Domain Name Strategy

Josh Bourne ⬥ 17 April From conversations that I’ve had, the following description of the ICANN supply chain tends to set off some light bulbs and pique interest: ...

Josh Bourne ⬥ 9 April As I was riding in a taxi in London, I noticed this ad for Microsoft’s Windows Mobile: The tagline of the campaign is ...

Phil Lodico ⬥ 7 April If you read the FairWinds Weekly News Brief, you’ve likely noticed that companies such as Facebook and SecondLife are often in the news ...

Phil Lodico ⬥ 31 March The Technology Policy Institute (TPI), a Washington-based think tank that is focused on “the economics of innovation, technological change, and related regulation in ...

Phil Lodico ⬥ 19 March The issue of new TLDs is not only limited to conversation within the domain industry or among brand owners; the questions, considerations and ...

Josh Bourne ⬥ 6 March I’m spending the remainder of my trip to Switzerland visiting some old and new friends with my colleague Katie Richards, who recently joined ...

Josh Bourne ⬥ 5 March Last time I was in Switzerland was in October, and now business brings me back to the country right in time for Basel’s ...

Josh Bourne ⬥ 23 February WIPO recently published a valuation method document written by Kelvin King, founding partner of Valuation consulting, which states, “the role of intellectual property ...

Phil Lodico ⬥ 27 February Since ICANN decided to proceed with the vast expansion of the domain name space, Internet users and those in the domain industry have ...

Josh Bourne ⬥ 19 February ICANN has opened up a public comment period for NeuStar’s request for a phased allocation process of single and two-character domains in dot-BIZ. ...

Josh Bourne ⬥ 9 February I’ve been asked several times about Paul Stahura’s blog post in CircleID. Long story short, Paul Stahura of Demand Media claims his analysis ...

Josh Bourne ⬥ 23 January According to the World Bank’s 2007 report, the top-ten world GDP rankings (in millions of dollars) are as follows. Note that I have ...