Archive: DIDS 2014
DIDS 2014
More than 260 visitors attended the fifth Serbian Internet Domain Day Conference (DIDS), organised by the Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (RNIDS) on 10th March 2014 at the Metropol Hotel.
DIDS is a conference that is held annually, focused on the development of the Internet globally and in the Serbian .RS and .СРБ domain spaces. This year the slogan was Domainisation, Socialisation, Good Location. The all-day program saw IT professionals from all sectors of the economy, Internet providers and accredited registrars come together with other local Internet users to hear the experiences of some twenty conference speakers from home and abroad.
The first conference block was dedicated to current global Internet trends. The Domainisation catchword referred to the introduction of more than 1000 new generic Internet domains (gTLDs), in multiple languages and scripts: .web, .caйt, .移动, . شبكة, .events, .works, .cool, .vision, .today, .company, .shop, .trend, .place, .guru, .blog, .sex and many others. The participants concluded that national TLDs are still the best choice for the national market, while generic domains are better used for sites addressing a global market, or some geographically non-specific market segment (e.g. using domains such as .events, .shop, .blog). There was also speculation as to how the new generic domains would be ranked in the Google results, since the search engine currently localises searches, giving ranking advantages to sites hosted on national domains.
At the second panel called Socialisation the participants discussed the issues of promotion trough social networks and how it can boost web site visibility and brand recognition. Additional topics were human behaviour on social networks, examples of best practice and ways to create a successful profile (how and when to publish posts, how to communicate directly with the community and etc).
The subject of the third block, titled Good Location, was successful examples of local websites residing on the .RS and .СРБ TLDs. Visitors had a chance to meet the founders of 12 sites in the .RS domain and to hear their practical experiences. The examples given were of media sites, Internet communities and online stores, and attendees were keen to hear the stories of the people behind them.
You can read more detailed descriptions of the discussions and topics in articles written by the official bloggers of DIDS 2014 (Serbian only):
“Serbian Internet Domains Day – DIDS 2014” by Vladimira Stanković – @DedaBor
“DIDS 2014: What will domain liberalisation bring?” by Una Zabunov – @unaunpaso
“Domainisation, socialisation…” by Miloš Petrović – @MilosPetrovic
“LIVE: #DIDS2014 – Serbian Internet Domains Day” by Krsto Arsenijević – @krsto
Program DIDS 2014
Moderator: Vladimir Radunović, e-diplomacy educational and training programmes coordinator, DiploFoundation
Recently over 1,000 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) joined the list of the well-known top-level domains (TLDs), and they come in a number of languages and scripts: .web, .сaйt, .移动, . شبكة, .events, .works, .cool, .vision, .today, .company, .shop, .trend, .place, .guru, .blog, .sex… and many more.Was this expansion necessary and will it bring more choice or just more confusion? Will the market grow and sales increase, or will the new domains just take a slice of the existing market? How will the cost of domain name registration change in the light of this? Will country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) lose their importance, or in fact become more sought-after and more trusted? How will users arrive at the best choice, and how can sellers and registrars help them make the right decision? Will the new domains have an impact on online branding and if so how? And how will search engines treat them? How can you protect your brand in this ocean of new domains and will registrars’ neutral policy towards content change?
Introduction:
- Danko Jevtović, RNIDS, Director
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Panel discussion:
- Michele Neylon, CEO
Blacknight Internet Solutions
www.blacknight.com - Ulrich Retzlaff, Director of Channel Management
Public Interest Registry .ORG
www.pir.org - Slobodan Marković, ICT policies and Internet community relations advisor
RNIDS
www.rnids.rs
Moderator: Ivana Ćirković, founder and editor of the women’s portal www.organvlasti.com
The second section of this year’s DIDS is dedicated to a discussion on websites and on having a good presence and position on the social networks. Some successful examples will be presented and we will get to hear about their experiences and the advice they have to share. The relationship between social network presence and SEO, the impact of the social networks on the development of start-ups and promoting one’s site and business on the social networks will be looked at from a psychological viewpoint.
Panel discussion:
- Nikolina Ljepava, director of development
Ninamedia Research
www.ninamedia.rs
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Four Dots
www.fourdots.com
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Vibe Network (MojaGaraža.rs)
www.vibe.rs
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Mezze.rs
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Moderator: Ivan Minić, founder and director of „Burek.com“
The third block is reserved for sites with good locations on the national .RS and .СРБ domains. Some of them were created with the help of funds from the RNIDS-run 4PI programme which supports projects to popularise Internet use. Representatives of Serbian sites will speak about their experiences and development paths, and there will be time for questions from the audience and via Twitter.
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Participants:
- The .СРБ domain two years later
- Vlado Đukanović, a linguist and the founder of Lexicom – Language Engineering, www.lexicom.rs, will speak about interesting .СРБ websites.
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- Vlado Đukanović, a linguist and the founder of Lexicom – Language Engineering, www.lexicom.rs, will speak about interesting .СРБ websites.
- Media sites:
- www.021.rs – Slobodan Krajinović, editor-in-chief
- www.posmatrac.rs – Nenad Milosavljević, founder
- www.prva.rs – Jelena Anđelić, New Business Manager
- Internet communities:
- www.gdenapivo.rs – Konstantin Milutinović, founder
- www.blogmagazin.rs – Marko Cvetković, founder
- www.mozilla.rs – Boris Prpić, представник „Мозила Србија“
- www.clubbing.rs – Ivan Tanasković, founder
- www.startit.rs – Zoja Kukić, site administrator
- Commerce on Internet:
- www.avmarket.rs – Ivan Golubović, founder
- www.beomob.rs – Aleksandar Dmitrović, site manager
- www.biospajz.rs – Milja Vuković, internet team member
- www.winwin.rs – Miloš Obradović, marketing manager „Win Win“
