Please compare online domain name
registration between two official ICANN
registrars.
Your 150-175 word essay (not charts and bullet
points) should address the two chosen registrars'
- Domains available for registration (global and country)
- Costs for registering domain names
- Additional services and their costs
- Salesmanship throughout the sites
- Ease of use of their domain name "search" function, which shows if a
domain name is available or taken.
- Ease of use of their "whois" function, which shows who owns a domain
name.
- Ease of use of the entire site
- Additional comments? (optional)
Assessment:
- Cover all required areas
- Follow The Elements of Style:
paperback, html
and pdf
- Follow the word count and formatting
- 12 point Times New Roman font; 1.5 line spaced; one page; no cover
page
- Include the word count
- Submit in paper, not via email
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Due: End of class,
Tuesday
Optional domain name references and resources:
- Évolutions et
historique des conditions d'enregistrement des domaines français
- Country domain name
registries
- ICANN's explanation of
top-level domains
- ICANN's domain name
dispute resolution policy
- Online tools at dnsstuff.com
- Festa, P. (3 Feb 2004)
MikeRoweSoft sell-off bids going, going ... down,
news.com
- Murphy, J. and Smith, N. (1 Feb 1998)
Out-of-the-way nations capitalize on catchy domain names, NY
Times
- Murphy, J. and Hofacker, C. (21 Jun 1997)
Move over '.com'! There's a whole world of good domain names, NY
Times
- Murphy, J. and Massey, B. (21 Feb 1997)
Domain-Name Speculators Buy Up Web Real Estate and Toss the Dice,
NY Times
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