Monthly Archives: March 2015

Tue 17th March 2015
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Do you want .fashion in your domain name‎ - Terms Conditions and Privacy Statement Mondaq.com (the Website) is owned and managed by Mondaq Ltd and as a user you are granted a non-exclusive, revocable license to access the Website under its terms and conditions of use. Your use of the Website constitutes your agreement to the following terms and conditions of use. Mondaq Ltd may terminate your use of the Website if you are in breach of these terms and conditions or if Mondaq Ltd decides to terminate your license of use for whatever reason. Use ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Domain parking still falling, according to survey - Revenue still shrinking for many domainers. How low can domain name parking revenue go? Still lower, apparently. That’s according to the approximately 200 people who responded to this year’s Domain Name Wire Survey. 36% of respondents said their 2014 domain name parking revenue was lower than 2013. Only 17% said it was better, while roughly half said it had stabilized. Most domain name parkers have settled on just one domain parking company, rather than working with a bunch. About 40% of people ... read more ...
Mon 16th March 2015
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Mr. Page Howe, Chief Engagement Officer for .LA Is Going to Washington - Mr. Page Howe, the newly hired “Chief Engagement Officer” for the .LA Registry is heading to Washington DC to lobby and promote an aggressive Technology and Initiatives Agenda on behalf of .LA registrants; and technology businesses in and around Los Angeles and Southern California. Page Howe who is a fellow “Domain Sherpa” commented as he left for Washington DC to join 200+ other delegates in the ACCESS Washington Dc 2015 trip March 16-18: “Our delegation leaders have set out a clear agenda ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
TLD’s Seely Returns to the Podium in Indianapolis - By swapmoto Mon, Mar 16 2015 12:01 pm | Comments Indianapolis (March 14, 2015) – Troy Lee Designs rider Cole Seely continued his streak of great finishes at Lucas Oil Stadium by collecting a runner-up finish for the second year in a row in the 450SX class. The podium was also Seely’s second of the season and helped him move from seventh to fourth in the ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
Résultats du concours TLD / SteelSeries - Le concours, organisé à l'occasion du 16ème anniversaire de TousLesDrivers.com en partenariat avec la marque SteelSeries, s'est achevé hier soir comme prévu. Pour tenter de gagner l'un des trois lots, il fallait bien sûr répondre que la souris Rival Optical Mouse utilise les drivers SteelSeries Engine 3 (SSE3), que le service en ligne se nomme SteelSeries CloudSync et que le dernier clavier Apex M800 est un clavier de type mécanique. Plus de 4000 personnes ont participé au concours et ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
Bilan de l’AFNIC pour les noms de domaine accentués - L’AFNIC tire un premier bilan de l’ouverture des IDN. Le 3 mai, 30 nouveaux caractères sont disponibles à l’enregistrement pour les 6 ccTLD opérés par l’AFNIC (.fr, .re, .yt, .pm, .wf et .tf). Le premier bilan et infographie sur les trois premières heures disponible sur : http://www.afnic.fr/fr/l-afnic-en-bref/actualites/actualites-generales/5938/show/l-afnic-tire-un-premier-bilan-de-l-ouverture-des-idn-2.html Du 3 mai au 3 juillet 2012, l’AFNIC a mis en place une période ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
“.sucks” registrations begin soon—at up to $2500 per domain - The number of generic top-level domains (gTLDs) available for use has climbed into the hundreds, and ".sucks" will soon be added to the list. However, angry customers eager to get their hands on brand-specific domains like "bestbuy.sucks" or "comcast.sucks" shouldn’t get their hopes up; according to MarketingLand, the domains will cost far more than most consumers will want to pay. The pricing situation around .sucks domain names is complicated. Companies with registered trademarks ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Shocker? Latin American Telecom LLC Beats Google To The .Tube New gTLD - • Provide all those interested, world-wide, in disseminating or seeking information, whether non-commercial or commercial, about current issues, news, culture, lifestyle, entertainment, sports or any other topic with a convenient and recognizable domain name that associates them and⁄or their information with particular topics presented primarily through a video format.• Provide all those interested, world-wide, in selling or purchasing goods or services of any kind, or providing information, ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
SXSW Finalist For Wearables Tech; Feetz.co Buys Feetz.com -                     Feetz.co a finalist for at SXSW in the Wearable Tech category, who has been using the domain name Feetz.co has just purchased Feetz.com Feetz is a Platform to make Customizable 3D Printed shoes. Like another 3D Printed Shoes company, Sols.co who we wrote about in January who upgraded to Sols.com, Feetz decided to step up and buy their matching .Com for an undisclosed amount from DomainShop.com Feetz did not win the SXSW award for Wearable Tech, that was won by Tinitell ... read more ...
 
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Merchant & Gould hires Nancy Lutz - Merchant Gould has hired Nancy Lutz as partner in its Washington DC office. Lutz’s has spent her carer protecting clients' trademarks, copyright, and domain names, including within new gTLDs, on a global basis. She has filed and prosecuted trademarks in every jurisdiction in the world. She evaluates and counsels on acquisitions of intellectual property, and supervises investigations of infringers. Brian Batzli, managing director and CEO of Merchant Gould, commented: “Lutz is a nationally ... read more ...
 
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Will .Com Even Be A Thing in 50 Years ? - CNN.com published an article on the 30 year anniversary of .com and at the end asked if .com would even be a thing in 50 years ? New gtlds and ecommerce over smart phones were mentioned as possible reasons to answer no. From the article: What will the future hold? Today, the undisputed champ is challenged by plenty of eager newcomers. New, more personalized domains are cropping up all the time: .coach, .green and .money are just a few of the latest. Increasingly, e-commerce is being conducted on ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
GMO loses village bid for .Shop domain name - Company scores just six points in evaluation. GMO Registry has lost is Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) for the .Shop top level domain name. The company scored 6 points out of a possible 16 on its CPE, falling well short of the 14 required. It scored no points for Community Establishment and Nexus. It picked up a handful for registration policies because of some basic registration restrictions. It also scored some on Community Endorsement, mostly because there was no opposition. The decision is ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Crowdsourcing and Domains with Ryan Noble – DNW Podcast #24 - Crowdsource.com and finding good domain names using the crowd. Ryan Noble has built a big business on Crowdsource.com. In this episode, he’ll explain how his company helps big brands tap into large pools of remote workers to complete big projects. He also discusses how the company uses great domains like Write.com and Transcribe.com to drive business. Ryan also explains the fascinating way he uses crowdsourcing to discover great domain names to register. Also: Domain Name Wire turns 10, SXSW invades ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Shocker? Latin American Telecom LLC Beats Google To The .Tube New gTLD - • Provide all those interested, world-wide, in disseminating or seeking information, whether non-commercial or commercial, about current issues, news, culture, lifestyle, entertainment, sports or any other topic with a convenient and recognizable domain name that associates them and⁄or their information with particular topics presented primarily through a video format.• Provide all those interested, world-wide, in selling or purchasing goods or services of any kind, or providing information, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Froyo and sandwiches starting conversations about new TLDs during SXSW - Free food with a sales pitch. Sedo’s Solomon Amoako (left) and Jeremiah Johnston enjoy some domain-filled frozen yogurt.Spreading awareness of choice in top level domain names isn’t easy. One-on-one conversations might be the best way to explain what they are and why you might want one. That’s the idea behind promotions by Sedo and Radix at this year’s SXSW conference in Austin. Sedo set up a food truck in a downtown area with high foot traffic and is offering free frozen yogurt. People have ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Telegraph.co.uk – "Cyber - Telegraph.co.uk is out with an article that there has been an over 300% increase in the number of TM disputes. The article equates the increase in disputes with the introduction of the new gtlds. From the article: The release of hundreds of new web address endings over the last eight months has contributed to a 313pc increase in the number of “cyber-squatting” disputes, it has emerged. The internet industry regulator ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is currently ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
.Fyi Donuts Beats Google To The New gTLD .Fyi -

Donuts has won a rights to a new gTLD .fyi violence Google

Fyi for those who don’t know is brief for “For Your Information”

There is also a radio network owned by A E, called fyi.tv

There is of march already a .info prolongation that has around 5.5 million registrations.

.Fyi was scheduled to go to a ICANN Last Resort auction after this month.

 

 

 

Via: thedomains.com

 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Donuts Wins The New Domain Extension .Family Beating Google & Uniregistry The Winner of .Mom - Donuts has won the right to operate another new gTLD extension .Family beating Google and Uniregistry. Uniregistry just won the rights to operate the new gTLD .Mom over the weekend beating Google and Rightside. It would think if you won one of these new gTLD’s you would want the other. I don’t know how many people or companies, in a world of 1,000 choices of domain extension would choose either of these to use to identify their online presence but I would think if you had one you would want the ... read more ...
 
Sun 15th March 2015
Written by DomainHack.er in CZ and tagged
30 let „komerčního Internetu“ - 30 let „komerčního Internetu“ Dnes je to přesně třicet let, co byla zaregistrována první doména v TLD .com. Její držitel se však tohoto výročí nedožil, na doméně nyní běží web s historií Internetu. Neděle, 15. březen 2015 | Autor Lukáš Jelínek | známka 1,00 doména, historie, jelínek, usa reklama Nahoru ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in PT and tagged
Novidade do TLD Group em equipamentos aeroportuários, TaxiBot … - Novidade do TLD Group em equipamentos aeroportuários, TaxiBot chega em breve ao País Novidade do TLD Group em equipamentos aeroportuários, TaxiBot chega em breve ao País Categoria.: Veículos  Fonte/Autor.: Michele Carvalho :: Fonte/Autoria.: Michele Carvalho  _ ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: No ... read more ...
 
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Donuts To Initiate First Advertising Campaign - MediaPost published an article a couple hours ago on Donuts initiating its first advertising campaign. Comments from Jeff Davidoff the CMO at Donuts are quoted in the article. One interesting quote, “Dot-com doesn’t mean anything. The Google algorithm looks for meaning and connects the word with relevant content. Marketers really need to focus on the quality of the content and the connection with the domain name.” From the article: The campaign will run video and banner ads online for 60 days ... read more ...
 
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Dot-com at 30: will the world’s best-known web domain soon be obsolete? - Meanwhile, the internet had rapidly evolved from an unknown phenomenon used primarily by academics and researchers to a global communication, commerce and information-sharing channel that few could imagine life without. Today, dot-com websites are accessed trillions of times each day. Millions of entrepreneurs have built their businesses online with dot-com, and the biggest names in business have branded their companies with dot-com addresses. Some believe that dot-com is now almost synonymous ... read more ...
 
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Timeout, Time Lords: ICANN says there is only one kind of doctor - Domain-name overseer ICANN has decided that only one kind of doctor may be allowed online – and that is a medical doctor. In a decision made late last month but challenged on Friday by one of the companies vying for the rights to run the internet registry .doctor, ICANN will insist that all dot-doctor domains be verified as belonging to "legitimate medical practitioners." The dot-doctor top-level ... read more ...
 
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Dot-com at 30: will the world’s best-known net domain quickly be obsolete? - Dot-com is the world’s most recognised net suffix, with over 115 million dot-com domains registered worldwide, representing about 42 per cent of all net addresses. But 30 years just after its inception, quite a few people are questioning regardless of whether it can continue to retain its dominance. Initially launched by the US Department of Defence – in the similar year as Live Aid and the release of the first Back to the Future film – dot-com was initially intended as an world-wide-web ... read more ...