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Taking Back the DNS

• Comment posted Aug 07, 2010 5:05 am PDT — by Frank Schilling
  It's about reaching the destination you intend.  No Internet browsing individual wants a walled garden.  That was the excuse Prodigy and Compuserve gave for not opening up to the Web in 1994!!  My God, is this how far we've come…

• Comment posted Aug 07, 2010 12:02 am PDT — by Frank Schilling
  Truthfully I'm not concerned that this particular situation is the big bad or the undoing of browsing. I don't think it will get traction.  But this trend is nobody's friend. Looking at a domainer's site and saying "I want to…

• Comment posted Aug 01, 2010 5:27 pm PDT — by Frank Schilling
  That is precisely the problem.  We are creating an incentive for sites NOT to resolve.

• Comment posted Aug 01, 2010 2:14 pm PDT — by Frank Schilling
  The desire to insert hooks and control levers into BIND really raises an eyebrow. The beginning of the end, never looks obvious at the time. You have to think about what continued precedents such as these amount to, and what…

• Comment posted Aug 01, 2010 5:54 am PDT — by Frank Schilling
  Blocking Spammers and purported criminals by subverting user intent is a road to hell - not necessarily paved with good intentions. Navigation gamesmanship destroys the value of domain names, ICANN, all registries and the DNS because it destroys the reason…

The Domain Aftermarket Redux: Are Domainers "Investors" Yet?

• Comment posted Apr 30, 2010 8:38 pm PDT — by Frank Schilling
  I'm surprised that with 714 views no-one has commented here. My chops are a bit rusty since my hiatus from blogging, but I thank-you for sending me the link to your post Mark and am delighted to revisit your predictions…

EU NameSpace is Dead?

• Comment posted Jul 17, 2007 2:36 pm PDT — by Frank Schilling
  Great points on the language Michele. I disliked this namespace at the outset: ""Europe has started two world wars because of nationalism. You are going to get a .de from the Germans or a .fr from the French when you…

Google Buys VeriSign (not really)

• Comment posted Jul 10, 2007 8:01 pm PDT — by Frank Schilling
  I think it probably will Karl.  And you thought Double-Click had anti-trust issues..  Where navigation and search meet --> GoogleSign

The Cold-War Fight Against Domaining Continues

• Comment posted Jul 03, 2007 4:10 pm PDT — by Frank Schilling
  Hi Suresh, I've heard you analogize the domain industry to the "south sea bubble" and "the tulip craze" several times.  I'm always eager to learn and would love for you to explain how you justify that comparison. Tulips and South…

When Domain Names Aren't Enough

• Comment posted Apr 02, 2007 3:42 pm PDT — by Frank Schilling
  Agree with Suresh.  I've seen the subway video on IDN websites..  Advertising billboards feature a search box filled in with japanese characters.. that is how you should navigate. How are you going to send the business email through that searchbox…

Domain Aftermarket Overdue for an "Asset Repricing"

• Comment posted Mar 14, 2007 10:55 pm PDT — by Frank Schilling
  However, I find among many of my savvy friends, perhaps once a month or more, they will just type in a name, Y'know its funny Ram, I had a friend say: "How do commercial domain registrants make any money?  I…

• Comment posted Mar 02, 2007 11:08 pm PST — by Frank Schilling
  Sorry for the additional Post but these are just too delicious not to rebut: "Further, all it takes is one major browser (IE, for instance) to make a shift in the out-of-box layout of the browser dashboard: say putting a…

• Comment posted Mar 02, 2007 8:52 pm PST — by Frank Schilling
  Some very well thought out points in here Mark..  As a guy who stares into his Bloomberg all day I especially liked: "To me, this is the equivalent of the “inverted yield curve” that portends economic recessions. " The question…

Domain Name Prices Going Up This Year

• Comment posted Feb 04, 2007 5:36 pm PST — by Frank Schilling
  Successful registries really would be well served to take a big step back from ther enterprise and ask themselves what business they are in. Charles Revson the founder of Revlon (the make-up company) 'got it' when he famously said: "In…

Google's Top-10 Search Terms Dominated By Trademarks

• Comment posted Jan 18, 2007 1:16 am PST — by Frank Schilling
  Thanks Eric.  The Firefox/Google error traffic redirect arrangement functions in a similar manner to the MSN error search gateway, whereby an individual who types an unregistered (but trademark infringing) domain name into their browser's address-bar is served with a search…

• Comment posted Jan 17, 2007 4:09 am PST — by Frank Schilling
  Mr. Palmer, If Google makes nearly 100% of its revenue by selling advertising on search queries and if a majority of its searches are for trademarks, does that mean Google might make a majority of its revenue by pawning off…

• Comment posted Jan 16, 2007 3:56 am PST — by Frank Schilling
  Absolutely correct George.  If Google published the 'real' most popular search terms list the preacher's wife would blush and their stock price would tank. Having bought search engine queries in the past I can corroborate that the most popular search…

Microsoft Choking Domain Parking Business Practices?

• Comment posted Jan 12, 2007 3:00 pm PST — by Frank Schilling
  Neither. This is the: "What flavor do you want you Typosquatting" speech Suresh. Do you want: A) the little guy who runs out and registers bankofamericanewyork.com and puts up paid listings for "bank of america" making money every time somebody…

• Comment posted Jan 12, 2007 2:22 pm PST — by Frank Schilling
  What is a typo Suresh? Is Flickr.com a typo of Flicker.com? ..  If Flickr.com (the website) were a startup competing with Flicker.com the established Microsoft URL would strider flag it?  Is it fair that Microsoft gets to decide?

• Comment posted Jan 12, 2007 1:52 am PST — by Frank Schilling
  I'm not a Microsoft hater, in fact I use many of their products. I just don't like the double standard here.  Microsoft makes money from selling advertising on browser typos by sending non-resolving domain names (in their browser) to its…

• Comment posted Jan 03, 2007 5:13 am PST — by Frank Schilling
  While it might seem admirable that Microsoft wants to "help" the Internet's users find the things they are looking for, I do not sleep better knowing that Microsoft gets to be the final arbiter of what a Typo is. Poignant…

Domain Registrations Hit 112 Million

• Comment posted Dec 20, 2006 4:30 am PST — by Frank Schilling
  This huge growth in the com/net space is largely a result of the "kept names" from Domain Tasting. It is no coincidence that tasting is "in the spotlight" and Verisign is reporting huge YoY increases in the amount of retained…

Domain Tasting in the Spotlight

• Comment posted Dec 20, 2006 2:20 am PST — by Frank Schilling
  Editor's Note: Frank Schilling's valuable two part entry posted here was made a featured post and can now be read in its entirety below: The Closing Window: A Historical Analysis of Domain Tasting

Domain Tasting: The Great Internet Brand Rip-Off

• Comment posted Dec 20, 2006 2:04 am PST — by Frank Schilling
  Editor's Note: Frank Schilling's valuable two part entry posted here was made a featured post and can now be read in its entirety below: The Closing Window: A Historical Analysis of Domain Tasting

Tiered (Variable) Pricing Compromise?

• Comment posted Aug 31, 2006 6:55 pm PDT — by Frank Schilling
  George K. makes a good point.  These contracts were already negotiated with the respective registry operators. While it is understandable that advance negotiations begin ahead of contract renewals — In this case those negotiations should coincide with a tendering process…

ICANN Confirms: Tiered Pricing Not Forbidden in New .BIZ, .INFO and .ORG Contracts

• Comment posted Aug 28, 2006 9:19 pm PDT — by Frank Schilling
  Unfortunately the Registrars only act as facilitators, in effect selling the Registry's services. In fact prices on domain names are so low today BECAUSE there are so many registrars competing for registrant business. The registry on the other-hand has a…

• Comment posted Aug 24, 2006 11:43 pm PDT — by Frank Schilling
  The combination of "presumptive renewal" and the "lifting of price controls on registry services" is incredibly dangerous. Imagine buying a home, taking on a large mortgage, remodeling, moving in, only to be informed 6 months later that your property taxes…