Monthly Archives: June 2012

Thu 14th June 2012
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
WallStreet.com Hit With A UDRP - I think qualifies as a “Wow” The domain name WallStreet.com has been hit with a UDRP. The complaint is Wall-Street.com, LLC. Wall-Street.com has an original creation date of April 24th 1995 WallStreet.com which has been sold a few times now is showing an original creation date of only November 2010. WallStreet.com site is just  registrar placeholder. The domain is registered with NetNames.com which is a brand protection company. The placeholder does not have “ads” on the page but does advertise ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in NO and tagged
Ubegripelig at ikke flere søkte - ICANN offentliggjorde i går listen over alle søknader om nytt generelt toppnivådomene (generic Top-Level Domain, gTLD). - Det som skjedde i går er historisk for internett. Veldig mye interessant kan trekkes ut fra oversikten, sier Bente Sollid Storehaug til digi.no. Totalt ble det levert 1.930 søknader, som hver og én kostet over en million kroner bare i engangsavgift. Overraskelsen Som styreleder i norske Cloudnames fulgte Sollid Storehaug spent med fra pressekonferansen i ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in PL and tagged
Powitajcie nowe domeny: .lol, .hot, .sex, .rip, .wow, .pizza i inne - Internetowa Korporacja ds. Nadawania Nazw i Numerów (ICANN) opublikowaa list domen zgoszonych przez podmioty z caego wiata w okresie od 12 stycznia do 30 maja 2012 r. ICANN otrzymaa cznie 1930 wniosków z 60 krajów, pochodzcych nie tylko od midzynarodowych korporacji, ale te od rónych organizacji, instytucji oraz spoecznoci. Dziel si one na trzy grupy: nazwy spoecznociowe (np. Music, Bank, Hockey, Office, Hair), nazwy geograficzne (Helsinki, Irish, NYC) oraz nazwy zwizane z markami (Apple, Nike, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
ICANN: .WeScrewedUpAgain - Group publishes private details of new top level domain applicants. During the ICANN press conference on Wednesday a reporter stood up and asked if ICANN had told applicants that their email addresses and phone numbers would be published. Yes, was the response. Something to the tune of “we told everyone this would be an open process”. But only some of this information was to be published. Certainly not the home addresses of the applicants, which apparently were ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Amazon.com won’t offer domain names to a public - Amazon.com intends to only offer domain registrations to itself. Amazon.com has applied for 76 top level domain names. But don’t expect to be able to register any second level domains underneath them. I just reviewed eight of the company’s applications, and each one has similar language explaining who can register a second level domain under them: only Amazon.com and its subsidiaries. …Amazon and its subsidiaries will be the only eligible registrants… Now ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
What domains Go Daddy and 18 others bought final week - 19 end user domain sales. There’s been a lot of news about new top level domains this week. But what’s going on right now in the domain market? Here are 19 domain sales to end users from the past week, including one to domain registrar Go Daddy. Afternic Dispatching technology company Unified Dispatch, LLC, bought zTrip.com for $20,000 from Frank Schilling. App creator Apps For Life, which published Box Shot, bought BoxShot.com for $3,500. TV Guide bought TVGM.com ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
Over 40% of Fortune 100 request for tip turn domain names - Tech, pharma, consumer and financial companies more likely to apply. At least 42 of the top 100 companies in the Fortune 500 applied for one or more top level domains. I’ve embedded the spreadsheet showing the companies below. This is actually a bit harder to sort out than I expected; some companies applied under unusual names or through subsidiaries. I’m sure there are some missing because of this, so please let me know if any of the data below is incorrect. Some ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
New TLDs embody during slightest 4 contested .brand applications - Companies battle each other for rights to top level domains. I’ve identified at least four cases of contested .brand top level domain applications, defined here as a case where two different brand holders are going after the same top level domain. .Monster – Monster, Inc. vs. Monster Worldwide, Inc. The former sells really expensive cables and other audiophile products, the later runs job boards. .SAS – Research IP LLC vs. SAS AB. This is a battle I expected ... read more ...
Wed 13th June 2012
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Extensions In Conflict: .Law, .Lawyer, .Legal, .Attorney, .ESQ + many many More - Earlier today we listed the new gTLD strings which had 4 or more applications. Obviously those are conflicting applications but there is another type of conflicting applications; those that don’t match but cover the same subject, or field or profession. Take the case of the legal profession. There are applications for .Law, .Lawyer., .Legal, .Attorney and .Esq. That means there is a real possibility that not only will some of those new extensions will have to compete against existing extensions ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in CZ and tagged
Internetu „hrozí“ exotické TLD domény. Třeba kečup a Lidl - V příštích letech se do světa začnou ve větší míře šířit nové alfanumerické IPv6 adresy, toho si ale běžný smrtelník vůbec nemusí všimnout. Ostatně dnes se člověk na webu neorientuje podle IP adres, ale podle textových webových adres.Málokdo z nás zná IP adresu webového serveru Seznamu, každý ale ví, že stačí do prohlížeče zadat prostě www.seznam.cz a jsme v cíli.Příští rok nepřinese pouze změny v IP adresování, ale i v tom doménovém. ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Demand Media On Its New gTLD’s Applications: “We Are Very Pleased” - Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) just released a statement regarding the ICANN Big Reveal and the new gTLD’s they applied for: “Demand Media is the only applicant for 16 of its 26 total applications for new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs).” “We are very pleased with today’s results.” “We selected our TLDs based on data-driven algorithms that leveraged our leading registrar and content platforms to determine what domains small businesses and consumers were demanding,” said Taryn Naidu, EVP, Demand ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in PT and tagged
Apenas sete empresas do Brasil disputam novo domínio na internet - As apenas as empresas Vivo, Ipiranga, Itaú, Bradesco, a Rede Globo (“.globo”), a Natura e o Uol entraram na disputa para postulação de novos domínios na internet. A Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), entidade responsável pela gestão dos nomes de domínio genéricos na Internet (aqueles que não têm terminação indicativa de país, como “.com”, “.net”, “.ind”), divulgou, nesta quarta-feira (13)as lista contendo potenciais 1700 novas ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Media Company’s CBS, ABC, Fox Apply For New gTLD; NBC, Disney, CNN, ESPN Do Not - Checking out Big Media company’s new gTLD applications clearly not every media company participated in the new gTLD program. Some of the major US TV Networks applied for their matching gTLD including .CBS, .ABC and .Fox Some of the glaring non-applicants were  .Disney .Espn, .CNN, MTV The British Broadcasting Company applied for .BBC Sony applied for .Sony   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Google & Amazon Compete on 21 new gTLD’s - In our continuing review of the list of applicants for new gTLD’s, there are 21 gTLD that both Google and Amazon applied for: .music .play .movie .map .mail .game .free .dev .cloud .book .search .app .shop .store .wow .you .buy .drive .show .spot .talk .kid (Amazon applied for .kids) Of course many of these strings have other applicants as well. Considering that strings with two or more applicants go to auction unless the parties work something out these strings may go for millions of dollars each. Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Domainer Daniel Negari Throws His Hat In The Ring & Applies For 3 New gTLD’s - Domainer Daniel Negari has applied for three new gTLD’s His company, XYZ.com applied for .College, .Now and .XYZ Mr. Negari is going to have serious competitors for .Now Amazon.com, the principal’s of the .Asia registry, and One.com and Global Top Level App which only applied for .Now For .College there is only one other applicant Binky Edge, LLC. which only applied for the .college gTLD. For .XYZ Mr. Negari’s company is the only applicant. CentralNic.com is the back end provider for XYZ.com Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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Domain Industry Veteran Jay Westerdal Who Started DomainTools.com Applies For 11 New gTLD’s - Domain industry veteran Jay Westerdal who started DomainTools.com, appears to have applied for 11 new gTLD’s under a couple of company’s Fegistry, LLC, and Top Level Spectrum, Inc. Here are the extensions that Jay applied for:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in PT and tagged
Amazon, Bradesco e Vivo também querem terminações de domínio … - Após o Google anunciar que está de olho em novos domínios de topo (ou TLDs, sigla para Top Level Domains), como .lol, .docs e .google, outras empresas também demonstraram interesse em reservar palavras genéricas e marcas registradas. A Amazon é uma das mais empenhadas nas novas possibilidades: quer registrar um total de 76 TLDs, incluindo palavras como .free e .book. Empresas brasileiras também querem suas próprias terminações de domínio. O ICANN, órgão que regula o registro de ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in PT and tagged
Amazon, Bradesco e Vivo também querem terminações de domínio exclusivas - Após o Google anunciar que está de olho em novos domínios de topo (ou TLDs, sigla para Top Level Domains), como .lol, .docs e .google, outras empresas também demonstraram interesse em reservar palavras genéricas e marcas registradas. A Amazon é uma das mais empenhadas nas novas possibilidades: quer registrar um total de 76 TLDs, incluindo palavras como .free e .book. Empresas brasileiras também querem suas próprias terminações de domínio. O ICANN, órgão que regula o registro de ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in TR and tagged
.dog, .meme and .like – Icann lists domain applications - Shutterstock.com The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has published the complete list of 1,930 generic top level domains that have been applied for.Back in 2008, Icann announced that it would create a bunch of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), for cities, companies and other organisations. Applications ... read more ...
 
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.WOW: Demand Media, Google & Amazon All Fighting Over This New gTLD - In what maybe a very interesting auction if it comes to that, three public company’s have made application for .Wow Google, Amazon and Demand Media all applied for .Wow. They are the only three applicants for that particular TLD.   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
Nouveaux TLD publiés par l’ICANN : quelques statistiques… - Comme nous l'indiquions plus tôt en listant les 54 demandes françaises, l'ICANN a publié mercredi la liste intégrale des 1931 demandes de gestion de nouveaux noms de domaine de premier niveau (TLDs). Elle devra ensuite retenir entre 500 et 1 500 dossiers, qui seront autant de nouvelles "extensions" de noms de domaines qui s'ajouteront aux 22 domaines génériques actuels (.org, .com, .net, etc.),et aux 280 domaines nationaux (.fr, .de, .co.uk, etc.). En consultant la liste, nous pouvons ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
Famous Four Media Applies For 61 Generic TLD’s; .Poker; .Bet; .Bingo; .Casino; .Win - A company based in Gibraltar that you probably never heard of,  Famous Four Media has turned out to be one of the largest applicants of generic TLD’s. and actually I think my personal favorite list of new gTLD’s. Here is the info about them from their site: “We specialise as a full service provider enabling Registries to thrive on the back of our combined financial, technological and marketing reach.” “Our team has extensive experience from the gTLD industry, having successfully been ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media Applies For 26 gTLD’s Including .Social; ..Gay; .Green .RIP; .Wow; .Airforce; .Navy - It looks like Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) has applied for 26 new gTLD’s and some of them are .Wow The applicant is United TLD Holdco Ltd. and the contract there is Mr. Jeffrey Eckhaus, who is a Senior Vice President of Demand. There are some interesting one’s here. .Airforce and .Navy would appear to be an issue and subject to objection by the US government and the GAC unless they are making application on behalf of the armed forces   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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UPDATED: Our Biggest Surprises From The Big Reveal: Apple Didn’t Apply For .App; Google is 2nd Largest Applicant - I have at least another couple of hours trying to digest all of the 1,931 applications released by ICANN in the Big Reveal but already have found some pretty big surprises. Apple didn’t apply for .App The owner of the biggest App Store in the world didn’t make application, but Amazon and Google did. Apple also didn’t apply for .Mac Facebook did not apply for .Facebook or for any other new gTLD. Twitter didn’t apply. eBay an often used example of a .Brand did not apply. Microsoft applied for ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in PL and tagged
LOL, SEX, WTF – znamy listę propozycji nowych domen gTLD - Publikacja listy aplikacji to dopiero początek. Począwszy od dziś, eksperci ICANN będą dokładnie badać wszystkie wnioski. Przejdą te, które nie są niezgodne z prawem (w tym do własności intelektualnej), nikogo nie obrażają i mają mówić wprost – sens bytu. Jak poinformowało ICANN, pierwsze nowe domeny gTLD wystartują w pierwszym kwartale 2013. Co oznacza, że ... read more ...