Continued .org Domain Growth Despite Emergence of gTLDs -
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Public Interest Registry
Website owners might have more suffix choice than you can shake a stick at nowadays, but .org, one of the internet’s original domains, is still showing itself to be a good option.
In the latest of its bi-annual domain name reports, non-for-profit domain operator Public Interest Registry showed ... read more ...
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Thu 28th August 2014
A2IM backs .music TLD bid -
Thursday 28 August 2014, 11:27 | By Chris Cooke
Business News Digital Labels Publishers Top Stories
The trade body for indie labels in the US, A2IM, has added its support to one of the bids to control the .music domain, while also questioning the motives of some of the corporate bidders.
The Internet Corporation For Assigned Names And Numbers has, of course, been busy introducing a whole barrage of new ‘top level domains’, so that people and companies bored with tedious old .com ... read more ...
.भारत (.Bharat) top-level domain launched -
New Delhi: India, with its existing 243 million Internet users, has now got its own .भारत (.Bharat) country code top-level domain (ccTLD) name. The launch of the .भारत ccTLD will help bridge the digital divide and accelerate e-governance. This was announced by the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI). रजिस्ट्री.भारत is one of the first such domains.NIXI has been spearheading the goal of multilingual Internet and to this end NIXI has ... read more ...
Dot Bharat domain name: What took it three years to go public? -
by Peter Griffin
For the absolute beginner, some background first. Please note that these are simplified, and in some cases, simplistic explanations, meant to give you an overview, not a deep technical understanding.
Every computer connected to the Internet—in fact every device connected to the Internet, including your smartphone, or your smart refrigerator—has a unique address, an IP or Internet Protocol address. This is a number, something like this: 1234.5.67.890 ... read more ...
"Digital Red Ribbon" Launches dotHIV Creates the First Domain Ending with a … -
"Digital Red Ribbon" Launches dotHIV Creates the First Domain Ending with a Social Purpose
PRWEB.COM Newswire
PRWEB.COM NewswireNew York, NY; Berlin, Germany (PRWEB) August 28, 2014 Contact:
Cathy Renna, cathy(at)targetcue(dot)com, 917-757-6123
"Digital Red Ribbon launch dotHIV creates the first domain ending with a social purpose.
Every click will help raise funds to support AIDs related projects across the globe.
dotHIV, the new initiative that combines digital innovation ... read more ...
Kevin Fink of Flippa Confirms Fire.Glass sale during $5,000 is legitimate - I want to thank Kevin Fink of Flippa for confirming that the auction for Fire.Glass that concluded on 8/26 is a legitimate sale. With all the hoopla and hype around the new gtlds, domain investors want to see sales being verified especially when its an auction format with just one bid.
FireGlass.com/net/org/co/info/biz/us are all registered. The .com is registered since 1996 and is a developed site.
What is “Fire Glass”?
Fire Glass is tempered glass manufactured in pebble-sized fragments, used ... read more ...
.Bharat domain name: Why did it take three years to be made public? -
by Peter Griffin
For the absolute beginner, some background first. Please note that these are simplified, and in some cases, simplistic explanations, meant to give you an overview, not a deep technical understanding.
Every computer connected to the Internet—in fact every device connected to the Internet, including your smartphone, or your smart refrigerator—has a unique address, an IP or Internet Protocol address. This is a number, something like this: 1234.5.67.890 ... read more ...
Dot Bharat domain name: Why did it take three years to be made public? -
by Peter Griffin
For the absolute beginner, some background first. Please note that these are simplified, and in some cases, simplistic explanations, meant to give you an overview, not a deep technical understanding.
Every computer connected to the Internet—in fact every device connected to the Internet, including your smartphone, or your smart refrigerator—has a unique address, an IP or Internet Protocol address. This is a number, something like this: 1234.5.67.890 ... read more ...
India’s new Dot Bharat domain name: What took it three years to go public? -
by Peter Griffin
For the absolute beginner, some background first. Please note that these are simplified, and in some cases, simplistic explanations, meant to give you an overview, not a deep technical understanding.
Every computer connected to the Internet—in fact every device connected to the Internet, including your smartphone, or your smart refrigerator—has a unique address, an IP or Internet Protocol address. This is a number, something like this: 1234.5.67.890 ... read more ...
India’s new .bharat domain name: What took it three years to go public? -
by Peter Griffin
For the absolute beginner, some background first. Please note that these are simplified, and in some cases, simplistic explanations, meant to give you an overview, not a deep technical understanding.
Every computer connected to the Internet—in fact every device connected to the Internet, including your smartphone, or your smart refrigerator—has a unique address, an IP or Internet Protocol address. This is a number, something like this: 1234.5.67.890 ... read more ...
The subsequent 50 days will be critical for new TLDs -
Big launches make the next 50 days a key period for new top level domain names.
A lot of new top level domain names have come to market already. Some have flown out of the gate, others are growing modestly, and some have stalled.
In my opinion, the next 50 days will be an important period for new TLDs due to the number of high profile launches and the companies involved.
You can argue that a slow launch doesn’t kill a TLD. But new TLDs have a chance to get some ... read more ...
This week’s new TLDs supplement between 50 and 10,000 domains on initial day -
One domain is off to a quick start, the others not so much.
Seven new top level domain names launched this week.
By far, .Hamburg for the city of Hamburg was the most registered domain name. (Ironically, this is the one new TLD launch this week that I missed in my weekly preview.)
There are approximately 13,800 .hamburg domain names in the zone file, up about 10,000 on the first day.
On Tuesday, .black added about 100 names to end the day with about 150. I never ... read more ...
Wed 27th August 2014
El boom de los dominios .tv - Si bien un nombre de dominio no es por sí mismo una marca, sí puede estar asociado a ella. Además, un nombre de dominio es una parte importante para cualquier entidad o persona con presencia en Internet, ya que forma parte de su identidad virtual. Así, existió una época en la los dominios con terminación .com tuvieron una inusitada demanda.
En la actualidad, los dominios de nivel superior (Top Level Domain, TLD) tanto genéricos –gTLD– como de código de país –ccTLD– han facilitado ... read more ...
Rio de Janeiro erhält zum 450. Geburtstag eigene Internet-Domain -
Rio de Janeiro ist die erste Stadt Südamerikas, die eine eigene Domain haben wird. Damit gibt es künftig neben den bekannten Domainendungen .org oder .com nun auch auch .rio. Ans Netz gehen sollen die neuen Adressen im Januar 2015, rechtzeitig zum 450. Geburtstag der berühmten Stadt unter dem Zuckerhut.
Nur wenige Städte haben bisher das Privileg, ihren Namen bei als Top-Level-Domain (TLD) nutzen zu können. Zu ihnen gehören momentan London, ... read more ...
Largest .org sale of 2014 Dolphin.org sells for $45,000 - pic courtesy of James DeMers
Dolphin.org just crossed the Sedo sales tape as sold at $45,000. This is the highest .org sale of 2014, year to date.
The domain was registered in 1994 and had been owned by a Miles Fawcett of SAI Comm.
The domain is currently parked and the whois is currently Sedo.
Congrats to the seller.
... read more ...
AIDS-Hilfe startet magazin.hiv - Die Domain-Endung .hiv wurde gestern in Betrieb genommen und wird von dem gemeinnützigen Verein dotHIV zugunsten von HIV-Projekten vertrieben. Eines der ersten Angebote unter dieser TopLevel-Domain (TLD) präsentiert die Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe: unter der Adresse magazin.hiv ist das neue Online-Magazin der Deutschen AIDS-Hilfe erreichbar.
"Wir berichten journalistisch und fachlich fundiert, erzählen die Geschichten hinter News und Studien. Noch mehr Raum erhalten in Zukunft die gut verständliche Aufbereitung ... read more ...
Google Domains shines by being easy to use and privacy focused -
In June 2014, Google quietly rolled out a private, invitation-only beta of Google Domains, the company's new venture into becoming a domain registrar, in direct competition with GoDaddy, Moniker, and others. I received an invite to the closed beta, which I accepted. Here's my review of Google Domains.An example transferTransferring a domain to Google Domains is a straightforward process. The user control panel is fast and responsive, and strikes a good balance between offering features and visual ... read more ...
1St Day New gTLD Totals .Black 156 Registrations .Hiv 153 - Two new gTLD lanched into general avaliabity already this week
.Hiv and .Black launched and including any sunrise application wound up with, well not much
.Black is has 156 registrations while .HIV has only 153 registration.
A .Hiv domain registration is pricy around $200 on the low side.
A .Black domain registration is priced at $41.99 at Godaddy
You can read more about .Black here and .HIV here.
Here are the .Black registrations including Sunrise:
addictedto.black
adsense.black
advisor.black
adwords.black
aerogel.black
ahron.black
air-king.black
all4.black
alldata.black
alwaysbeton.black
andi.black
aquatimer.black
autoanything.black
autozone.black
aws.black
back-in.black
basic.black
beatriz.black
beautiful.black
beluga.black
blackbay.black
blackshield.black
blaque.black
blisssalon.black
bmw.black
bpm.black
cafe.black
callgirls.black
cam4.black
cellini.black
chanel.black
chocolate.black
chrome.black
clairderose.black
container.black
cosmograph.black
crack.black
creative.black
date.black
datejust.black
davinci.black
day-date.black
daytona.black
deals.black
deepsea.black
deeptwo.black
digital.black
engineeredformen.black
entice.black
escorts.black
estate.black
explorer.black
fastrider.black
fire.black
flickr.black
fuck.black
galapagosislands.black
gdmes08-20-2014qatest-preregga.black
gdmes08-26-2014qatest-ga.black
gdmes08-26-2014qatest-ga2.black
gdtestmesblackga.black
get.black
glamour.black
gmt-master.black
gothic.black
grantour.black
grid.black
group.black
heels.black
hennessy.black
heritage.black
horse.black
hotel.black
ingenieur.black
intuit.black
iwcportugieser.black
jackpot247.black
johnnywalker.black
jonny.black
kamenrider.black
kevingablack001.black
kindle.black
linkedin.black
lord.black
markmonitor.black
markxvii.black
maskedrider.black
matte.black
merck.black
microsoft.black
milgauss.black
mingle.black
more.black
naughty.black
nic.black
a0.nic.black
a2.nic.black
b0.nic.black
c0.nic.black
onceyougo.black
opal.black
opals.black
oyster.black
oysterperpetual.black
paint-it.black
pearlmaster.black
pelagos.black
pepper.black
portofino.black
prime.black
pulp.black
pure.black
purse.black
racist.black
ranger.black
realty.black
redand.black
rlnd.black
rolex.black
sale.black
sea-dweller.black
singles.black
siyah.black
size.black
sky-dweller.black
skylr.black
spitfire.black
ssi.black
submariner.black
supercasino.black
target.black
team.black
thenew.black
think.black
tights.black
top.black
topgun.black
true.black
tudor.black
tudorwatch.black
tumblr.black
turk.black
uber.black
usa.black
verf.black
wearing.black
weddings.black
weusi.black
whisky.black
whoswho.black
williamhill.black
wisdom.black
yacht-master.black
yachtclub.black
yellow.black
younggifted.black
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.Global Ends Sunrise With Almost 400 Registrations, Apple Registers 22 - .Global just ended it Sunrise period and did very well, getting almost 400 registrations by trademark holders.
Apple was the largest registrant with 22 domain name registrations although Microsoft, Sun, Amazon, Google, HSBC, Ford, Dell, are just some of the big brand holders that participated.
In all 2.2 domains were registered per registrant on average.
A Sunrise application cost $250, $150 application fee, and $100 registration fee, so .Global made back $100K of it $185K application fee just ... read more ...
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Reveals The Nominees for a 2014 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. AWARDS - T.R.A.F.F.I.C. revealed the Nominees for the 2014 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. AWARDS today
Each of these Nominees received nominations from at least 3 individuals.
While nominations are open industry wide, voting is not. You MUST be on our mailing list to vote and have your vote counted. If you received this ballot, you are on the list. If not, you are NOT on the list. Subscribe to nominations@targetedtraffic.com by Friday September 12th to be eligible to vote.
Escrow.com will be counting and certifying all ... read more ...
PIR: .Org Grows 1.4%; Renewal Rate of Almost 74%; 6% Are Asian Registrants - Public Interest Registry, the not-for-profit operator of the .org domain , today released the results of its bi-annual domain name report, “The Dashboard,” detailing the worldwide growth of .org over the past year.
The report reveals that in the past twelve months the total number of .org domains under management increased to 10,428,027 globally, a 1.4%increase in registrations since 2013.
Other findings outlined in “The Dashboard” include the following:
Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, ... read more ...
Internet: Top-Level-Domain .hamburg geht an den Start -
Hamburg ist die zweite deutsche Stadt, die eine eigene Top-Level-Domain bekommen hat. Den Auftakt machte die Hauptstadt Berlin. Oliver Süme, Geschäftsführer der Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH, betont den regionalen Wert der neuen Endung .hamburg. Unternehmen könnten so ihren Bezug zur Heimat symbolisieren.Auch für Privatpersonen sei .hamburg interessant. Immerhin könnten sie so zeigen, dass sie Hamburger sind, argumentiert Süme. Laut Süme gibt es aktuell rund 80.000 Vorbestellungen für ... read more ...
LANDRUSH OPENS FOR .WEBSITE, .PRESS AND .HOST - Radix announces an affordable, risk free Landrush offering high quality names in its 3 extensions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, August 26, 2014 - Radix concluded sunrise for the first batch of its extensions - .website, .press and .host last week. .website alone saw more than 600 orders, making it one of the biggest new gTLD sunrises to date. These TLDs enter Landrush today Radix plans to take these a notch above with Landrush 2.0. - an affordable, risk free landrush that ... read more ...
Moin Moin, .hamburg: Zweite deutsche Städte-TLD ist online -
Der Betreiber setzt auf einen starken Lokalpatriotismus in der Hansestadt. Anders als bei der Hauptstadt-Endung .berlin hat die lokale Verwaltung die Top-Level-Domain von Anfang an unterstützt.
Mit .hamburg ist nach .berlin die zweite deutsche Städte-TLD online. Seit 11 Uhr am heutigen Mittwoch kann sich jeder eine Web-Adresse unter der neuen TLD sichern. Einzige Bedingung ist, dass mindestens eine Person in den Whois-Angaben der Domain seinen Sitz in der Metropolregion ... read more ...
Fire.Glass Closes during $5,000 on Flippa - The domain name Fire.Glass just wrapped up its auction on Flippa. The auction had one bid at $5,000. The seller does have 18 transactions and 100% positive feedback on Flippa.
Seller’s Notes
Fire.Glass
Premium .Glass domain.
40,500 Google Exact Monthly Searches for “Fire Glass” (12 month average).
$2.39 CPC (Google).
What is “Fire Glass”?
Fire Glass is tempered glass manufactured in pebble-sized fragments, used in fireplaces and fire pits. It usually comes in small shards with rounded edges.
Flippa ... read more ...