Monthly Archives: February 2014

Tue 25th February 2014
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Regionales Branding mit .BAYERN - (PresseBox) (Regensburg, 25.02.2014) Anfang 2015 geht Bayern online: In gut zehn Monaten soll der Freistaat mit .BAYERN seine eigene Top-Level-Domain erhalten. Schon jetzt können Domains unter der neuen Endung kostenlos und unverbindlich vorbestellt werden. In Regensburg stehen die Menschen der Einführung der Bayern-TLD größtenteils offen gegenüber. In einem Beitrag über die Einführung der neuen Domain-Endung sprach der Bayerische ... read more ...
 
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.DE: Nummer 1 trotz Wachstumsknick - (PresseBox) (Regensburg, 25.02.2014) 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 ... read more ...
 
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Minds+Machines Wins Private Auction For .Wedding Loses .Green Costing a Net of Over $2.3M - Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (LON:TLDH) said on Tuesday it has won won the private auction for the new gTLD .Wedding and lost the auction for .Green The net cost of securing .Wedding after losing .Green was $2,321,300.00 The figure quoted includes funds it will receive from its unsuccessful participation in the auction of the .GREEN domain name as well as a rebate from  ICANN for its withdrawal of its application for .Green The other applicants for .Green were Rightside and Afilias one of which ... read more ...
 
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Ga.Me Launches “Revolutionizing The Way People Play & Develop Games” - According to a press release out this morning by the .ME Registry the site  Ga.ME, a product that is revolutionizing the way people play and develop games launched today. Developed by Turbulenz Limited in Guildford, UK, Ga.ME is the first unified online game platform and social network capable of delivering console quality games across desktop, mobile and tablet devices. In addition to a catchy name and a new brand in the browser-based game market, Ga.ME brings a variety of new features for both ... read more ...
 
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Name.com Fast-Tracks Marketing Of New Domain Names As An Official Sponsor … - DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Award-winning domain name services provider Name.com likes to stand out from the crowd. The registrar announced that it has seized an opportunity to do just that—Name.com has signed on as an official sponsor of the New Zealand bobsled team, creating a unique opportunity to highlight its new top-level domains (TLDs). Along with the new TLDs .XYZ, .NINJA, .CLUB, .BUZZ, .HIV and .KIWI, the registrar will serve as an official sponsor of the team for the 2014 season. Check ... read more ...
 
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ASEOHosting Clarifies IP Geolocation and ccTLD Impact On International SEO - More Related Stories email article print page <![CDATA[ ]]>   February 24, 2014 -- Hudson, FL (PRWEB) February 24, 2014 ASEOHosting, a provider of premium multiple IP hosting, has commented on the confusion surrounding the optimal use of IP addresses for search engine ranking in specific geographic areas. Many business web masters and SEOs do not have a clear idea of the best strategy to ensure that market-specific sites ... read more ...
 
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Mt.Gox Goes Offline, Gox.com is sole and some engaging papers uncover up - While reading MattVukas.com tonight Matt mentioned that there was a blogger that was posting some interesting stuff. From the article: But tonight, we may have received the final chapter of Mt. Gox’s last saga, courtesy of a Bitcoin blogger known as “The Two-Bit Idiot”. He posted a chillingly titled entry earlier today titled “Bitcoin’s Apocalyptic Moment: Mt. Gox may have lost 750,000 bitcoins”, referencing a leaked document obtained from “an otherwise reliable source.” 750,000 ... read more ...
 
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.Club domain name auction ends tomorrow. 0 domains have strike their reserve. - Auction has bidders but no domains have hit their reserve yet. The Olympic-themed .Club domain name auction going on at Sedo ends on Wednesday. So far no domain names have hit their reserve price. I think there are three reasons that no domains have hit their reserves so far. 1. If you’re going to bid to win, you wait until the last minute. You wouldn’t bid up the price a day in advance. 2. The auction has special requirements. Because the .Club sunrise period ... read more ...
 
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Domain hunt progressing, though still not prepared for new tip turn domain names - Registrars are slowly improving their search results to show new top level domain name options, but the experience is far from ideal. Earlier this month I wrote about how domain name search at major registrars wasn’t ready for new top level domain names. I admitted it was early, as Donuts’ domain names had just come on to the market. It represented the first batch of English-language domains to become available. Now a few weeks later and over 100,000 new TLD registrations ... read more ...
 
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ParkRoyal.com: UDRP and panelist selection - Complainant argues that two panelists are biased and should not hear the case. The panel disagrees. Last week a World Intellectual Property Organization panel handed down a decision in a UDRP brought against ParkRoyal.com. The panel found in favor of of respondent Vertical Axis, which was represented by ESQwire. But the decision itself was only a sideshow to a battle over panelists. In a three person panel, both the complainant and respondent get to suggest three ... read more ...
 
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.Green and .Wedding row sets staid in multi-million dollar auctions - Two three-applicant contention sets are resolved. The .green and .wedding new top level domain name contention sets have been resolved in private auctions. It’s unclear which company won the .green auction as applications have not yet been withdrawn. However, Top Level Domain Holdings (Minds + Machines) announced today it was on the losing end of that auction. It used the proceeds from losing .green to spend millions on .wedding. After accounting for the proceeds ... read more ...
 
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It’s time! Take a 2014 Domain Name Wire Survey - Please take the ninth annual survey from Domain Name Wire. The 9th annual Domain Name Wire survey officially launches today, and this year’s looks very different from the past. You may recall that last year someone tried to game the survey by spamming it with votes for themselves and their companies. Although there are some practical ways to deal with this, I decided to take a fresh look at the survey and consider what its value is. I asked myself what the real ... read more ...
Mon 24th February 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Godaddy Is Not Bringing .Sexy Back; Nor Are 9 Of The Top 10 Registrars - Tomorrow Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry is launching their first 2 new gTLD extensions .Sexy and .Tattoo however if you want to register one you won’t be able to do it at Godaddy.com Godaddy.com is not carrying Uniregistry strings at the moment, nor is NetworkSolutions.com or Register.com which are part of Web.com (WWWW) or 1and1.com or UnitedDomains.com which are part of the same parent company which owns Sedo.com Matter of fact  9 out of the top 10 domain name registrars in the world as listed ... read more ...
 
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Neustar Launches First Site Under ‘.Neustar’ – Its Own Branded TLD - Neustar Launches First .neustar Site: nic.neustarFor 20 years, the Internet has known just 22 domain name extensions, such as .com, .net and .org. Starting this year, however, thousands of branded and generic top level domains (TLDs) like .Citibank, .kpmg, .nyc, .club, .buzz and .uno will change the online landscape. To lead the way, we launched .neustar this week, kicking off our own branded TLD with a new webpage at nic.neustar. As the leader in the new TLD registry space, we’re ... read more ...
 
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ASEOHosting Clarifies IP Geolocation and ccTLD Impact On International SEO - Hudson, FL – ASEOHosting, a provider of premium multiple IP hosting, has commented on the confusion surrounding the optimal use of IP addresses for search engine ranking in specific geographic areas. Many business web masters and SEOs do not have a clear idea of the best strategy to ensure that market-specific sites have the greatest chance of ranking well in the regions they target. Google employs over 200 signals to determine relevance, authority, and quality of content. Among the signals ... read more ...
 
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1st Sealed Bid gTLD Contention Auction Completed for the String .One - The first sealed bid auction for a new gTLD contention set was completed last week for the string .One. To our knowledge this is 1st auction to be conducted by a third party other than Applicant Auction to settle a contention set and marks the first time a new gTLD contention set was settled through a "Single Sealed Bid Second Price" auction. The auction was conducted by RightOfTheDot™, LLC (also the developer of the auction method), and their partner Escrow.com. The winning bidder for the ... read more ...
 
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New Internet Top Level Domain ".One" Goes to Highest Bidder in Historic Auction - 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 of Dubai, AE, which will act as the worldwide registry for .One domains. They ... read more ...
 
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RightoftheDot.com Resolves Contention On New gTLD .One In Single Sealed Bid Auction - 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 be offering ... read more ...
 
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Die neuen generischen Domainendungen kommen! Welche Chancen bieten … - Die neuen generischen Domainendungen kommen! Welche Chancen bieten .shop, .buy, .commerce Co. Details Die neuen Domainendungen bringen nicht nur eine Vielzahl an neuen Ideen und Möglichkeiten mit sich, sondern stellen die Website-Betreiber gleichzeitig vor neue Herausforderungen. So ... read more ...
 
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Web.com (Netsol & Register.com) Join Sedo’s MLS - Sedo, and Web.com Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:WWWW) a leading provider of Internet services and online marketing solutions for small businesses, today announced a partnership that will give customers access to more than 18 million premium domain names, including those under new Internet domain extensions being launched this year. By joining Sedo’s multi-listing Service, SedoMLS, customers of Network Solutions, Register.com and any of their resellers will be able to quickly and easily find the right domain ... read more ...
 
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DNA Grows To 30 Members adding Afilias, Neustar, Nominet, Radix & Web.com - The Domain Name Association (DNA), the global trade association for the internet domain industry, has welcomed eight new members from all over the world, bringing the total to 30. The newest members are: Afilias (Ireland) au Domain Administration Ltd. (Australia) CO Internet S.A.S. (Colombia) Neustar (U.S.) Nominet (UK) Radix (United Arab Emirates) SIDN (The Netherlands) Web.com Group (U.S.) “This membership growth shows gratifying support for the DNA’s mission at an exciting time for the industry, ... read more ...
 
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.co.com Sunrise Period Begins Today - During the Sunrise Period, qualified trademark holders have the first opportunity to register the exact match of their trademark, before .co.com opens to the public. As of today, more than 100 registrars have signed on to offer .co.com domains. “The introduction and ongoing management of .co.com will be conducted with the utmost respect for trademark holders”, said Ken Hansen, CEO. Co.com LLC. “The .co.com registry is taking a number of steps to minimize trademark infringement and to provide ... read more ...
 
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Neue Top Level Domains: Wenig Interesse am Markenschutz - Die Zahl der Anmeldungen bei dem mit viel Aufwand geschaffenen Trademark Clearinghouse liegt in Europa noch nicht einmal im Promillebereich. Rechteinhaber haben sich bislang wenig bemüht, ihre Marken zur Einführung der neuen Top Level Domains von .bike bis .tirol vor potenziellen "Cybergrabbern" zu schützen. Die Zahl der Anmeldungen bei dem mit viel Aufwand geschaffenen Trademark Clearinghouse liegt mit rund 23.000 bei allein 1,2 Million eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsmarken ... read more ...
 
 
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Buckingham Palace Buying Up Domain Names - Emily Gosden wrote a piece for The Telegraph  about Buckingham Palace buying domain names as a precautionary member. Of course the domain industry was a flutter back in July 2013 when Luc Biggs registered the domain GeorgeLouisAlexander.com. Biggs did a guest post on DomainInvesting.com that he offered the domain to the Royal Family. Buckingham Palace has bought up dozens of website addresses for members of the Royal Family to protect their online identities, fuelling speculation it will launch ... read more ...