Monthly Archives: July 2013

Wed 31st July 2013
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New gTLD applicant Radix launches Photo Contest for Registrars - 07|31|2013 07:34 pm EDT New gTLD applicant Radix launches Photo Contest for Registrars by Frank Michlick in Categories: new gTLDs, Up to the Minute It appears that the registry operators for new gTLDs have started the courting for registrars with some marketing efforts. DirectI’s Radix registry has ... read more ...
 
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The Huffington Post: Direct Navigation Traffic Almost As Important as Google In Reaching Your Destination Of Choice - The Huffington Post just seems have discovered people really do type in domain names into the navigation bar and it seems there is even money to be made in owning domain names. Wow Who would have thought? In an article entitled “Why Your URL Bar Matters, and Why Silicon Valley Should Take Note” goes on to say: “If you use the Internet, you’ve likely used something in the last month, but it’s not something at the top of your lips: the URL bar. It’s also called the “address bar” or ... read more ...
 
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Zynga Files A Lawsuit Over BangWithFriends.com For Trademark Infringement - According to Bloomberg.com, Zynga Inc. (ZNGA) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California  against  the maker of the “Bang With Friends” claiming it infringes on Zynga’s trademark for its “with friends” family of games.     Zynga alleges the company “selected the name ‘Bang With Friends’ with Zynga’s game trademarks fully in mind, further claiming that the name infringes a trademark covering games such as “Words With Friends” and “Chess ... read more ...
 
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Polish CERT Polska and NASK Pull the Plug On .pl TLD On Malicious Registrar … - Today we publish an overview of domains registered through Domain Silver, Inc, a registrar operating in the .pl domain. This Registrar started operating in May 2012. Since that time, the CERT Polska team started to observe a large increase in the amount of malicious domains registered in .pl and to receive many complaints concerning domains registered through Domain Silver. Most of the malicious domains present in the .pl were registered through Domain Silver. A report on the domains in ... read more ...
 
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eNom & DreamHost Announce Hosting and Domain Partnership - eNom to manage domain registration; provide resellers with DreamHost services KIRKLAND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2013-- eNom, Inc., the world's largest ICANN accredited wholesale registrar and DreamHost, a global leader in web hosting and cloud storage and computing services, today announced a strategic partnership between the two companies. As part of the agreement, DreamHost will utilize the eNom reseller platform to manage its existing domain name business and new gTLDs as they ... read more ...
 
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NXDOMAINS, SSAC’s SAC045, and New gTLDs (Part 4 of 5) - In 2010, ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) published SAC045 [PDF], a report calling attention to particular problems that may arise should a new gTLD applicant use a string that has been seen with measureable (and meaningful) frequency in queries for resolution by the root system. The queries to which they referred involved invalid Top-Level Domain (TLD) queries (i.e., non-delegated strings) at the root level of the domain name system (DNS), queries which elicit responses ... read more ...
 
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Constantinos Roussos Of DotMusic Limited: “The Entire WIPO LRO Process Was Set-up To Fail By ICANN” - Constantinos Roussos Of  DotMusic Limited has responded to our post about the 1st WIPO decision denying the Legal Rights Objections filed against an applicant for  .Music It should be noted as of time of publication of the 25 objections filed with WIPO all 25 have been denied. 0-25 Here is Mr. Roussos statement: “”We are certainly very disappointed with this decision. ” “There are some serious inaccuracies in the decision which we obviously have issues with. For example the Panelist claims: “The ... read more ...
 
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DreamHost to Use eNom Reseller Platform to Manage Domain Business - DreamHost will use the eNom reseller platform to manage its existing domain name business and new gTLDs as they become available. Wholesale domain registrar eNom announced on Wednesday it has partnered with web hosting provider DreamHost, in which it will use the eNom reseller platform to manage its existing domain name business and new gTLDs as they become available. The partnership comes on the success of eNom’s auction of one and two-character .ORG domains, dubbed Project 94. Additionally, ... read more ...
 
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WIPO Rejects Objection Of DotMusic Limited/Constantinos Roussos To Googles App For .Music - A WIPO panel has rejected the Legal Rights Objection filed  by DotMusic Limited/Constantinos Roussos against Google’s application for the new gTLD .Music This was the first decision handed down on objections to the .Music gTLD for which DotMusic  filed objections to all other 7 applicants. DotMusic Limited Legal Rights Objections to the applications of  .tunes and .song has already been rejected but in both opinion the WIPO panel made it clear that they those decisions were not necessarily applicable ... read more ...
 
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ASEOHosting Clarifies International SEO Advantage of Using Country Code Top … - Web Hosting News – Hudson, FL – ASEOHosting, a leading provider of SEO hosting and multiple IP hosting, commented today on the confusion surrounding the use of country code top-level domains for international SEO. SEO experts at the company observed a number of misunderstandings surrounding best practices for the use of ccTLDs and have released a statement to clarify the advantages that they can bring to businesses targeting specific geographical locations with their international ... read more ...
 
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The Trademark Clearinghouse: Safeguard Your Trademark Online - 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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Where Will Registrants For New gTLD’s Come From? - Last week Andrew from DomainNameWire asked in a blog post “Whats The Market Size For A Top Level Domain”.  The post basically asked where are the new gTLD’s going to get their registrants from, so I thought I would join the conversation. Here is where I see registrations for new gTLD’s coming from: Domainers  Yes I know existing domainers think all new gTLD’s are crap and will all wind up like  .mobi domains from an investment standpoint and that .com is king and always will be. Having ... read more ...
 
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Quick Poll: How Much Will Apples.com Sell For On Namejet.com? - The domain names Apples.com and onions.com are at auction at Namejet.com As of time of publication the high bids are $6,666 for Apples.com and $2,500 for Onions.com The Auction for Apples.com has an undisclosed reserve but has not been reached at $6,666. The domain name Onions.com is being auctioned with no reserve. The poll question is how much will the domain name Apples.com sell for? You choices are: Under $10K $10k-$25K $25K-$50K $50K-75K $100k or more The Domain will not hit reserve and will ... read more ...
 
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Apples.com and Onions.com Offered for Sale in Online Auction -  News    Images Apples.com and Onions.com Offered for Sale in Online Auction PRWEB.COM Newswire Kirkland, WA (PRWEB) July 31, 2013 NameJet.com, the leading aftermarket domain auction company, is pleased to announce the release of the premium .COM domains: Apples.com and Onions.com. Both domains are currently owned by the original registrant. Single word, generic category domains in the .COM TLD (Top Level Domain) rarely become available, and each offers a ... read more ...
 
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Google’s Matt Cutts On Using ccTLDs - Matt Cutts, Google's head of search spam, in another video answer, responds to the question about using ccTLDs (country code top level domain names). The question was "Should I use ccTLDs for sites not targeted to those countries?"The answer is pretty straight forward. If it is part of the list of generic ccTLDs that Google has specifically said there is enough use to warrant them to be generic, then go ahead and use them. If they are not on that list, then be warned, the site on that ccTLD ... read more ...
 
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T.R.A.F.F.I.C. AWARD Nominations for 2013 Are Open & Close On Friday - The organizers of the TRAFFIC conference announced this morning that nominations for the 2013  T.R.A.F.F.I.C. AWARDS are now open. Nominations will remain open until Friday. August 2nd at 6 P.M. EDT. All those that are eligible to vote should have received an email this morning containing the ballot and some new rules: “We have added a few new guidelines this year to maintain the integrity of the voting process as the last 2 years were record breakers for voting.” “1. Nominations must be made ... read more ...
 
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When Is It Appropriate To Use ccTLD’s? Via Matt Cutts - ccTLD is an acronym that stands for ‘country code top level domain’. In March of this year, Nick Paterman (one of our authors), mentioned that the appropriate use of a ccTLD is for the country or language that your website is based in. For example, the .US ccTLD is reserved for US citizens. Essentially, you can pick any domain you want. Yesterday Matt Cutts filmed the following video which really helps us understand how Google feels about ... read more ...
 
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Objection opposite Google’s .music bid rejected - First of seven objections filed by DotMusic Limited fails. DotMusic Limited’s legal rights objection to Google’s application for the .music top level domain name has been rejected. Officially, panelist David J.A. Cairns ruled that DotMusic Limited didn’t have standing to bring the case because it was unclear if it (or other entities) owned the marks asserted in the case. Nevertheless, Cairns went ahead and considered whether the objection would be approved even ... read more ...
 
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Drone builder spends $300k on domain and Phoenix Suns make waggish .la domain purchase - Company producing popular drones for hobbyists spends a lot of money on a domain while the Suns get creative with a .la domain name. This week’s Sedo domain sales list includes a number of good domain sales to “end users”. One is a hot technology company making drones for the hobbyist market. The other was a purchased by the Phoenix Suns that creatively uses the .la domain name. Chinese company DJI Technology Co bought DJI.com for $300,000. This is a very high ... read more ...
 
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Whistles.co.uk owners files UDRP on Whistles.com - Parked page’s contents probably upset clothing company. Whistles Limited, a UK womens’ clothing brand, has filed a UDRP against Whistles.com. The company’s website is Whistles.co.uk. A B.S. filing against a generic domain name? Maybe. But this is one of those cases in which the domain’s owner should have been more careful with domain name parking. Here’s what’s on the site right now: This reminded me of some recent debate about the dangers of parking ... read more ...
 
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34 finish user domain sales - Afternic has another big week for end user domain name sales. Afternic sold over $1 million worth of domains last week. Here are 34 domains that were sold to end users. Memorial and headstone company Tecstone Granite USA paid $1,477 for CivicMemorials.com. Ciudad Del Saber in Panama bought CiduadDelSaber.com for $1,495. It currently uses CDSPanama.org. Boston event production company Gateway Productions bought BostonVideo.com for $1,350. UK Pet Food company Pet Organic ... read more ...
Tue 30th July 2013
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ASEOHosting Clarifies International SEO Advantage of Using Country Code Top … - ASEOHosting, a leading provider of SEO hosting and multiple IP hosting, commented today on the confusion surrounding the use of country code top-level domains for international SEO. SEO experts at the company observed a number of misunderstandings surrounding best practices for the use of ccTLDs and have released a statement to clarify the advantages that they can bring to businesses targeting specific geographical locations with their international search engine optimization. Hudson, ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Commits 68 New gTLD’s To Private Auction - According to a press release we just received Donuts, has committed 68 of its applied for new gTLD’s to a private auction that will be held  on August 13th. Of course for any auction to take place all applicants for that particular string will have to agree to holding the private auction on the same terms and conditions as Donuts has. It should be noted that for the previous private auction held by Applicant Auction Donuts committed 63 of its applied for new gTLD  strings to the auction that ... read more ...
 
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Neustar Reports: Revenue Up 7% Net Income Up 12% and has $381 Million In The Bank - Neustar, Inc. (NSR), the backend provider for  the ccTLD’s .US, .CO, the TLD of .biz and hundreds of new gTLD’s today announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 and updated its guidance for 2013. Results for Second Quarter 2013 Compared to Second Quarter 2012 Revenue increased 7% to $220.4 million Non-NPAC revenue increased 7% to $111.0 million Net income increased 12% to $43.4 million Net income per share increased 14% to $0.65 Non-GAAP Results for Second Quarter 2013 Compared to ... read more ...
 
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Internationalized domain name gTLDs pose challenge for owners of multlingual … - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) devised the new generic Top-Level Domain (“gTLD”) program to open up new top level domains, as popular domains such as “.com” become increasingly crowded. Although domain names displayed in non-ASCII scripts, known as internationalized domain names (“IDNs”), are currently available as second- and lower-level domains, the new gTLD program will also allow IDN TLDs. ICANN received 116 applications for IDN TLDs in languages ... read more ...