Monthly Archives: April 2015

Tue 7th April 2015
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UC Berkeley, along with other schools, purchases web addresses in adult … - UC Berkeley and other schools, including Harvard University, have bought web addresses in adult-oriented Internet domains to avoid trademark infringement from third parties. Starting in June, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, will open several new generic Top Level Domains, or gTLDs — a class of Internet domains such as “.com” and “.net” — to the public, including “.porn” “.adult” and “.sucks.” The imminent release by ICANN, the international ... read more ...
 
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SEO Benefits Between .Com and Everything Else - This will probably be a controversial post as the topic has certainly been controversial. SearchMetrics.com published an article that took a look at the SEO benefits of .com vs every other extension. Now Google has always said there is no difference and Matt Cutts has debunked the new gtld crowd that said they would have a benefit. Matt wrote on his Google + in May 2012: lsauer.com wrote: Technically, it is not sensible to a priori discredit certain domains based on their domain extension. So far ... read more ...
 
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UC Berkeley, along with other schools, purchases Web addresses in adult … - UC Berkeley and other schools, including Harvard University, have bought web addresses in adult-oriented Internet domains to avoid trademark infringement from third parties. Starting in June, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, will open several new generic Top Level Domains, or gTLDs — a class of Internet domains such as “.com” and “.net” — to the public, including “.porn” “.adult” and “.sucks.” The imminent release by ICANN, the international ... read more ...
Mon 6th April 2015
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Dot Website Hits 50000 Registrations - Dot Webstie hits the 50,000 registration mark Radix released some stats about one of their strings today, Dot Website went over 50,000 regs, they did actually give my OnlineCasino.website sale a mention. To be fair it was not for a huge amount but profit is profit (non premium registation of $14.99).  I have mentioned that .website was a generic string that I have speculated in, for full disclosure I do own one other .website domain. I think it was important for Radix to win .site so that they own ... read more ...
 
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Namejet Reports Over 640K in Domain Name Sales In Mar Led By vvv.com for $136K - Namejet.com reported its domain name sales that closed in March for those domains selling ofr $2,000 or more. All sales were led by the rare three letter .com repeater vvv.com which sold for $136,400. Total reported sales came to $641,557.00 The highest 7 sales of the month were all three letter .com domains as were 9 of the 1st 12 highest sales. Only three 4 numbered .com’s broke up the clean sweep of three letter .com’s in the top 12 sales of NameJet.com Here are the reported sales of $2,000 ... read more ...
 
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Q&A on “dot.bank” registration - Many bankers have heard from their trade associations that there will be a new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) released by ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) for institutions to use on the internet called ".bank."fTLD Registry Services, LLC, (fTLD) a coalition of banks and insurance companies, is managing the registration process. (A “.insurance” domain also recently debuted.) We have been asked by many clients about obtaining a .bank domain name.Here are some of ... read more ...
 
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Dot Website Hits 50,000 Registrations - Dot Webstie hits the 50,000 registration mark Radix released some stats about one of their strings today, Dot Website went over 50,000 regs, they did actually give my OnlineCasino.website sale a mention. To be fair it was not for a huge amount but profit is profit (non premium registation of $14.99).  I have mentioned that .website was a generic string that I have speculated in, for full disclosure I do own one other .website domain. I think it was important for Radix to win .site so that they own ... read more ...
 
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Donuts files engaging heading applications - Donuts files trademark applications, likely for marketing campaign. Top level domain name registry Donuts has filed two interesting trademark applications. The applications are for the marks: I Am.___________ We Are.__________ My guess is this is for a marketing campaign, as it runs nicely with its current video ads that show a number of options to the right of the dot. I can imagine a campaign in which I Am. is followed by everything from .contractors to .dental. The trademark applications were ... read more ...
 
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Inside Sedo with CEO Tobias Flaitz - Sedo CEO discusses domain name parking, selling and more. Domain name owners park nearly 5 million domain names and list 18 million + domains on Sedo. This week Sedo CEO Tobias Flaitz comes on the show to talk about the past, present and future of the domain name business and Sedo. We discuss the challenges of parking (and how Sedo has turned it around), changes and trends in domain name sales and the impact new top level domains are having on the business. Tobias also discusses a startling stat ... read more ...
 
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Returns.com, PMG.com And More Domain Name Movers - Welcome to the latest round of company domain name movers. This series exclusively digs deep to find new acquired domain names, newly registered domain names and simply domain movers owned by some of the largest companies on the internet, plus more. Here we go with a huge list of domain movers! Betaworks Studio, LLC has registered the domain name VitePad.com Schroders plc and asset management company registered the domain name IncomeIQ.com on 12/12/2014 and is redirecting it to Schroders.com, has ... read more ...
 
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New TLDs this week: .Flowers and .Wedding - Pick out your .flowers arrangement for the .wedding. Two top level domain names launch this week, and it’s fitting that they launch near the same time. Uniregistry launches .Flowers on Tuesday, April 7. You can pick these domains up at a number of registrars for about $20-$30. Of course, flowers are a key component of any wedding, and Minds + Machines launches .wedding on Wednesday. .Wedding domains are priced about the same as .flowers at retail, with prices in the $20-$30 range. There’s already ... read more ...
 
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.Com's winners and losers update - Rightside had a good December in terms of transfer gains. ICANN has published Verisign’s .com transaction report from December, giving us an idea of which domain name registrars are winning and losing customers through transfers. eNom had the biggest net gain from transfers, while Moniker had the biggest net outflow. Here are the top 5* net winners from December: 1. eNom +26,948 2. Uniregistrar +13,842 3. NameSilo +6,829 4. Name.com +6,044 (same company as eNom) 5. HiChina +5,699 * I’ve ignored ... read more ...
 
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Do Domain Extensions Matter ? One investigate says if it is .Com, You Betcha - Website Magazine asked the question: “Do Domain Extensions Matter ?” They went on to cite a recent study from Interbrand that stated 94 percent of consumers correctly recalled .COM while only 7 percent correctly recalled a new domain extension. From the article: In addition to memorability, Interbrand’s study sheds light on clickability. In fact, the data shows that 61 percent of consumers who were shown a search results page displaying similar Web addresses with different extensions still ... read more ...
 
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Gail.com Gets 5,000 Hits Per Day, No Ads and Not For Sale - First names in .com are some of the more valuable virtual real estate out there online, Susan.com sold for $34,000 at the 2015 NamesCon auction. Justin showed the world his life on Justin.tv. Some use modified or less popular versions of a first name to brand their business, Lynda.com is one popular example. Mike stumbled upon Gail.com and the FAQ on the site is rather interesting, the domain was a gift from a husband to a wife back in 1996 when most did not even understand domain names. Hello and ... read more ...
 
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$7500 For Easter.Sucks + 3K A Year, Or EasterSucks.com For $8 A Year? - The new gTLD program was supposed to in part  index the domain name by verticals, interests   and geographical areas. They jury is still out on whether a photographer named John Smith would be better off with John Smith.Photography or JohnSmith.com or JohnSmithPhotographer.com However when it comes to some extensions like .sucks where the selling point is the expression of free speech it gets a little more complicated. Consider someone who hates the once a year holiday of Easter. So if you have ... read more ...
Sun 5th April 2015
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$7,500 For Easter.Sucks + 3K A Year, Or EasterSucks.com For $8 A Year? - The new gTLD program was supposed to in part  index the domain name by verticals, interests   and geographical areas. They jury is still out on whether a photographer named John Smith would be better off with John Smith.Photography or JohnSmith.com or JohnSmithPhotographer.com However when it comes to some extensions like .sucks where the selling point is the expression of free speech it gets a little more complicated. Consider someone who hates the once a year holiday of Easter. So if you have ... read more ...
 
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8 Facts About Choosing The Right Domain Name from a Huffington Post - In an article titled “8 Facts About Choosing The Right Domain Name” Bradley Glonka used the words domainer and cybersquatter interchangeably, “In some cases, you may discover that the domain name you want is owned by someone called a “domainer” or “cybersquatter” – a person who registers tons of likely-to-be-desired domain names to sell them at a serious profit.” The above mentioned quote was apart of fact #7, the article discussed things like owning more than one domain, but not ... read more ...
 
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La revolución de los nuevos dominios en la red toma forma - Internet está atravesando una revolución silenciosa marcada por el florecimiento de centenares de nuevos dominios que se distancian del “punto com” para redefinir quién es quién en la red de redes, un negocio de millones de dólares que enfrenta en subastas a los gigantes tecnológicos. Se trata de una transformación paulatina que comenzó en 2011, cuyo impacto se empezó a notar en 2014 y que, cuando concluya, habrá añadido al menos 1.300 nomenclaturas al ciberespacio, los llamados ... read more ...
Sat 4th April 2015
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.CASINO gTLD Launches Sunrise - You are responsible for reading, understanding and agreeing to the National Law Review's (NLR’s) and the National Law Forum LLC's  Terms of Use and Privacy Policy before using the National Law Review website. The National Law Review is a free to use, no-log in database of legal and business articles. The content and links on www.NatLawReview.com are intended for general information purposes only. Any legal analysis, legislative updates or other content and links should not be construed ... read more ...
 
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NYPost.com: "Gotham’s ‘.nyc’ is fastest flourishing city domain on Internet" - Josh Kosman wrote a an article on Friday night with regards to .NYC and the rest of the new city gtlds. Kosman used data from Domain Punch that stipulated that 72,000 freebies should not be included in the totals for .Berlin, so with that technicality, .NYC is the leader in paid registrations. From the article: New York City is on the fast track to becoming the dot-com capital of the world. The rush to grab the city’s digital real estate — or addresses ending in .nyc — has made the Big Apple’s ... read more ...
 
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Launch of gTLD .sucks - Brand owners should take note of the newly launched Top Level Domain (TLD). As of 30 March 2015, the .sucks domain names may be purchased for the purpose of creating an online platform where consumers can create a forum to criticise businesses. If you are concerned about the use of your trade mark with the .sucks domain names, it is recommended that you apply for the registration of the corresponding .sucks domain names to protect your core trade mark(s). There is a sunrise period ... read more ...
 
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Launch Of gTLD .sucks - 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 ...
 
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Registrar Promo Leads to 10,000 Paid .Link Registrations Per Frank Schilling Tweet -

Frank Schilling tweeted out late tonight that there were 10,000 new .link registrations combined as a outcome of a registrar promo.

Via: thedomains.com

Fri 3rd April 2015
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April 1: updated status of sunrise periods and trademark claims notification periods - As we previously reported to you (click here to view April 29, 2013 TLD article), the internet is expanding to include hundreds of new top-level-domains (TLDs) (examples of TLDs as we know them today include .com, .net. and .org – i.e., the term that is to the right of the "dot"). While the only certainty at that time was that the launch was inevitable, like it or not, it's finally here (click here to view January 9, 2014 Sunrise article). Frost Brown Todd will be sending out updates ... read more ...
 
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Mise à jour de la fiche Devolo pour les adaptateurs CPL dLAN - Nous venons de référencer sur TLD une trentaine de fichiers pour les adaptateurs courant porteur en ligne (CPL) de marque Devolo c'est à dire pour la gamme de produits réseau dLAN USB, Ethernet et Wi-Fi. Si parmi les drivers, firmwares et applications ajoutées, certains datent d'il y a déjà quelques mois voire quelques années, en revanche, plusieurs mises à jour sont sorties relativement récemment à savoir fin 2014 et début 2015. Citons par exemple de nouveaux micrologiciels pour les ... read more ...