Monthly Archives: June 2015

Fri 12th June 2015
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Almost All Of Free .Berlin Domain Names Have Expired 37K So Far - .Berlin had over 31,000 domain names expire yesterday adding to the previous day where over 36,000 domain names expired. .Berlin about a year ago allowed free domain registrations for 2 days, which totaled somewhere between 70,000-75,000 domain names with two registrants picking up almost 70,000 domain names just between the two. Now that these free domain names have come up for renewal it seems very few have been renewed. Basically we are seeing 67,000 of the free domain names have expired At the ... read more ...
 
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ECTA: ICANN hears brand owners loud and clear - Brands have suggested several areas where the new gTLD programme needs to be improved, a representative of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said at the European Communities Trade Mark Association conference in Hamburg. Fabien Betremieux, senior registry services and engagement manager in the global domain division at ICANN, shared that brand owners are finding it difficult to keep track of the implementation schedules of so many new TLDs. "There are also concerns ... read more ...
 
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These keywords saw a spike in registrations final month - Options, Limos among popular keywords in new .com domains. Verisign has published its monthly “trending” keywords report, which finds keywords that have suddenly become more popular in .com domain name registrations. Based on the results, it would seem a lot of people got rich off stock options, used the money to buy a Tesla and became used to the keyless entry, causing them to forget their house keys and have to call a locksmith. Here are the top ten for May: 1. Options 2. Holo 3. Locksmith 4. ... read more ...
 
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Godaddy's Ad For .Show Might Lead To A Lot Of Cybersquatting -                     Godaddy has a webpage dedicated to the upcoming new gTLD .show Here is what Godaddy has to say about the extension: Everything from feature films to television shows to theater performances use the term “show.” If your site relates to any of those, register .show domain names for instant recognition and to distinguish yours from all the other sites flooding the web.” Hum Well if you’re a movie or television studio, producer or owner of the TV show, movie or ... read more ...
 
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Kevin Ham and Mike Mann let these prize-winning domain names expire - Domains that won $5,000 in Verisign contest used to be owned by well-known domain name investors. Verisign found some great domains for the final five $5,000 winners in its Internet Official contest. All five were previously registered. Interestingly, a couple well-known domainers used to own two of the domain names: Kevin Ham and Mike Mann. Based on DomainTools’ whois history, it seems they let the domain names expire. Here is the history behind the five winning domains: Delectablegarden.com ... read more ...
 
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Over 1.3 Million Piping Hot Donuts to Come Out of the New Domain Registry’s … - Regarding the release of the more than 1.3 million previously reserved domains, Donuts Co-Founder and CEO Paul Stahura said, "This is an ... read more ...
Thu 11th June 2015
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Argentina, Brasil y México están entre los Top 20 países del mundo fuentes de … - Los nuevos dominios de nivel superior como .work o .science han sido objetivo de los ciberdelincuentes en el primer trimestre del año, según Kaspersky Lab En enero de 2014 empezó el programa New gTLD de registro de nuevos dominios de nivel superior, destinados a determinadas comunidades y tipos de organización (.science o .work). La principal ventaja de este programa es que se puede escoger un dominio según el tipo de actividad o la temática del sitio web. Las nuevas oportunidades que el programa ... read more ...
 
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Donuts to release 1.4 mln domain names for registration -

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Verisign Downgraded By Zacks Partially Based on the New gTLD Program - Zacks, a publication that tracks the stock market and covers many public companies has downgraded shares of Verisign to a sell,  partially based on the new gTLD program. “”We believe that gTLD prospects, international expansion through IDNs and investments in intellectual properties will boost results over the long run. “The negative impact of search engine adjustments on domain monetization and increasing operating expenses related to marketing remain the primary headwinds in the near term. ” “Verisign ... read more ...
 
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Verisign Downgraded By Zacks Partially Based on a New gTLD Program - Zacks, a publication that tracks the stock market and covers many public companies has downgraded shares of Verisign to a sell,  partially based on the new gTLD program. “”We believe that gTLD prospects, international expansion through IDNs and investments in intellectual properties will boost results over the long run. “The negative impact of search engine adjustments on domain monetization and increasing operating expenses related to marketing remain the primary headwinds in the near term. ” “Verisign ... read more ...
 
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TLD Podcast #12: Miguel Cotto, Nicholas Walters, Deontay Wilder & more - After a brief hiatus, the podcast is back. In this episode, Diego and I recap Miguel Cotto‘s brutal knockout of Daniel Geale in defence of his lineal middleweight title. We talk about the prospect of Cotto fighting Canelo Alvarez in the fall, but we also wonder whether Cotto should consider campaigning for a rematch with Floyd Mayweather. We also break down this weekend’s fights involving Erislandy Lara, Nicholas Walters and Deontay Wilder (who are all featured in separate bouts on different ... read more ...
 
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Canada responds to ICANN about .Sucks - Move along, now… John Knubley, Deputy Minister of Industry Canada, has responded (pdf) to the letter ICANN sent to both the U.S. FTC and Canada regarding the .sucks domain name. Knubley basically states that this is not a matter for the government, and that if intellectual property rights holders think a .sucks domain infringes their mark, they already know what to do about it: Canada’s laws provide comprehensive protections for all Canadians. Canada has intellectual property, competition, criminal ... read more ...
 
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Zacks Lowers Verisign to Sell (VRSN) - Zacks downgraded shares of Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) from a hold rating to a sell rating in a research note released on Tuesday morning. According to Zacks, “Internet infrastructure assurance and domain registry services provider VeriSign reported strong first-quarter 2015 results with both earnings and revenues growing year over year. We believe that gTLD prospects, international expansion through IDNs and investments in intellectual properties will boost results over the long run. Additionally, ... read more ...
 
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The new generic top-level domains: Protecting your trademarks - Pat Fackrell Virtual real estate on the Internet is one of the best pieces of property that a business can own. A good website and a simple domain name, such as [yourtrademark].com or [yourtrademark].net, are easy and effective ways to attract and retain business. A big concern, however, is protecting [yourtrademark].com from improper use. For example, many times a third-party will register a domain name that is either identical or confusingly similar to [yourtrademark].com. If done with ... read more ...
 
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Domain Movers: FrozenVillage.com, TotallyLegit.com and More Domains - Welcome to Domain Movers! If you are new to the Domain Movers series, you can click that link and more articles just like this one, that contains early detections of domain names that have been registered, acquired and simply moving by mainly all large companies. A lot of research goes into these articles, so we hope you enjoy them as much as well like finding the domains! Here are the latest domain movers detected: WP Company LLC (Washington Post) has registered the domain names Daily202.com and ... read more ...
 
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Argentina, Brasil y México están entre los 20 países del mundo que más generan spam según Kaspersky Lab - Argentina, Brasil y México están entre los 20 países del mundo que más generan spam según Kaspersky Lab En enero de 2014 empezó el programa New gTLD de registro de nuevos dominios de nivel superior, destinados a determinadas comunidades y tipos de organización (.science o .work). La principal ventaja de este programa es que se puede escoger un dominio según el tipo de actividad o la temática del sitio web. Las nuevas oportunidades que el programa New gTLD ofrece a estos negocios tuvieron ... read more ...
 
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Argentina, Brasil y México lideran Copa América del spam - Argentina, Brasil y México están entre los 20 países del mundo que más generan spam según Kaspersky Lab En enero de 2014 empezó el programa New gTLD de registro de nuevos dominios de nivel superior, destinados a determinadas comunidades y tipos de organización (.science o .work). La principal ventaja de este programa es que se puede escoger un dominio según el tipo de actividad o la temática del sitio web. Las nuevas oportunidades que el programa New gTLD ofrece a estos negocios tuvieron ... read more ...
 
 
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Baotou.com sells for $62,000 and other lapsed domain name sales - A whopper of a sale at NameJet, as Joseph Peterson reports. This week it’s no contest. Between the top expired auction at NameJet and its runner up there yawns a chasm – a 7:1 ratio. At $9k, GameStars.com would be an impressive sale … but for the fact that China claimed its own Baotou.com for a staggering $61.8k. If you’re like me, then you’ve probably never heard of this industrial city in inner Mongolia. But it makes our smart phones and tablets possible. You see, China holds 95% of ... read more ...
 
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Registries team up to launch three car-related new gTLDs -

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) launched a focus routine for new general top-level domains (gTLDs) in Jan 2012. The new gTLD programme will outcome in an rare enlargement of a Domain Name System. At a time of writing, over 630 new gTLDs have been substituted and approximately 400 have been launched.

However, while a handful of new gTLDs…

Via: worldtrademarkreview.com

 
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Overstock Buys 3 Domains & 3 Social Net Handles For 150 Bitcoins - Exclusive to TheDomains.com: Overstock bought three domain names and three social media handles for 150 bitcoins, in December 2014, which at the time were valued at $50,000 ($380 per BTC) from Anonymous Media LLC. which is a/k/a Dotted.in Overstock bought the domain names O.ly,  O.vu and  O.cr as well as the social networking handles of  twitter.com/O; vimeo.com/O and O.tumblr.com for 150 Bitcoins. Bitcoin is presently trading down around 40% from where it was in December 2014 at $233 down ... read more ...
 
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Donuts starts releasing name collision domains - First batch of domains is now available for registration. Donuts has begun releasing domain names that were originally held back due to name collision concerns. The first set of domain names, all related to photography, became available yesterday. They are currently running through Early Access, which means they are going through a sort of Dutch auction for seven days. Next Wednesday the domains will become available at regular prices. (About 2% of domains have premium prices attached to them.) Domains ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Clears 1.369 Million Reserved Domain Names for Registration - Copyright 2015 PR Newswire. All Rights Reserved2015-06-11 BELLEVUE, Wash., June 11, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Beginning this week, Donuts Inc., the world's largest registry for new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs), will release for registration 1.369 million previously reserved domain names.  The company will make these names available in batches each week between June and September. Those interested in these valuable, frequently searched terms can secure them through accredited domain ... read more ...
 
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eUKhost??? Celebrates Anniversary of UK Domain with 1 Pound Domains - More Related Stories email article print page One of the UK's largest web hosting companies, eUKhost???, is pleased to be celebrating the first anniversary of the .UK ccTLD (country-code Top Level Domain). June 10, 2015 -- LEEDS, England, June 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --Launched on 10th June 2014, the introduction of the .uk domain marked the first time that consumers and businesses were able ... read more ...
 
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Mobile Advertising Prospects Take A Hit - Mobile Advertising has been a hot topic for the last couple years, back in April there was an article by Business Insider titled, “Mobile is growing faster than all other ad formats.” From the article: Mobile is growing faster than all other digital advertising formats in the US, as advertisers begin allocating dollars to catch the eyes of a growing class of “mobile-first” users. Historically, there has been a big disparity between the amount of time people actually spend on their smartphones ... read more ...