Monthly Archives: February 2014

Fri 7th February 2014
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UDRP Filed Against Garry Chernoff 19 Year Old Domain Gauntlet.com By Warner Bros. - Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc filed a UDRP on the domain name Gauntlet.com today which is owned by domain investor Garry Chernoff’s company NetIncome Ventures Inc. The domain name Gauntlet.com has an original registration date May 21, 1995. Mr. Chernoff’s company according Domaintools.com has owned the domain since at least 2005 but could be the original registrant. The domain name is parked but is returning links for cell phone cases and other leather products. Gauntlet according to Wilkipedia.org ... read more ...
 
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Neue generische Top-Level-Domains: NetNames warnt vor Cybersquatting - München, 5. Februar 2014 - NetNames, einer der führenden Anbieter von Lösungen in den Bereichen Onlinemarkenschutz und Domainnamen-Management, warnt im Bereich E-Commerce tätige Unternehmen vor den Gefahren, die mit der sukzessiven Verfügbarkeit der neuen gTLDs einhergehen. Die erste Welle der öffentlich verfügbaren Domainnamen-Endungen ruft zahlreiche Cybersquatter und andere Betrüger auf den Plan. Innerhalb der kommenden vier Wochen haben Interessenten die Möglichkeit, sich bei den jeweils ... read more ...
 
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BidPal cybersquatting lawsuit is possibly dubious or feeble researched. You decide. - Lawsuit falsely presumes domain owner is offering to sell the domains. And that’s just part of the problem. In December I wrote about a UDRP for BidPal.com filed by BidPal, Inc. I noted that the UDRP decision against the complainant was probably correct, but that BidPal’s lawyer screwed up the research as well. BidPal, Inc. has now filed a federal lawsuit(pdf) to get the domain name as well as “BidPal” in several other extensions. It also found itself a new ... read more ...
 
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Verisign: we’re not fearful of new TLDs, and IDN transliterations will be delayed - A defense of .com’s staying power and bad news for IDN.com investors. On its investor conference call yesterday afternoon, Verisign CEO James Bidzos explained why he isn’t afraid of new top level domain names. Also, in a blow to IDN.com investors, the company said it will take a longer for them to hit the market than many are hoping for. New TLDs? We’re not afraid of those! Despite Verisign’s never-ending tactics to delay new top level domain names, Bidzos ... read more ...
Thu 6th February 2014
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Versign Reports: 127.2 Million .Com/.Net Domains, Revenue adult 10%; Has $1.7 Billion In Bank & - VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ :VRSN ) reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2013 and year ended Dec. 31, 2013. VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $246 million for the fourth quarter of 2013, up 7% from the same quarter in 2012. The operating margin was 53% for the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to 58.8% for the same quarter in 2012. Verisign reported net income of $292 million and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.94 for the fourth quarter of 2013, ... read more ...
 
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.com has company! What new top-level domains like .bike mean for you - Want a domain name that stands out? Good luck. For years, the Internet has been limited to just 22 generic top-level domains like the familiar .com, .net, and .org. Sure, there are other top-level domains, but most are for countries (like .jp for Japan or .ca for Canada). Those general-purpose domains have been very limited. No more. This year ICANN, the organization more-or-less responsible for Internet governance, is going live with an effort to massively expand the number of generic top-level ... read more ...
 
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The Latest on ICANN’s New gTLD Program: Business Opportunities and Legal … - Thursday, February 6, 2014 The Latest on ICANN's New gTLD Program: Business Opportunities and Legal Risks by Thomas O'Toole On March 5, Bloomberg BNA is putting on a free webinar, The Latest on ICANN's gTLD Program: Today’s Business Opportunities and Legal Risks. Additional information about the webinar is available at the link.We're fortunate to have as faculty top experts from ... read more ...
 
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Afilias personalizes the Internet with first "family" top-level domain - DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Global registry services provider Afilias today announced the sunrise launch date for the first “family” generic top-level domain (gTLD): .KIM. “Afilias is a leader in top-level domain innovation. From the successful launch of the .INFO domain — the first and most popular new gTLD ever — to ‘colorful’ domains like the forthcoming .RED, .BLUE and .PINK, Afilias has been a consistent leader in bringing domains ... read more ...
 
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On The Day New gTLD Picked Up 19,163 New Registrations, .Com Picked Up 37,782 - Plenty of new and buzz was created yesterday when new gTLD’s generated 19,163 new domain registrations led by .Guru However in all fairness we need to point out that the total number of new gTLD registrations on the 1st day of general availability was still just about 1/2 of the number of net new .Com registrations. According to RegistrarStats.com while the total number of new gTLD registrations were 19,163 with 9,516 of them coming from .Guru, the .Com registry had 99,078 new domain registration ... read more ...
 
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100 nuevos dominios genéricos de alto nivel delegados en internet - La División de Dominios Globales de la ICANN dio a conocer que el número de nuevos Dominios Genéricos de Alto Nivel (gTLD) delegados en el Root Zone de internet, ha superado los 100. La delegación es uno de los últimos pasos antes que los Registros que controlan los dominios puedan comenzar a aceptar las solicitudes de nombres que utilizarán los nuevos gTLD. “La cantidad de Dominios Genéricos de Alto Nivel es casi cinco veces mayor que hace apenas unos meses, lo cual se traduce en una mayor ... read more ...
 
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Seven new TLDs available to register including .bike .plumbing and ,clothing - At long last, some of the new top-level domain names (TLDs) are finally becoming available to website owners. The new extensions, which are more descriptive alternatives to the traditional .com and .co.uk endings, were originally announced back in July 2013. Businesses and individuals can obtain unique and effective domain names 11 has launched seven new domain name extensions including .bike, .plumbing and .clothing, all of which are available for registration. The new domain suffixes are just ... read more ...
 
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Apple Is Buying New ‘.Camera’ And ‘.Photography’ Domains - New generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are coming online this week including “.equipment,” “.estate,” “.gallery,” “.graphics,” and “.lighting.” The ones Apple is most interested in, however, are the ones ending in “.camera,” and “.photography,” according to MacRumors. In recent days, a number of new domains have been registered by Apple, including: aperture.camera and aperture.photography apple.camera and apple.photography facetime.camera and facetime.photography imovie.camera ... read more ...
 
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New web domain names hit the market - AFTER the dotcom boom of the 1990s, the world is about to experience a boom in dots. Over 1,000 new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs) are set to join the 22 existing ones, such as .com and .org, and the 280 country-specific ones, such as .uk, that now grace the end of web addresses. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the non-profit organisation that manages the web’s address book, reckons this will boost competition and innovation. It will also increase the ... read more ...
 
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1&1 delivers first new domain extensions including .BIKE and .CLOTHING - Customers receive first new generic top-level domains // 11 offers wide choice of nTLDs for pre-registration // Businesses can obtain unique and effective domain names 11 Internet, Inc., a global leader among Web hosting providers, today delivered seven new domain name extensions to customers, as part of the brand new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) launches. The creation of hundreds of new domain suffixes is set to transform the online landscape and has generated excitement in both the ... read more ...
 
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What’s In A Domain Name? Apple Picks Up Plenty Of New TLDs - I just had this conversation yesterday about the value of .com in today’s landscape. It seems that Apple may just be spying on my from my iPhone. The news cycle has Apple picking up plenty of .camera and .photography urls for their products and apps. It’s a weird time to buy TLDs. One week after picking up a bunch of .GURU addresses, Apple has purchased the ... read more ...
 
 
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Slam Strategy “Dotcom means zero to a consumer” - Shaun Le Cornu from Slam Strategy wrote a piece today on their blog about why a dotbrand is better than a brand.com. The article is worth a read as it shows the thought process that those consulting in the space are trying to get across. Obviously there is some bias because everyone wants to talk to brands about the hot new thing and get paid while doing it. That’s fine to get on board the dot whatever train, but make sure the advice is rooted in logic. In the first paragraph Le Cornu states, What ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD’s Take Over The Home Page Of Godaddy - Godaddy has been changing their home page quite a bit over the last couple of months, with one blogger noticing that all references to new gTLD’s were dropped altogether from the home page 10 days ago. Look at Godaddy.com today and new gTLD’s have taken over the home page, the entire home page above the fold. The fact that Godaddy is pushing hard on the new gTLD’s isn’t surprising considering the high profit margins registrars can make from new gTLD’s well  above and beyond .com domains .Guru ... read more ...
 
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TLD-Chaos im Internet: Das Geschäft mit den neuen Top-Level-Domains startet … - TLD-Chaos im Internet: Das Geschäft mit den neuen Top-Level-Domains startet durch [Quelle: Siehe Bildergalerie] Seit einer Woche ist das Internet um neue Topleveldomains reicher. Nach und nach werden nun von den Domain-Verwaltern Endungen wie .berlin, .guru oder .singles an Interessenten lizenziert. Diesem Schritt gingen jahrelange Debatten und Vorbereitungen voraus, bis die ICANN dann ... read more ...
 
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CornerstoneHomes.com Sells For $150K on Sedo - Just crossing the Sedo.com sales wire today is the domain name CornerstoneHomes.com which sold for $150,000 The domain name was owned by Cornerstone Home Builders, Inc. has an original creation date of 2006 The domain is now showing at being at escrow over at Sedo.com Doing a Google search for the term Cornerstone Homes I found quite a few matches for companies using variations of the term in their domain name including: mycornerstonehomes.com cornerstone-homes.com mycornerstoneloan.org cornerstonehomes.net and ... read more ...
 
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.Guru Domains Already For Sale; P*ssy.guru For $20K Anyone? -   As the last day of general availability ended yesterday, we know that .Guru was the big winner so far with over 12,000 domain registrations. Not surprisingly just one day after general availability started for  new gTLD  domain name registrations, new gTLD domain have already started to hit the aftermarket. Over at eBay.com the domain name pussy.guru is priced at at Buy it Now of $19,997 (or best offer) A  .Guru registration is around $40 at Godaddy. So at $20K  that would be a fairly nice ... read more ...
 
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Las webs de negocio prefieren el dominio .eu [Infografía] - Las posibilidades de los dominios de Internet se han expandido tras la introducción de los denominados nGTLD, aunque eso no quiere decir que los anteriores vayan a quedar descartados. De hecho hay alguno que está avanzando de manera muy particular, tipo el .eu de carácter geográfico y referido a la Unión Europea. Según cálculos de EURid, casi cuatro de cada diez de las webs que aglutina este dominio de nivel superior bajo su paraguas son de corte empresarial. Y eso que ya existe un dominio ... read more ...
 
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Jacksonville companies part of Internet land grab - Top level domain auction house Cramton Associates created a word cloud to visually represent the TLDs with the most applications. Bellevue-based Donuts will be part of 63 private auctions of some of these words in June. Timothy Gibbons Managing ... read more ...
 
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Neue generische Top-Level-Domains: NetNames warnt vor Cybersquatting – it - Neue generische Top-Level-Domains: NetNames warnt vor Cybersquatting Details Veröffentlicht am Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2014 09:33 NetNames warnt im Bereich E-Commerce tätige Unternehmen vor den Gefahren, die mit der sukzessiven Verfügbarkeit der neuen gTLDs einhergehen. Die erste Welle der öffentlich verfügbaren Domainnamen-Endungen ruft zahlreiche Cybersquatter und andere Betrüger auf den Plan.Innerhalb der kommenden vier Wochen haben Interessenten ... read more ...
 
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Verisign reports income expansion and 8.2 million new domain registrations in Q4 - Verisign continues to grow and take in fat margins. .Com and .net domain name registry Verisign reported earnings after the bell today. Revenue for Q4 2013 was up 7% compared to the same quarter a year before, and overall 2013 revenue was up 10% compared to 2012. The operating margin in Q4 was down compared to Q4 2012, but it was up for the year. It was still quite fat at 53% in Q4. From a domains perspective, Verisign processed 8.2 million new domain name registrations ... read more ...