Dns And Bind

The Domain Name Handbook; High Stakes and Strategies in Cyberspace

Format: Paperback
Author: Ellen Rony
ReleaseDate: 01 June, 1998
Publisher: Publishers Group West
Rating:

Out of touch and out of date
With heavy, heavy chapters devoted to the development of the domain name system, trademark challenges, dispute case studies etc. I have to agree with one of my fellow reviewers - this book is way too technical and dry., The Domain Name Handbook reads more like a govenment manual than an istructive and entertaining piece of writing. Ten out of ten for so much research but not many out of ten for entertainment value, (and, yes, even an instruction manual can be enetertaining). . . . Theirwell-linked pages will take you some interesting routes to wherever the real knowledge lies.

If you're a sucker for tables, lists, facts, data and specifics, this book with inform. If, like me, you prefer that learning should be fun, you'll find yourself in the wrong hands here. In any case, the book was published in mid 1998 and, with so much having happened on the Web, is in dire need of a revised update.

Way too Technical
Domain Names for Dummies treats the subject matter in a much more enjoyable and business-oriented fashion. This book is way too technical and dry.

The user is left with little useful information and usable next steps.

Thorough, detailed delivering what it promises
Rony

This was the first book I purchased in my search tomake sense of the domain name business. The Domain Name Handbook; High Stakes and Strategies in Cyberspace by Ellen Rony, Peter R. It provides great information on the details of the domain name naming system and the history of the organizations involved. It also provides excellent information on trademark considerations and issues. If you are an attorney, or anyone seriously getting into the domain name business, you should have this in your library.

Rony is highly knowledgeable about the minutiae of the domain name registration rules, and offers a great history with some examples of cases of trademark cases and squatting that are highly useful for understanding the way things work. She's now consulting as an expert in this area, a clear sign that her expertise is credible with corporations and courts.

The book does not cover such considerations as the creative and business consideration process of coming up with a unique domain name. There's another book that goes into this topic in more detail--How to choose and Protect a great Name for Your website.

Neither book covers factors which contribute to the value of a dmain name, finding better prices for name registration, websites and strategies for doing research on names you are considering.

Rob Kall, author, domainnamereport.