77% of whois data rubbish? More like 8%. If you just read the headlines, you’d assume most domain name whois records are bogus. Here are a couple headlines from today: “77% of domain registrations stuffed with rubbish” – TheRegister “ICANN fails to control Internet, 77% of domains have no valid information” – Ecommerce Journal Indeed, the numbers ...

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A case study in how to create goodwill for your business and drive traffic to your geodomaiin websites. Veteran domain investor/developer Rob Grant provides a successful template you can use for your own projects, but be ready to get involved in your community if you want to reap big benefits....

.Co domain name to go worldwide this year; Pool.com to manage sunrise and landrush auctions. Anyone who attended one of the three domain name industry events so far this year has heard about the .co domain name launch. The domain’s registry, .CO Internet S.A.S., has been aggressively getting its name out with a big marketing ...

Famous domain investor wins UDRP and RDNH charge. Kevin Ham’s company Vertical Axis has won a charge for Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) against The Realty Alliance, Inc. The Realty Alliance, Inc. filed a UDRP case against Vertical Axis for the domain name RealtyAlliance.com. In its case, Reality Alliance claimed it had trademark rights in “Realty ...

Panel predicts number and timing of new TLDs. Last Friday I had the opportunity to moderate a panel on new top level domain names during Domainer Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Michael Ward did a great job assembling a panel of people from all sides of the new top level domain spectrum: Mike Rodenbaugh – attorney Michael ...

Method helps brand managers prioritize cybersquatting disputes. Yahoo has filed a patent application (pdf) for a method for prioritizing which cybersquatted domain names to pursue. The application describes a system that generates a list of domain names related to a trademark (”seed” term), then runs calculations based on probable traffic to those domain names to determine which ...

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Though no 6-figure sales were reported this week there was a flood of solid 5-figure sales. In fact we had almost enough of those to fill TWO Top 20 charts. In addition to the ones that did make our weekly leader board, we logged 18 other sales above $10,000....

Online domain broker releases updates today. Based on community feedback, Sedo has introduced several improvements to its user interface. First, users can log into their account from any page on Sedo. After a recent redesign, users had to click through to a secondary page to login. The new login form is an expanding box. Second, Sedo ...

Nothing compliments a domain name like a really nice logo design. The creation of a brand identity immediately increases the value of any domain name. In some cases…This article is from DotSauce Magazine.Logo Designs Can Increase Domain Values By 100x or More ...

Where’s the best place to sell domain names online? Sedo and GoDaddy have been selected as the two best online domain name sales venues in the 2010 Domain Name Wire Survey. Sedo’s position at the top of the charts is nothing new — it took 40% of the vote. But this is down from 48% last ...