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For
the past six years
DomainsBot.com
has been helping domain buyers and investors
find suitable names through their popular domain
suggestion tool. Many major registrars,
including GoDaddy, Tucows, Register.com,
eNom, 1and1 and DirectI,
have also incorporated the DomainsBot technology
on their own platforms. DomainsBot CEO Emiliano Pasqualetti
estimates that 1.2 million domains get registered every year as a result
of their name suggestion service.
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By offering an integrated
domain and social identity search, the new service makes it easier for users to find and obtain
unique, brandable identities. In addition to adding social identity search and revamping its
website for speed and ease of use, DomainsBot
now offers a downloadable mobile application
(free in Apple's AppStore), for identity searches on the go.
Pasqualetti said, "Our goal is to simplify an important and time consuming process
creatively.”
Francesco Simoneschi, VP of Product
Development at DomainsBot noted, "Google Instant changed the way we search and browse the Internet by displaying relevant
search results as words are typed into the search engine. As a domain search engine and a
brainstorming tool, we’ve updated DomainsBot to provide a similar, real-time experience that
gives users more control over results.”
The
new
site also features premium
aftermarket domains from GoDaddy and
Sedo - partnerships that enable
DomainsBot users to browse for the largest selection of domains available on the
secondary market. Additional features in today’s
release include the introduction of DomainsBot
Deals, a selection of top discounts for domain
registrations and renewals in partnership with some of the most popular registrars, and a whole
new selection of B2B services for domain registrars, registries and
new TLD applicants.
While
DomainsBot was founded in Italy in 2005,
the company also has a strong U.S.
presence after opening an office in San
Francisco earlier this year.
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Elsewhere,
the 42nd International ICANN
meeting that opened Sunday is continuing
in Dakar, Senegal where it will
run through Friday (Oct. 28). Internet
Commerce Association (ICA)
Legal Counsel Phil Corwin told us
some progress is being made toward
initiation of a UDRP
reform process. Corwin said,
"It looks like a formal vote will
take place by December with the process
kicking off in early 2012, not withstanding
resistance from the Intellectual
Property Constituency and the GAC.
Once
the process gets going we'll need
to be heavily engaged to help ensure a
good outcome for registrants."
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In an update
from Dakar that Phil posted on the
ICA website Monday, you'll find his take on
other early developments at the meeting,
including some emerging new TLD realities
and the possibility of lower fees being
instituted in domain dispute cases.
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