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Domain Name Identity

Every website has its own domain name and every domain name has its identity. Identities like the name of the person who registers it, the complete address, contact numbers, email address and even the terms and conditions of the domain … Continue reading

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Domain Name Disputes

As a lecturer on Web Development Trends and technologies, My students often asked me questions like “What happens if someone wants the same domain name? What if someone register your company’s name and does not want to give the name … Continue reading

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What is ICANN?

ICANN is an international private-public partnership founded in 1998. ICANN is a non-profit. They manage the internet’s Domain Name System (DNS), including both generic (gTLD) and country code (ccTLD) Top-Level Domain names and the numeric address infrastructure. There are seven … Continue reading

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ICANN to Add More Domain Names

ICANN will be expanding the internet Domain Name System (DNS). At their recent annual meeting in Paris they decided to expand the languages and character sets for internationalized domain names. There will be a final version of the plan approved … Continue reading

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ICANN Hacked

ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers was hacked.  Their domain names both ICANN.com and IANA.com were stolen and transferred to another party. Apparently someone wanted to make a point.

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What to do when you have a domain dispute?

You need to call upon the UDCP when you have a domain name dispute. All registrars in the .biz,.com, .info, .name, .net, and .org top-level domains follow the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDCP). Continue reading

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