Monthly Archives: February 2015

Fri 13th February 2015
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Globerunner Releases Updated .COM Vs. New gTLD Google Marketing Test … - Adwords marketing campaign that many maight have expected. After seeing .coms fare better by some measures, and new gTLDs better by others, Hartzer said, "We are not totally convinced that one is necessarily “better” than the other." ... read more ...
 
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ICANN News: 500+ New gTLDs Introduced to the Internet - A milestone has been reached in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ controversial and ambitious generic top-level domain program. On February 6, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that more than 500 new generic top-level domain (gTLD) registries are now operational and offering domain name registrations.[1] This marked a significant milestone in ICANN’s controversial and ambitious new gTLD program, which ICANN has described ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Publishes Its Biggest Public Sales Of 2014 - Sedo just sent out an press release announcing its Top 10 Highest Domain Name Sales in 2014 that were not under privacy Leading the list is mm.com, which closed at $1.2 million True.com was the second highest sale at $350,000. On the ccTLDs front kaffee.de (“coffee” in German) led the way selling for €100,000 which was just €1 short of the 2nd 3rd highest selling ccTLD’s chat.fr and musik.de (“music” in German). which both sold for €99.999 These were the highest public domain ... read more ...
 
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Theralase (V.TLT) lead anti-cancer drug much less toxic than FDA-approved drug - Theralase Technologies (TSX: V.TLT, Stock Forum) hit another home run when the company announced today that research on its anti-cancer technology platform involving its lead Photo Dynamic Compound (“PDC”) TLD-1433 had shown that it has considerable less skin toxicity than the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved PDC Photofrin®.   According to the news release, Photofrin®, has been reported to induce skin sensitivity in patient's treated with the PDC when said patients came ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD abuse yet to spike - New gTLDs faced a quarter of the level of abuse found in established domain name endings, according to research from Architelos. The consultancy’s 2014 NameSentry report revealed that domain names registered in new gTLDs were rarely used for spam, phishing, and malware scams, in comparison to legacy gTLDs. Among legacy gTLDs such as .com, the first abusive domain was reported in February 2014, but by the end of the year, that figure had increased 600 percent. Legacy gTLDs at present have four ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Publishes Its Biggest Public Sales Of 2014 - Sedo just sent out an press release announcing its Top 10 Highest Domain Name Sales in 2014 that were not under privacy Leading the list is mm.com, which closed at $1.2 million True.com was the second highest sale at $350,000. On the ccTLDs front kaffee.de (“coffee” in German) led the way selling for €100,000 which was just €1 short of the 2nd 3rd highest selling ccTLD’s chat.fr and musik.de (“music” in German). which both sold for €99.999 These were the highest public domain ... read more ...
 
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Court rules that ccTLDs are not attachable property -

In Jul 2014 a Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a non-profit organization handling a tellurian domain name system, filed motions to stifle with a District Court for a District of Columbia in a context of several sovereign justice judgments performed opposite a Iranian, Syrian and North Korean governments by a victims of militant attacks.  

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Theralase’s Lead Anti-Cancer Drug Has Significantly Less Skin Toxicity than … - [ACCESSWIRE] Toronto, ON / ACCESSWIRE / February 13, 2015 / Theralase Technologies Inc. ("Theralase") (TLT:TSXV) (TLTFF: OTC Pink(R)), a developer of advanced Photo Dynamic Therapy ("PDT"), for serious and life-threatening diseases, announced today that research on its Anti-Cancer Technology ("ACT") platform involving its lead Photo Dynamic Compound ("PDC") TLD-1433 has shown that it has significantly less skin toxicity than the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") approved PDC Photofrin(R). ... read more ...
 
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A summation of NameJet's record month - NameJet set a record during January with the most sales over $2k it has ever reported – 148 domain auctions in all. Its previous record was 131 sales back in December 2013. To put that in perspective, NameJet’s top month during all of 2014 scored only 105 sales; and its 2014 monthly mean was 78. Just 8 more sales, and the market place would have doubled last year’s average. At the same time, NameJet’s highest sale during January ($29.1k) was below average – ranking 24th out of 44 months ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines Pockets $3.5+ Million By Losing .Blog & .Store: Now Has $48 Million In a Bank - Minds + Machines (LON:MMX) announced today that it added £2.3 Million, which is over $3.5 Million In USD, by withdrawing its applications for .Blog and .Store to settle those new gTLD’s in private auctions Minds + Machines’ cash holdings have risen to US $48 Million (£31.9mln). Minds + Machines also announced they won the new gTLD .DDS in a private auction with Google, although they didn’t say how much they paid for that extension DDS is an acronym of Doctor of Dental Surgery and “M + M ... read more ...
 
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Las nuevas terminaciones de dominios de Internet - Se cumple el primer año desde la liberación los TLD (nuevas terminaciones de dominios) y se puede hacer un primer balance. La Corporación de Internet  para la Asignación de Nombres y Números de Internet (ICANN) liberó hace alrededor de un año las nuevas terminaciones de dominios, dando entrada a nuevos dominios fuera del espectro de los mayoritarios .com, .net o .org, o los geográficos como .es. Nos llega una primera valoración desde el proveedor de hosting Strato, que señala ... read more ...
 
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34 new tip turn domains accommodate their predestine in a subsequent 45 days - It’s auction mania for new TLDs. Winners and losers will be made in the new top level domain name program over the next 45 days as 34 domain names reach their deadline for contention set resolution. ICANN has scheduled 14 domain names for auction on February 25 and another 20 on March 25. Few of these contention sets won’t be resolved by the auction dates. Already, two hotly contested domain names on the docket for this month have been settled: .blog and .store. .Blog had 9 contenders and .store ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines gets .DDS, pockets millions from .store and .blog - Company adds to its cash pile as .dds, .store and .blog are settled. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines announced today that it has won the contention set for the .dds domain name, beating Google. DDS is short for “Doctor of Dental Surgery” and is the designation that most U.S. dental schools give graduates. Dentists often display their titles as “Jan Smith, DDS”. The domain name faces a bit of competition, including .dentist and .dental. Minds + Machines also lost a seven ... read more ...
 
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Danica Patrick Not Happy That Go Daddy Ad Got Pulled - Webpronews ran a story on Danica Patrick talked about being upset that her Super Bowl ad got pulled, the ad which Michael published when it was first released, broke traffic records for this blog, the one day total was more than most blogs do in a month, that is how much people were emotionally invested in discussing the puppy, the ad, and the controversial nature of puppy mills. The article says that Danica Patrick was left feeling jaded, Danica gave comments to USA Today about not appearing in ... read more ...
Thu 12th February 2015
 
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Dot Green Community Inc. Announces the New Top Level Domain .Green … - The .green digital address is positioned to become one of the most recognized TLDs across the planet as the world’s first and only online platform for consumers and businesses taking part in the green economy. Larkspur, CA (PRWEB) February 12, 2015 DotGreen Community, Inc., steward of the new .green Top Level Domain (TLD) ... read more ...
 
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Lexsynergy is Hosting a Free Webinar About the New TLD – .BANK - Global domain name management and online brand protection specialists Lexsynergy Limited announced today that it will be hosting an informative webinar which will provide a comprehensive overview of .BANK..BANK is the domain name extension that will be used to create a protected, trusted, more secure and easily identifiable space on the Internet for the global banking community and the customers it serves.Daniel Greenberg, Founder and Director of Lexsynergy, said “This webinar will explain ... read more ...
 
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Jet.com Raises $140 Million to take on Amazon - Forbes did an article on Jet.com and them raising $140million for the launch of their ecommerce website. The company has been touted as a rival to Amazon. Jet.com founder Marc Lore knows a thing or two about Amazon as he founded Quidsi the company which Lore sold to Amazon for $550 million. From a domaining standpoint, legendary Canadian Garry Chernoff was the owner of Jet.com for many years and sold the domain to the company. From the article: Jet.com has yet to sell anything, but has already raised ... read more ...
 
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Zapomnij o końcówkach adresów .pl, .org, .eu. Ten rodzaj domen całkowicie odmieni internet i biznes - Strona internetowa firmy to istotny element prowadzenia biznesu. • Fot. Shutterstock Założyłeś właśnie firmę i liczysz na atrakcyjny adres internetowy? Pizza[tu-wstaw-własną-nazwę].pl pewnie jest już zajęty. Nie przejmuj się. Popularne .pl, .com, .org, .eu to już przeszłość. Możesz liczyć na coś dużo lepszego np. najlepsza.pizza. Tak, tak – tak może wyglądać twoja ... read more ...
 
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Zapomnij o końcówkach adresów .pl, .org, .eu. Ten rodzaj domen całkowicie … - Strona internetowa firmy to istotny element prowadzenia biznesu. • Fot. 123rf.com Założyłeś właśnie firmę i liczysz na atrakcyjny adres internetowy? Pizza[tu-wstaw-własną-nazwę].pl pewnie jest już zajęty. Nie przejmuj się. Popularne .pl, .com, .org, .eu to już przeszłość. Możesz liczyć na coś dużo lepszego np. najlepsza.pizza. Tak, tak – tak może wyglądać twoja domena. To efekt ... read more ...
 
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Your catwalk to the world? .fashion - Brand protection is a key issue for retailers. As brands continue to increase their presence online a key aspect is the protection of brands in domain names.  Until fairly recently, the number of generic top level domains (“gTLDs”) had been restricted to a limited number, including .com, .org and .info. However, a large number of new gTLDs are to be rolled out with names such as .academy, .clothing and .properties having recently been released.  The ‘Sunrise Period’ ... read more ...
 
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3,7 miljoen .eu registraties eind 2014 - 79 procent van alle sites met het TLD (toplevel domain name) .eu heeft zijn .eu registratie in het laatste kwartaal van 2014 vernieuwd. Daarmee heeft het TLD voor het achtste jaar op rij zijn hoge vernieuwingscijfer op peil gehouden. Dat blijkt uit het nieuwste voortgangsrapport van de .eu registry EURid. Het.eu-topniveaudomein sloot het kwartaal en het jaar af met een groei op jaarbasis van 5,3 procent, wat overeenkomt met 197.715 nieuwe registraties. Het totaal aantal .eu registraties stond ... read more ...
 
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Cosa è successo nel 2014 nel settore dei domini Internet? - È incredibile che sia già trascorso un altro anno e che sia arrivato il momento di analizzare cosa è accaduto durante lo scorso anno nel mondo dei nomi di dominio. È divertente immaginare di tornare indietro di cinque anni per vedere quante cose sono cambiate, considerato soprattutto che l’attenzione si è spostata verso argomenti collegati al lancio e all’uso di nuovi gTLD. È anche vero, però, che molte cose sono ... read more ...
 
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Texas Rangers get Rangers.com for $375k, MLB now blank only 3 group names - Major League Baseball adds one domain name to its collection, but three still elude it. The Texas Rangers are now found at Rangers.comDNJournal’s weekly domain name sales list includes Major League Baseball’s $375,000 purchase of Rangers.com, making it the 28th team name the league has acquired in .com. I’ve been watching MLB’s team names for a while as they’ve slowly tried to complete their collection. As of 2013 they were missing just four domain names. At the time, I said Rangers.com ... read more ...
 
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Philly Bike Share Program Picks A Name Already Trademarked - In my local news it seems that the city of Philadelphia may be infringing on a trademark. The city is rolling out a bike share program and named it Indego, the only problem is a company in Cleveland has that name trademarked. A representative from the Cleveland company said they will look into whethere or not they want to block the name. Kathleen Conlon, a spokeswoman for Independence Blue Cross said she felt comfortable there would be no one confused by the Indego name. From Philly.com: The catchy ... read more ...