Monthly Archives: February 2014

Wed 5th February 2014
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
New DotShabaka domain goes live - Megha Kedia On February 5, 2014 http://www.techienews.co.uk The launch of Arabic dot-shabaka (شبكة.) extension has marked the beginning of a new era for internet registrations. The Arabic net address ending in شبكة. – pronounced dot shabaka, and meaning web in Arabic is the first ... read more ...
 
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Neue Endungen für Web-Adressen geplant - Internetnutzer knnen von Februar an Web-Adressen mit zahlreichen neuen Endungen registrieren. Zu den bisher verfgbaren 23 generischen Top Level Domains (TLD) wie .com oder .net sowie den lnderspezifischen TLDs wie .de oder .at kommen neue regionale Bezeichnungen wie .ruhr oder .berlin sowie branchenspezifische Endungen wie .bike oder .shop hinzu. Das teilt der IT-Branchenverband Bitkom mit. Die neuen TLDs stehen sowohl Unternehmen als auch Privatnutzern offen. Marke gegen Gebhr hinterlegen Bevor ... read more ...
 
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Comienza plan que pretende crear 1.900 nuevos dominios web - Ya nada será lo mismo en internet. Ayer fue el lanzamiento oficial de los primeros 100 nuevos dominios genéricos de primer nivel (gTLD, por sus siglas en inglés), entre los cuales están .bike, .ventures y .photography. Pero no serán los únicos. Este año debieran aparecer, de acuerdo al número de solicitudes realizadas por empresas como Google o Apple, hasta 1.900 nuevos dominios web, que se sumarán a los ya conocidos .com, .net, .org y .edu, expandiendo ... read more ...
 
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dotAfrica domain set for May launch - INTERNETBy BiztechAfrica - Feb. 3, 2014, 9:24 a.m.The general availability of the dotAfrica (.africa) Top Level Domain (TLD) is expected to commence in September 2014, following the expiry of the Sunrise and Land Rush periods which are scheduled to commence in May 2014.That's according to Neil Dundas, ZA Central Registry (ZACR) Chief Operating Officer. "dotAfrica (.africa) domains will be available for registration on a first-come-first-served basis from September 2014 once the rights ... read more ...
 
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How the web will change by these new domains? - How the web will change by these new domains? How the web will change by these new domains? Today, new names added Internet TLD. Does that fundamentally change the way we use the web or these new domains out with a whimper? Up until now, the web has been organized using only a handful of generic top-level domains (gTLDs)— a fancy description of the words that come after the dot in a URL, such as .com, .net, .gov. But now, the Internet will face the biggest virtual land ... read more ...
 
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El nuevo rival en árabe de las .com - Los primeros sitios web que terminan en شبكة., pronunciado .shabaka, y que significa red, se puso en línea un día antes de lo previsto. Los organizadores dicen que el sistema existente se encontraba abarrotado, pero los críticos creen que la expansión añadirá más costos de las empresas. Las empresas que desean proteger y dar a conocer sus marcas querrán registrar los nuevos sufijos. Por ejemplo Coca-Cola podría querer salvaguardar coke.shop cuando el gTLD shop esté disponible. Aunque ... read more ...
 
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.Guru rockets to over 10,000 domain names - .Guru tops 10,000 domain name registrations and Donuts now has around 25,000 registered second level domain names. People placed a lot of pre-orders for new top level domain names… On the first day of general availability, the .guru namespace grew to over 12,000 domain names, based on zone files published this evening. At over 10,000 strings second level domains, they pretty much cover the spectrum. And yes, some trademarks were registered by people other than ... read more ...
 
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Watch Kevin Newman talk Bill Sweetman about new TLDs on CTV - Bill Sweetman discussed new top level domain names on CTV. I don’t know much about Canada, other than it’s a cold place where everyone plays hockey. Even though I don’t know much about it, I know CTV is a pretty big channel. That’s because Wikipedia tells me it is Canada’s largest privately owned network. I also hear Kevin Newman is a pretty well known news anchor up there. So props to Name Ninja Bill Sweetman for being interviewed in a segment about new ... read more ...
 
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New TLDs are here though domain hunt isn’t prepared yet. Here are 4 examples. - Domain name registrars aren’t ready to suggest new TLDs to customers. As of 11 am EST today, the first set of Latin script new top level domain names came to market. None of this “Early Access Program” stuff. Just show up, find the domain you want, and register it for regular prices just like other domains. Unfortunately for Donuts, which owns the seven top level domain names now available, none of the registrars are ready for the big shift in domain name search. ... read more ...
 
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Paris Hilton wins box to take down sex video site - Arbitration panel sides with celebrity in domain name dispute. Socialite Paris Hilton has won a cybersquatting case she filed against the owner of a site that offered her sex tapes. Hilton filed the case with World Intellectual Property Organization against the owner of parishiltonpornvideos.com last year. The decision was just handed down in her favor. Unless the owner of the site files a lawsuit, that means the domain name will be transferred to Hilton within ten ... read more ...
 
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10 takeaways from new tip turn domain name morning durations so far - Here are ten things to think about after 15 top level domain names have completed their sunrise periods. 14 of Donuts’ domain names as well as شبكة. have gone through sunrise so far. Only one of the fifteen domains received more than 200 sunrise registrations. Add to that Donuts’ Domain Protect Marks List, and you can argue the number is a bit higher, but still less than 1,000 or 1,500 per domain. Here are my key takeaways: 1. Intellectual property owners ... read more ...
 
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30 finish user domain name sales - A water company, soundproofer, and African conglomerate all bought domain names last week. Here are 30 end user domain names sales that occurred on Afternic or GoDaddy last week. You can see previous end user sales reports here. SavannahGroup.com $1,000 – Savannah Group, a conglomerate doing business in Africa, which also owns SavannahGroup.co. WrightChoice.com $1,660 – Wright Choice Painting in Modesto, CA. They use WrightChoicePaintingCA.com for their web ... read more ...
 
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Teamwork.com customer explains because $675,000 was a intelligent investment - Company’s CEO says valuable .com domain gives it more credibility and help it grow sales. TeamworkPM recently bought the Teamwork.com domain name for $675,000 and is rebranding its business around the domain name. I previously caught up with Alex Lerman, who sold the domain name. This week I also had the chance to speak with Peter Coppinger, co-founder and CEO of TeamworkPM, to understand why his company spent $675,000 on the domain name. Coppinger said it took ... read more ...
 
Written by The MediaWizard's Blog in EN
KSL – A new dimensions for domain length? - Most people will tell you a short domain is better, and usually more valuable than a longer one. And there are usage parameters to back up this fact – Shorter brands are easier to remember Shorter words are used more often Shorter URLs are more effective in SMO And with the world going increasingly mobile, this makes sense too. But EMDs [exact match domains] can also be effective, and those are two/three word domains for the most part. 1. So how does one measure the length of the domain? 2. ... read more ...
Tue 4th February 2014
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ICANN’s Sweetheart Of A Contract To PowerAuctions Covers All Costs & Gives … - On 13 September 2013, ICANN entered into what may well be the most lucrative contract ever granted in ICANN’s history with Power Auctions LLC to conduct its Last Resort Auctions for new gTLD strings with more than one applicant. Under the ICANN rules if there is more than one applicant for a particular domain name extension or string otherwise known as a new gTLD,(including those strings found by panels to be confusingly similar) the winner will be decided by a Last Resort Auction held by ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
ICANN’s Sweetheart Of A Contract To PowerAuctions Covers All Costs & Gives Them 10′s Of Million In Upside - On 13 September 2013, ICANN entered into what may well be the most lucrative contract ever granted in ICANN’s history with Power Auctions LLC to conduct its Last Resort Auctions for new gTLD strings with more than one applicant. Under the ICANN rules if there is more than one applicant for a particular domain name extension or string otherwise known as a new gTLD,(including those strings found by panels to be confusingly similar) the winner will be decided by a Last Resort Auction held by ICANN. However ... read more ...
 
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Are The Days Of Outrageously Expensive Super Bowl Commercials Over ? - Avi Dan  wrote a piece for Forbes on whether the days of big money ads on Super Bowl Sunday are over. Of course looking at a game that was a blowout makes those people who had an ad running in the fourth quarter cringe. They paid the big bucks for a much smaller audience. Dan wrote in his piece: The CMOs of Audi, Intuit , T-Mobile, Chobani, Kia, Sprint, Heinz, Honda, Chrysler, Microsoft ,Jaguar, Danon, SodaStream, and Go Daddy among others, might just have had an even worse day than Peyton Manning You ... read more ...
 
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Afternic/GoDaddy Sell $1.95 Million In Domain Names - Afternic/GoDaddy released its sales report for the week of 1/27/14 – 2/2/14 All sales for the week totalled $1,954,130. The top .com sale was lead by Crafting.com for $51,500, with the top non-com sale lead by Picnic.co Random.co each for $9,999. Below is the complete report: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Seddo Transactions Total $1.1 Million - Over the past week, 728 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $11 Million 47% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: ·         Top .coms: btb.com at 38,350 USD ·         Top ccTLD: sandwich.co at 18,000 USD ·         Top “other” TLD: singular.net at 13,400 USD   <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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How All Those New Domains Will Change the Web - Up until now, the web has been organized using only a handful of generic top-level domains (gTLDs)— a fancy description of the words that come after the dot in a URL, such as .com, .net, .gov. But now, the Internet will face the biggest virtual land grab in its history. Starting today, 100 new top-level domains will be available through registrars like GoDaddy and Namecheap. This massive expansion is overseen by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a non-profit ... read more ...
 
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NTAG Chair Blog: What Is the Next GAC Advice? - Last week, New gTLD Applicant Group (NTAG) members — who account for over half of the applications submitted to ICANN in this round — issued a unanimous letter to ICANN's New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) [PDF] urging decisive action on Government Advisory Committee (GAC) Category 1 Advice at their upcoming February 5th meeting. The NGPC has been committing to address outstanding items of the GAC Advice in a manner that allows the largest possible number of applicants to proceed since ... read more ...
 
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dotAfrica enters world stage of new top-level domains - Tweet TweetA man uses a tablet in Johannesburg, South Africa. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images The gradual roll-out of top-level domain (TLD) names that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has been allotting over the last year is slowly reaching all corners of the globe. The dotAfrica (.africa) TLD will be one of the next global TLDs available — launching for general registry in September. The TLD will actually launch in May of this year, but process registrations ... read more ...
 
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VeriSign Pre-Earnings: Revenue Growth And Margin Expansion To Continue - Domain registry services provider VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) is scheduled to report its fiscal 2013 results on Thursday, February 06. The company is the sole registrar of the .com and .net domain names, with a registration base of approximately 126 million .com and .net domains, and commands a 48% market share in the 265 million domain registrations globally. Revenues for the company have increased at an annualized pace of 12% since 2009. In addition to expanding revenues, the company ... read more ...
 
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Neue TLDs: Webadressen können registriert werden - Unter Endungen wie .de und .com gehen die eingängigen Adressen langsam aber sicher aus. Deshalb werden neue Top-Level-Domains im Internet freigeschaltet. Wann man sich diese Web-Adresse sichern kann, hängt von der Endung ab. Von .bike bis . guru: Tausende neue Adressen Neue Möglichkeiten für Webseitenbetreiber: Ab Februar können Internetadressen mit einer Vielzahl an neuen Endungen registriert werden. Die zuständige Internet Corporation for Assigned Names (ICANN) will das Internet ... read more ...
 
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European Commission Weights In On ICANN Last Resort Auction & They Are … - The European Commission filed a comment on the recently updated ICANN’s New gTLD Auction Rules. To summarize the European Commission is “deeply concerned about the implications that the Auction Rules in the gTLD program may have for the protection of public policy interests, competition, openness and innovation.” “ICANN should implement Auction Rules that are consistent with its Bylaws, its non-for profit status, the objectives of the new gTLD Program and the Applicant Guidebook to ... read more ...