2008/08/12

Domain Name News

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 09:58 AM CDT

According to Philip Virgo of ComputerWeekly, Wales is preparing to apply for their own sponsored top-level domain - .cym - in order to reverse the economic outflow from Wales in e-commerce.

The Welsh Assembly Goverment has expressed an issue with the majority of Welsh shoppers buying from non-Welsh sites and fewer non-Welsh buyers purchasing from Welsh businesses.

“In confirming the intent to apply for a TLD for Wales, Ieuan Wyn Jones fulfilled a desire that has been strongly expressed by Parliamentarians in both Cardiff and Westminster,” Virgo said on his blog. “An early day motion in the House of Commons was signed by 24 MPs of all parties. In the Welsh Assembly, the House Committee passed a vote of support by a large margin.”

The Welsh TLD would be used by organizations, companies, and individuals around the globe that express themselves in the Welsh language and/or look to encourage Welsh culture.

[via ComputerWeekly.com]

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Sussex Police Directs Residents to Porn Links

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 09:57 AM CDT

Sussex police have accidentally promoted a parked domain with gay porn links, an embarrassing mistake that has left many residents in shock.

On a leaflet for Operation Beat Sweep, a program to tackle anti-social behavior, the department mistakenly listed the website as SussexPolice.co.uk instead of their homepage at Sussex.police.uk. When people went the incorrect address, they came to a parked domain with links to vulgar content including hard core gay pornography and police strippers - most likely because of the “sex” in Sussex.

A Sussex Police insider contacted the local Daily Star saying they are “looking at ways of preventing this type of thing happening in the future.”

[via PinkNews]

Forbes Features Domainers

Posted: 11 Aug 2008 03:54 PM CDT

Forbes published an article today discussing the power of domaining. The article mentions Steven McDonald, a teenager from Conneticut who has grossed $325,000 by flipping domains this year; Ron Jackson, the publisher of DNJournal; Jeremiah Johnson, the chief operating officer of Sedo; and Adam Dicker, the owner of DNForum.com.

[via Forbes]

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