Monthly Archives: January 2014

Thu 30th January 2014
Written by DomainHack.er in IT and tagged
Nomi di domini Internet: un’occasione per le PMI italiane? -    numero di _Febbraio2014 I nomi dei siti internet sono da sempre determinanti per il successo di un’iniziativa, ma qualcosa sta cambiando. Infatti, da qualche tempo è stata ammessa la possibilità di ampliare il numero di domini disponibili e per le imprese, aziende, negozi e professionisti lo scenario sarà completamente differente rispetto al passato. “Lo scorso anno è stato annunciato che più di 700 nuovi domini di primo ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
The numbers are in! Donuts sunrises typically get 100+ domains, though they also got gamed - Most of Donuts domain names received at least 100 sunrise registrations, and some of them are of questionable merit. Donuts has just published its zone files for the seven domain names that recently exited sunrise. Most of the domains have at least 100 domains in their zone files, but there’s also some curious activity: it appears Donuts got gamed by some of its fellow applicants. First, some caveats. The zone files, dated 1-31, are post sunrise and include a lot ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Nominet sets Jun 10 date for shorter .UK domain names - Shorter .uk domain names will land this summer. Nominet will offer second level registrations under the .uk domain name starting June 10. Companies will now be able to get example.uk instead of example.co.uk or example.org.uk as part of a plan approved in November. Owners of existing third level .co.uk domain names (as of October 28, 2013) will get first rights to the matching second level .uk domain names and have five years to decide whether they want it. Registrants ... read more ...
 
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Want to see a new Trademark Claims Notice in action? Here’s an example. - See what it looks like if you try to register a second level domain in a new TLD that matches a record at the Trademark Clearinghouse. One of the rights protections mechanisms for new top level domain names is the Trademark Claims Notice. For the first 90 days after a new top level domain name is available (post sunrise), domain name registrars must post this notice when someone tries to register a domain name that matches a mark registered with the Trademark Clearinghouse. The ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Here’s what we overtly consider about new tip turn domain names - I don’t think they’ll change the world, but I don’t wish for them to fail. I write a lot of stories about new top level domain names. Some are about the good and some are about the bad. Sometimes people read one of my positive stories and think I must be a new TLD supporter. Others read my stories about problems and challenges new TLDs will face and think I’m a new TLD hater. So let me set the record straight: I don’t think new TLDs are going to radically ... read more ...
 
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What domain names IdeaLab and other finish users bought final week - IdeaLab among buyers at GoDaddy/Afternic last week. GoDaddy and Afternic combined to sell nearly $1.8 million worth of domain names last week. Here are some that were sold to end users. (If you like to read about end user domain name sales, you can see previous lists here.) WPTI.org $2,569 – Workforce Professionals Training Institute in New York. Covius.com $1,800 – Atlanta company Covius, LLC, which appears to just be getting off the ground. BWM.com $15,000 – ... read more ...
Wed 29th January 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Go Daddy Statement on a @N Hack - Go Daddy addressed the situation about the @N Twitter user who had his account hacked. GoDaddy takes our customers’ security seriously. Here’s an update on the situation affecting @N_is_stolen: http://t.co/73tSkfkfTr — GoDaddy (@GoDaddy) January 29, 2014   Our review of the situation reveals that the hacker was already in possession of a large portion of the customer information needed to access the account at the time he contacted GoDaddy. The hacker then socially engineered an employee ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
“The .com is a approach to attract trade and make it easier for your assembly to find you.” - Sharon Gaudin wrote an article on Computer World, “Brace Yourself For Flood of New Domain Names” In the article she spoke to James Cole from ICANN about the new gtlds coming to market.  She also spoke to Ezra Gottheil an analyst at Current Analysis. Current Analysis is a leading provider of timely, practical market intelligence and advice that helps global IT and telecom professionals compete, innovate and improve performance. For over 15 years, our independent experts and proprietary services ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Neustar Reports & Shares Are Down 25% Afterhours - Neustar, Inc. (NSR), today announced results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2013 and provided guidance for 2014. The market didn’t like the news, with shares of the company plummeting 25% after hours to $32 a share. Neustar has a 52 week high of over $57 a share. Of course the market may have not like Neustar’s updated statement it also issued today on “local number portability administrator selection” “”Neustar announced an update on the selection process for the local ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in ES and tagged
Ofrecen siete nuevos dominios de Internet, incluidos ".bike" y ".guru" - La firma estadounidense Donuts Inc. comenzó a ofrecer esta semana direcciones de Internet basadas en siete nuevos dominios de nivel superior genéricos (gTLD, por sus siglas en inglés). Se trata de los sufijos: .bike, .clothing, .guru, .holdings, .plumbing, .singles y .ventures. Pero no serán los únicos nuevos dominios que la empresa lanzará. El 5 de febrero será el turno de .camera, .equipment, .estate, .gallery, .graphics, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in IT and tagged
L’ICANN ha fatto cento - E' stato raggiunto il punto di svolta nella liberalizzazione dei domini: i suffissi già approvati dall'ICANN per i nuovi domini di primo livello sono ben più di cento. Il progetto gTLD, che prevedeva la possibilità di scegliere a propria discrezione il nome a dominio, ha avuto un larghissimo riscontro. Migliaia sono le aziende che a suo tempo hanno avviato le procedure di richiesta, nonostante i costi abbastanza sostenuti che allora erano stati imposti per evitare la corsa all'accaparramento ... read more ...
 
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TESPOK warns against commercialised .ke - INTERNETBy BiztechAfrica - Jan. 29, 2014, 8:05 p.m.By Semaj Itosno, Nairobi, KenyaPlayers in the telecommunications service industry are raising concerns over Kenya's proposal to change management of Kenya Network Information Centre (Kenic), the .ke domain manager.The .ke domain registry has two guarantor shareholders, the industry lobby group Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya (TESPOK) and Communications Authority of Kenya (formerly CCK).CAK has already delinked itself from ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
".bike", ".camera", ".guru" ICANN schaltet neue Internet-Adressen frei – T - ".bike", ".camera", ".guru"ICANN schaltet neue Internet-Adressen frei 29.01.2014, 19:10 Uhr | dpa Erste neue Adressendungen im Internet gehen an den Start. (Quelle: Arnulf Hettrich/imago) Die Internet-Verwaltung ICANN hat den Internet-Adressraum um zahlreiche neue Domains erweitert. Ab dem 5. Februar können die ersten neuen Internet-Adressendungen registriert werden. Darunter unter anderem ".bike", ".camera" oder ".guru". Die Erweiterung des Adressraums im Internet wird ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Vergabestart erster neuer Domain-Endungen in Deutschland / Bestellstart am 3 … - Am 3. Februar ist Bestellstart bei STRATO: Dann können alle Internetnutzer die ersten neuen Top-Level-Domains (nTLDs) verbindlich bestellen - ab 0,99 Euro pro Monat* unter www.strato.de/domains/neue-domains-bestellen. Mehr als 20 neue Adress-Endungen sind verfügbar: Dazu gehören zum Beispiel .bike, .singles, .photography, .today und .company. Die Adressen für die ersten sieben nTLDs werden bereits zwei Tage später - ab 5. Februar - von der Vergabestelle Donuts zugeteilt. Wöchentlich werden ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Jetzt kommen .bike, .guru und .camera - Die Internet-Verwaltung ICANN hatte die Erweiterung des Adressraums 2011 beschlossen. Foto: dpa <!-- -->Berlin. Die Erweiterung des Adressraums im Internet geht am kommenden Mittwoch an den Start. Die ersten Adressen mit neuen Endungen wie .bike, .camera, .land, .guru oder .technology werden vom 5. Februar an zur Verfügung stehen. Es werde aber eher eine Evolution als eine Revolution zu erwarten sein, sagte Christian ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Public Company Files UDRP On Generic 15 Year Old Domain SteelBuildings.com - A UDRP was just filed on the domain name SteelBuildings.com by a public company in the metal building business: The UDRP was filed by NCI Group, Inc. which is publicly traded as NCI Building Systems Inc. (NYSE: NCS) “Founded in 1984, NCI is one of the top designers, manufacturers and vendors of metal coatings, components and buildings for nonresidential construction in North America.” The comapny has a market cap of over $1.4 Billion dollars. As for the term SteelBuildings.com, the term is ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Erste neue Top-Level-Domains ab Montag verfügbar - Die Erweiterung des Adressraums im Internet geht am kommenden Mittwoch an den Start. Die ersten Adressen mit neuen Endungen wie .bike, .camera, .land und .technology werden vom 5. Februar an zur Verfügung stehen. Es werde aber eher eine Evolution als eine Revolution zu erwarten sein, sagte Christian Böing, Vorstandsvorsitzender der Strato AG, am Mittwoch in Berlin. 2011 beschlossen Der zur Deutschen Telekom gehörende Internet-Dienstleister nimmt erste Bestellungen ab kommendem Montag ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Start adult Defense.net Covered on Tech Crunch - Its not everyday you see a start up built on a .net, I usually see more built on a .co or .me.  Defense.net is a start up focused on DDOS mitigation services. The company got a write up this morning on Tech Crunch. According to Crunchbase the company has raised $9.5 million. Domain wise the domain looks to have been owned by Marchex who sold the domain to the guys from Original.com in November of 2012, and they flipped it in 3 weeks to the founder of the start up. From the article: Now, one of the ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
.com gives way to .bike and .singles - There is about to be a huge land rush on the internet. Web registries -- companies and organizations that manage and market web addresses -- are unleashing approximately 1,500 new top-level domains, or TLDs, in the next eighteen months. The TLD is the set of letters to the right of the dot -- as in, .com, .org and .biz. Now, get ready to add .singles, .guru, .bike, .plumbing, .ventures, .holdings and .clothing -- and that’s just this week’s crop. Addresses with those endings are being offered ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Studie: München ist Deutschlands Internet-Hauptstadt - (PresseBox) (Montabaur, 29.01.2014) München ist Deutschlands Internet-Hauptstadt. Im Verhältnis zur Einwohnerzahl gibt es hierzulande nirgendwo sonst so viele privat oder geschäftlich genutzte Domains. Wie eine aktuelle Studie des Anbieters 11 zeigt, haben 14 von 100 Einwohnern in der bayerischen Metropole eine Web-Präsenz. Hinter dem Sieger komplettieren Karlsruhe (13 von 100) und Düsseldorf (12 von 100) das Spitzentrio. Berücksichtigt ... read more ...
 
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ASEOHosting Introduces Many New Country-Code Top Level Domains - It’s more important than ever that companies maximize their SEO potential when doing business internationally. - Daniel Page Hudson, FL (PRWEB) January 29, 2014 ASEOHosting, a provider of premium multiple IP hosting, has announced the availability of several new country-code top-level domains to its clients. The new ccTLDs ... read more ...
 
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Web gets new neighbourhoods with ‘.guru’ and more - Donuts Inc. plans to launch seven new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) and then roll out more on a weekly basis through most of the year. New online neighbourhoods open onWednesday when a US company starts offering Web addresses ending in “.guru,” “.bike” — and even.”Donuts Inc. plans ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
$1277 seems to be a sorcery series this week, though something does not seem right - In the Sedo weekly sales report it seems a lot of names that should fetch a price far greater than $1277 sold this week. As astutely pointed out in the comments by Dan, Jose and Todd there seems to be something odd here. Thighs, Their, Byline, Broth, Chose, Monologue, Gaiters, Chard, Succubus, Saviour, and Trying all bought for $1,277 each all by the same person. They were sold by the the same owner Virginia Comito. She was featured in Beta Beat back in 2011 Virginia Comito, d.b.a. V.L. Raymer, is ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
ICANN Labs takes a breather to concentration on new ICANN website - Group pauses other activities to work on new website. Since making a post on November 20 about working on a new ICANN.org website, the ICANN Labs initiative has been radio silent. ICANN Labs launched last summer as a way to improve communications and community involvement within the ICANN community. The initiative, which involves an outsourced team at Neo, has created four beta projects so far. It is practicing fast-cycle development – so fast, apparently, that ... read more ...
 
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End user domain name purchases adult to $350,000 - Sedo brokers sale of True.com to car sals data company. This week’s Sedo end user sales list includes the big $350,000 sale of True.com to car sales data company TrueCar. If you’ve never checked out TrueCar.com, it’s a really cool site. Based on the landing page currently at True.com, it appears the company will use this as a holding brand/site as it branches out into other data services. Here’s the rest of the list. (If you like ready about end user domain ... read more ...