing purposes. We hope that most of the domains are used to help those in need and I hope they get them at a discount and use a godaddy coupon for each domain.
The domain registrations started as early as last week and continues after the aftermath of the hurricane. Here are some newly registered domain names related to Hurricane Sandy:
SandyHurricane.com
HurricaneSandy.com
HurricaneSandy.net
HurricaneSandy.org
SandyStorm.com
When tragedy happens like hurricane Sandy, online support like web help desk can change someone’s life or help a community survive but cyber-squatters often takes advantage by registering domain names with keywords related to hurricane Sandy or a few years ago, the hurricane Katrina hoping it will lure lots of visitors trying to find information but ends up clicking to affiliate sites for traffic and monetary purposes.
Be careful when visiting hurricane Sandy relief site asking for donations for it may be one of those parked domains. Make sure to visit only legitimate sites or websites being aired in news stations as legit sites. You can also check hurricane Sandy relief sites in Red Cross and U.S. government websites.
Houston, Texas – The cPanel Conference 2012, a convention of professionals and entrepreneurs in the domain and hosting industry has just ended its 3 day run which started on October 6 and ended yesterday. It was a gathering industry experts and new to the web businesses who wishes to network, learn new strategies and business development in the internet. The event this year was spearheaded by Philbert Shih, founder and managing director at Structure Research.
During the run of the convention, keynote speaker Philbert Shih provided the attendees the growing trends of the market and also emphasized the success of new domain and hosting providers. He mentioned that the current lineup of publicly traded companies in the industry is a proof that the domain and hosting sector is stable and getting stronger as the years go by. He also commended on the performance of Rackspace and consider it as one of the top performers this year because it has grown as high as 20 percent this year.
Cloud hosting is also the big player in the industry according to Shih and most companies are offering mixed types of services with cloud services in its infrastructure. With the introduction of the Cloud in the hosting services, more enterprises are getting interested in the IaaS industry and it is getting competitive which now have Best Buy and Dell entering the hosting business.
The keynote speaker also said that the hosting industry is surviving the recession and that the success of Rackspace, iomart, Firehost and the new company Bluelock which has a growth increase of 50 percent is a testament to that.
Shih also expresses his concern about share hosting and mentioned that the heyday of shared hosting is over and that people should not continue to run their business the way the run it 10 to 15 years ago and it is either they change or their business will die.
Domain registrar and hosting companies like Network Solutions and GoDaddy has embraced the Cloud services but also provides a shared services for a lower fee.
The comment period for the proposed dotless top-level domains is now open for public and will end on September 23,2012. In case you are not yet familiar of the dotless domains, these are URLs that will require a domain extension or TLDs like .com, .org or any “dots” at all.
The SSAC (Security and Stability Advisory Committee) is soliciting our inputs before ICANN makes a decision whether to approve the proposal and implement it or junk it. Dotless domain will are domains which will only consist a single label like http://dotless compared with a TLD domain http://dotless.com or just mail@dotless as opposed to the usual mail@dotless.com.
SSAC is actually strongly against the use dotless domains for it leads to ambiguous behavior in the world wide web. SSAC emphasizes some ambiguities if the dotless domains gets approved:
Web Browsers – The web browsers will consider the dotless domains as not valid since browsers algorithm for searching for an address is by checking its top-level domains. Web browsers will consider dotless domains as incomplete. Not one has yet to come forth with a plan for domain registration of dotless domains.
LAN Configurations – Dotless domains will also cause errors in the local area networks since configurations uses extension names such as .local and single label address will be an ambiguous command in the local network.
Email Services – One of the major concern of SSAC on the dotless domains is the SMTP or the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol which requires two labels of a mail address to deliver an electronic mail. Email servers will reject single label such as mail@example for it will be tagged as incomplete.
Dotless domains are perfect for brand names which in just a single label can already occupy a space in the world wide web but in my point of view, the dotless domains are pointless, it will stir up issues in the browsers and also with search engines and TLDs are just 3 – 4 characters long so why not just use it.
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