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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
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Wikipedia
Yields to Protests and Stops Redirecting
Searches on "Domainers" and
"Domaining" to a Cybersquatting Page
We
are happy to be able to report
that online encyclopedia Wikipedia
had yielded to protests from the domain
community and stopped redirecting people to a
page on cybersquatting
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when
they enter "domaining",
"domainer" or
"domainers" in the site's
Search box. Now those searches lead to a
revamped page on the legitimate business
of domaining that is largely the world
of veteran domain investor Max Menius
of North Carolina. We reported on
this issue in our current monthly
newsletter in whch we also
printed the original document that
Menius submitted to Wikpedia. What
appears on their site in a heavily
edited version of what he wrote, but it
is still an enormous step in the right
direction and one that gives their
visitors a fair capsule summary of what
domaining is. We
wrote more about this incident with
Wikipedia in a Lowdown post on Tuesday
when we also had to take Los
Angeles Times |
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blogger
David Sarno to task for unfairly
disparaging this industry. No correction
or apology has come from him or the Times
which tells you all you need to know
about how much regard they have for
accurate and unbiased reporting. Everyone
who took the time to file responses and
complaints with Wikipedia and in the
commentary section of the L.A. Times article
is to be commended. This industry
has its bad actors just as all
industries do but it is important that
media outlets be reminded that it is grossly
unfair to demonize any industry or
group for the actions of a few. |
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Elsewhere,
.US fans got some more good
news this week when TechCrunch
reported that the social
recruitment service at Koda.us
has gotten another $1 million
from private investors to
complete a $3 million
round of angel |
funding.
For newer non .com
domains like .US (which wasn't
opened to public registration
until 2002), increased usage
by viable businesses and high
profile organizations or
individuals is the key to future
growth and higher aftermarket
sales. |
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