IDN Talk Posts
.jp Registry having issue
I usually renew my domains on the last day. Especially my .jps Anyone with .jps expiring this month please start to renew now. It literally took me 10 minutes for each domain to renew. There are connection errors so the longer you wait there's a possibility that there could be more errors. I don't want … [Read More...]
Not my best work
I decided to fiddle around with Amazon stores again. Not my best work but has potential. テレビゲーム.com I used to have more amazon sites till they changed the API. It probably has about 300 pages of content. The great thing about this is you customize a script like this to work for ya, then you … [Read More...]
Breaking News Yahoo Japan to outsource Search to Google
I have to admit I thought this was a media joke. After struggling using Yahoo's technology for year's Yahoo Japan made the announcement to switch search over to Google. http://pr.yahoo.co.jp/release/2010/0727a.html I'll try to write an update later on what this means to you. Possibly with more … [Read More...]
Creating new IDN Japanese sites
I'm going to create a bunch of new Japanese IDN sites soon. Sorry I can't document every step of the way. For those of you that find that post & can look at it later after seeing those sites I can already tell you some things. 1. I am not looking for automatic solutions. I the first site I know … [Read More...]
My view on .Co
.Co has just opened registration for the general public. While writing this blog & sometimes looking at domaining blogs now I realize I one strange thing. As with IDNs I believe an extension or a domain type can be popular with usage. I do not think that 100,000 new domains going straight to parking … [Read More...]
.Canon why are people against it?
I read a post on Domain Name Wire about .Canon http://domainnamewire.com/2010/07/21/jpnic-argues-companies-shouldnt-be-able-to-get-corporate-top-level-domain-names/ I truly don't know what can be wrong with a company making innovative uses for domains. .travel, .mobi, .whatever they basically … [Read More...]
Is .co going to be IDN Compatible?
I was looking through the .co registry to see what my clients have registered for their brands & noticed their is an IDN converter. To feed by curiosity it did not convert anything Japanese. Please, Please, Please let one of you folk develop a highly well defined site with the term for Anime in Japanese … [Read More...]
Where dost thou traffic come from Part 2
Where dost thou traffic come from Part 2 In part 1 of knowing where your traffic comes from I stated that I have one domain that was getting tons of direct traffic with no clicks at all. http://www.idntalk.com/domain-names/where-dost-thou-idn-traffic-come-from.html That domain was parked & … [Read More...]
How to create a Japanese sites
I feel good that many members of my old forums have found me here & are contacting me about Japanese development. I realize I could offer content creation as a service but that's not my main goal. I'd like to stay unbiased & offer you ways to doing it yourself. These are a few things I've done … [Read More...]
IDN.coms cost more than IDN.jps now
After renewing a few names I started to realize that currently romaji (ASCII) .com & IDN .com domains are actually more expensive now than IDN.jp on the three biggest domain services sites. I don't think this is going to immediately start a mass increase in domain registrations but it's something … [Read More...]
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