If you searched for a .ai domain in 2023 or 2024, found your preferred name already taken, and then moved on, it’s worth searching again. Domain registrations are not always permanent, and .ai names in particular change hands more often than many people expect. Why “taken” isn’t permanent When a domain registration lapses, it doesn’t … Read more

Q4 is when many small businesses generate the bulk of their annual revenue, and it’s also the period when teams are busiest and least able to respond to unexpected outages. A quick, ten-minute review of your domains and certificates now can prevent a disruptive outage during peak sales days. Taking a few practical steps in … Read more

Most companies don’t give their domain name much thought until it becomes a problem. Usually that problem appears when the name they wanted is already taken. That scenario is playing out widely with the .ai extension. What began as an unconventional choice has grown into a mainstream option—backed now by a significant infrastructure upgrade that … Read more

Business email compromise remains one of the most damaging online crimes. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center reported victims lost billions in 2023, illustrating how costly email spoofing and fraudulent messages can be. A common root cause is a domain that provides no clear instructions to receiving mail servers about which senders are authorized. That … Read more

Many IT teams treat domain security like a completed checklist item: an SSL certificate installed, a password on the registrar account, and the job is done. In reality, the controls that prevent domain hijacking, spoofing, and outages live deeper in the stack — at the DNS and domain registration level — and are often overlooked. … Read more

If your trademark team hasn’t started preparing for .web, now is the time. On July 22, 2026, Verisign confirmed that the .web top-level domain has been delegated into the DNS root zone. That follows a long development track since the gTLD expansion of 2012, and Verisign intends to open registrations through its global registrar network … Read more

Google Pics moved from “coming soon” to fully available across Workspace on August 18. It is enabled by default for Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Workspace AI Expanded Access, and Google AI Pro for Education. That means many teams already have access even if they haven’t opened it yet. Having the feature … Read more

ICANN’s application window for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) has just closed — the first time this process has occurred since the 2012 expansion. The most notable headline from this round is that Link Freedom Group (LFG) submitted more than 300 separate applications, making it the largest single filing on record. At ICANN’s standard evaluation … Read more

Somebody, somewhere, is likely registering a domain that looks strikingly similar to yours right now. Recent data shows more brands are noticing and taking action than ever before. GigaLaw’s Q2 2026 Domain Dispute Digest reports 2,324 Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) decisions across the five ICANN-approved providers in Q2 2026, covering 3,349 disputed domain names. … Read more

Google Registry’s .app has surpassed 750,000 registrations, and now the registry is expanding again with three new top-level domains: .eat, .fly, and .here. Built on the same secure, modern infrastructure that supports .app, .dev, and .page, these TLDs are designed to create clear, memorable addresses. If you run a restaurant, a travel service, a property … Read more