The State of the Industry January 2007: >>>

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Every January we kick off the New Year with a survey of domain industry leaders who are perfectly positioned to identify the most important events and trends of the past year and to forecast what we are likely to see in the year ahead. If you don’t put much stock in predictions, you might want to revisit our January 2005 and January 2006 State of the Industry reports to see just how remarkably accurate our panel of experts have been.

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Well Ron Sheridan has got it:

Sheridan sees another potential bright spot in the year ahead. “IDNs (International Domain Names) could be big in 2007. We’re already seeing a rush to scoop up generics in this category. The recent release of the IE7 browser has a lot to do with the boost of interest here, with its ability to support non-Romanized characters. Parking services will need to cater to these domains with relevant foreign language keywords and ads,” Sheridan noted.

As for sedo, it is a bit rich them complaining about poor main stream press coverage. However, useful and accurate information relating to what is going down in the industry is an important concern. Just look how many times it is reported in this forum that 10,000 domains have been lost in China. It just goes to show that much of the stuff that is going around the world as domain news is utter bullshit. There were no domains lost in China, just as IDN have never been a serious actual means of phishing. Who actually writes all this crap?