New Sedo IDN warning - IDN Forums

bumblebee man · #1 (**permalink**) 18th April 2012, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Sedo

Please note that even if the signs in this domain name appear like regular signs, the domain can only be reached by typing in: XN--blablabla.COM.

Needless to say it's utterly wrong.

Hate to say it but that's pretty much what I predicted.

squirrel · #2 (**permalink**) 18th April 2012, 12:16 PM

How clueless. And they are in the business of selling domains ??? WTF.

IdnHost · #3 (**permalink**) 18th April 2012, 12:39 PM

lol!!

jose · #4 (**permalink**) 18th April 2012, 01:05 PM

It can get worst...

Rubber Duck · #5 (**permalink**) 18th April 2012, 05:55 PM

Which is why they are pretty much unmarketable at the moment.

But what if some buyers suddenly deluded themselves into thinking that you could simply type in native characters on a native keyboard? You know a bit like tens of thousands are already doing every day.

blastfromthepast · #6 (**permalink**) 18th April 2012, 10:37 PM

Who is Sedo to determine if the "signs" are regular?

blastfromthepast · #7 (**permalink**) 18th April 2012, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jose

It can get worst...

Thanks to you for alerting Sedo.

bumblebee man · #8 (**permalink**) 18th April 2012, 11:24 PM

Yeah, I guess that's what comes of it.

Wot · #9 (**permalink**) 19th April 2012, 12:38 AM

Instead of complaining that it is wrong on the thread here why not try telling Sedo it is wrong and what should be showing?

The recent plague of ASCII looking IDN has reduced dramatically on both the auction (now only 3 from a dozen or more per week recently) and the featured domains are down from over 30 to 1!) so something has happened,perhaps they have listened a little?

If you guys don't want to try post what would you like to see on IDN descriptions at Sedo that would satisfy the members here and be generally fair and I will give it a go to get through?

bumblebee man · #10 (**permalink**) 19th April 2012, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wot

Instead of complaining that it is wrong on the thread here why not try telling Sedo it is wrong and what should be showing?

That's what I'm doing now and that's why I'm pissed off.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wot

The recent plague of ASCII looking IDN has reduced dramatically on both the auction (now only 3 from a dozen or more per week recently) and the featured domains are down from over 30 to 1!) so something has happened,perhaps they have listened a little?

Yes, that's nice. I don't like the price we are paying for that however.

Was it predictable? Yes

Are we better off now?
Well, answer that for yourself.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wot

If you guys don't want to try post what would you like to see on IDN descriptions at Sedo that would satisfy the members here and be generally fair and I will give it a go to get through?

I'm working on a complaint letter. I'll shoot you a PM shortly.

Drewbert · #11 (**permalink**) 19th April 2012, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wot

Instead of complaining that it is wrong on the thread here why not try telling Sedo it is wrong and what should be showing?

This is the company that doesn't even show it's "closing soon" auctions on it's home page, preferring to push it's "featured domains" and "featured auctions"?

They've proved time and time again that they're not interested in listening.

The opposite to what Namedrive used to be like.

Wot · #12 (**permalink**) 20th April 2012, 10:24 AM

http://monikerblog.com/?p=586

Tweets allowed,in fact encouraged!

squirrel · #13 (**permalink**) 20th April 2012, 04:15 PM

done.

squirrel · #14 (**permalink**) 20th April 2012, 07:29 PM

https://twitter.com/#!/Sedo/statuses/193418433038262272

Wot · #15 (**permalink**) 21st April 2012, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by squirrel

https://twitter.com/#!/Sedo/statuses/193418433038262272

Didn't take long did it.

bumblebee man · #16 (**permalink**) 21st April 2012, 08:11 AM

well done, thx lads

Wot · #17 (**permalink**) 23rd April 2012, 08:35 AM

A new new warning/description.

http://www.sedo.co.uk/search/details...xn--80a6aa.com

Wot · #18 (**permalink**) 23rd April 2012, 09:10 AM

** This domain contains special non-English characters (i.e. "ä","ö","ü","á","é", "í") and is an Internationalized Domain (IDN). Please note that even if the signs in this domain name appear like regular signs, the domain may not be always reachable by typing in the name, due to browser limitations on IDN names and user setup. The domain can be reached by typing in: XN--80A6AA.COM.

Ben · #19 (**permalink**) 23rd April 2012, 09:47 AM

Not perfect, but it's better than it was, and at least they are listening. Strange they make grammar errors like "i.e." instead of "e.g.," and capitalizing "Internationalized Domain". Not to mention "signs" instead of "characters".

**Ryu** · #20 (**permalink**) 23rd April 2012, 10:15 AM

Somewhat strange warning for non-latin IDNs. SEDO should say something like, some latin IDNs are designed to look like proper English words....