Monthly Archives: June 2013

Tue 4th June 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
New TLD’s Can Help Address Online Banking Security Concerns - June 04, 2013 As hundreds of new Top Level Domain names (TLDs) are in the process of being reviewed by regulatory group ICANN to serve as new internet addresses sometime later this year, financial institutions are understandably concerned about what this will mean to their existing, and expanding, online security issues. Cyber attacks through phishing, forged websites, and other security breaches take a serious toll on customer confidence in online banking and other services, and by extension, ... read more ...
 
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Generieke Top Level Domeinnamen, .HOW does it work? - Generieke Top Level Domeinnamen, .HOW does it work? 4 juni 2013 Met een Generic Top Level Domain, ook wel aangeduid als "gTLD", wordt de generieke extensie van een domeinnaam bedoeld. Dat wil zeggen, alles dat achter de punt van een domeinnaam staat en generiek is. Toevoeging van een groot aantal nieuwe gTLD's heeft nogal wat gevolgen, ook voor merkhouders. Op dit moment is het aanbod van gTLD's beperkt. Vanwege de explosieve groei van domeinnaamaanvragen in de afgelopen jaren ... read more ...
 
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Collaboration en droit social (conseil et contentieux) - Le village de la justice est le premier site de la communauté des juristes depuis 1997. Avocats, juristes d'entreprises et de cabinets, magistrats, étudiants, notaires, huissiers, experts et conseilsy trouvent de nombreuses informations et participent à la communauté, s'informent, établissent leur réseau, recrutent... Fil RSS du village accessible ici | Plan du site | Editeur - Publicité ... un site ... ... read more ...
 
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Collaboration en droit social (conseil et contentieux) - Le village de la justice est le premier site de la communauté des juristes depuis 1997. Avocats, juristes d'entreprises et de cabinets, magistrats, étudiants, notaires, huissiers, experts et conseilsy trouvent de nombreuses informations et participent à la communauté, s'informent, établissent leur réseau, recrutent... Fil RSS du village accessible ici | Plan du site | Editeur - Publicité ... un site ... ... read more ...
 
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CrowdFunding.com Sells For “About” $170,000 - According to AllThingsD.com the domain name CrowdFunding.com has been sold for “about”  $170,000. The buyer of the domain name is GoFundMe.com which bought the domain but doesn’t plan on changing the name of its site. According to the article on AllThingsD.com, GoFundMe.com has raised $75 million dollars for personal fundraising campaigns. If your wondering GoFundMe.com also owns the domain GoFund.Me Also GoFundMe.com already appears on the first page of Google organically for a search for ... read more ...
 
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Forget .com: Get ready for .google and .apple - ICANN received 1,930 applications for new top-level domains.NEW YORK (CNNMoney)The list of proposed new domains includes .google, .apple, .nyc and .book. It's the first major expansion in more than a decade, and it's a complicated process -- one that has suffered through both technical delays and critics' concerns.The nonprofit group Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) formally approved the expansion of "generic top-level domains" (gTLDs) back in June 2011 . One year later ... read more ...
 
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Generic Internet Top-Level Domain Names to Roll Out ‘as Soon as This Summer’ - The conventional website domain names with three letter TLDs such as .com, .org and .gov may soon be history as ICANN has approved the use of almost any name as a TLD.  The largest ever expansion of the internet naming system we know today may be rolled out as soon as this summer and we will begin to see full names as TLDs.  Some of the new domains proposed include .book, .google, .apple and .nyc.  This is the largest expansion in more than 10 years and it is ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy releases vital refurbish to Domain Manager - Upgrades to Domain Manager make it easier to complete common tasks. GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain name registrar, has released a new Domain Manager for managing domain names held at the registrar. Compared to other registrars, GoDaddy’s system has always been a bit bloated. The new interface is a step in the right direction. Whereas before it took multiple clicks and pageviews to change a nameserver, you can now do it from the main Domain Manager screen: You ... read more ...
 
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Why do people rubbish income filing this arrange of UDRP opposite Name Administration? - No one has ultimately prevailed after filing a UDRP against Name Administration. Before you filed a UDRP, you’d think you’d google the domain name’s owner to learn more. Yet time after time I see people file long shot UDRP complaints against Frank Schilling’s Name Administration. Today’s winner is the company that filed against Klipz.com. Since the case was filed at National Arbitration Forum, we don’t yet know who the complainant is. There’s one registered ... read more ...
 
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If you’re going to TRAFFIC in October, we should buy a sheet now - Discounted tickets available through tomorrow. The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference is expensive, and everyone has their opinion about whether it’s worth it or not. But there’s one thing that’s not debatable: if you know you’re going to go, buy your ticket early. Until tomorrow afternoon you can get a ticket to the October show in Fort Lauderdale for $995. The price will go up fairly rapidly, with a full conference pass costing you nearly $2,000 if you wait until ... read more ...
 
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Can this one elementary step save we in a UDRP? - …or how about those “disclaimers” on prostitution websites which say things like “This offer is for companionship only. By contacting me, you agree you are not a law enforcement officer, and that anything that might happen other than companionship is between consenting adults” and so on. You might as well put up a flashing GIF that says “PROSTITUTION HERE!” When I was about five years old, I had left a mess in the kitchen and my mother lined us up to ask “Who left this ... read more ...
 
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Telepathy fends off Valio’s conflict on LGG.com - Company tries to make claim to LGG.com 15 years after it’s registered. Telepathy, the domain name company run by domain investor Nat Cohen, has successfully defended his domain name LGG.com in a UDRP. The complaint was brought by Valio Ltd, a Finnish dairy company and was filed with Czech Arbitration Court. If you’re not familiar with Telepathy, it owns the largest portfolio of three letter .com domain names in the world, with over 1,000 of them. Cohen also helps ... read more ...
Mon 3rd June 2013
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ICANN Auctions or Private Auctions? - By this time next year the allocation of the new Internet namespace will be complete. Several hundred contention sets, ranging from likely blockbusters like .WEB to somewhat less obvious money-makers like .UNICORN, will be decided by some method. One way to resolve contention is to form a joint venture. We are in the process of doing this with Uniregistry for .country. That works well when there are only two competitors and there's a good basis of trust, and it's a great solution because there ... read more ...
 
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Governance Council Announced for .Music Top-Level Domain - A First for the Arts, Music Stakeholders Sought to Advise on Internet Policy June 3, 2013 (MMD Newswire) -- Dot Music Limited, whose mission is to pursue a new .Music top-level domain (gTLD), today invited music industry stakeholders to participate in the Governance Council that will provide input on the .Music TLD. Though Governance Councils have been established in the health, sports, and non-profit markets, the .Music Governance Council is the first to actively pursue input from those ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four Applicant for new gTLD .Rugby Launches .Rugby Council - Dot Rugby Limited, which has submitted its application to ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to operate the .Rugby top-level domain (gTLD), today announced the launch of the .Rugby Governance Council. Worldwide rugby stakeholders are being invited to contribute their perspective on the direction of the .Rugby gTLD, including advice on best practices for the sport’s premier domain. This follows last weeks announcement by Famous Four that they were launching a .health Governance ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy CEO Talks Possible IPO, New TLDs & More - (Ping! Zine Web Tech Magazine) – Top domain registrar Go Daddy may be known to the general public more so for its somewhat irreverent Super Bowl ads, but at the heart of the company lies an intricate model that’s made the web host one of the world’s most successful. Still relatively new CEO Blake Irving (who was appointed back in December) was recently interviewed by The Wall Street Journal wherein he discussed a number of interesting company issues, including the ... read more ...
 
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Domains are big business . TLDH grabs $10 M to swing big at top level domain … - By Michael Carney On June 3, 2013 Unbenownst to many Internet users, there is a dramatic shift approaching in the way that website addresses are named. No more will sites be restricted to the .com, .org, .net, .edu, and region specific domain suffixes, as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will soon issue new top level domains (TLDs) such as those corresponding to brands, cities, industries, affinities, and any other category for which authorized ... read more ...
 
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Domains are big business. TLDH grabs $10M to swing big at top level domain … - By Michael Carney On June 3, 2013 Unbenownst to many Internet users, there is a dramatic shift approaching in the way that website addresses are named. No more will sites be restricted to the .com, .org, .net, .edu, and region specific domain suffixes, as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will soon issue new top level domains (TLDs) such as those corresponding to brands, cities, industries, affinities, and any other category for which authorized ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
IAB: Internet Ad Revenue Hits All Time High Of $9.6 Billion In 1st Q - According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) 1st quarter 2013 Internet Ad revenue hit an all time record with  $9.6 billion in sales representing a 15.6% increase over the $8.3 billion figure reported in the first quarter 2012. “Internet advertising revenue continues to exhibit double-digit growth, even as the business matures,” said Sherrill Mane, Senior Vice President, Research, Analytics Measurement, IAB. “This is an accomplishment that can be attributed to growing recognition ... read more ...
 
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Upworthy.com Buys U.pw As URL Shortener - According to a post on the company blog, Upworthy.com which bills itself as “social media with a mission” that appeals to the The Daily Show” generation”, has just bought the domain name U.pw to use at a URL shortener. The domain name U.pw was acquired from the .Pw registry for an undisclosed price. Prior to the acquisition of u.pw the company was using the domain name upwr.me for its shortener. Upworthy.com has a Google Page Rank of 5 and is a top 1,000 site based on traffic data complied ... read more ...
 
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Bidding on MUI.com Hits $25K On Namejet With a Day To Go - The domain name MUI.com is at auction at NameJet.com and bidding and already has a high bid of $24,999. The auction has 265 bidders and there are 15 bidders that placed a bid of $1,000 or more. The domain name MUI.com is owned by Tucows.com but was placed into the NameJet.com auction with No Reserve. The domain currently is going to a landing page all related to Microsoft. Like any other three letter domain there are a lot of things they can stand for but the most common meaning is for Multilingual ... read more ...
 
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Samsung Loses UDRP On SamsungHub.com - Sansung has just lost a UDRP on the domain name SamsungHub.com which is being used as a re-directed domain to a site that has Adwords. Samsung does have a product named Samsung Hub but that just rolled out in 2011, the domain name was registered in 2006 Here are the relevant facts and findings from the one member panel: “The Complainant is the owner of a number of trademarks consisting of the word “SAMSUNG” (the SAMSUNG Mark), in jurisdictions across the world, including the United States, ... read more ...
 
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Private New gTLD Auctions Are Underway - According to ApplicantAuction.com the first private auction for new gTLD strings are underway. Although other than .Club which publicly announced it would be participating in the auction which started today, there hasn’t been any public announcement on  how many other auctions are going on or what the string are. Both Donuts and Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) announced it was entering the private auction for a number of new gTLD strings they applied for but there has not been confirmation by other parties ... read more ...
 
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German Court Limits Use Of Berlin.com & Requires Disclaimers On Site - A German Appellate court has ruled that World Media Group LLC (World.com) which owns the domain name Berlin.com has to cease using the domain name in connection with a website providing information on Berlin because such use constitutes an infringement of the rights of the state Berlin in the name under Sec. 12 of the German Civil Code. The domain name Berlin.com was registered on June 23rd, 1995 Today due to the ruling, there is a disclaimer on the very top each website stating that the website ... read more ...
 
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TLDH Raises Another $10 Million For New gTLD Auctions - Top Level Domain Holdings just annoucned they have raised an additional $10 million (approximately £6.6 million) conditionally raised from institutional and other investors and directors for new gTLD auctions and to be used for launch and marketing of .london. “”The Board of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), is pleased to announce that the Company has today conditionally placed 110,375,276 new ordinary shares (the “Ordinary Shares”) through N+1 Singer as broker to the Company ... read more ...