Telstra “Attack” Not Malicious – Actually DNS Issue
Telstra initially believed it was the victim of a “malicious” cyber-attack last week, but it turned out that the issue
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Coinbase Adds Support For Crypto Domains
The crypto exchange Coinbase, based in San Fransisco, has partnered with Unstoppable Domains to provide support for .crypto web domains.
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AUS $12.2 Million Acquisition of Australian Domain Name Registrar
Web.com, the domain name company, has just acquired Webcentral Group. WebCentral focuses on the Australian market and has 330,000 customers
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Verisign Gets Into Blockchain Domain Names
Verisign, one of the biggest players in the domain name registry game, has been given a block-chain based patent. Block-chain
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Beware Of Unauthorised Business Use – “UBU”
The scammers are really going for it again. They are illegally using the business details of others to register .au domains. This can obviously cause reputational damage to innocent parties e.g. scammers can put up a fake eCommerce sites and rip off the public. Check out the story here…
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auDA Needs To Audit ORG.au Again
Some years ago, auDA audited .org.au domain names to make sure these were being used for a proper purpose i.e. as per auDA policy the org.au 2LD is for non-commercial organisations.
It appears that with no follow up audits, the growth in org.au domains has outstripped all other extensions.
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New Tool Shows Available 1-word Domains
A fun new tool just launched that lists available one-word domain names. OneWord.Domains was launched by Steven Tey, a data
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Three TLD Registries Auctioned Off 13 July with No Reserve
Three domain name registries are being auctioned off on 13 July: .car, .cars, and .auto. Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry and XYZ
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End of First Quarter 2020 Internet Growth Report
The internet has grown by 4.5 million domain name registrations in the first quarter of 2020. VeriSign announced 366.8 million
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3 Considerations When Rebranding With A New Domain
If you’re going through the trouble of rebranding and changing your domain name, it’s smart to consider a few things
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Having The Second Best Domain Can Tank Your Brand
If there was ever a good case for a killer domain name it’s the case of Workforce.com. Workforce Software is
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