Monthly Archives: February 2014

Wed 26th February 2014
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
Le Big-Bang des TLDs commence chez Netissime ! - Toujours en quête de l'innovation, Netissime est parmi les premiers registrars en France a avoir contribué au programme de lancement des nouveaux TLD (Top Level Domaines) ou domaines de premier niveau en français. Depuis Mai 2013, des centaines de noms de domaines ont été pré-réservés par les clients professionnels, particuliers et domainers. Aujourd’hui, 14 extension de premier niveaux sont disponibles à l'achat chez Netissime, parmis lesquels le .camera, le .paris et le .clothing. Ces ... read more ...
 
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Aprobarán nuevos dominios en Internet -

Aprobarán nuevos dominios en Internet

El sum de terminaciones para direcciones en internet será cinco veces mayor al de hace pocos meses atrás, lo que representará uno de los mayores cambios en la historia de Internet desde su inicio

Via: elgolfo.info

 
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30 Minutes To Go & 9 Domain Reach Reserve In Sedo .Club Auction - The Sedo auction of .Club new gTLD domain names closes at noon EST about 30 minutes from time of publication and 10 domains have hit reserve. There are bids on all 25 domain names in the auction:   <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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The expanding internet: what’s in a name? - Thousands of new alternatives to dotcom web addresses are starting to roll out across the internet. But how significant are they and are they worth the big expense for brand owners? Powered by EconsultancyThe internet will soon be flooded by web addresses with an unfamiliar look – alternatives to the ubiquitous .com such as .book and .beauty. Since the end of last year, over 100 new options have been announced, and this month the first of them opened registrations for new websites.Brands applied ... read more ...
 
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Godaddy Partners With Spree To Provide “The Easiest, Most Flexible E-commerce Platform For Small Business” - GoDaddy, today announced its partnership with Spree Commerce, a leading open source platform for e-commerce. The goal of the partnership is to provide the easiest, most flexible and extensible e-commerce platform for small businesses. This is a key step in GoDaddy’s continued commitment to democratize technology for small businesses, enabling them to succeed online. “Many of our customers do not have the technical expertise to build a successful online store, yet they all want to serve their ... read more ...
 
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.Ar Domains (Argentina) Go From Being Free To Around $25 A Year On March 5th - According to the Buenosairesherald.com, .Ar domain names, which is the Country Code (ccTLD) for Argentina will go from being free to costing  “less than” 200 Argentina Pesos ($25.42 based on today’s official exchange rate) a year starting on March 5th. The change from free to less than 200 pesos applies to new registrations and any renewals of .Ar domain names starting on March 5th. The national director of the internet domain registries Gabriel Brenta is quoted by the Herald as saying “What ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Transaction For The Week Total On $1M With Only 5 Domain Selling For 5 Figures - Over the past week, 667 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 million 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: ·         Top .coms: copella.com at 20,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: apuestas.cl at 7,500 EUR ·         Top “other” TLD: evolution.org at 2,999 USD As you can see below of the reported transactions only 5 domains sold for $10K or more. <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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.Ar Domains (Argentina) Go From Being Free To Around $25 A Year On Mar 5th - According to the Buenosairesherald.com, .Ar domain names, which is the Country Code (ccTLD) for Argentina will go from being free to costing  “less than” 200 Argentina Pesos ($25.42 based on today’s official exchange rate) a year starting on March 5th. The change from free to less than 200 pesos applies to new registrations and any renewals of .Ar domain names starting on March 5th. The national director of the internet domain registries Gabriel Brenta is quoted by the Herald as saying “What ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media’s Parking Revenue/Domain Sales Down 33% In 2013 & They … - In the earnings call yesterday Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) had some interesting details about the financials they released for the 4th quarter of 2013 and for the full year 2013 and some interesting statements which demonstrate they are somewhat confused by the new gTLD numbers. First for the results: “In aftermarket services revenue, which represents premium domain sales and advertising revenue from our Owned Operated third-party park domains of approximately $8 million and decreased 33% year-over-year ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media’s Parking Revenue/Domain Sales Down 33% In 2013 & They Are Confused On gTLD Numbers - In the earnings call yesterday Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) had some interesting details about the financials they released for the 4th quarter of 2013 and for the full year 2013 and some interesting statements which demonstrate they are somewhat confused by the new gTLD numbers. First for the results: “In aftermarket services revenue, which represents premium domain sales and advertising revenue from our Owned Operated third-party park domains of approximately $8 million and decreased 33% year-over-year ... read more ...
 
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Vorsicht bei Markenrechtsverletzungen neuer Domains - Markeninhaber sollten frühzeitig ihre Domainanmeldungen vornehmen. Im Internet beginnt ein neues Zeitalter: Seit Ende 2013 kommen jede Woche durchschnittlich zwei neue generische Top Level Domains (gTLDs) wie .web, .sport oder .berlin auf den Markt. Die größte Einführung neuer Endungen aller Zeiten der Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) ist in vollem Gange. Am Ende dieses Marathons soll das Domain-Namens-System (DNS) um mehr als weltweit 1.400 neue Endungen reicher sein. ... read more ...
 
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From The You Can’t Make This Stuff Up Category, Flippa.us sells on Flippa.com - Sometimes you just really have to say Wait ! What ? Flippa.us sold yesterday on Flippa.com for $39. There was one bid and the description seems to be a bit off. The name speaks for itself – Flippa.US – All other domains have been bought out, this is the only one available. Don’t miss out + 4 AWESOME BIN BONUS WEBSITES!   Features:  Premium Tablets Domain: Flippa.US Over 33 THOUSAND UNIQUE SEARCHES for the keywords “flippa”. It’s HUGE, TARGETED TRAFFIC! Highly Valuable Domain Brandable ... read more ...
 
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Here Are The .Sexy Brands: Google, Chrysler; BWM; Godaddy; Rolex; Microsoft; Durex; Viagra - I just looked over the zone file for .Sexy to discover the brand holders that registered .Sexy domains. For one  observation there are plenty of URS to come in .Sexy domains registered today. Godaddy which doesn’t carry .sexy domain names, got Godaddy.sexy. The best brand registration in the extension in our opinion was viagra.sexy The brand that seemed to get the most .sexy domains was Chrysler followed by Google There is no registration for Google.sexy the domain is on the collision block list. Here ... read more ...
 
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15 domain names sell in .Club auction - Auction at Sedo closes with 15 domain names meeting their reserve. The .Club Winter Olympics-themed auction on Sedo has closed with 15 domain names selling. Most of the domain names had reserves near the low end of their reserve ranges, putting them within reach of bidders. The top sale was IceHockey.club for $2,000. The two domains with reserves $5,000 and up didn’t get close to their reserves. Snowboarding.club closed at $1,000, below its $5k-$10k range. Skiing.club ... read more ...
 
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Heritage Auctions domain name auction list released - List includes a dozen three letter .com domain names. A Domain Name Wire reader spotted that the lineup for April’s Heritage Auctions domain name auction has been posted. Although this list may be preliminary, it shows 103 domain names in the auction. It’s loaded with valuable domain names such as Tablets.com, Future.com, March.com, Digital.com, CorpusChristi.com, etc. There are also a dozen three letter .com domain names. The list includes HP’s DEC.com, which ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schilling’s .Sexy tighten to 2,000 domains, .Tattoo 700 - Due in part to poor distribution, initial launches fail to garner same traction as other launched TLDs. Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry released its first two top level domain names in general availability yesterday. According to the latest zone files, there are around 2,000 registered .sexy domain names and almost 700 .tattoo. Although zone files don’t include all registered domain names, these numbers seem to jive with initial tallies Frank Schilling provided ... read more ...
 
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.Mail combined to new TLD deathwatch, new offer for doing Name Collisions - .Mail may be shelved and group suggests new way to handle name collisions for new top level domain names. JAS Global Advisors has released a new report about name collisions for new top level domain names and has made a new set of recommendations. The report is available for comments. One of the key changes from the existing name collision plan: permanent reservation of the .mail top level domain name. JAS found that use of .mail in systems is prevalent and that it ... read more ...
Tue 25th February 2014
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Another Area Where TPP Will Cause Problems: Internet Domain Names - Sorry, to expand/simplify on my previous comment.1. where ccTLD's are state run/sponsored they are already subject to horse trading. so what does TPP change on this front?2. if there is a dispute resolution process (which i assume no one is against having) then shouldn't there be remedies? if not, what is the point of a dispute resolution process? the second part just requires remedies/penalties if the thing that caused the dispute ... read more ...
 
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Top Level Domain Holdings Wins Costly Fight For .Wedding But Bows Out of … - TLDH received compensation for exiting the .green auction, with that undisclosed amount being factored into the £1.39 million (approximately $2.23 million) they said it wound up costing them ... read more ...
 
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Demand Reports: Registrar Revenue Increases 12% in 4Q and 10% Year-over-Year - Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. Q4 2013 Financial Summary: Total revenue ex-TAC declined 3% year-over-year, with 12% year-over-year growth in Registrar revenue offset by an 11% decline in Content Media revenue ex-TAC. Excluding the acquisitions of Society6 and Name.com, total revenue ex-TAC decreased 15%. Registrar revenue grew 12% year-over-year, primarily due to the addition of Name.com, which was acquired ... read more ...
 
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Network Solutions and .50 .TV Domains - Network Solutions needs to pay better attention to their Adwords campaigns or they are trying a bait and switch. When someone did a search for renew dot tv on Google, the search returned the following info. When you click through no option to get a .tv ... read more ...
 
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Afternic/GoDaddy Sells $1.85 Million In Domain Names - Afternic/GoDaddy released its sales report for the week of 2/17/14 – 2/23/14 All sales for the week totalled $1,848,381. The top .com sale was lead by ProjectBook.com for $20,000, with the top non-com sale lead by ILN.org for $9,800. Two new gTLD domain names were also on the list nano.technology  $1,425 and assistedliving.directory  at $1,140; Below is the complete report: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Moving A Penalized Website To A New Domain May Not Remove Your Google Penalty - Barry Schwartz wrote a piece on Search Engine Roundtable  about Google penalties following to a new website. So we know that if you have a penalty on your site and you move your site to a new domain and redirect the URLs to that new domain, the penalty will flow because of the redirects. That is known. What I did not know is that if you took your site and moved it to a new domain but did not redirect the old domain to the new, that Google may also pass along the penalty without redirecting the ... read more ...
 
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RightoftheDot.com Resolves Contention On New gTLD .One In Single Sealed … - RightOfTheDot™, LLC, one of the most well-known domain industry auction Internet consulting and advisement firms, announced today that they and their partner Escrow.com, have facilitated the contention set auction of the new gTLD Web address “.One,” which is expected to be one of the most sought-after new TLD (Top Level Domain) properties on the Internet. The winning bidder for the new TLD extension is One.com, which will act as the worldwide registry for .One domains.  They will ... read more ...
 
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.DE: Nummer 1 trotz Wachstumsknick - Der große Knall am Jahresende ist ausgeblieben. Anders als für den Online-Handel ging für die Domain-Branche 2013 eher ruhig zu Ende. In Deutschland bleibt .DE mit rund 66 Prozent Marktanteil die beliebteste TLD, vor .COM mit 19 Prozent. Das geht aus Zahlen hervor, die die deutsche Registry für .DE-Domains, die DENIC eG, Anfang Januar vorgelegt hat. Insgesamt musste .DE im Dezember einen leichten Wachstumsknick hinnehmen. Nachdem die Registrierungszahlen in den vorangegangenen drei Monaten konstant ... read more ...