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Intriguing: An Escort With Your Domain Registration?
Aug 18th
A new business model or just a mistaken trademark application?
A Chinese company has filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for:
Company Wants Trademark for .Secure
Aug 18th
Will we see a .secure?
A Wisconsin company has filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to get the service mark “.secure”.
The application from Asif LLC says it will be used for “Domain name registration services”, which likely means the company is eying new top level domain names. It could also be used as branding for a domain name registrar.
Domain Registrars Called Out for Black Hat Design Patterns
Aug 17th
An interesting new visual library is making the rounds today and a lot of big business websites are being called out for unethical design tactics. DarkPatterns.org has been created to introduce the public to web design issues including, but not limited to:
- Shopping cart tricks
- Privacy swindling
- Friend spamming
- Disguised advertisements
- Even the Facebook like button gets called out.
Is Your SSL Certificate Working Properly?
Aug 17th
Doing some research today, I ran into two websites with SSL certificate errors and both were because of two different reasons. Since I ran into two of them, I thought it may be a good idea to write it about it because the errors often are similar to what happens with domain names.
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Go Daddy Marches Toward $1 Billion
Aug 17th
Domain name registrar will get close to $1 billion in cash flow this year.
The juggernaut continues its onward march.
The world’s largest domain name registrar, which manages four times as many domains as the second largest registrar, is quickly narrowing in on a billion dollars in annual cash flow.
This year Go Daddy’s forecast is a whopping $950 million in gross cash receipts, Domain Name Wire has confirmed with the company. This differs from revenue, as much of the company’s sales are amortized over 12 or more months. For example, if a registrar collects $12 for a domain registration, it will typically recognize $1 in revenue a month.
