1.
gTLD Update
.aero
and .coop added to root server
The
.aero and .coop domain suffixes were added to the root zone
at the end of December, enabling domain names ending in
these suffixes to resolve on the Internet. The official
launch date of the .coop domain is set for January 31, 2001,
whilst registration of .aero domains will commence in March
of this year.
For
more information on these domains, please go to: www.cooperative.org
and www.nic.aero.
2.
Industry
News
EasyGroup
domain dispute heads for court
EasyGroup,
the group of companies run by entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Iannou
is to take the owner of the domain name easyelectrical.com
to court, after he refused to hand the domain over.
The
company claims that the individual, 31 year old Sacha Visram,
is infringing EasyGroup's intellectual property and has
reneged on an oral contract to sell the domain and one other,
for £2,000.
However,
Mr Visram argues that he bought the domain legitimately
in order to set up an e-commerce enterprise which failed
to take-off, and only agreed to sell the domains on the
condition that they were not used commercially, something
EasyGroup has not agreed to.
Mr Visram's
Member of Parliament has now taken the matter up with EasyGroup,
and has also written to the UK E-Commerce Minister, Douglas
Alexander, asking him to review the dispute as soon as possible.
3.
NIC News
Australian
domain auction now live
It
is now possible to apply for generic domain names under
.com.au. Bids can now be placed for over 3000 names, such
as dance.com.au, laptop.com.au and wines.com.au at the following
web site: http://www.stuff.com.au/auda_intro.asp?uid=guest&sch=stuff1
When
submitting bids, please bear in mind two requirements:
- the
registrant must have been eligible under the new .com.au
policy on or before August 13, 2001. This means, if you
are applying on the basis that the generic name is part
of your company name, it must have been part of your company
name on or before August 13, 2001.
- as
part of the new .com.au policy, the 'one name - one entity'
restriction is being lifted. This means that applicants
with an existing .com.au name can apply for more than one
generic name, subject to meeting the eligibility criteria
under the new .com.au policy. But applicants must apply
once only for each name. Multiple applications by the same
applicants for the same name will not be accepted.
4.
NetNames News
.biz
on hold applications
NetNames
would like to remind customers awaiting news of their
'on-hold' .biz applications that it hopes to inform them
of the next stage in the process as soon as possible.
We are currently awaiting news from the .biz registry,
Neulevel, as to how the procedure will progress. All applicants
will be informed via email of the status of their applications.
5.
Fact of the week
2001's
most wanted search terms
The
Internet's leading search engines have published their
top search terms for last year. "Nostradamus"
was the top gaining query at Google, whereas at Lycos
it was the Japanese cartoon show "Dragonball".
Meanwhile at Yahoo!, "Play Station 2" was
the most requested, with "Dragonball" coming
in fourth and "Nostradamus" barely making
the top 20 list in 16th place. These variations reflect
the different audiences of the major search engines.
Google's
"top gaining" queries were:
1. Nostradamus
2. Cnn
3. World Trade Center
4. Harry Potter
5. Anthrax
6. Windows XP
7. Osama Bin Laden
8. Audiogalaxy
9. Taliban
10. Loft Story
Lycos'
top search terms of the year (with last year's rank
in brackets) were:
1. Dragonball (2)
2. Britney Spears (1)
3. Napster (8)
4. Tattoos (7)
5. Osama bin Laden (-)
6. IRS (23)
7. Pokemon (3)
8. World Trade Center (-)
9. Nostradamus (-)
10. WWF (4)
Yahoo!'s
top ten search terms were:
1. PlayStation 2
2. Britney Spears
3. WWF
4. Dragon Ball Z
5. Napster
6. World Trade Center
7. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
8. Dale Earnhardt
9. NASCAR
10. Internal Revenue Service
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