NewYork.com: Three Decades, Multiple Owners, and the Unfinished Business of a Mega GEO Domain
NEW YORK, NY – They say if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. But what if you own NewYork.com? It is a question I
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Daytona.com Reportedly Sells for $500,000 as Another AI Startup Secures Its .com
PALM BEACH, FL – Startups frequently launch with the domain name they can obtain, then pursue the one they ultimately want as the business develops and its resources grow. AI
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Refusal to Sell and ‘Passive Holding’ Didn’t Establish Cybersquatting, WIPO Panel Finds
SWITZERLAND – A Danish renewable energy company that tried repeatedly to buy WindSpace.com has lost its bid to obtain the domain through a cybersquatting complaint, with a WIPO panel finding
Google Updates AI Agent Terms: What Businesses Need to Know Before Automating
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Businesses giving artificial intelligence permission to perform tasks should take a closer look at the responsibilities that come with that access. Google has notified customers
Critical PHP Flaws Prompt Emergency Updates: Is Your Website Vulnerable?
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The PHP development team released emergency security updates on October 21, 2026, addressing two critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute malicious code on
UpdraftCentral Compromise Shows Why WordPress Sites Should Minimize Plugin Use
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – One of the most practical ways to reduce a WordPress website’s exposure to security problems is to keep its plugins to the minimum necessary. A
GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani to Address AI-Native Entrepreneurship at NamesCon
MIAMI, FL – GoDaddy Chief Executive Officer Aman Bhutani will deliver a keynote at NamesCon Global in Miami, organizers announced in an October 16 email to attendees and subscribers. The
Are Businesses Scraping AI Answers to Improve Their Chances of Being Cited?
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Companies have spent years tracking where they appear in Google results. Now some are using automated tools to monitor what ChatGPT and Perplexity say about
Google Local Services Ads Now Charges for Missed Calls, Making an Already Expensive Program Harder to Justify
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – I’ve never been particularly enthusiastic about Google’s Local Services Ads program. In my experience working in internet marketing, I’ve generally found the leads expensive, sometimes
ICANN: 1,615 Domain Applications Including .Facebook, .TikTok, .Meow, and .Stupid
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has revealed 1,615 applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), potentially introducing hundreds of additional Internet address
Google Pushes AI Agents Deeper Into the Workplace as Competition for Business Automation Intensifies
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Google is accelerating its push into workplace artificial intelligence, positioning its Gemini technology as a tool capable of doing more than generating content, answering questions
Google Ads ‘Loosens’ Business Name Rules in Unusual Policy Update
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Google Ads is relaxing its business name requirements, giving verified advertisers more flexibility when their recognized brand name does not match the domain used in an
FBI and U.S. Pentagon Data Breaches Expose an Uncomfortable Cybersecurity Reality
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two of the most security-sensitive organizations in the United States have been dealing with major data breaches at nearly the same time, exposing sensitive information connected to
Trump’s ‘Super Intelligence’ Rebrand Sparks Massive Rush for Slovenia’s .SI Domain Names
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A push by President Donald Trump to replace the term “Artificial Intelligence” with “Super Intelligence” is creating an unexpected surge in demand for Slovenia’s .SI country-code domain.
The $100 Million New TLD Bet: What “.Link” Tells Us About the Bigger Gamble
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – This evening I was reading DN Journal’s recent profile of veteran domain investor Yoni Belousov when I found myself asking a fairly simple question: What
Historic and Iconic Nashville.com Geo Domain Sold: What We Know and What We Don’t
The iconic Nashville.com domain name has been sold after more than two decades under the ownership of the Castello Brothers. Here’s what we know about the historic geo-domain transaction, and...
Homoglyph Attacks Turn Lookalike Domain Names Into Convincing Phishing Traps
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Internet users have been told for years to inspect a website address before clicking a suspicious link. A phishing technique known as a homoglyph attack
EstiBot.com Expands Domain Investing Ecosystem With SoldNames.com Launch
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – EstiBot has launched SoldNames.com, a free database combining historical domain sales with live domain auctions, adding another piece to a growing collection of tools that
Beanstalk Challenge Nears Finale: Plenty of Websites, but Where Is the Traction?
MIAMI, FL – Rick Schwartz’s Beanstalk Challenge has succeeded at one thing beyond dispute: getting valuable domain names developed. In roughly six months, dozens of premium domains that previously sat
Google Begins Sending Quarterly Warnings Over Deepfakes and Unlawful AI Content
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Google Ads is sending advertisers an unusual quarterly policy reminder specifically warning about deepfakes, non-consensual intimate imagery and other forms of unlawful synthetic content. The email,
New York Seizes 12 Domain Names Used to Sell AI-Generated Celebrity Deepfakes
NEW YORK, NY – New York prosecutors have seized 12 domain names used by websites accused of selling and distributing AI-generated pornographic deepfakes depicting approximately 1,200 real people without their
Microsoft Advertising Is Removing Max CPC Controls From New Campaigns
REDMOND, WA – Microsoft Advertising is eliminating the ability to set a maximum cost-per-click limit on many new advertising campaigns, another step toward automated bidding systems controlling how advertisers’ budgets