Monthly Archives: August 2014

Fri 1st August 2014
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
ICANN: ccTLD Bukanlah Barang Milik Badan/Lembaga -   Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) belum lama ini telah menyatakan kepada Pengadilan Federal AS di District of Columbia, bahwa country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) tidak bisa dianggap sebagai sebuah benda kepemilikan (properti). Karena itu, ccTLD tidak bisa digugat dalam sebuah tuntutan hukum yang mencoba mengambil alihnya dari suatu negara yang dianggap mendukung terorisme. “Kami telah memberi pertimbangan kepada Pengadilan Federal AS agar melakukan peninjauan ... read more ...
 
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Many Moving Parts: Running a Registry - So you want to be a registry.Each of the 1,400 applicants for new top-level domains (TLDs) took on daunting, new responsibilities when they decided to invest in the next big Internet thing. But their multi-year application process – jumping through high hoops, adjusting to the untried and unknown, and enduring multiple rule changes – may seem like duck soup compared to the challenges of running a registry.The first thing to keep in mind is that it takes a village to raise a registry. New TLD ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
Web.com discusses .XYZ and hazard from Google - Company responds to question about .xyz giveaway and threat from Google becoming a domain name registrar. Web.com held its quarterly conference call yesterday. Analysts asked the company about Network Solutions’ .xyz domain name giveaway and the threat from Google becoming a domain name registrar. The answers below are from David Brown, CEO. On. .XYZ: And then finally on the xyz, we have a long history of offering domain names at very low price in order to attract ... read more ...
 
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Expired Domain Roundup: Tequila, Exotica and more - Sometimes $30 is more shocking than $20,250. GoDaddy Auctions’ sale of Exotica.com for over $20k comes as no surprise. There were already 97 bids up to $6,700 after day 1 (with 8 days remaining); and, by the penultimate day, those numbers had risen to $15.5k and 153 bids. From there, it only took 15 bids more to nudge up to $20,250.  “Exotica” has been used with adult connotations but also denoted a style of music popular in the 1950s. I don’t see a revival ... read more ...