Monthly Archives: May 2013

Wed 29th May 2013
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.19 Million Led By HumanPro.com & 30Seconds.com - Sedo.com just reported that 623 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.19 Million Over 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .coms: humanpro.com at 19,000 EUR ·         Top ccTLD: fitnessstudio.de at 13,000 EUR ·         Top “other” TLD: santorinihotels.org at 4,310 USD Some other domains of note 30Seconds.com which used to be owned by Marchex and was most ... read more ...
 
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Alabama Moves Its Official Travel Site From AlabamaTravel.org/.Gov to Alabama … - Brad – the main reason why alternatives extensions never made it big is because the timing was off. The internet today is totally different from just 5 years ago. Social media, the explosion of new online ventures, apps, mobile devices and a lot of other factors have increased the popularity of alternative extensions. Lets alone the fact that huge corps now invest millions into marketing/branding of their new gTLDs. Like I said, far from all gTLD’s will ... read more ...
 
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.Club Domains LLC Raises $3.5 Million & Is Headed To Private Auction - .Club Domains, LLC an applicant for the new top level domain, (new gTLD) .CLUB, announced today that they have raised $3.5 Million dollars and is heading to a private auction next week. Earlier today Domainnamewire.com reported that .Club Domains, LLC filed a Form D with the “U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seeking to raise up to $7 million”. It appears they raised half of that amount. I’m not sure about the strategy of announcing an amount raised when going into an auction but I guess ... read more ...
 
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2.4 Billion People On The Net Up 8% From Last Year But Only 34% Are Online - As reported by Cnet.com, Mary Meeker, a partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers Meeker, speaking today at the AllThingsD D11 Conference, reported that 2.4 billion people around the world are on the Internet,  an 8%  year-over-year gain. Only 34% of the world’s population is online. In the U.S., the Internet penetration is  78%. In May 2009 mobile devices were only 0.9% of Internet traffic . In 2010 mobile grew to  2.4%. Ms. Meeker said that mobile devices ... read more ...
 
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InterNetX, Key-Systems & Sedo Nominated For German eco Internet Awards - Three companies from the domain name industry have been Nominated for the Eco Internet Awards The Association of the German Internet Industry which honors the most innovative Internet solutions announced that three German companies have been nominated for the awarded given by eco – Association of the German Internet Industry in the Domains DNS category. The Award winner will be announced during the eco Gala festivities on June 27th, 2013 in Cologne. The nominees in the Domains DNS category are: - ... read more ...
 
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Sedo To Hold Auction Of Registry Owned .Info Domain Names - Sedo, announced today that it would be holding an auction of 100 registry owned “premium” .INFO domain names that will run from May 29 through June 4, 2013. All domain names in the auction will have reserve prices that start at $99 USD “The auction will bring more than 100 premium .INFO domains to market, including geographical names and strong keywords in German, English and French.” “Among the many domains available will be: UKEvents.info DirectMarketing.info Futbol.info Bier.info Wein.info Musique.info CostaBlanca.info Societe.info Malaga.info Schwaben.info Tenerife.info Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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Domain Name Registrations Indicate Emirates Airlines Is Getting Into The Private Jet Business - Emirates Airlines is regarded by many to be amongst the top airlines in the world especially as a kluxury airlines offering exceptional business and first class. According to some domain name registrations yesterday it seems the Emirates soon be getting into the private jet/charter business as well. Here are some domain that Emirates registered  yesterday through brand protection company MarkMonitor: emirates-airlines-charter.com charter-emirates.com charter-jet-emirates.com charteremirates.com charterjetemirates.com emirates-airlines-executive.com emirates-airlines-private-jet.com emirates-charter-jet.com emirates-charter.com emirates-executive-jet.com emirates-executive-private-jet-lease.com emirates-executive.com emirates-private-jet.com emiratesairlinescharter.com emiratesairlinesexecutive.com emiratesairlinesprivatejet.com emiratescharterjet.com emiratesexecutivejet.com emiratesexecutiveprivatejetlease.com emiratesprivatejet.com emriates-executive.com emriatesexecutive.com private-jet-emirates.com privatejetemirates.com Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Orders Further Study On Dotless Domains - ICANN announced last night they were authorizing further study into dotless domains. Google recently announced that they were changing their application for .Search to an open rather than closed registry and they want to operate the registry as a Dotless Domains. Here is the announcement: “On 23 February 2012, the SSAC published the SAC 053: SSAC Report on Dotless Domains. A domain name that consists of a single label is referred to as a “dotless domain name”. ” “Use of dotless names could ... read more ...
 
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Top Six GTLD Questions For Brands, According To Digital Brand Strategy Expert … - Share |Submit |RSS|Print|Comments Loading... With New gTLDs Set to Launch In the Next Six Months, Wolfe Addresses Most Critical Impacts in Internet Paradigm ShiftWith the first wave of generic top level domains (gTLDs) set to launch this summer, followed by a wave of brand-controlled domains in the fourth quarter of 2013 and into 2014, the new Internet is upon us. Jennifer Wolfe, president of Wolfe Domain, the leading gTLD digital brand strategy firm, today released the most pressing questions ... read more ...
 
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Security Studies on the Use of Non-Delegated TLDs, and Dotless Names … – ag-IP - MARINA DEL REY, CA - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced two studies regarding: 1) the use of non-delegated TLDs and 2) potential risks related to dotless domain names, according to the Corporation. On 31 January 2013, ICANN security team received the SAC 057: SSAC Advisory on Internal Name Certificates. On 18 May, the ICANN Board directed staff to commission a study on the use of TLDs that are not currently delegated at the root level of the public DNS in enterprises. ICANN ... read more ...
 
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Luxembourg’s .lu domains can now be sealed for a year in disputes - .Lu provides new lock in case of domain dispute. Country code operators are not required to offer a cybersquatting resolution service, although many adopt some form of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). Luxembourg takes a more hands of approach. But starting next month it will implement a locking option to stop a domain from being transferred while in dispute. The lock has an initial one year period and can be extended. Here’s how the registry ... read more ...
 
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Company sues NamingRights.com, and it’s kind of interesting - I haven’t heard the name Backslap Domains in a while. Greek Island Labs, a company that sells cosmetic products, has sued NamingRights.com and Backslap Domains for cybersquatting* over the domain name Adonia.com (pdf). Greek Island Labs sells products under the Adonia name, and says it has done so since 2008. Adonia is the name of an ancient festival, so on the face of it the domain is generic. Of course, that hasn’t stopped companies from filing cybersquatting ... read more ...
 
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.Club applicant seeks to lift adult to $7 million - .Club Domains, LLC files Form D with SEC. .Club Domains, LLC, an applicant for the .club top level domain name, has filed a Form D with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as it seeks to raise up to $7 million. The filing states that none of the money has been raised so far, and the company is considering both equity investments and debt. .Club Domains, LLC is lead by CEO Colin Campbell, who has built a number of successful internet companies. According to ... read more ...
Tue 28th May 2013
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Alabama Moves Its Official Travel Site From AlabamaTravel.org/.Gov to Alabama.Travel - The state of Alabama has become the latest jurisdiction to move its official travel site to a .Travel domain name. I was at a movie last night and saw an ad for Alabama.Travel and today I checked and it appears the state has moved their official travel site from Alabama.gov to Alabama.travel Alabama becomes the latest in a what is becoming a trend for official travel sites switching over to using a .travel domain. Just a few weeks ago we wrote noting that Fiji, Germany, Colombia, Egypt, Ecuador, ... read more ...
 
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Ad Execs: Online Videos Ads More Effective Than TV Ads & Are Fastest Growing - According emarketer.com a March 2013 survey of US advertising agency executives conducted by online video ad platform BrightRoll found that the vast majority of respondents (75%) said online video ads were equally or more effective than traditional TV. Nine out of 10 also thought online video ads had equal or greater impact than display ads.   eMarketer estimates that video ad spending in the US will grow 41.4% this year, to reach $4.1 billion and Ad Execs believe the greatest growth in ad dollars ... read more ...
 
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It’s Official, You Could Have Doubled Your Money This Year Buying Marchex - Share of Marchex have been on a tear of late up over 50% in the last month and over 100% in the past year and have hit a new 52 week high today of $6.30 As of publications shares of Marchex are trading at $6.30 up over 6% on the day. A month ago on April 29th, shares were trading at $4.08 a share meaning that shares of Marchex are trading more than 50% higher than just one month ago. The 52 week low for the stock is $2.99 meaning you could have doubled your money had you bought Marchex shares at ... read more ...
 
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Feds Shut Down Digitial Currency Site LibertyReserve & Its 1M Customers & Seizes 5 Domains - The Federal Government today announced they had shut down and indicted the founders and operators of Liberty Reserve, a digital currency operation running out of Costa Rica. The founder of the Liberty Reserve Arthur Budovsky , has been arrested in Spain on money-laundering charges. The Feds allege that the operation was a $6 billion money-laundering scheme. Authorities say the network processed at least 55 million illegal transactions worldwide. The indictment said the company had more than a million ... read more ...
 
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What you should know about the new gTLDs and the Trademark Clearinghouse - With all of the news about the new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), where do trademark owners even start? The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is currently reviewing over 1,000 applications for new generic top-level domains, such as “.food,” “.bank,” “.app,” “.movie,” “.wine,” etc. The first new gTLDs are expected to go live as early as June 2013. With many new Internet extensions to rival the current “.com,” “.net,” and “.org,” top level ... read more ...
 
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Top Six gTLD Questions for Brands - Comment Print Article Email Permalink Written on May 28, 2013  Author Wolfe Domain  | Share Top Six gTLD Questions for Brands ADOTAS – With the first wave of generic top level domains (gTLDs) set to launch this summer, followed by a wave of brand-controlled domains in the fourth quarter of 2013 and into 2014, the new Internet is upon us. Jennifer Wolfe, president of Wolfe Domain, the leading gTLD digital brand strategy firm, today ... read more ...
 
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AMA MX – TLD encara Thunder Valley com mais um desfalque - AMA MX - TLD encara Thunder Valley com mais um desfalque Detalhes Categoria: Moto Cross Publicado em Terça, 28 Maio 2013 10:26 Jessy Nelson foi cortado para se recuperar completamente de uma lesão no cotovelo. Malcolm Stewart e Cole Seely defenderam a equipe no evento realizado no último sábado, dia 25.   A Troy Lee Designs/Lucas Oil/Honda Race Team encarou a segunda etapa do AMA Motocross no último sábado, dia 25, com mais ... read more ...
 
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UDRP Filed On HarryHenien.com & YoussryHenien.com Which Have A BIG Warning - I just noticed two pretty unusual UDRP for the domain names HarryHenien.com and Youssryhenien.com I did a quick Google search and found that a there is a Harry Henien out of the UAE that represents himself to be some sort of financial guru: “Internationally educated and experienced in the global financial market, Harry Henien leverages his expertise on behalf of financial services firm in Wealth Management. As director of the firm, he oversees the management of numerous international portfolios ... read more ...
 
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What Do Trademark Owners Need To Know About The Trademark … - 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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Girl.me gets $30,000 bid during Sedo - An eye-popping price tag, but many .me domains have sold in this price range. The domain name Girl.me has a $30,000 offer at Sedo and has been sent to an auction. Although errant bids sometimes occur on Sedo, my guess is this is legit. In order to place a bid of $10,000 or more you need to submit a number of documents, including a bank statement or utility bill and a copy of a government issued photo ID. Besides, $30,000 for Girl.me isn’t an outlier. True, most ... read more ...
 
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Sedo pulling new TLD services - Company releases brochure and starts more heavily marketing its new TLD capabilities. Sedo is starting to more aggressively promote services to new top level domain applicants, including adding a couple ad banners targeting them on its home page. The company’s four page “Sedo New gTLD Services” brochure (pdf) highlights services the company provides prior to launch, during sunrise and landrush, and after a domain fully launches. Ahead of launch, Sedo will help ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media wants to heading name for domain name heading insurance service - New TLD applicant files trademark applications fro DPML. Demand Media subsidiary United TLD has filed six trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office related to its proposed Domain Protected Marks List (DPML). Three of the applications are for the full term “Domain Protected Marks List ” and the other three are for “DPML”. The applications were filed on an intent-to-use basis on May 15. The DPML is a service that would let trademark holders ... read more ...