Monthly Archives: February 2014

Tue 4th February 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
European Commission Weights In On ICANN Last Resort Auction & They Are Not Happy - 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 promote ... read more ...
 
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The Grizzled Prospectors of the Internet Land Rush - Image via State Library of South Australia/Flickr The “biggest internet land grab” is on! The first round of around 1,000 new generic top level domain names—the stuff after the “dot” in .com—are coming onto the open market tomorrow. If you want, say, a “.meme” address (it might be quite lucrative to cybersquat on cats.meme, or sloths.meme, or any animal really), you’ll be buying the space via a registrar like Go Daddy, who themselves will ... read more ...
 
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El nuevo rival en árabe de .com - Un sufijo en árabe se convirtió en el primero en lanzarse como parte del despliegue de más de 1.000 nuevos dominios de primer nivel genéricos, conocidos como gTLD. Los primeros sitios web que terminan en la palabra escrita en grafías árabes que significa red y se pronuncia .shabaka, se pusieron en línea un día antes de lo previsto. Hasta ahora, sólo había 22 gTLD, incluyendo .com y .org, además de terminaciones de código de país, como .uk. Los organizadores dicen que ... read more ...
 
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dotAfrica domain available in September 2014 - '; winimg.document.writeln(doc); winimg.document.close(); } //]] li>ul,.container,#coinslid {background-color:#ffffff} ul#serinfo-nav{border-color:#ffffff !important} .body2,.header_scroll,.headbg,.header_noslide,#footer,#rightsidebar,#navigation{background-color:#404040} #nav li a,.nav>li>a,.nav>li>a{border-color:#404040} #serinfo,#serinfo-nav li.current{background-color:#f9f9f9} .overrating,#sidebar p input[type=submit],span.ribbon,a#triggernav,a#triggernav-sec,a.fromhome,.imgwrap,a.mainbutton,a.itembutton,.page-numbers.current,a.comment-reply-link,#submit,#comments ... read more ...
 
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Wunsch-Domain sichern: Registrierung neuer Web-Adressen startet – n - Technik Der eigene Name mit .de, .com oder .net ist als Webadresse schon weg? Pech gehabt, hieß es bisher, wenn man nicht mit Länderendungen von Bulgarien (.bg) bis Kamerun (.cm) vorliebnehmen wollte. Doch nun kommen regionale und themenbezogene Endungen. Die neuen regionalen und branchenspezifischen Endungen vergrößern den Adress-Pool des Internets.(Foto: dpa-tmn) Internetnutzer können von Februar an Web-Adressen mit zahlreichen neuen Endungen ... read more ...
 
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UDRP Filed On Y8.Net; EntourageMovie.com; EntourageFilm.com - A few interesting UDRP filed today. Web Entertainment, LLC filed a UDRP on the domain name y8.net Y8.net is a gaming site, so is Y8.com which is owned under privacy. UDRP filed on Two character domain names are pretty rare so we will keep on our eye on this one. ON another note if your a fan of the HBO series Entourage you may know that they started the filming of the Entourage movie last month, and today a UDRP was filed on two domain names,  EntourageMovie.com and EntourageFilm.com EntourageMovie.com ... read more ...
 
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New Top-Level Domains Flood Web - Just days from now, a flood of generic top-level domains (gTLDs) will come online. From .Plumber to .Sexy and more, the number of gTLDs marks a five-fold increase over those introduced in the entire 20th century. Akram Atallah, president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), said the rush means more consumer choice and more industry competition. He predicted the online landscape would be transformed by the innovation these new domain names would ... read more ...
 
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Neue Top-Level-Domains können registriert werden - Die ICANN hat neue Top-Level-Domains wie .berlin oder .bike freigeschaltet. Die Registrierung startet in diesen Tagen. [Quelle: Siehe Bildergalerie] Das Internet bekommt neue Top-Level-Domains. Die Internet Corporation for Assigned Names (ICANN) hat neue Endungen wie .berlin oder .bike freigegeben. Je nach Endung ist der Anmeldungszeitraum unterschiedlich. Generell bekommen Markeninhaber ... read more ...
 
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Registrierung für neue Web-Adressen startet - Berlin (dpa/tmn) - Der eigene Name mit .de, .com oder .net ist als Webadresse schon weg? Pech gehabt, hieß es bisher, wenn man nicht mit Länderendungen von Bulgarien (.bg) bis Kamerun (.cm) vorliebnehmen wollte. Doch nun kommen regionale und themenbezogene Endungen. Internetnutzer können von Februar an Web-Adressen mit zahlreichen neuen Endungen registrieren. Zu den bisher verfügbaren 23 generischen Top Level Domains (TLD) wie .com oder .net sowie den länderspezifischen TLDs wie .de ... read more ...
 
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DotAfrica domains to become available in September 2014 - The dotAfrica (.africa) Top Level Domain (TLD) is expected to become generally available in September, preceded by Sunrise and Land Rush periods, which are scheduled to commence in May. 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 once the rights of trademark holders have been processed during the designated Sunrise period. Dundas ... read more ...
 
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100 new top-level domains approved for use starting today - The Internet will be inundated with new domain names Tuesday, after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers approved 100 new top-level domains. The allocation of domain names, much like physical addresses for websites, is overseen by the ICANN. Until 2013, there were only 22 functioning generic top-level domains, like .com, .edu, .gov and so on. After ICANN announced its intentions to expand this list, it received, 1,930 applications for 1,410 unique domains from about ... read more ...
 
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Arabic Dot-Shabaka Domain Launch Signals New Internet Era - The first of a new range of generic domain names has gone live, with the launch of the Arabic dot-shabaka (شبكة.) extension  marking the beginning of a new era for internet registrations. Meaning ‘web’, dot-shabaka is the first in a range of a thousand new suffixes which will be gradually rolled out in order to expand the range of addresses available, with the new rules allowing brands and companies to own suffixes up to 63 characters in length. It is the biggest set of suffix additions ... read more ...
 
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Who Won The Super Bowl Of Search ? - Vanessa Fox wrote piece on MarketingLand.com that took a look at the Super Bowl of Search. In the article she started out with how long they have been covering the Super Bowl ads and their correlation to search.  “It’s year number six of tracking how Super Bowl ads compelled us to search and just how well advertisers take advantage of all that searching.” From the article: So what can we learn from Super Bowl advertisers this year? Keep it simple: No, even simpler than that. Different hashtags ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy BodyBuilder Ad Needed To Hit The Weights Harder - Go Daddy and their Super Bowl ad did not fare too well on Sunday.  According to the Admeter on USA Today the bodybuilder ad finished in the bottom five. Whas11.com reported that the ad was the lowest rated amongst pre-released ads at 49.7 out of 100. The day the ad came out Michael Berkens said he did not like the ad on the Domain Sherpa show, he did not think the ad was effective. As it turned out Michael was right as most did not like the ad, it just did not resonate with many. For those that ... read more ...
 
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Donuts’ subsequent 7 sunrises: usually 2 tip 100 domain names - Based on zone files, only two of Donuts’ second batch of TLDs to go through sunrise topped 100 registrations. Last week I wrote about Donuts’ first seven sunrises, each of which typically resulted in about 100-200 registrations. The next batch of seven domain names has concluded sunrise, and the numbers are markedly lower: only two reached 100 domain names, according to the latest zone files. Now, as with last time, there are a lot of caveats with this data, and ... read more ...
 
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Donuts and Famous Four remove .rugby domain name match - Donuts and Famous Four lose .rugby match. Look closely at this picture and you might see Paul Stahura wincing in pain.The International Rugby Board (IRB) has effectively killed off its two competitors for the .rugby top level domain name by winning a community objection. The IRB filed the objection against competitors Donuts and Famous Four media. IRB’s objection made similar arguments as those in .basketball, .ski, and .sport/sports. The objectors lost the case ... read more ...
 
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Calzone creates monitoring new TLD launches easier - Did you know that there are about 60 top level domain names in sunrise right now? Yes, 60. This many domain name launches at once is difficult to track. Add to it early access programs, landrush, general availability, trademark claims periods, etc., and it is quite confusing even for domain name experts. Enter Calzone, a free TLD calendar that has formally launched after being in beta for a few months. Created by Thomas Barrett, president of domain name registrar ... read more ...
 
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Does a UDRP do some-more mistreat than good? - In this post, Nat Cohen makes the argument that damage caused by the UDRP outweighs its benefits. Why are we weakening ownership rights throughout the entire Internet space and subjecting millions of dollars of domains to attempted seizures each year so that mostly low value cybersquatted domains can be removed from circulation? The UDRP is gaining popularity as a means for companies to seize valuable domains without paying for them. So many companies are now using ... read more ...
 
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With film in a works, studio goes after Entourage Movie domain names - EntourageMovie.com and EntourageFilm.com hit with UDRP. Filming has begun for the big screen adaptation of the HBO hit show Entourage, which follows movie star Vincent Chase and his entourage. Someone behind the film–most likely the movie studio– HBO has filed a cybersquatting complaint with the National Arbitration Forum against the domain names EntourageMovie.com and EntourageFilm.com. Both domain names are registered to a Florida man, Cody Thompson, although ... read more ...
 
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Sedo co-founders deposit in App marketplace Apptopia - Tim Schumacher and Ulrich Essmann invest in Apptopia. Tim Schumacher and Ulrich Essmann, two of Sedo’s founders, are no strangers to building a marketplace. The pair hope to put this background to good use by investing in Apptopia, which they describe as a “Sedo for Apps.” They led a bridge financing round that also includes Kima Ventures, Eric Kagan, Telegraph Hill Capital and Rothenberg Ventures. Much like Sedo does for domain owners, Apptopia allows app publishers ... read more ...
 
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LeadsCon owner and former DomainSponsor worker launches Grow.co - Jay Weintraub starts his next company: Grow.co. Jay Weintraub, who founded and later sold the popular LeadsCon conference for the lead generation industry, has started a new company called Grow.co. Weintraub was an early employee at Oversee.net/DomainSponsor prior to founding LeadsCon. Grow.co aims to be a community for “customer acquisition marketers.” Weintraub describes this as a “nascent community,” but he has a habit of jumping on trends that explode ... read more ...
Mon 3rd February 2014
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Who Does Search Arbitrage Benefit ? - Dan Monarko of Flying Cork Media took a look at the practice of search arbitrage, who it benefits  and what they do to protect their clients. Search Arbitrage is the practice of purchasing a keyword on one search engine (i.e. Google) while directing the person searching to another engine (i.e. Ask.com, about.com, info.com) for the same or similar more expensive term and profiting from the price discrepancy. In layman’s terms these “search engines” are paying for a click to get a click and ... read more ...
 
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Sandwich.co Sells For 18K After The .Com Sells For $137,500 - The domain name sandwich.co sold on Sedo today for $18,000 USD. Yahoo sold the domain name Sandwich.com for $137,500 back in November 2013 also on Sedo. The buyer of Sandwich.co is Sandwich Company of Los Angeles, California. The buyer of Sandwich.com seems to be a different party. The purchase price of the .co is over 13% of the .com. Congrats to the buyer and seller. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy Auctions Jan Market Report led by Spokes.com - Go Daddy Auctions Market Report January 2014 Go Daddy sold 4386 less domains in January vs the previous month. In total there were 35, 209 sales in January vs 39,595 in December. Last January Go Daddy sold 35,156 in January. The top sale was spokes.com at $40,000 currently resolving to a parked page and was registered in 1995. As usual Online was the most popular keyword, this has been a trend for many months. (click to enlarge) ... read more ...
 
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Domain Investors: Registrar Easy-Domains.co.uk Doesn’t Like You - In a press release issued today by domain name registrar Easy-Domains.co.uk, entitled  “The new gLTDs mean a new Internet” (yes the title is wrong and should have been gTLD’s) which talk about the new domain extension, the registrar throws domain investors under the bus. The press release starts off: “If you run a business or organisation (SIC) online, you will recognise (SIC) the feeling you get when someone else has snapped up the domain name you need. This is especially true if you already ... read more ...