As IDNBlog has recently entered into its 3rd year, we’ve had our share of breaking news and great interviews (Schwartz, Schilling, Wrixon, Dam and Gomes), auctions, newsletters, and events, but I am proudest of our diverse reader-base. Below, is a snapshot of where our traffic comes from in order. Though I can’t give traffic numbers, [...]
Chinese buyers bought a series of high-priced numeric domains in the last few months including 55.com for $2.3 million, 33.com for $358,000 and 11.com for $525,000. A nice recap of these sales and of the central brokering role played by 4.cn can be found here at DomainShane. Chinese businesses have historically been pushed to go [...]
ICANN President and CEO, Rod Beckstom, launched the ICANN 42 meeting in Dakar, Sengal, with a rousing address that included ICANN’s hope that IDNs will expand the base of users on the Internet. Beckstrom stated: “We can also bring more voices and more people to the Internet through Internationalized Domain Names. IDNs make it possible [...]
Will the majority of the estimated 4,000 new gTLD applications even be in English? The Gulf News and other leading international news outlets have issued breathless reports about the potential of IDN gTLDs. In a recent interview Rod Beckstrom, outgoing ICANN CEO, stated that he was “surprised to hear that ICANN may see as many [...]
Given the surge in multilingual website development, it is no surprise that an online service that connects freelance translators to customers is growing rapidly. myGengo, billed as an oDesk for those in need of translation, has been featured on TechCrunch and GigaOm this past week. Atomico, a London-based venture capital firm and existing investor 500 [...]
