Monthly Archives: October 2013

Thu 24th October 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
1and1.com New gTLD’s Pre-Reservations Pass 3.5 Million & Top 30 New gTLD … - @Berkens, Top 30 ‘in alphabetical order? That makes no sense. By placing them in alphabetical order, you have vitiated the efficacy of the purported revelation. FYI, alphabetical order is one metric, and number of registrations is another. In the latter, .shop, or .home could come ahead of .art, for instance, and that’s a pertinent information. At best, it is lazy to do it alphabetically. Top 30 list should be in order of number of preregistrations. ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Disturbing; 12 Year Old Canary.com Lost in UDRP - Here is the decision translated by Google Complainant Canary LLC ( hereinafter referred to as ” the complainant ” ) . , Represented by Gregori D. Mavronicolas, of Mavronicolas Mueller Dee LLP, 950 Third Ave, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10022 Respondent artificially Lin ZanSong ( hereinafter referred to as ” the Respondent ” ) . , RM 101 West, Block 10, District II, Dongpu, YueQing, ZheJiang CN 325600, CN Institutions and the disputed domain name registration The disputed domain name ... read more ...
 
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Verisign Reports: 125.9 Million .Com/.Net Domains Registered Up 5% From Last Year - VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), reported financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2013 reporting revenue of $244 million up 9% from the same quarter in 2012. Verisign reported net income of $81 million and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.53 for the third quarter of 2013, compared to net income of $78 million and diluted EPS of $0.47 in the same quarter in 2012. The operating margin was 54.5% for the third quarter of 2013 compared to 51.9% for the same quarter in 2012. Business ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Delegates First New gTLDs - ICANN, the organization responsible for top-level domain names, has delegated the first new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) to their approved domain registries ICANN, the organization responsible for top-level domain names, has delegated the first new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) to their approved domain registries, who are now in a position to execute the final processes required to make their domain names available. This is as part of ICANN’s planned expansion of the Domain Name ... read more ...
 
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1and1.com New gTLD’s Pre-Reservations Pass 3.5 Million & Top 30 New gTLD List Is Revealed -                       1and1.com new gTLD pre-registrations just topped the 3.5 million mark and for the first time the domain name registrar is showing the top 30 new gTLD’s with the most pre-registrations. 1and1.com had only been showing the top 20 new gTLD based on pre-registration volume. Here is the top 30 according to 1and1.com in alphabetical  order. Interestingly  only one Geographic new gTLD made the top 30 list, .NYC.  Also only four of the new gTLD’s of the top 30 have ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Announces New gTLDs as Brands Battle for Naming Rights - ICANN has announced four new gTLDs (generic top-level domains) designed to help organize the expansive internet. The four new non-Latin strings—in Arabic, Chinese and Cyrillic—signify ICANN's move towards globalizing the web. The new URL suffixes: Arabic for "web/network"; Cyrillic for "online"; Cyrillic for "site"; and Chinese for "game(s)" are just some of the estimated 1,400 new gTLDs that the organization plans to add to some of the Web's most common suffixes, including .com, .org and ... read more ...
 
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Snapnames/Dotster Domain Auction Ends In Two Hours - The Dotster domain name auction ends on Snapnames.com in just about two hours at 3:15PM EST and as of publication out of the 155 domain names up for auction only 14 have bids. Out of the 14 domain names with bids, only 4 have more than 1 bidder, and 5 of the top 6 with the highest bids the reserve price has not been reached. If you like any of the domains on the list there seems to be a good chance you might win the domain with 1 bid (assuming it hits reserve) Best of luck.   <![CDATA[]]>Domain ... read more ...
 
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Funny: Company Sends Out PR Announcing It Renewed Its Domain For 5 Years As a “Bold Move” - I saw this press release today and thought it was pretty funny: “Hmeet.com has renewed its domain name to 2018 as a bold move to let members know that the organization is here to stay to continue to provide the services on which thousands of them rely. ” ““Hmeet.com wants the world to know that we will continue our business and all people with a sexually transmitted disease are welcome to join our site. Current members on our site don’t need to worry about whether or not we will shut down ... read more ...
 
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ICANN rolls out new generic top-level domains - IDG News Service - ICANN has introduced the first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to the Internet's root zone, the central database ... read more ...
 
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ICANN rolls out new generic top-level domains - IDG News Service - ICANN has introduced the first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to the Internet's root zone, the central database ... read more ...
 
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Report: Demand Media Lays Off All 15 Members Of R & D Unit - Variety.com, is reporting that just days after Richard Rosenblatt resigned from Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) as its CEO and Chairman of the Board,  all 15 members of the research and development unit at the company were laid off, including chief innovation officer Byron Reese. Demand reps did not respond to repeated requests for comment to Variety.com “Reese was seen as the architect of Demand’s SEO approach, which has been widely derided as turning the company into a “content farm” that flooded ... read more ...
 
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ICANN ushers in new internet era in top-level domains - The future of the internet isn’t just about .com (Picture: Alamy)If you think the internet is big, brace yourself: it’s about to become 63 times bigger. There are currently 22 top-level domains (TLDs) online – the suffixes such as .com, .net and .org. By next year, there will be 1,400 – everything from .adult, .beer, .cool and .dot to .wtf, .xbox, .youtube and .zippo. But the first new domains to be given approval may be hard for non-linguists to pronounce. This week, شبكة (the Arabic ... read more ...
 
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CENTRALNIC GROUP PLC : CentralNic offers financing for new TLD auctions … – 4 - October 18, 2013CentralNic will back new TLD applicants at auction and provide working capital. With ICANN's auctions to settle new TLD contention sets coming soon, and applicants realizing they might need more money to launch their TLDs than previously expected, a number of companies are offering funding. One of those is newly-public CentralNic, which is offering financing for auctions as well as working capital for ongoing operations. ... read more ...
 
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MutualFunds.com; NL.com; QR.com All Hit Heritage’s Inaugural Domain Name Auction - The world’s third largest auction house Heritage Auctions is holding its  inaugural Domain Name Intellectual Property Auctionun on November 21st in New York and some great domain names are up for sale including MutualFunds.com; Animation.com, QR.com, NL.com and Bicycle.com Other highlights in the auction include, but are not limited to: Numismatics.com, Alexandria.com, Suit.com, Tie.com, Sociology.com, LuxuryBags.com; EqualRights.com and CurrencyExchange.com. This Auction will mark the first ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Vier neue Top-Level-Domains – bis zu 1.400 weitere folgen - Zwar hat die Initiative zur Einführung neuer Domain-Endungen schon zehn Jahre auf dem Buckel, die Entscheidung zur tatsächlichen Einführung der ersten vier neuen Top-Level-Domains (TLD) fiel dann aber quasi über Nacht. "IANA, DoC und VeriSign haben nur einen Tag gebraucht, so etwas habe ich noch nie gesehen", sagte Werner Staub, Koordinator des Ständigen Sekretariats des Internet Council of Registrars. Mindestens 30 Tage wird es allerdings noch dauern, bis die neuen TLDs im Internet aufgerufen ... read more ...
 
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Chegaram novos sufixos de domínio - A Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) já iniciou a disponibilização de novos sufixos de domínio, os generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs). Além dos actuais 22 gTLDs, os novos 1400 sufixos de domínio podem querer indicar que o domínio do .com tem os dias contados.O maior impacto provocado pelos novos sufixos será aquilo que a ICANN chama de Internationalized Domain Names (IDN). Em breve vão começar a surgir sufixos de domínio russos e árabes ao lado dos ingleses. Os ... read more ...
 
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Google: Improving Ad Rank to Show More Relevant Ad Extensions & Formats - Google posted on its blog post,  “we’re announcing improvements in the AdWords auction that let us more consistently show more relevant ad extensions and formats.” Ad Rank improvements Our system for ordering ads on search results pages uses a calculation called Ad Rank. Previously, Ad Rank was calculated using your max CPC bid and your Quality Score. With this update, Ad Rank will also take into account a third component: the expected impact from your ad extensions and formats. In addition, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in PL and tagged
Zielone światło dla domen bez łacińskich znaków - @ProTofik: proszę zanim zaczniesz pisać i mówić w innych językach, naucz się najpierw jak właściwie zapisywać słowa w języku ojczystym. Potem czytają to inni młodzi użytkownicy i zapamiętują że "żeczą" pisze się przez "ż". Dla tych co przeczytali powyższy komentarz podaje jak prawidłowo powinny być zapisane słowa: sobie, Wciskanie, niestandardowych, liter, rzeczą. Mądrości sobie i nam wszystkim ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Launches Generic Top-Level Domains In Non-Latin Scripts - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has launched four new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs), written in Arabic, Chinese and Cyrillic scripts. These are the first ever gTLDs in non-Latin characters. The new “strings” that were introduced into the Internet’s Root Zone on Wednesday are: شبكة (.network), онлайн (.online), сайт (.site) and 游戏 (.game). Domain name registries will be able to assign the new gTLDs to websites in 30 days, once the period ... read more ...
 
 
Written by DomainHack.er in ES and tagged
Pistoletazo de salida para los primeros dominios de nivel superior genéricos … - Aunque desde hace unos años es posible escribir direcciones web utilizando alfabetos distintos al latino, ahora la Corporación para la Asignación de Nombres y Números en Internet (ICANN) va más allá. Y es que esta organización ha dado un paso adelante con la delegación de los primeros dominos genéricos de alto nivel (gTLD) en árabe, chino y ruso cirílico. Esto es, muy pronto las distintas autoridades de registro podrán ponerlos a disposición de los internautas. Si todo va según lo ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
ICANN schaltet in Kürze erste generische Top Level Domains frei - Die ICANN hat am Mittwoch die ersten vier von geplanten 1400 neuen Webadressendungen, sogenannte generische Top Level Domains (gTLD), in die Internetstruktur integriert. Sie machen erstmals von der Möglichkeit Gebrauch, nicht lateinische Schriftzeichen zu nutzen. Es handelt sich um das chinesische Wort für Spiel (游戏), den arabischen Ausdruck für Web oder Netzwerk (شبكة) sowie die kyrillischen Transliterationen der Begriffe online (онлайн) und Site (сайт). “Zusätzlich zu ... read more ...
 
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Internet-Verwaltung Vier neue Top Level Domains sind in der DNS-Rootzone - Nach zehn Jahren der Vorbereitung haben sich die für die Zulassung neuer Top Level Domains (TLD) verantwortlichen Stellen am Ende beeilt: Innerhalb eines Tages hat das US-Handelsministerium die ersten vier neuen Top Level Domains durchgewinkt. Das arabische Wort für Netz (شبكة), die kyrillischen Worte für online (онлайн) und site (сайт) sowie das chinesische Wort für game (游戏) sind in der Rootzone. Die rasche Bearbeitung der TLD-Anträge im US-Handelsministerium ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in NL and tagged
Icann activeert eerste vier tld’s met niet-Latijnse karakters - De dns-beheerorganisatie Icann heeft de eerste vier generieke topleveldomeinen geactiveerd in de dns root zone van internet. Komend jaar komen meer dan 1400 nieuwe generieke topleveldomeinen online, waaronder .amsterdam. .kpn en .frl voor Friesland.De activatie betekent dat registrars er nu voor kunnen zorgen dat domeinnamen met de extensies nu zichtbaar komen voor internetters. De Icann noemt de activatie 'het begin van de grootste uitbreiding van dns ooit'. Waar internet nu 22 gtld's zoals .com, ... read more ...
 
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newdomains.org: Anteil der neuen Top-Level-Domains wird bereits in den … - Köln (ots) - - Studie von eco - Verband der deutschen Internetwirtschaft ergibt: Länderspezifische Domainregistrierungen gehen durch neue gTLDs nicht zurück - Veranstaltungen wie die newdomains.org am 27. und 28. Oktober in München zeigen, welche grosse Bedeutung die neuen TLDs bereits haben (www.newdomains.org) - Rechtsanwalt Thomas Rickert, Leiter der Kompetenzgruppe Names Numbers Forum bei eco, sieht Entwicklung als "schleichende ... read more ...