Monthly Archives: May 2013

Wed 8th May 2013
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22 finish user sales final week - A pharmacy chain, cybersecurity company, and a baseball glove company made domain purchases last week. Afternic sold just over $1 million worth of domains last week. Here are 22 of the purchases that were clearly to end users. Glimmerglass, which offers big data product Cybersweep to extract actionable information for cybercrime, bought CyberSweep.com for $19,000. Examp prep and tutoring company Huntington bought iPrep.com for $7,995. Amplify, a News Corp company, ... read more ...
 
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ICANN sends crack notice to vast Argentinian domain registrar - Dattatec late on fees, slow to respond to whois inaccuracy claims. ICANN has sent a breach notice to a relatively large domain name registrar based in Argentina. ICANN claims (pdf) that Dattatec.com, SRL is in breach of a number of provisions of the registrar accreditation agreement. According to the breach notice, Dattatec is not taking reasonable steps to investigate whois inaccuracy complaints, isn’t properly maintaining registration records, and isn’t making ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schilling: could be 20,000 or 30,000 TLDs in 20 years - Says “these are not pie-in-the-sky” numbers and second level domains could be seen as “antiquated”. Domain name investor Frank Schilling applied for 54 top level domains via his new TLD company Uniregistry. I remember asking him before the new TLD reveal day about what his plans were, and he characterized them as “not big”. 54 doesn’t seem like a big number to me, but when you consider Schilling’s perspective on how the naming system will change in ... read more ...
 
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Very active Moniker Spring Auction ends tomorrow - Domain name auction that ends tomorrow has lots of activity. The Moniker Spring Auction on SnapNames doesn’t end until tomorrow, but bidding is already very active. The auction features 199 domain names and 33 of them already have bids. 22 have met their reserve price. The leader so far is StumpRemoval.com, which has an $11,770 bid and has met its reserve. I’ve paid for tree stump removal so I know it’s not a cheap service. That said, an individual tree company ... read more ...
 
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Electronic Arts buys BF4.com for Battlefield 4 (and other finish user sales) - Electronic Arts among the big name buyers at Sedo last week. Sedo had some big sales last week, including Moms.com for $252,000. The whois record for Moms.com still shows Sedo, so we don’t yet know how bought the domain. Here are some of Sedo’s other end user sales last week. Electronic Arts bought BF4.com for $9,000, which is short for its Battlefield 4 game. Australian wedding site EasyWeddings.com.au bought EasyWeddings.co.uk for $1,250. Spy equipment site ... read more ...
Tue 7th May 2013
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Art.SY Startup Now Artsy.net - A year and a half ago, I wrote about an art Internet startup company called Artsy, which used Art.SY for its domain name. At the time of my article, I asked whether a company could have success using the Syria ccTLD for its domain name and if the .SY ccTLD could become popular as a result. I just read about the apparent ongoing Internet blackout in Syria right now, and after remembering the article I wrote, I checked on Art.SY. Apparently, it seems that the company has decided not to ... read more ...
 
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Art.SY Startup Now Artsy.net – Elliot’s Blog - A year and a half ago, I wrote about an art Internet startup company called Artsy, which used Art.SY for its domain name. At the time of my article, I asked whether a company could have success using the Syria ccTLD for its domain name and if the .SY ccTLD could become popular as a result. I just read about the apparent ongoing Internet blackout in Syria right now, and after remembering the article I wrote, I checked on Art.SY. Apparently, it seems that the company has decided not to ... read more ...
 
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Syria disappears off the face of the internet - It looks like internet access into and out of Syria has been deliberately shut down. Just take a look at this traffic graph from Akamai, showing a dramatic and abrupt change at about 18:45 UTC. Umbrella Security Labs report that Syria's two TLD servers - ns1.tld.sy and ns2.tld.sy - are unreachable. Sure enough, if you try to reach Syrian websites right now - you'll probably find it impossible. It's not clear what has caused the problem, but there will no doubt be speculation as to whether ... read more ...
 
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Radix Registry Passes 4 New gTLD Initial Evaluations - Radix Registry Passes 4 New gTLD Initial Evaluations Details WhaTech Channel: Internet Published: Wednesday, 08 May 2013 00:32 Submitted by Team Logicboxes Press Release from: Directi - Mass-Market Web Products Read: 33 times Radix Registry, the new TLD Company of Directi, has passed the initial evaluation stage on 4 of ... read more ...
 
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İnternet, 2012’nin Dördüncü Çeyreğinde, 252 Milyonun Üzerinde Alan Adına Ulaştı - Alan adlarında firması Verisign tarafından yayınlanan son Alan Adı Endüstrisi Özeti’ne[1] göre; yılın son çeyreğinde altı milyondan fazla alan adı internete eklendi ve böylece 31 Aralık 2012 tarihi itibariyle toplam kayıtlı alan adı sayısı, dünya çapındaki tüm Üst Seviye Alan Adları (Top-Level Domains - TLDs) bazında 252 milyonu aştı. Küresel çaptaki 6,1 milyonluk alan adı artışı, 2012 yılının üçüncü çeyreğine kıyasla yüzde 2,5’lik bir ... read more ...
 
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Afternic.com Sells $1MM In Domains Led By GotHealth.com For $28K - Afternic.com just released its weekly domain sales for the week of 4/29/13 – 5/05/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,016,647. The highest sale was GotHealth.com, which sold for $28,000. Other reportable high dollar sales were CyberSweep.com for $19,000 and CookingLessons.com for $16,000. Here is the full list of reportable sales: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Syria Suddenly Loses All Internet, Country Completely Disconnected Again … - Since about 3pm ET today, internet activity in Syria has almost completely ceased. Google's Twitter handle reported that all Google services are inaccessible in Syria. Mobile communications are completely offline in the border city Daraa. Look at this graph of Syria's internet being down. via BusinessInsider The Umbrella Security Labs wrote of the occurence on its blog, "Currently both TLD servers for Syria, ns1.tld.sy and ns2.tld.sy are unreachable.  The remaining two nameservers sy.cctld.authdns.ripe.net. ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.46 Million Led By Moms.com for $252,000 - Over the past week, 703 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.46m. Over 45% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .coms: moms.com at 252,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: fotograf.de at 89,250 EUR ·         Top “other” TLD: espresso.net at 9,999 USD   <![CDATA[]]>Domain name  Price  Currency .COMs moms.com  252,000   USD evora.com  94,000   USD juxin.com  66,666   ... read more ...
 
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Fun and Games in ICANN’s new gTLD Process - Jacqueline Lipton5/7/13 Most readers are probably aware that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has recently introduced a process to open up the domain system to a myriad of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). In this context “generic” may be somewhat of a misnomer, because a number of the domains applied for correspond with proprietary trademarks ... read more ...
 
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Innovative solution to cut fuel costs for aircraft taxiing - H.H.Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum speaking at the inaugural GALF. (Airport Show)   An aircraft spends an average of 21 minutes taxiing the runway TaxiBOTs to cut taxiing time by three-fourth Field tests carried out on B747s and A340-600s Lufthansa subsidiary LEOS to use three TaxiBOTs from August A reduction of fuel consumption by over 50 per cent, along with the environment protection and boosting profitability of operations, have been on the wish list of airlines worldwide since a long ... read more ...
 
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The Big Domain Name Shake-Up. Are You Prepared? - Terms Conditions and Privacy Statement Mondaq.com (the Website) is owned and managed by Mondaq Ltd and as a user you are granted a non-exclusive, revocable license to access the Website under its terms and conditions of use. Your use of the Website constitutes your agreement to the following terms and conditions of use. Mondaq Ltd may terminate your use of the Website if you are in breach of these terms and conditions or if Mondaq Ltd decides to terminate your license of use for whatever reason. Use ... read more ...
 
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Are you ready for the Big Bang? - The first of the new TLDs will soon start to be delegated, explained Stephane Van Gelder who has his own consulting firm, yesterday, and they are expected to go live within a year. Despite repeated delays to the launch, said Van Gelder: “We can expect new gTLDs to begin arriving Q3/Q4 this year.” Panelists in the session yesterday explained how the ICANN process works, highlighting issues of concern to brand-owner applicants, and discussing ... read more ...
 
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ICANN launches Trademark Clearinghouse protection for trade mark holders … - On 26 March 2013, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) launched the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH). It is envisaged that the Trademark Clearinghouse will provide a database for individuals and businesses to register their brands, ahead of the release of around 2,000 generic top-level domains (‘gTLDs’), eg, ‘.news’, later this year. The TMCH will primarily serve two functions: The‘Sunrise’ registration service, which allows members of the Trademark Clearinghouse ... read more ...
 
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ADNDRC Bars UDRP on Stolen Domain 6543.com - Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center (the ADNDRC) denied a UDRP on the domain name 6543.com A domain which it appears was allegedly stolen from the complainant. The Respondent didn’t file a response. We have noted before that UDRP’s are not set up for the return of a stolen domain. Here the complainant didn’t even allege a trademark right to the domain, not even a common law right. What the panel did however seems to be to call out Godaddy.com the registrar of the domain. On the other ... read more ...
 
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Google Inc: GOOG alters algorithm in preparation for launch of new gTLDs … - Google Inc: GOOG alters algorithm in preparation for launch of new gTLDs; value of new gTLDs tipped to increase significantly Details Published on Tuesday, 07 May 2013 11:18 Written by Gary Howes Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is said to be preparing us for the much-anticipated launch of the new gTLDs. And, early indications suggest that the search engine is set to value these gTLDs highly. In what has been dubbed 'a surprising move' by one commentator, GOOG appears to have ... read more ...
 
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Google Starts Treating More Country-Code Top-Level Domains as Generic TLDs - It can sometimes be annoying when you're searching for a company’s website, only to fall victim to geotargeting. Or worse, you're a multinational company, but your country level top-level domain is making ranking outside of your country an issue, even when it ranks fairly well within the country. And sometimes people are just registering certain country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) because they are trendy, especially for marketing purposes. Google has just updated its list of ccTLDs they ... read more ...
 
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How Demand Media sees the domain name business - Domain business positioned as end-to-end domain provider, spin-out on track. Demand Media just concluded its first quarter earnings conference call, and much of the talk centered on new TLDs. The company is working to spin out its domain name business into a separate business and expects that to happen by the end of the year or in early 2014. CEO Richard Rosenblatt explained that the company wants to be an end-to-end provider of domain services. The group will continue ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media touts new TLDs in latest earnings, domains boost to 14 million - Demand Media puts new TLDs front and center in earnings release. Demand Media just released its first quarter earnings. It reported a slight profit of $0.7M before adjustments. But more interesting to the domain world is the focus the company’s earnings release places on new TLDs. The first paragraph proudly announces that the company has signed up 400 resellers for its new TLDs (though eNom) and has received 2 millions “expressions of interest” from people ... read more ...
 
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Escrow.com tops $1.5 billion in transactions - Milestone shows that Escrow.com is growing very fast. I seems like just last year that I was writing about Escrow.com topping the $1 billion mark. And that’s because it was just last year that the company announced it had crossed the $1 billion transaction milestone. Now, about 16 months later, Escrow.com says it has already hit $1.5 billion in transactions. It took the company 11 years to hit the first $1 billion and just over a year to hit $1.5 billion, so the ... read more ...
 
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My initial domain sale by DomainNameSales.com - I sold my first domain through DNS. What have your experiences been? Last week I completed my first domain sale using the Internet Traffic/DomainNameSales.com platform. One thing that is a bit confusing at first is how the communications work inside the DomainNameSales.com platform. The platform is “open”, meaning you can handle domain inquiries yourself or use a number of third party brokers (including DNS itself, like what I chose). By using an outside broker ... read more ...