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New Top-Level Domains Disallowed from Using “Closed Generics” by ICANN

January 25, 2024 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

ICANN

LOS ANGELES, CA - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) – the nonprofit organization that oversees the domain industry – announced that, in the next round of domain expansion and going forward, they will no longer be allowing entities registering new Top-Level Domains (TLDs) to utilize what is known as “closed generics.” Closed generics are essentially TLDs that are owned or are exclusive to one company that use generic and/or dictionary terms; … [Read more...]

Squarespace Sees Sharp Dropoff of Google Domains Customers After Acquisition

January 11, 2024 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

Reports say Squarespace has seen a sharp drop-off of customers from the business in the subsequent months since the sale was completed. File photo: T. Schneider, ShutterStock.com, licensed.

NEW YORK CITY - After acquiring Google Domains late last year after the internet giant decided to close down the service, Squarespace has seen a sharp drop-off of customers from the business in the subsequent months since the sale was completed, reports say. Back in July of 2023, Google abruptly announced that it would be ending its Google Domains service after nearly 10 years and would be selling the business and all of its assets to Squarespace, a New York-based website … [Read more...]

7 Effective Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Ways to Market Your Small Business Online

December 24, 2023 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

Below is a list of ways to market your business on the Internet including do-it-yourself ways and/the differences of hiring a fully managed solution provider or Internet marketing company to do it for you. File photo: JLco Julia Amaral, ShutterStock.com, licensed.

Below is a list of ways to market your business on the Internet including do-it-yourself ways and/the differences of hiring a fully managed solution provider or Internet marketing company to do it for you. Email Marketing Email marketing can be done in many different ways and it is very similar to bulk mail or every-door-direct where post cards would arrive to your home in the mail, it’s only in electronic form. Here we will discuss the most popular ways to deliver … [Read more...]

Experts: 23andMe Hack Is DNA Catastrophe; Leaked Millions of Genetic Profiles

December 8, 2023 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

Regrettably, the stolen data contained not only sensitive information such as full names, but genetic profiles.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Earlier this week, in a startling revelation, 23andMe conceded that a hack in October was significantly worse than initially reported. Affecting nearly 6.9 million people, the scale of this data breach was shockingly larger than the initially stated figure of 14,000 users. Regrettably, the stolen data contained not only sensitive information such as full names, but genetic profiles. Yet, the severity of the situation was met with indifference by some … [Read more...]

Google’s New “.meme” Top-Level Domain Allows Users to “Express Themselves”

November 30, 2023 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

Domain Meme

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -For anyone who wants to add an element of silliness to their website address, Google Registry is giving them the opportunity to do so with the release of the new top-level domain “.meme.”  While a meme is classically defined as “an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture,” in recent years popular culture has put a slightly different spin on the phrase, using it more to identify an amusing or interesting … [Read more...]

Domain History As Google Ranking Factor Highlighted Again in Search Engine Journal

October 13, 2023 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

Google Ranking

BOCA RATON, FL - The history of domain name can have a decisively significant factor in terms of its Google ranking. If a user owns a domain that is new and has never been used before then they essentially have a clean slate, but if the domain name was previously owned and has changed hands – perhaps even more than once – how it was utilized by its previous owner and/or owners could absolutely have an impact on your ranking going forward.  Most people don't pay much … [Read more...]

Early Access to Google’s New Domain Will Require Overwhelm “.ing” Investment

October 6, 2023 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

Early Access

Later this month, Google will be launching a new top level domain name that is sure to attract attention. Known as a “domain hack,” the new “.ing” domain name can be used to spell out clever takes of common phrases to create memorable website names; examples include “Fish.ing,” “Out.ing,” “Engineer.ing,” and “Breed.ing,” among countless others.  As with many new gTLDs, there will be A) a sunrise period for trademark holders and then B) an auction-style initial … [Read more...]

Google Ceases Selling New Domains as Transition to Squarespace Continues 

September 29, 2023 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

Google Domains

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Back in July of this year, Google abruptly announced that it would be ending its Google Domains service after nearly 10 years and would be selling the business and all of its assets to Squarespace, a New York-based website building and hosting company. This month, as the transition from one company to another continues, the soon-to-be-shuttered Google Domains quietly revealed that it has ceased the sale of any new domains going … [Read more...]

Scammers Sending Emails from Spoofed Authoritative Domains Via Forwarding Flaws

September 21, 2023 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

Spoofing

LA JOLLA, CA - According to research conducted by the University of California San Diego, due to flaws inherent in the process of forwarding emails, the ability for scammers and attackers to send unsuspecting victims e-mails from the spoofed addresses of top-level government or corporate domains is actually much easier than many experts were initially suspecting, opening up disturbingly new and effective avenues for online fraud. The integrity of emails sent from … [Read more...]

VeriSign Says “.COM” Registrations Up, “NGTLDS” Up, Legacy “.NET” Down

September 14, 2023 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

NGTLDS

RESTON, VA - VeriSign Inc., a global provider of domain name registry services and internet infrastructure, announced that their total number of Top-Level Domain (TLD) registrations worldwide have reached 356.6 million as of the end of the second quarter of 2023, as per the company’s latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB).  Verisign, based out of Reston, Virginia, operates a diverse array of network infrastructure, including two of the Internet's thirteen … [Read more...]

WordPress Offering 100-Year Domain Registration, Hosting Plan for $38,000

August 31, 2023 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

WordPress

SAN FRANCISCO, CA –  WordPress – which recently made headlines when they offered up to one million Google Domains customers free transfers to their service after the company's assets were acquired by Squarespace – announced this week a new plan where they will be selling domains with a registration length of 100 years for a one-time payment of $38,000.  Known primarily for its content management system that allows users to create simple and easy-to-use … [Read more...]

44,000 Domains Have Taken Up WordPress’ Free Transfer Offer from Google Domains

August 24, 2023 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

WordPress is widely used on over 800 million sites making it the most common content management system, or CMS. File photo: Primakov, Shutter Stock, licensed.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - After previously announcing on August 1st that they would be offering free domain transfers for current Google Domains clients following the sale of the company's assets to Squarespace for $180 million, WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg announced that 44,000 customers have taken him up on his offer so far, with many more expected to cross over as well in the near future.  Customers of Google Domains – which sold off its assets in June, including … [Read more...]

Google’s Senior Search Analyst: Domain Names Won’t “Make or Break Your SEO”

August 17, 2023 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

This factoid came out after Mueller was questioned about the utilization of dashes in domain names, and whether or not it was a good idea to use keywords in your domain. File photo: docstockmedia, Shutter Stock, licensed.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - In a recent discussion on Mastodon, Google’s John Mueller – the company’s Senior Search Analyst and Search Relations team lead – was discussing the topic of domain names, and while offering tips on search engine optimization (SEO), he relayed his opinion that whatever an individual or company’s domain name is - “it's never going to make or break your SEO.”  This factoid came out after Mueller was questioned about the utilization of dashes in domain … [Read more...]

WordPress Offering 1 Million Google Users Opportunity to Transfer Domains Free

August 4, 2023 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

File photo: Piotr Swat, Shutter Stock, licensed.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - One month after Squarespace entered into a deal to purchase Google Domains – which encompasses all of it’s assets, including approximately 10 million domains that are owned by millions of customers – web content management company WordPress has announced they would be offering former Google users free domain transfers for the first million domains that choose to move to their platform for a limited time.  Currently, Google Domains customers … [Read more...]

Threat Intelligence Firm Recommends Blocking All .ZIP Domains Due to Phishing

July 27, 2023 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

DNS

SUNNYVALE, CA - FortiGuard Labs reports that they have discovered many .ZIP domains are responsible for phishing attacks on users by automatically downloading a malicious executable titled “file.exe” to their computers.  Phishing attacks have been a thorn in the side of computer users for years due to the fact that they often are able to camouflage themselves as innocuous programs or prompts that seemingly pose no threat, but in reality can cause a great deal of … [Read more...]

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