A few thoughts about the domain industry.
I’ll be at a conference all day, so I’m going to kick today off with some recent thoughts about the domain name business. I have other posts in queue for today.
…ICANN will be under intense pressure to hit its deadlines now that it’s sitting on $350 million + of applicant fees. Before it could just say “hey, it’s the process”. But now people have real money on the line.
…My guess is Frank Schilling either applies for his own new top level domains or invests in applicants. I’ll be curious to see which ones he goes after.
…If you are a domain business and send a press release the day after I see the news on another blog, don’t expect me to write about it.
…On the other hand, if you’re a new TLD applicant and want to share your application with me under embargo until the application period closes, drop me a note.
…Go Daddy has been on a PR blitz to introduce its new(ish) CEO Warren Adelman to reporters. It seems they’re putting him out there as the kinder, gentler, less controversial face of Go Daddy as compared to Bob Parsons. I’ve also seen quite a bit of advertising by the company on high tech sites. It also has launched a couple new micro sites geared to techies.
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