Monthly Archives: January 2014

Mon 13th January 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Domaining.com & TheDomains.com Launch The New gTLD Ticker - Domaining.com and TheDomains.com have a new look this morning as they launched the new gTLD ticker on the top of each site. The new gTLD ticker is an advertising program, the brain child of Francois Carrillo, Founder and C.E.O of Cybertonic which operates Domaining.com who is in charge of making the ticker work Michael Berkens of TheDomains.com is in charge of sales and client relations for the new advertising program. The program is strictly limited to 2o strings in 2014. At the moment we have ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media Inc : Demand Media Announces Filing of Form 10 Registration … – 4 - A significant milestone in preparing Rightside Group to become an independent, public company Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD), a leading media and domain name services company, today announced that its newly formed wholly owned subsidiary, Rightside Group, Ltd. ("Rightside"), has filed a Form 10 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the planned spin-off of Rightside as an independent ... read more ...
 
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BRS Media’s dotFM Releases Ranking of Top .FM Sites and Brands, .FM Top … - SAN FRANCISCO — BRS Media, a diverse and growing media e-commerce firm that assists traditional and interactive media companies build and brand on the power of the Internet, today announced that dotFM, the .FM Top-Level Domain Registry, has released the year-end ranking of the Top 100 Hits of 2013, the year's top .FM sites and brands.dotFM’s year end top 100 ranking, “.FM Top 100 Hits of 2013” lists the top sites and brands from the past ... read more ...
 
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.Berlin: TLD ab jetzt verfügbar - Seit dem Juni 2011 bietet die ICANN, welche sich um die Zulassung von Top Level Domains kümmert, sogenannte generische TLDs an. Berlin bewarb sich und bekam die Zusimmung. Reichstag.berlin: Schon bald eine mögliche URL. Unter der Internetadresse nic.berlin findet sich die erste deutsche Domain unter einer neuen TLD. Unter anderem hat auch die Stadt Wien sich die Rechte gesichert, die WWW-Adresse mit dem Namen der Stadt zu beenden. Die Anwendungsbereiche dabei sind vielfältig: lokale ... read more ...
 
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.Mnet victory in .net battle - Electronic Media Network Limited (M-net) has successfully defended against an objection from Verisign to M-net’s application for the .mnet generic top-level domain (gTLD). The .mnet domain was among 16 gTLDs that Verisign, a large American Internet company that operates both the .com and .net domains, took issue with. Verisign followed the same approach with each of its objections, Naspers chief intellectual property officer Craig Opperman told MyBroadband. Each took a very aggressive ... read more ...
 
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.berlin: Arm aber mit eigener GeoTLD - Berlin: Die Hauptstadt bekommt eine eigene Top-Level-Domain. (Bild: dotBERLIN GmbH Co. KG)GeoTLD: .berlin ist endlich da Die Idee, eine eigene Top-Level-Domain (TLD) für die deutsche Hauptstadt einzuführen, wird schon seit 2004 vorangetrieben. Im Mai 2012 erfolgte dann die Bewerbung für eine berliner Top-Level-Domain. Im Oktober 2013 einigte sich die für die Vergabe zuständige ICANN ... read more ...
 
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Drawing on data to underpin gTLD strategies – and avoid being scammed - With gTLD sunrises now launching on a regular basis (the official list is available here, while the European Domain Centre maintains a handy infographic estimating the sunrise launch dates for all new gTLDs here) trademark counsel should now be in the process of reviewing their online strategies. WTR previously wrote about the need to assess which gTLDs are of most relevance to your brand, whether for marketing/promotional opportunity or two defensively register in. One industry expert has ... read more ...
 
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.CN Landrush exceeds 50 Million Yuan - NiceNic.net out with another interesting piece of news, the .CN Landrush auctions of previous reserved domains has generated over 50 Million Yuan/RMB.  That equates to over $8.2 million They posted today: As of Jan 12th, 2014, the open auction of previously-reserved .CN domain names by CNNIC entered into heating-up period, and the total price of recent auctions already exceeded 50 million yuan/cny/rmb, of which GAME.CN, GW.CN, LB.CN, CM.CN stood out with final biddings surpassing million. The whole ... read more ...
 
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.PW surprisingly flattering renouned with phishers in China - NiceNic.net put out a report that looked at phishing activity in China, very few .cn sites are involved in phishing and surprisingly there was a decent number of .pw sites being used. Anti-Phishing Alliance of China(APAC) announced “December 2013 Anti-Phishing Sites Brief Report”. According to the report: APAC totally dealt with 168,835 phishing sites over the years and in Dec 2013, 5,681. Below please find some diagrams and statistical data: - See more at: http://nicenic.net/news/messview.php?ID=12796#sthash.T1sykyhc.dpuf The ... read more ...
 
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Penn State Lets PennState.com Expire & The Domain Is In Auction W/ $4,583 Min Bid - Penn State which certainly has had one of the biggest scandals in the United States over the last few years leading to criminal charges, the resignation of the President of the University and the legendary football coach Joe Paterno, has now let the domain name PennState.com expire. The domain name PennState.com is registered to Penn State formally known as the The Pennsylvania State University. The University has owned the domain since at least 2001 according to DomainTools.com The University let ... read more ...
 
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RPG Life Sciences Ltd guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Company filed dispute against domain name clearly being used for another legitimate purpose. Pharmaceuticals and biotech business RPG Life Sciences Ltd. of Mumbai has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a domain name dispute. World Intellectual Property Organization panelist Nicholas Weston found that RPG Life Sciences had filed a UDRP in bad faith in an attempt to get the domain name RPGlife.com. The domain name is owned by a Wisconsin man who ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media’s Rightside reveals numbers and gamble on new TLDs in SEC filing - Rightside’s growth is highly dependent on the success of new top level domain names. Demand Media is spinning off its domain name business as a new publicly traded company, Rightside. Today the company filed documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that give the public much more detail on the business. Having reviewed the documents for much of this morning, one thing became very clear: a bet on Rightside is a bet on new top level domain names. ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
Why releasing news during a discussion week can be a bad idea - Believe it or not, making big announcements during an industry conference may not be good timing. I, like Michael Berkens, expect some domain industry news to be announced this week to coincide with the NamesCon conference. That said, announcing news while a conference is taking place is not always a good idea. I was speaking to a PR agency a couple years ago about a project, and the idea was to make a big announcement during a relevant conference. The PR people said ... read more ...
 
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Donuts assigns rights to .futbol and .reviews tip turn domains to Demand Media’s Rightside - Rightside has two more top level domain names in its new TLD portfolio. Demand Media filed documents with the SEC today related to its spinoff of Rightside, and also published an investor presentation. The disclosures show that Donuts has assigned rights for two new top level domain names, .fubol and .reviews, to Rightside’s United TLD. These domains were applied for under Donuts’ subsidiaries Atomic Falls, LLC and Extra Cover, LLC, respectively. The two domains ... read more ...
Sun 12th January 2014
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New domain name extensions coming to New Zealand - <!-- --> Press Release – Spin It Wide New Plymouth, Taranaki January, 13 2014 – The Internet domain name expansion is now in progress and web users internationally are about to witness the release of hundreds of new domain name extensions (gTLDs), such as .BIKE, .ESTATE and .CAMERA …New domain name extensions coming to New Zealand New Plymouth, Taranaki – January, 13 2014 – The Internet domain name expansion is now in progress and web users internationally are ... read more ...
 
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New domain name extensions coming to NZ - The Internet domain name expansion is now in progress and web users internationally are about to witness the release of hundreds of new domain name extensions (gTLDs), such as .BIKE, .ESTATE and .CAMERA and many others. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is responsible for managing the introduction of new gTLDs and Freeparking - a leading New Zealand domain name registration provider - is getting ready to enable the New Zealand public to register these domains as ... read more ...
 
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What Is The Difference Between New gTLDs and Repurposed ccTLDs? - There are many people in the domain investment space who are either opposed to the new gTLDs or are certain that the new gTLDs will fail. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with this at all. Should some new domain names happen to be successful, there might be a missed opportunity, but everyone is entitled to their opinion and should invest accordingly, especially given the illiquid nature of domain investing.. One thing I personally don’t understand is how some people who are adamantly ... read more ...
 
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Expect Some BIG News This Week Out Of NamesCon - With the NamesCon conference getting ready to kick off in Las Vegas this week everyone in the domain industry should be on the look out for some big news and announcements. If history is any lesson, many companies in the space have used domain conferences like TRAFFIC, Domainfest and the ICANN meetings to release stories of new ventures,  deals, developments and launching of new opportunities. With over 600 people now expected to attend NamesCon should gets its fair share of announcements and press ... read more ...
 
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Virginia Says Yelp Must Reveal The Real Names of 7 Who Left Critical Reviews - A decision in Virginia could affect the free speech of users of the popular review website Yelp. This could also trickle down to other areas where free speech is concerned. The case revolves around Hadeed Carpet based out of Alexandria, Virginia. The company did not believe that some of the negative comments it received were from actual customers. They sued Yelp to get the identities of these individuals and won. The case was appealed and the appellate court  affirmed the lower court’s ruling. ... read more ...
Sat 11th January 2014
Written by The Domains in EN
Overstock Reaches Sales of $130,000 in First Day of Accepting Bitcoin - Overstock CEO says the company made $130,000 in first day of Bitcoin sales. #Bitcoin's first full day on @overstock.com was a huge success: 840 orders, $130,000 in sales. Almost all new customers. #stunned — Patrick M. Byrne (@OverstockCEO) January 10, 2014 Patrick M. Byrne did an interview on CNN which was interesting and worth watching. The interviewer and Byrne have a good back and forth where she is skeptical of Bitcoin to go mass market.  Byrne respectfully disagreed. He does mention they ... read more ...
 
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Domain Registrar Uses The 2nd Coming Of .Com “Beer.com Sold For $7M” To … - Domain Name Registrar, OnlyDomains.com has started to sell new gTLD’s chatting about the second coming of .Com domain aftermarket saying on the front page of its site: “Remember when the domain name Beer.com sold for $7 million dollars? ” “For the first time since the dawn of the Internet, people everywhere have an opportunity to claim ownership of a whole new range of top level domain web addresses. ” “Domains like .App, .Venture, and even .Sex are coming soon. How much will yours ... read more ...
 
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Defining "Success" for New gTLDs - Depending on your domain investments and business affiliations, there are a number of ways one can define “success” for the new gTLDs. I thought I’d share what I think are the various ways the new domain names could be considered a “success” and who would be happy with that success. If I missed any scenarios here, you are welcome to share them, and as always, you are invited to offer your own feedback on this. Success scenarios for new gTLDs: New TLD registry is in the black after ... read more ...
 
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Domain Registrar Uses The 2nd Coming Of .Com “Beer.com Sold For $7M” To Sell New gTLD’s - Domain Name Registrar, OnlyDomains.com has started to sell new gTLD’s chatting about the second coming of .Com domain aftermarket saying on the front page of its site: “Remember when the domain name Beer.com sold for $7 million dollars? ” “For the first time since the dawn of the Internet, people everywhere have an opportunity to claim ownership of a whole new range of top level domain web addresses. ” “Domains like .App, .Venture, and even .Sex are coming soon. How much will yours be ... read more ...
 
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Search Engine Watch: 4 Local Search Tactics That Will Matter More in 2014 - In an article published by Adam Dorfman on Search Engine Watch, he took a look at 4 factors that should play bigger in Local SEO  for 2014. Number one on the list was Improving Brand/Domain Authority. Domain Authority is a big factor over at Moz who defines it, “Domain Authority represents Moz’s best prediction for how a website will perform in search engine rankings. Use Domain Authority when comparing one site to another or tracking the “strength” of your website over time. We calculate ... read more ...
Fri 10th January 2014