Monthly Archives: July 2013

Mon 15th July 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Sedo Gets StartingDot Sunrise, Landrush & Premium Domains For New gTLD’s .Ski; .Immo; .Bio & .Archi - Sedo announced today that they will run “sunrise” and “landrush” auctions for Starting Dot’s new gTLD extensions, and assist with sales and brokerage of premium domains for  .Bio, .Ski, .Archi and .Immo. It should be noted that while StartingDot has the only application for .Bio, they are not the only applicant for .Ski.  Donuts has an application for that new gTLD as well. .Immo is heavily contested with four applicants While StartingDot has the only application for .Archi, Donuts has ... read more ...
 
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Mali is the First African Nation to Give Its .ML Domain Names Away for Free – SYS - Mali has become the first African nation to give its domains for free. Presenting at the ICANN meeting in Durban, South Africa, the Point ML Registry opened up its website to allow registrants worldwide to register a free .ML domain name. Point ML – the Mali domain name – is operated by the Agence des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication (AGETIC) as a generic, unrestricted, clean and global TLD ... read more ...
 
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Sedo übernimmt weltweiten Vertrieb der neuen Webadressen mit der Endung … - Köln (ots) – Starting Dot, Inhaber der neuen Top Level Domain (TLD) “.Bio” hat die Sedo GmbH aus Köln als Partner für den weltweiten Vertrieb von Premium Domains unter dieser TLD gewählt. Die Domains unter .Bio werden in sogenannten “Sunrise and Landrush”-Auktionen, Premiumauktionen und in individueller Vermarktung durch die Sedo-Broker veräußert. Deutschland ist für diese TLD einer der weltweit größten Märkte, da “Bio” hierzulande seit Jahren schon ein Trend und eine große ... read more ...
 
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Sedo übernimmt weltweiten Vertrieb der neuen Webadressen mit der Endung … - Köln (ots) - Starting Dot, Inhaber der neuen Top Level Domain (TLD) ".Bio" hat die Sedo GmbH aus Köln als Partner für den weltweiten Vertrieb von Premium Domains unter dieser TLD gewählt. Die Domains unter .Bio werden in sogenannten "Sunrise and Landrush"-Auktionen, Premiumauktionen und in individueller Vermarktung durch die Sedo-Broker veräußert. Deutschland ist für diese TLD einer der weltweit größten Märkte, da "Bio" hierzulande ... read more ...
 
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No single organisation can lay claim to cloud – CRN -

Dave a dealer

Man of steal

Theft, drunkenness, embezzlement, passionate artfulness and cut-price breakfast cereals get a Dave diagnosis in a beat rate-raising instalment

Via: channelweb.co.uk

 
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Preliminary agreements to sell Dot Chinese Online and Dot Chinese Website … - Copyright 2013 PR Newswire. All Rights Reserved2013-07-14 DURBAN, South Africa, July 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- European internet domain name registry TLD Registry Ltd and ten leading registrars have signed preliminary agreements to sell fully-Chinese domain names in the "Dot Chinese Online" and "Dot Chinese Website" global top level domains ("New gTLDs"). Sales and marketing activity will occur worldwide, with special focus on China, Hong Kong and Singapore. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130714/NY45447LOGO ... read more ...
 
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Melbourne firm provides tech for first Arabic top-level domain - ARI Registry Services has become the technology provider for the world's first Arabic top-level domain (TLD) after its client, dotShabaka Registry, signed an agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). شبكة, pronounced "shabaka" in Arabic, translates to .web in English, and will be used as an alternative web address suffix to .com and .net. The domain will come online in the coming months. ARI Registry Services, based in Melbourne, will operate ... read more ...
 
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First top-level domain contract signed for Arabic .web - The client of a Melbourne registrar has signed the first global top-level domain (gTLD) contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).ARI Registry Services announced that its client dotShabaka Registry signed an agreement with ICANN for the شبكة. top-level domain, which is pronounced .shabaka and translates to .web. It will be the world’s first borderless Arabic new TLD.The new TLD is expected to ... read more ...
 
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"شبكة." becomes the world’s first Arabic borderless Top-Level Domain - Home News Article Jul 14 2013 more articles from Pioneered by dotShabaka Registry, it marks the dawn of a revolution to empower the Arabic language on the Internet Los Angeles, CA - USA, July 14, 2013 Arabic speaking Internet users around the world will be the first to experience the next evolution of the Internet after Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the global regulator of web addresses today officially entered into a contract ... read more ...
 
 
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NAF panels reject UDRP claims on Rive.com, GoodTherapy.com and AspenHeights.com - Three domains, including a four letter .com, saved in UDRPs. National Arbitration Forum has published three recent decisions in favor of respondents. Although none of them resulted in findings of reverse domain name hijacking, some of the complaints had serious deficiencies. In Rive.com, the domain owner registered the domain 2004, well before the complainant had any rights in the mark. In the panelists’ words, the complainant also argued that since the respondent ... read more ...
 
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First 5 domain name registrars pointer 2013 RAA - Five domain name registrars, including GoDaddy, signed the new registrar accreditation agreement today. Five domain name registrars signed the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) during a signing ceremony at ICANN’s meeting in Durban today. The group was headlined by GoDaddy, which registers about half of all new domain names. The 2013 RAA places significant new requirements on domain registrars, including validating registrant information and retaining ... read more ...
 
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Introducing a new and softened Domain Name Wire - Domain Name Wire gets a clean and responsive design. Notice something new at Domain Name Wire today? Like, the entire site? I’m very excited to launch the new look of Domain Name Wire. It’s been a very long process, but I’m happy with the result. I think you’ll find the new look a lot cleaner and easier to consume. The most important new feature is that it’s a fully responsive design, meaning you can easily view the site on your desktop, tablet, or mobile ... read more ...
 
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Q&A with Matt Mazur, who only sole his domain name hunt association to Automattic - Lean Domain Search founder Matt Mazur explains why he sold his business to Automattic. Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has acquired domain name discovery company Lean Domain Search. I’ve written extensively about this company over the past year, as it was one of the best tools on the market for finding available domain names. I reached out to Lean Domain Search founder Matt Mazur today to learn more about the acquisition. DNW: Now that Lean Domain Search ... read more ...
 
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Four new tip turn domain name contracts signed - Four IDN top level domains backers sign contracts with ICANN. Yesterday Domain Name Wire reported about dotShabaka Registry signing the first registry agreement for a new TLD with ICANN for شبكة. Today ICANN held a signing ceremony during its meeting in Durban, South Africa, with dotShabaka and three additional top level domain names: Core Association’s онлайн, Russian for “Online”, and сайт, Russian for “Web site” Donuts’ 游戏, Chinese ... read more ...
 
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Did SeaWorld register domain names to opposite Blackfish movie? - Defensive domains related to new killer whale documentary registered. A documentary about a killer whale that killed a SeaWorld trainer is gaining broad exposure after it premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. “Blackfish” has been picked up by Magnolia Pictures for wider release, and will be in UK and Irish cinemas later this month. Did SeaWorld just prepare its online defense? A Mark Monitor client has registered the domain names BlackfishFacts.com, ... read more ...
 
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Google enormous down on wily behind symbol actions - Some sites show a parked page-style lander when you hit the back button. Google published a blog post on Friday about its efforts to crack down on manipulative or deceptive behavior of websites. It details something that some websites have apparently started doing recently, which it will crack down on by possibly removing sites from its index. Say you search for “cartoon” on Google, and go to a site about cartoons. If you hit the back button, instead of going ... read more ...
Sun 14th July 2013
Written by The Domains in EN
DomainIndex.com Checks Up On 100 Oldest Domains: 12 Don’t Resolve; 35 Owned By Fortune 500 Co. - 58 are now owned by a different entity from the one that registered it 35 are owned by Fortune 500 companies 7 are owned by pioneers of the web 12 Do not resolve 4 are Parked 84 are in use  These companies hold more than one of the oldest 100 domains: 3 Oracle 3 Verizon 2 Northrop Gruman 2 Intel 2 Siemens 2 AMD 2 Raytheon These domains do not resolve or are not in use unipress.com grebyn.com gmr.com rdl.com ub.com gte.com mentat.com tti.com kai.com ray.com kccs.com nsc.com These are parked quad.com ide.com prime.com mcc.com ... read more ...
 
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Verisign reconfirms IDN transliteration plans, provides some-more details - Verisign provides some details on how it will allocate top level domain transliterations. Have you ever invested a lot of money in something without a written contract? It can be a bit nerve racking, and occasionally you can feel like you got burned. That’s why internationalized domain name (IDN) investors are feeling a better after Verisign provided more details about its plans for transliterations of .net and .com domain names. At a high level, there’s nothing ... read more ...
 
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First new TLD agreement signed - Arabic language top level domain is first to sign contract with ICANN. In a major milestone for ICANN’s new top level domain program, the first agreement between ICANN and an applicant to run a new TLD has been signed. dotShabaka Registry inked the deal for شبكة, which had a priority number of three in ICANN’s prioritization system. The Arabic language domain name roughly translates to “web” or “network” in English. Arabic speakers will be able to ... read more ...
Sat 13th July 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
.Africa one step closer - The ZA Central Registry (ZACR) bid for dotAfrica (.africa) has passed the Internet governing body ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) “Initial Evaluation”. The decision was communicated officially on 12 July 2013. The ICANN “New gTLD Program Initial Evaluation Report” stated that “Based on the review of your application (it) has passed Initial Evaluation. The application is eligible to proceed to the next step in the Program.” The dotAfrica ... read more ...
 
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Over 100 gTLD Applications Committed in Aug. 13 Applicant Auction - In early June, the first Applicant Auction resolved contention for 6 contested gTLDs. The successful outcome of that auction has generated a great deal of interest from other applicants, and Innovative Auctions is expecting a big turnout in our next auction, to be held on August 13th. For more than half of the contested applications, at least one applicant is ready to resolve contention via our auction. Our auctions are voluntary and an auction for a contention set is held only when all applicants ... read more ...
 
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Africa on track to having its own .africa gTLD - INTERNETBy BiztechAfrica - July 13, 2013, 5:33 p.m.Africa is firmly on its way to having its own .africa ("dotAfrica") generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) after Internet governing body ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names Numbers) ruled that the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) bid for dotAfrica has passed "Initial Evaluation". The decision was communicated officially yesterday evening.According to the ICANN New gTLD Program Initial Evaluation Report: "Based on the review of your application ... read more ...
 
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ICANN und neue Top Level Domains: Fest gemauert … auf wackeligem Grund - Nach Jahren des Tauziehens um die Erweiterung des Domain-Namensraums wähnt sich die Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) auf der Zielgeraden. Vor dem bevorstehenden 47. Treffen der privaten Internet-Verwalter im südafrikanischen Durban meldete die ICANN, dass 1092 neue Namen für Top Level Domains (TLDs) die erste im Rahmen der Zulassung notwendige Prüfung durchlaufen haben. Überdies wurden die Standardverträge für Registrare und Registries, für Domainverkäufer ... read more ...
 
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Watch the Repositioning of .LA - You’ve probably read about the repositioning of Laos’ .LA ccTLD extension by Go Daddy. If not, check out the Wall St. Journal press release for more details. In short, Godaddy will be marketing .LA domain names to a Los Angeles audience and selling the domain names for $39.99/year. I think this is interesting and will almost be like a test case or practice for other geographic TLDs such as .NYC. As someone who is interested in marketing, I am most interested in seeing how the registrar ... read more ...