Monthly Archives: December 2014

Fri 19th December 2014
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Rightside Partners with BaseKit to Bring Website Builder to Domain Registrars - Website building platform BaseKit announced last week that it has partnered with domain name services provider Rightside Group to provide its website building tool to its domain registrars. The agreement will give customers of eNom, eNom Central, Bulk Register and Name.com access to BaseKit’s website building platform. In a statement, BaseKit said the partnership with Rightside represents its efforts to support the growing trend of new gTLDs. New gTLDs are giving service providers more opportunities ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
DNA’s First Official “State of a Domains” Newsletter Now Published Completely in Chinese! - TLD Registry the company behind Dot Chinese Online and Dot Chinese Website, have released a Mandarin version of the State of the Domains quarterly publication that is published by the Domain Name Association. They published on their website: TLD Registry is extremely proud to be responsible for the full layout and design of the Domain Name Association’s (DNA) first official newsletter, released this past October at ICANN 51 in Los Angeles. The publication provides insight to the use of domain ... read more ...
 
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Des victimes d’un attentat à Jérusam exigent le .ir de l’Iran - Il y a un an, le 27 novembre 2013, la justice américaine avait reconnu l'Iran responsable d'un attentat-suicide commis en 1997 au marché Mahané Yehouda de Jérusalem, et condamné le pays à verser 9 millions de dollars d'indemnités à cinq familles de victimes. L'explosion du kamizaze qui avait fait 14 victimes civiles avait été revendiquée par le Hamas, cependant le centre de droit israélien Shurat HaDin qui a monté les actions judiciaires en responsabilité avait pu démontrer le ... read more ...
 
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Le suffixe .baby adjugé à une société pharmaceutique pour 3 … - Depuis 2011, la création de suffixes personnalisés pour les adresses web est autorisée par la société pour l'attribution des noms de domaine et des numéros sur Internet (ICANN). Plusieurs domaines de premier niveau (TLD) sont alors apparus, comme .buy, .book, .kid, .shop, .music, .cloud, .game, .mail ou encore .shop, en plus des extensions plus classiques comme .com, .net ou .org. Pour les entreprises, ces suffixes peuvent avoir une valeur économique considérable dans le secteur où ... read more ...
 
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WIPO row denies UDRP on WUP.com - Complainant probably didn’t exist when domain name was registered. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied a UDRP attempt on the three letter domain name WUP.com. The complaint was filed by Wengenroth Partner, an German SEO and online marketing firm. It appears the company didn’t even exist when the respondent register the domain name in 2008. The single member panel found that the complainant did not prove a lack of rights or legitimate interests, ... read more ...
 
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Last week’s Expired Domain Name Sales - After seeing English and Chinese jostling for king of the mountain week after week, it’s a real pleasure to see Spanish climb to that top spot, as if reminding us that it – not English – stands as the world’s 2nd most populous language (behind Mandarin). GoDaddy auctioned off the word Gustazo.com for $4.7k. If you’re wondering what it means, well, I’ve already given you a clue in that first sentence. “Gustazo” equals a special pleasure. In particular, ... read more ...
 
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Will some-more contested TLDs get some-more registrations? - Probably, but quantifying it is difficult at this point. I commonly hear that the best is yet to come in terms of new to level domain name launches. The most heavily contested applications are just getting resolved, and these represent the best top level domain names. It makes sense to me. But will this reflect reality? Are the TLDs we’re seeing so far not representative of the results of future, heavily contested TLD launches? I tried to dig into the data a bit ... read more ...
Thu 18th December 2014
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.Club takes 6 out of the top 10 New gTLD Sales on Sedo in 2014 - Sedo reported their top 10 new gTLD sales of 2014 and .club dominated the list with 6 out of 10. Things seem to be on the upswing as the company raised another $3million according to DomainNameWire. Upswing in new gTLDs such as .club and .berlin More than 300 new TLDs have been launched in the market in 2014 and currently there are more than 3.5 million new domains registered.  The trading among new gTLD domains is already in full swing and the development of sales at Sedo’s marketplace has ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
.Club takes 6 out of a tip 10 New gTLD Sales on Sedo in 2014 - Sedo reported their top 10 new gTLD sales of 2014 and .club dominated the list with 6 out of 10. Things seem to be on the upswing as the company raised another $3million according to DomainNameWire. Upswing in new gTLDs such as .club and .berlin More than 300 new TLDs have been launched in the market in 2014 and currently there are more than 3.5 million new domains registered.  The trading among new gTLD domains is already in full swing and the development of sales at Sedo’s marketplace has ... read more ...
 
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Google swears no search leg up for new dot-word sites: We drill into claims - Google has reiterated its claim that there is no inherent advantage to new top-level domains – such as .london or .book – when it comes to topping search rankings. The position, posted on Google+ by the web giant's trends analyst John Mueller, more or less restates what Google SEO head honcho Matt Cutts insisted more than a couple of years ago. ... read more ...
 
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Flipboard Wins TM Dispute Leading to Flowboard Changing Their Name - Simon Sage reported for iMore that Flowboard an app that allows you to create presentations lost a trademark dispute with Flipboard. The company has decided to change their name and rebrand to FlowVella. FlowVella CEO, Brent Brookler told Geek Wire the changed had already been in the works, the company will keep the same F in their logo. From the article: Flowboard’s slick app for creating presentations will be known as FlowVella from here on out. The change comes at the heels of a trademark court ... read more ...
 
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The Empire Strikes Back: "New" Verisign Hums a Familiar Tune - Losing your monopoly must be hard. True, few companies ever experience that particular breed of angst, but if Verisign's reply to even modest success in the new gTLD marketplace is any indication, it must be very hard to say goodbye. We understand why they're worried: New .COM quality is abysmal. The quality of newly registered .COM names is dropping and has been for years. And there is nothing Verisign can do about it. So welcome to the fire sale. New .COM is as cheap as .XYZ. The average ... read more ...
 
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Zero to 60 in a Split Second: Coffee.Club Goes From a Domain Name to a … - At first glance, as a coffee lover with a 6-month subscription that just started,  I certainly like the business model. Coffee.club lets you choose ... read more ...
 
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Take this to the .bank: financial institutions need to prepare for new gTLDs - Hundreds of new generic top-level domains are in the process of being rolled out this year and next, including many that will be of interest to the financial services industry.  One of them that seems likely to attract a high level of interest and buy-in is .bank.  fTLD Registry Services, a joint venture formed by a number of financial services companies and trade associations, applied for and was recently awarded the right to operate the .bank and .insurance gTLDs.  The .bank domain ... read more ...
 
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Server der Internetverwaltung ICANN angegriffen - Unbekannte Hacker haben sich Zutritt zu zentralen Systemen der ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) verschafft, jener Behörde, die die Verwaltung von IP-Adressen und DNS-System überwacht. Mittels "Spear Fishing" haben sich die Angreifer in einen zentralen Server gehackt, wie heise berichtet. Dabei wurden einzelne Angestellte mit manipulierten E-Mails ins Visier genommen, die aussahen, als kämen sie von anderen ICANN-Stellen selber. Über die E-Mail-Accounts haben ... read more ...
 
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A New Domain Name Dispute Alternative: The Uniform Rapid Suspension … - The Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) was created as part of ICANN’s new gTLD program. A gTLD (generic top-level domain) is the “suffix” at the end of a domain name, most commonly .com, .org, .info, .biz and .us. Prior to the new gTLD program there were 23 gTLDs in operation.  The new gTLD program is expected to result in the launch of approximately 700 additional gTLDs. More than 400 new gTLDs have already been delegated, with the majority of these in operation. The expansion of ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
“SeekingAlpha: Sears & Staples More Valuable As Domain Names Than The Brick & Motar Stores” - SeekingAlpha, just published s story right out of Rick Schwartz Playbook and something he has expressed for years on his blog, that Sears and Staples might be more valuable as domain names than as brick and mortar stores. “”What happens when a brick and mortar retailer’s brand becomes more valuable as a domain name than as a chain of stores?”” ” We might be seeing the answer to that question at department store legend Sears Holdings (NYSE: SHLD) and office supply category killer Staples ... read more ...
 
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Internet Advertising Revenues Hit $12.4 Billion Highest Quarter on Record - According to a press release out today, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PwC US, Internet advertising revenues in the U.S. climbed to an historic high of $12.4 billion for the third quarter of 2014, which is the highest quarter ever, besting the record-setting revenues of Q4 2013, which came in at $12.1 billion. “This milestone demonstrates marketers’ commitment to digital” Q3 2014’s milestone numbers represent a year-over-year uptick of 17% over the $10.6 billion reported for ... read more ...
 
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Digitale inbraak bij ICANN, TLD-gegevens ontvreemd - De ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is het slachtoffer geworden van een digitale inbraak. ICANN, verantwoordelijk voor het beheer van toplevel domeinnamen (TLD’s) zoals .com en .org,  stelt dat er bij een hack van het netwerk gebruikersgegevens gestolen zijn. Ook hebben de hackers toegang gekregen tot een aantal systemen van de organisatie. ICANN bevestigde woensdag 17 november de inbraak die eerder deze maand plaatsvond. De digitale inbraak vond plaats via een ... read more ...
 
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Domainendung .versicherung Sinn oder Unsinn? – provision - Was bringt die neue „Branchen-Domain“ wirklich für Versicherer und Vermittler? Am 16. September 2014 startete nach knapp dreijähriger Vorbereitungsphase der allgemeine Marktverkauf der Internet-Domainendung .versicherung. Die neue „generic Top-Level-Domain“ (gTLD) ist damit – zumindest rein technisch – großen nationalen oder thematischen Domainendungen wie .de, .com oder .org gleichgestellt. Einzige Einschränkung gegenüber anderen Adressen: .versicherung-Domains ... read more ...
 
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NameSentry? Adopted by Over 60% of New Top Level Domains Launched - Architelos, Inc., the premier provider of automated domain name abuse detection and mitigation services, has added Famous Four Media to its expanding roster of NameSentry clients. Famous Four Media will be implementing NameSentry for current and upcoming generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) such as .trade .webcam, and .science. Other new gTLDs that have recently adopted NameSentry include, .build, .ceo, .lat, .luxury, and .ooo, to name a few. To date NameSentry has been adopted by more new gTLDs than ... read more ...
 
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‘Nigeria Still Far from Meeting Domain Name Registration Target’ - Mary Uduma, President of NIRA By Emma Okonji The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the body in charge of the registration of Nigeria's country code Top Level Domain name (ccTLD), otherwise known as '.ng domain name', has said Nigeria is still far from meeting  the  set target of registering 250, 000 domain names in the country. President of NIRA, Mrs. Mary Uduma, who gave the information in a telephone interview with THISDAY Newspapers, said NIRA had in 2013, set a target ... read more ...
 
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Owner of Baby.com Wins .Baby For $3.1 Million Dollars. - Johnson Johnson which has owned and advertised  Baby.com for many years, just won the ICANN Last Resort Auction for the new gTLD .Baby for 3,088,888 Google, Minds + Machines, Donuts, Radix and Famous Four lost in the auction and unlike private auctions will not get any share of the winning bid. In the other ICANN  last resort auction the Canadian Real Estate Association beat Afilias for .MLS, paying $3,359,000. Still seems to me that the ICANN auctions are going to less money than the private ... read more ...
 
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Owner of Baby.com Wins .Baby For $3.1 Million Dollars. - Johnson Johnson which has owned and advertised  Baby.com for many years, just won the ICANN Last Resort Auction for the new gTLD .Baby for 3,088,888 Google, Minds + Machines, Donuts, Radix and Famous Four lost in the auction and unlike private auctions will not get any share of the winning bid. In the other ICANN  last resort auction the Canadian Real Estate Association beat Afilias for .MLS, paying $3,359,000. Still seems to me that the ICANN auctions are going to less money than the private ... read more ...
 
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UDRP Round Up: iWantValium.com; Viagra.Ninja; Minnesota.Life; Landshark.Beer; Playstation.co - A few UDRP/URS case caught my eye over the last day or so. F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG the makers of Valium filed a UDRP on iwantvalium.com Doesn’t everyone? The domain name was just registered back in June Pfizer Inc just won two separate UDRP on the domain names ViagraNinja.com and Viagra.Ninja Now that those are great domains. The .com was registered a year ago, however I have no idea of how Pfizer which has a market cap of almost $200 Billion failed to register Viagra.Ninja, a domain they could ... read more ...