Monthly Archives: August 2013

Thu 8th August 2013
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3 More .Brand New gTLD’s are Withdrawn: Now 108 Pulled - Three more .Brand new gTLD application have been withdrawn on the ICANN site. Microsoft withdrew it applications for .Skydrive which had a prioritization number of 386. Microsoft described the application for .Skydrive as follows: “The SkyDrive® hosting service allows users, at no charge, to store files and to access their personal files from any computer with an internet connection. SkyDrive users can share photos and files or collaborate on documents with contacts Over 100 million people in ... read more ...
 
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Tucows: Sold .Marketing & .Media New gTLD Applications For “A Substantial Sum” - In its earnings call today Tucows.com (TCX)  said that they sold two of their new gTLD applications for a “Substantial Sum” that will be reflected in its  YummyNames.com subsidiary revenue in the third quarter of 2013. Tucows.com which was one of the applicants for .Media and .Marketing but withdrew their application for both, and combined with Unregistry’s withdrawn for the same two strings, it left Donuts as the sole applicant for .Media and .Marketing. It has been previously reported ... read more ...
 
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Directv Beat Dish Network As Legal Rights Objection On New gTLD .Direct Is … - The second Legal Right Objection been upheld by a three member WIPO panel this time by The DirecTV Group Inc. against its competitor Dish DBS The applied-for gTLD string .Direct. Directv did not apply for the new gTLD .Direct, but its main competitor Dish Network did and Directv filed this objection. The only other new gTLD application for .direct was filed by Half Trail, LLC a Donuts company. The WIPO Panel Decision can be best summarized by this paragraph in the ruling: “The Panel rejects ... read more ...
 
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Tucows Reports: Revenue Increases 11%; Sells Over $1 Million In Domain Names - Tucows.com reported its financial results for the 2nd Quarter ending June 30, 2013. Net revenue for the second quarter of 2013 increased 11% to a record $31.2 million from $28.2 million for the second quarter of 2012. Net income for the second quarter of 2013 was $0.6 million, or $0.01 per share, compared with $0.7 million, or $0.02 per share, for the second quarter of 2012. Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the second quarter of 2013 were $6.5 million compared with $4.3 million at the end ... read more ...
 
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new gTLDs .HOME und .CORP vor dem Aus? - Die new gTLDs .HOME und .CORP könnten möglicherweise aus dem Programm fliegen. Eine Studie im Auftrag der ICANN will herausgefunden haben, dass die TLDs eventuell Probleme mit dem Domain Name System verursachen könnten. Die am Dienstag veröffentliche Untersuchung stufte die beiden TLDs als "hohe Risikofaktoren" ein. Die Autoren der Studie fürchten, dass die TLDs mit Domain-Endungen aus internen Netzwerken kollidieren könnten. Die ICANN empfiehlt, die Bewerbungen von .HOME und .CORP deswegen ... read more ...
 
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Chicago Sun-Times Buys Chicago.com - It looks like Chicago.com may have be bought by the Chicago Sun-Times. The site was updated recently and now the Chicago Sun-Times is all over it, including on the front page where it says “brought to you by the Chicago Sun- Times.com” Chicago.com which has been an operating site for many years is now showing being in Beta as a newly re-launched site would be. The servers on the domain name were also recently updated to STABLETRANSIT.COM according to the whois records on DomainTools.com. The ... read more ...
 
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Directv Beat Dish Network As Legal Rights Objection On New gTLD .Direct Is Upheld - The second Legal Right Objection been upheld by a three member WIPO panel this time by The DirecTV Group Inc. against its competitor Dish DBS The applied-for gTLD string .Direct. Directv did not apply for the new gTLD .Direct, but its main competitor Dish Network did and Directv filed this objection. The only other new gTLD application for .direct was filed by Half Trail, LLC a Donuts company. The WIPO Panel Decision can be best summarized by this paragraph in the ruling: “The Panel rejects Respondent’s ... read more ...
 
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Site Calls Large Applicants Of New gTLD’s “Domain Squatters” - In a blog post on casinoaffiliateprograms.com, taking about the new gTLD .Poker new gTLD applicants are being referred to as Domain Squatters and says that Donuts Binky Mill LLC has dropped its application for .Poker “The way new domains are handled is a bit complex. When new domains are announced, companies bid for the rights to “hold” the domains. This means that the company that purchases the gTLD .poker will have final control over who can purchase a domain that ends in .poker. A company ... read more ...
 
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What Types of New TLDs Are Being Released? - (Ping! Zine Web Tech Magazine) - With the introduction of new Top Level Domains (TLDs) later this year, the internet will have many new domain possibilities, which can be divided into four larger groups. Next to generic TLDs, there will be geographic TLDs, domains for different communities, and domains that can be used for special brands and organizations. With new TLDs, you can find new domains for your project or company that can easily be recognized. Generic TLDs: These ... read more ...
 
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RBC: Demand Media New gTLD Initiative Could Be Worth More Than Its … - RBC issued an Equity Research Report  today on Demand Media, Inc., the day after Demand Media, Inc, reported its second quarter earnings. Demand Media announced during the earnings report and the earnings call that followed that Google’s Search algorithm continues to impact Demand’s owned and operated site traffic negatively and to a greater extent than captured in estimates. Shares of Demand are down over 5% in early trading today at $6.21 as time of publication although they hit as low ... read more ...
 
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RBC: Demand Media New gTLD Initiative Could Be Worth More Than Its Registrar Business: enom.com, name.com - RBC issued an Equity Research Report  today on Demand Media, Inc., the day after Demand Media, Inc, reported its second quarter earnings. Demand Media announced during the earnings report and the earnings call that followed that Google’s Search algorithm continues to impact Demand’s owned and operated site traffic negatively and to a greater extent than captured in estimates. Shares of Demand are down over 5% in early trading today at $6.21 as time of publication although they hit as low as ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Sends Notice Of Breach Of RAA To PacNames.com (Again) - ICANN has sent a notice to Pacnames Ltd. of Auckland 1052 New Zealand A Notice of Breach of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA): “”Please be advised that as of 5 August 2013, Pacnames Ltd. (“Pacnames”) is in breach of its Registrar Accreditation Agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) dated 26 February 2012 (“RAA”). These breaches result from: Pacnames’failure to maintain registration records as required by Section3.4.2 of the RAA; ... read more ...
 
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What Happens Beyond Dot Com? Litigation! - Web addresses are undergoing major changes this year. Familiar domain suffixes like .com, .net, .edu, and .org will soon be accompanied by new ones like .pizza, or .google, or .portland. Why? Because the organization that is more-or-less responsible for running the Web, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN ), is claiming that the current market is overcrowded with domain names. ICANN says this prevents smaller companies with weaker Internet presences from obtaining ... read more ...
 
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new gTLDs .HOME und .CORP vor dem Aus? – Live - InterNetX Logo 08.08.2013 12:38:35 - Laut einer Studie im Auftrag der ICANN könnten die TLDs mit Endungen aus internen Netzen kollidieren. Insgesamt stuft die Untersuchung rund 20 Prozent der new gTLDs als risikobelastet ein. Die Erkenntnisse könnten sich auf das gesamte Programm auswirken.   (live-PR.com) - Die new gTLDs .HOME und .CORP könnten möglicherweise aus dem Programm fliegen. Eine Studie im Auftrag der ICANN will herausgefunden ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media Reports Second Quarter 2013 Results – SYS - <![CDATA[ ]]> Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE:DMD), a leading digital media and domain services company, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013. “Demand Media accelerated its content commerce strategy in Q2 with the acquisition of e-commerce marketplace Society6, complementing our content platform as well as our other commerce initiatives like Creativebug, eHow Now ... read more ...
 
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Amazon’s Domain Name Troubles Threaten ICANN Program - A recommendation made last month by a committee from ICANN, the nonprofit organization that coordinates Internet domains, to reject Amazon.com Inc.’s application for the domain “.amazon” may end up undermining the largest-ever expansion of domains suffixes, which are also known as generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The Government Affairs Committee of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recommended at a July meeting in Durban, South Africa, that ICANN’s ... read more ...
 
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gTLD Security Study Released – Delays Up Ahead - The results of a new study on the security risks of proposed generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) names likely will lead to delays of many new gTLD applications by at least four months. The majority of new gTLDs are “low risk” and got the green light to proceed, although these “low risk” applicants must still wait 120 days after signing their contracts before they can activate any domain names in their gTLDs. Higher risk applications could be delayed longer.It is common practice among enterprises ... read more ...
 
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gTLD: Four Little Letters that Will Change the Web - In March, Sedo released a survey that asked SMBs about the new internet extensions, or generic top level domains (gTLDs), coming to the public in late 2013.  We wanted to know what they knew about the new internet addresses, and if they were likely to pay attention.  Results showed that SMBs generally didn’t know about the new domains, or really even care.  On the other hand, SMBs were open to the opportunities and said they’d consider buying a new gTLD if they better understood why they would ... read more ...
 
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Verisign responds to NTIA: There’s a disproportion between “ability” and “advisability” - Verisign says it will agree to add lots of new TLDs to the root, but advises against it at this time. Verisign has responded to the U.S. National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA)’s demand that Verisign verify it will add new top level domains names to the root upon request. The company confirmed (pdf) that it will add new top level domains to the root, but essentially said “if something goes wrong, don’t say we didn’t tell you so.” The ... read more ...
 
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Dish DBS ruled a tip turn domain cybersquatter - Dish’s .direct application tossed out; Donuts is sole applicant remaining for .direct top level domain name. It’s notable that the two applicants deemed to be attempting to cybersquat top level domain names thus far aren’t nefarious cybersquatters, as industry groups suggested would happen. Instead, it’s two members of those types of trade groups that have lost the two Legal Rights Objections for new top level domain names. First, there was Del Monte International ... read more ...
 
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How JustDropped.com increase from domain names by focusing on volume - Behind a popular expired domain site lies a business model of selling lots of domain names for under $100. There are a handful of people and companies that make a living buying and selling domain names. There are some, like Frank Schilling, who make money selling a small percentage of their portfolio each year for very high prices. There are others, like NameMedia, who sell a bigger, but still small, percentage of their portfolio with a typical price of under $2,000. Then ... read more ...
 
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How field comparison their new tip turn domains - Here’s how new TLD applicants decided which strings to apply for. Some new top level domain applicants picked one or two domains to apply for. Others applied for dozens. It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall when these companies debated about which ones to apply for. From talking to many applicants, I’ve discovered a number of approaches they took to creating and finalizing their list. The data junkie I crunched existing domain name, search, and marketing ... read more ...
Wed 7th August 2013
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Verisign: We Will Delegate New gTLD’s To The Root If The NTIA Tells Us To - Some bloggers here and here, have raised the alarm that Verisign may not Delegate new gTLD’s based on a letter Verisign send to the U.S. National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) back in March. I reached out to Verisign to get an updated comment and position of Verisign on the issue and asked if Verisign would delegate 20 new gTLD strings per week as is ICANN’s current plan starting sometime late this year and certainly for 2014 under the new gTLD program. A Verisign ... read more ...
 
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Verisign: We Will Delegate New gTLD’s To The Root If The NTIA Tells Us To - Some bloggers here and here, have raised the alarm that Verisign may not Delegate new gTLD’s based on a letter Verisign send to the U.S. National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) back in March. I reached out to Verisign to get an updated comment and position of Verisign on the issue and asked if Verisign would delegate 20 new gTLD strings per week as is ICANN’s current plan starting sometime late this year and certainly for 2014 under the new gTLD program. A Verisign spokesperson ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media Reports: Revenue Up 9%; Registrar Revenue Up 4% Without Name.com + 10% With -   Demand Media, Inc. (DMD),reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013. Q2 2013 Financial Summary: Content Media revenue ex-TAC grew 9% year-over-year. This was driven primarily by 15% Owned Operated revenue growth, which slowed sequentially from 26% year-over-year growth in Q1 2013, due primarily to traffic declines from lower search engine referrals. Network revenue ex-TAC declined 15%, due primarily to lower revenue from YouTube Channels. Registrar revenue grew 10% ... read more ...