Monthly Archives: September 2013

Mon 30th September 2013
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Top Level Domain Holdings - ---ADDS BROKER COMMENTS--- Top Level Domain Holdings (LON:TLDH) is going head-to-head with web giants Google and Amazon in an unprecedented internet land grab. “We are the fourth largest applicant in the world for new gTLDs after Donuts, Google, and Amazon and have significant financial resources,” executive Fred Krueger noted in the firm’s interim results covering the first half of 2013. gTLDs are generic top level domains, recognisable as the final part of web site addresses, such as dot.com, ... read more ...
 
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Pinterest Gets $7.2 Million Dollar Judgement Against Cybersquatter Over 100 Domain Names - According to Allthingsd.com, A San Francisco judge awarded Pinterest $7.2 million in damages and legal fees against  a Chinese cybersquatter Qian Jin, over 100 domain names including pinterests.com, pimterest.com and pinterost.com. The judge found the infringement to be “willful and serial,” noting, “There is no indication of good faith mistake or excusable neglect justifying defendant’s failure to respond or otherwise defend against plaintiff’s allegations.” Pinterest.com also was awarded ... read more ...
 
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De nieuwe gTLD’s: disputen oplossen - Wine en vin: wie schenkt klare wijn?In onze reeks over de nieuwe generische Top Level Domains, die er binnenkort aankomen, willen we enkele aspecten aanstippen waarbij je wellicht nog niet stilgestaan hebt. Het is immers zo dat degene die een nieuwe domeinextensie voorstelt, ook de voorwaarden mag bepalen waaraan je moet voldoen wil je een domein in dat nieuwe gTLD registreren. Bepaalde domeinnamen zullen immers voorbehouden zijn aan beroepscategerien, zoals .law voor advocaten, en .bank voor chte ... read more ...
 
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Verisign Research Says Small Businesses Still Prefer Websites to Social Media … - A couple of new studies are out with findings that should be of interest to all domain investors. In one, released today, Verisign engaged Merrill Research to canvas more than 1,000 businesses scattered ... read more ...
 
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Verisign Study: 9 out of 10 Small Business Prefer A .Com Domain For Company Website - Verisign released the results of a  global survey today that was conducted by Merrill Research of 1,050 small businesses (SMB) with an online presence, to get a better understanding of SMB’s sentiment around the benefits, barriers, and preferences for creating an online presence. The results of the survey found that in the U.S., 9 out of 10 small businesses with an online presence prefer a .com domain name for their company website. Globally, that number is 61%. Small businesses that choose to ... read more ...
 
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Desi Networks LLC Wins, Afilias Withdraws .Desi - Desi Networks LLC, in a press released announced they won a private auction, held by Innovative Auctions on August 13, 2013, it is now the sole applicant for the .desi gTLD. Other applicant in the private auction for .Desi was Afilias. The company will now move forward uncontested with the ICANN process with a target launch date sometime in the first half of 2014. According to the application of Desi Networks, LLC the new gTLD: “The term DESI refers to the people, culture and products ... read more ...
 
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Twitch.TV Spun Off From Justin.TV Raises $20 Million - Allthingsd.com, is reporting that Twitch.TV “an online video network and gaming community, raised a $20 million series C round of funding. “The round was led by Thrive Capital, with participation from WestSummit Capital and Take-Two Interactive Software, as well as existing investors Alsop Louie Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners. “The company, which sees more than 45 million unique monthly visitors, will use the new capital to further scale its sales and infrastructure divisions.” According ... read more ...
 
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ICANN set to launch new generic top-level domains: understanding the nuts and … - The universe of generic top-level domains (gTLDs), currently limited to about a dozen such as .com, .net, and .org, will expand this year, as some of the more than 1,000 potential new gTLDs are rolled out. Businesses may want to use some of these gTLDs—such as .store, .cloud, .software, .app, .home, and many more—as part of their brand strategies. The Internet Committee for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has been reviewing new gTLD applications on a rolling basis. On July 15, 2013, ICANN ... read more ...
 
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Moneta.com Sells On Sedo.com For $150,000 - The domain name Moneta.com just sold on Sedo.com for $150,000. The domain was owned by  Hanse Orga AG of Hamburg Germany. The domain has an original registration date of June 1996 The domain is now under privacy at Register.com. In Roman mythology, Moneta was a title given to two separate goddesses: the goddess of memory  and an epithet of Juno, called Juno Moneta More currently it seems to be the name of a popular band out of Seattle, and There are also a lot of suggested terms for Moneta on Google ... read more ...
 
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Is There Any Value In ACA (Obamacare) Related Domains? - This is a guest post by Sean Sullivan who is responsible for the content. Sean Sullivan is Founder CEO of BankAds a monetization solutions provider for financial related domains. Sean is also the owner of several other companies within digital advertising in a number of verticals, including Coups.com, a digital coupon services company. Sean and his wife Erika, are also founders of BreastWeddingEver!, a charitable organization that helps couples raise money to fight breast cancer through weddings. ... read more ...
 
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Desi Networks becomes Sole Applicant of .DESI gTLD - September 30th, 2013 By: THN News <!-- GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-1-Rotating");--> <!--GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-2");--> <!--GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-3");--> (The Hosting News) – Desi Networks LLC, is pleased to announce that after a successful private auction, held by Innovative Auctions on August 13, 2013, it is now the sole applicant for the .desi gTLD.  The company will now move forward uncontested with the ICANN process ... read more ...
 
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Studie der Sedo GmbH: Werbe- und Marketingbranche setzt auf neue … - Montag 30. September 2013 | 17:11 Köln – Sedo, die weltweit führende Domainhandelsplattform, stellt heute die aktuellen Ergebnisse ihrer im August diesen Jahres durchgeführten Umfrage zum Thema “Einführung neuer Top-Level-Domains” innerhalb der Kommunikations- und Marketingbranche vor. 360 Entscheider aus den Bereichen Werbung, Kommunikation und Marketing wurden dazu befragt. Zentrales Thema der Studie war: Wissen die Kommunikationsverantwortlichen über die Einführung ... read more ...
 
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TOP LEVEL DOMAIN HLDG LTD : Unaudited Interim Results for the period … – 4 - Agreement entered into with Tucows to partner in the auction process on three contested applications. Executive Chairman, Fred Krueger, commented: We are now in the final stages of the most significant development in the history of the Internet Domain Name System. We are the fourth largest applicant in the world for new gTLDs after Donuts, Google, and Amazon and have significant financial resources. Our cost base is lower than many ... read more ...
 
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Sedo.com New gTLD Study Says 59% Said They Would Consider Using a … - Sedo.com today announced the results of research study of whether those that work in the advertising and marketing industry (or their clients) are aware of the pending launch of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in 2013,  and whether they plan to take advantage of these new web addresses. I was at on Friday at a presentation by Sedo.com, on the subject and these are some of the results in the press release today. I’m going to point out some more results from the study that weren’t part ... read more ...
 
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Cosa sono i top-level domain - Ogni risorsa presente sul web – una pagina HTML, un video, un'immagine, ecc. - è identificabile univocamente e raggiungibile tramite un indirizzo alfanumerico di lunghezza variabile chiamato Uniform Resource Locator o URL. Ogni URL è formato seguendo una sintassi ben precisa: prima di tutto troviamo il protocollo utilizzato nella rete per la comunicazione (ad es. “http”) seguito da una sequenza standard di caratteri che fungono da separatori (“://”); un host, fornito solitamente ... read more ...
 
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First Results Of Private Auction Results Held Last Week: Desi Networks LLC … - Desi Networks LLC, in a press released announced they won a private auction, held by Innovative Auctions on August 13, 2013, it is now the sole applicant for the .desi gTLD. Other applicant in the private auction for .Desi was Afilias. The company will now move forward uncontested with the ICANN process with a target launch date sometime in the first half of 2014. According to the application of Desi Networks, LLC the new gTLD: “The term DESI refers to the people, culture and products ... read more ...
 
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Desi Networks LLC Wins, Afilias Withdraws .Desi - Desi Networks LLC, in a press released announced they won a private auction, held by Innovative Auctions on August 13, 2013, it is now the sole applicant for the .desi gTLD. Other applicant in the private auction for .Desi was Afilias. The company will now move forward uncontested with the ICANN process with a target launch date sometime in the first half of 2014. According to the application of Desi Networks, LLC the new gTLD: “The term DESI refers to the people, culture and products from ... read more ...
 
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Sedo.com New gTLD Study Says 59% Said They Would Consider Using a Domain Other Than .Com - Sedo.com today announced the results of research study of whether those that work in the advertising and marketing industry (or their clients) are aware of the pending launch of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in 2013,  and whether they plan to take advantage of these new web addresses. I was at on Friday at a presentation by Sedo.com, on the subject and these are some of the results in the press release today. I’m going to point out some more results from the study that weren’t part of ... read more ...
 
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Blacknight’s CEO Michele Neylon Wins Overall Net Visionary Award From The Irish Internet Association - Web domain and hosting firm Blacknight’s CEO Michele Neylon won this year’s Overall Net Visionary Award handed out by  the Irish Internet Association (IIA) for his thought leadership and pioneering work as the chair of the ICANN Registrar Stakeholder Group. “Winning an IIA Dot ie Net Visionary Award means you’re the best at what you do but not in the run-of-the-mill ‘best’ kind of way but in a pretty standout innovative kind of way,” said Joan Mulvihill, CEO of the IIA.” “Neylon ... read more ...
 
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Advertising and Marketing Industry Feels New Web Addresses Will Ultimately Be … - Related:Press Release, News Sedo, the world's largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced the results of research into whether those that work in the advertising and marketing industry (or their clients) are aware of the pending launch of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in 2013 – and whether they plan to take advantage of these new web addresses. More than 360 individuals responsible for the advertising or marketing programs at their companies, or who work ... read more ...
 
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Studie: Branche setzt auf neue Domains - Eine Top-Level-Domain (TLD) ist die Endung einer Internetadresse wie zum Beispiel .com, .net, .org. Nach der Genehmigung durch die Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), werden eine Vielzahl neuer Webadressen in den nächsten Monaten auf den Markt kommen. Dies sind zum Beispiel markenspezifische (.nike oder .aol), geographische (.ruhr, .saarland, .hamburg) und generische Endungen wie .music oder .home oder .shop. Domainhändler Sedo stellt die aktuellen Ergebnisse ... read more ...
 
 
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Finances.com Purchased For $500,000 -     Finances International, Ltd. just announced they purchased the domain name Finances.com for $500,000. “Finances.com is to become home to one of the most interactive online portals dedicated to financial markets and financial management. ” “The portal will be officially launched on November 1st, 2013. ” The new financial resource will act as a free independent information hub for people requesting timely updates on international business, political and technological developments as ... read more ...
 
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Company lifting adult to $200M in IPO licenses the pivotal domain name - Company that uses Vince.com doesn’t actually own the domain name. Last week Apparel Holding filed its S-1 to go public. The clothing company hopes to raise up to $200 million in its IPO, so it’s no small fry. Which is why I find it amazing that it doesn’t actually own the key domain name it uses, Vince.com. The company will rename itself to Vince Holding Corp. upon going public, as this is the brand consumers actually know it by. It has used Vince.com since ... read more ...
 
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How did a new Kozmo.com get a aged Kozmo.com’s domain name? - Because Kozmo.com never fully expired, the group trying to relaunch the brand had to go to extraordinary measures to get the domain. Kozmo.com, the delivery service that became a poster child for the dot.com boom and bust, is coming back. Sort of. I first scooped this about a year ago after a Los Angeles company, Yummy Foods, LLC, filed for trademarks for the Kozmo name. Now, just this month, the company put up a splash page at Kozmo.com after acquiring the Kozmo.com ... read more ...