Monthly Archives: October 2013

Tue 22nd October 2013
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First 4 New gTLD’s (ALL IDN’s) Cleared By ICANN To Go To Delegation - According to an announcement by ICANN, today, the first four domains from ICANN’s New Generic Top-Level Domains Program were cleared to proceed to delegation. These first new gTLDs, or strings, are: شبكة (xn--ngbc5azd) – the Arabic word for “Web” or “Network” Registry : International Domain Registry Pty. Ltd. онлайн (xn--80asehdb) – Russian for “Online” Registry: Core Association сайт (xn--80aswg) – Russian for “Web site” Registry: Core Association 游戏 (xn--unup4y) ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
The discuss over new TLDs during TRAFFIC - A lively debate – both on and off the stage. Yesterday at the TRAFFIC conference, domain investors Rick Schwartz and Lonnie Borck squared off against new TLD backers in a debate over what new TLDs will mean for the domain name industry. Tim Johnson of .kiwi, Jeffrey Sass of .Club, Frank Schilling of Uniregistry, and Monte Cahn of Right of the Dot sat opposite them. It was a lively conversation in which Schwartz started by clarifying that “I’m not against dot-whatever. ... read more ...
Mon 21st October 2013
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DrugMaker Loses UDRP On Domain Name Diet-Xenical.com - Drug manufacturer Hoffmann-La Roche just lost a UDRP on the domain name diet-xenical.com. Its a pretty amazing decision considering that Xenical is  a trademark term for a diet drug, the domain holder didn’t even response to the complaint and the domain resolves to a website that advertises Generic Xenical for sale. Here are the relevant findings from the one member panel: The disputed domain name is identical to the Complainant’s trademark except for the prefix “diet-“. It is well established, ... read more ...
 
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Starting Today, Twitter Allows You To Schedule Your Tweets For Publication Up to A Year In Advance - According to a blog post on Twtter.com, starting today, all marketers using Twitter’s Ad Products can schedule organic or Promoted Tweets for specific dates and times up to a year in advance. These can be coordinated to go live with new or existing Promoted Tweet campaigns to enable you to plan your real-time campaigns at your convenience. With scheduled Tweets, you can publish content at any time without having staff on-call to Tweet on evenings, weekends, holidays, or other inconvenient times. Advertisers ... read more ...
 
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11 preguntas clave sobre el proceso de solicitud y registro de los nuevos gTLDs - 21/10/2013 A finales de octubre, la ICAAN lanzará los nuevos nombres de dominios genéricos, gTLDs. La llegada de todo un mundo de nuevas extensiones genera nuevos retos y oportunidades de negocio a grandes y medianas empresas, autónomos y, en general, cualquier persona que tenga o quiera montar un negocio en la web. Actualmente muchas empresas están a la espera de saber qué extensiones ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Launches Site In Chinese: Sedo.cn - Sedo,  unveiled a new Chinese website today, according to  a press release we just received, “expanding its international reach to serve China’s 591 million Internet users and more than one billion Chinese speakers around the world”. “With the addition of a Chinese-language site, Sedo now offers a platform that powers domain related services and transactions in 7 languages, and support from a staff of domain professionals that speak 25 languages, further strengthening its position as the ... read more ...
 
 
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Jubiläum: Domain-Registrar Key-Systems feiert 15-Jähriges – business - Firmengebäude von Key-Systems in St. Ingbert Die Key-Systems GmbH hat seit ihrer Gründung 1998 eine führende Stellung im Markt für Internet-Adressen und verwandte Dienstleistungen erreicht und zählt heute zu den 15 größten Anbietern für Webadressen mit generischen Endungen wie .COM und .NET (gTLDs) weltweit. Zu Key-Systems' Unternehmensbereichen gehören unter anderem das Reseller-Portal RRPproxy.net, das Endkunden-Portal domaindiscount24.net und das Corporate ... read more ...
 
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Detienen a dos varones por malos tratos tras sendas discusiones … - El WhatsApp está en el origen de las dos discusiones de pareja que, en la madrugada de ayer, acabaron en arresto por malos tratos en Vigo.La primera aconteció a las 2.30 horas en la bajada Pontillón. La Policía Local detuvo a T.L.D., un vigués de 32 años, después de que su pareja le denunciara por el golpe en el labio, los mordiscos y el dolor en la muñeca que presentaba. El segundo arrestado es R.D.E.S., de 28 años, que propinó una bofetada a su pareja cuando esta salía a una fiesta ... read more ...
 
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Dos detenidos en Vigo por violencia de género - MACHISMO Dos hombres han sido detenidos la pasada madrugada por policas locales de Vigo acusados de agredir a sus parejas. La primera de ellas tuvo lugar a las 02.30 horas, a partir de una discusin a travs de whatsApp. Posteriormente, el hombre la agredi, ropinndole un bofetn, mordiscos, y agarrndole por las muecas. El agresor, T.L.D. nacido en el 81, fue detenido en la zona del centro comercial Gran Va. La segunda detencin se registr a las 06.00 horas, en un piso de la avenida ... read more ...
 
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TRAFFIC discussion kicks off in Ft. Lauderdale - TRAFFIC East 2013 began in Florida yesterday. The TRAFFIC domain name conference formally kicked off in Ft. Lauderdale last night. Poolside networking was followed by an opening night cocktail party. Later in the evening Frank Schilling hosted a number of Domain Name Sales clients for dinner. At the dinner, Schilling explained his plans for world domination in the domain name business. In addition to the many new top level domain names he’s launching, he’s also ... read more ...
 
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Walmart defeats kinship website - Panel orders union’s domain name be transferred to Walmart. Walmart has succeeded in taking down a criticism website created by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. In July, the retailer filed a dispute with World Intellectual Property Organization against the union’s use of the domain names ReallyWalmart.org, .com, and .net. ReallyWalmart.org hosted a site that parodied Walmart’s actual website TheRealWalmart.com. A three person panel ... read more ...
 
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Dates and pricing finalized for NamesCon, a new domain name conference - NamesCon sets dates and pricing. Domain name investor Richard Lau is organizing a new domain name conference this coming January, as reported Friday on DNN. The conference in Las Vegas will be called NamesCon. A location has not yet been named, but dates are finalized for January 13-15, 2014. Early bird passes are available for $325 for the first 50 who register before November 1. Prices will increase as it gets closer to the event, with walk up prices of $925 at ... read more ...
Sun 20th October 2013
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Catching Up With SnapNames.com & The $380K of Sales we Tracked From 2013 - While Sedo, Afternic, Godaddy and NameJet.com all now self report its sales/auctions of domain names that sell through their platforms, one service that does not generally report the results of its auctions on any regular basis is SnapNames.com I figured I would pull the YTD report of the domain names I followed/backordered at SnapNames.com and report the selling prices. I don’t think a lot of these have been reported before. All sales took place in 2013 and includes all transactions I had on my ... read more ...
 
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Guest Post: Newcomer Stymied By ICANN and ICC’s Process -                   This is a guest post by Christopher R Barron, who is the Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of GOProud. “GOProud is a national organization of gay and straight Americans who seek to promote freedom by supporting free markets, limited government, and a respect for individual rights. We work on the federal level and state level to build strong coalitions of conservative and libertarian activists, organizations and policy makers to advance our shared values and beliefs.” The ... read more ...
 
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Dos detenidos en Vigo por violencia de género - La primera de ellas se originó a las 2.30 horas, a partir de una discusión a través de 'wassap'. Posteriormente, el hombre la agredió, propinándole un bofetón, mordiscos, y agarrándole por las muñecas. El agresor, T.L.D. nacido en el 81, fue detenido en la zona del centro comercial Gran Vía. El segundo caso se registró a las 06.00 horas, en un piso de la avenida de Galicia, a partir de una discusión también iniciada por teléfono. El hombre le propinó una bofetada a la mujer que, ... read more ...
Sat 19th October 2013
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Innovations and Opportunities in India’s New gTLD Marketplace with ICANN - Kuek Yu-Chuang, ICANN’s vice president for global stakeholder engagement for the Asia Region and managing director of its Singapore hub office, presented at the ResellerClub Hosting Summit DELHI, INDIA — On Friday, Kuek Yu-Chuang, ICANN’s vice president for global stakeholder engagement for the Asia Region and managing director of its Singapore hub office, presented at the ResellerClub Hosting Summit. In order to portray ICANN’s multi stakeholder model, Yu-Chuang briefly described ... read more ...
 
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Roy Messer Sells BigBreakfast.com To IAC/InterActiveCorp - Domain investor Roy Messer’s Nett Corp, which sold Vodka.com for $3 million dollars a few years back, just sold the domain name BigBreakfast.Com to a public company. If your thinking McDonalds or one of the restaurant groups bought the domain you would be wrong. The domain instead was bought by IAC/InterActiveCorp which owns many of the most popular web properties including Match.com, Ask.com and About.com. Of course Roy may have not know who was buying the domain since it appeared to be bought ... read more ...
Fri 18th October 2013
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Guest Opinion: .Gay and the LGBTQ Community - Guest Opinion: .Gay and the LGBTQ Community Oct 18 • Blog • 532 Views • No Comments Guest opinion blogger Raymond King By Raymond King Having always loved the Pacific Northwest, I moved from New York to Portland in 2000 to co-found SnapNames, Inc., a business that helps people acquire expiring domain names. Through SnapNames, ... read more ...
 
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Verisign Launches of DomainScope: Domain Discovery Tool To Find Available .Com. .Net & .Tv Domains - Verisign launched DomainScope.com today which they say “a new domain name discovery tool designed to enhance the search for unique, relevant domain name choices in the .com, .net, .tv and .cc top-level domains”, for which it is the registry for. “Incorporating the same functionality found in our DomainFinder, DomainScore and DomainCountdown tools, DomainScope replaces these tools and allows users to focus their domain search and uncover new domain name registration opportunities in one place.* “DomainScope ... read more ...
 
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Key-Systems Celebrates 15th Birthday -         In a press release we received today, Key-Systems is celebrating its 15 Birthday Key-Systems, which currently manages more than 3 million web addresses (domains) for more than 70,000 retail/corporate customers and 1,800 resellers worldwide, celebrates its 15th company anniversary in October. Since its foundation in 1998 the Key-Systems GmbH has emerged as one of the leading European companies for the distribution and management of domains and ranks among the 15 largest providers for ... read more ...
 
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Turn Domain Bias In Search Results To Your Advantage - There’s been valid debate over how influential keyword and exact match domains are in search engine optimization. Whether or not the latest Google or Bing algorithm takes the words in your domain name into consideration, the reality is that searchers — those consumers actually choosing to click your link — most likely do. The phenomenon has been dubbed “domain bias,” defined as a user’s propensity to believe that a page is more relevant just because it comes from a particular domain. ... read more ...
 
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Die ersten 11 neuen Domain-Endungen gehen an den Start - Die Domainrevolution rückt näher und wird konkreter. Die erste Sunrise-Phase in denen Markeninhaber Domains registrieren können, die zu ihrer Marke identisch sind, startet am 29. Oktober und läuft 60 Tage. Erst danach beginnt die freie Registrierung. Die Registry Donuts Inc. hat angekündigt, dass die Sunrise-Phase für die folgenden Top-Level-Domains (TLDs) am 29.10. starten soll: .bike .camera .clothing .equipment .estate .guru .holdings .lighting .singles .ventures .voyage Innerhalb ... read more ...
 
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Bob Parsons buys selling agency - GoDaddy founder buys a marketing firm. GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons apprently never wants to be bored. He owns a bunch of motorcycle dealers and has been snapping up real estate in the Phoenix area. His latest purchase: a marketing and advertising firm. Parsons bought Scottsdale firm Martz Agency, which will be renamed Martz Parsons. His many organizations, including Harley-Davidson of Scottsdale, Go AZ Motorcycles, Spooky Fast Parts Engineering, YAM Properties, ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic offers financing for new TLD auctions as good as operative capital - CentralNic 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. CentralNic already has clients that have ... read more ...