Some Recently Registered Web Domain Names From Companies of Interest to Info Pros
24 hours a day, seven days a week new web domain names are being registered by people and companies around the world.
Sometimes new domains can provide a clue to new technology or content that might become available at some point in the future.
Exciting? Sometimes yes but sometimes, not really.
When a domain name is registered it doesn’t mean that a new site is already online or will ever be available. In other words, the newly registered domain might simply be a person/company protecting itself so someone else doesn’t get a hold of the domain name.
Also, a new domain might temporarily point to a web page that’s already online that has nothing to do with what the new domain is actually about. Then, after some period of time, a new page will become available. Finally, heading to a recently registered domain can often return no content.
With those caveats in place, here’s a small helping of some recently registered domain names that illustrate what we’re talking about and will hopefully be of interest.
As we learn about new domains that might be of interest to the INFOdocket readership, we will be sure to pass them along.
Recently Registered Domains (January 25, 2012)
Apple
- iTunesOps.com
Currently redirects to Apple homepage.
IDG (Publisher)
- MicrosoftFanatic.com
A new book? Website?
McGraw-Hill
- Mcconnellbrief2e.com
Likely the website for Microeconomics Brief Edition, 2nd Edition. Scheduled for publication in 2013.
Microsoft
Simon & Schuster
Wiley
- InternationalEncyclopediaofEthics.com
Redirects to Wiley Online Library info page for the 9 vol. encyclopedia that will be published in February 2013.
Filed under: Libraries, Publishing
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.