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Release of IE7, Firefox 2.0 Will Drive Significant IDN Demand

• Comment posted Nov 20, 2006 12:28 pm PST — by Keynes
  @D. Wrixon: Certainly there is no level of certainty in terms of the future of IDN.IDN: I concede that we may see a natural migration for .com holders, but I also maintain that there is still a moderately high level…

• Comment posted Nov 17, 2006 6:47 pm PST — by Keynes
  I think we can take Sureh's comments even further: until we have full ICANN-sanctioned IDN extensions, these "intermediate" IDNs are really only speculative placeholders; the movement to full IDNs will change the shape of the game.

The Cold-War Fight Against Domaining Continues

• Comment posted Jul 16, 2007 3:33 pm PDT — by Keynes
  Indeed, I think he Tulip and South Sea analogies don't hold much water (bad pun, forgive me.) In fact, those "manias" were a reflection of false/perceived scarcity while generic, premium .com domains are unique and have a perfectly inelastic supply…

Google Buys VeriSign (not really)

• Comment posted Jul 16, 2007 1:42 am PDT — by Keynes
  Perhaps they'll go with Googsign? After that Microsoft will play tit-for-tat, and buy up every remaining private infrastructure company. Realistically, I agree with Frank that the DOJ would halt such a deal ASAP, not to mention the reaction from civil…

CADNA Launches National Campaign Against Typosquatting

• Comment posted Jul 25, 2007 3:32 pm PDT — by Keynes
  I hope Cadna Automotive (Cadna.com) files a UDRP against them. ;)

ICANN Investigating Domain Tasting

• Comment posted Aug 14, 2007 3:11 pm PDT — by Keynes
  John Berryhill said: Try this experiment at home.  Take out a marker and a white t-shirt.  Write\"Calvin Klein" on the t-shirt.  Now, put a price tag on the t-shirt that says, "Sale Price - $1.00" Next, hang the t-shirt in…

Google Testing Option to Block Domain Parking Sites

• Comment posted Nov 10, 2007 10:52 pm PST — by Keynes
  Domain traffic, like all web traffic, varies widely in quality. Many advertisers benefit from direct-navigation traffic, and will seek out ways to buy PPC in the space, even if it requires a more granular bidding model than aggregate Adwords bidding.…

Domain Tasting: Big Multifaceted Action on Bad Actors

• Comment posted Dec 05, 2007 2:02 am PST — by Keynes
  Suresh, yes you're right. What I'm saying is that this is quite possibly an impetus toward ICANN revising its existing deletion refund policy once and for all.

• Comment posted Dec 01, 2007 4:26 pm PST — by Keynes
  Tasting has always been a loophole that became a business model which brought out the worst in the domain market. Between Google's improving filters, changes in contextual PPC pricing and legal pressures, I think we're seeing a slow death for…