Monthly Archives: October 2015

Tue 13th October 2015
Written by DomainHack.er in ES and tagged
¿Por qué Google compró el dominio del abecedario completo? - Google compró el dominio abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com, según puede verse en la página de registro de dominios Icann Whois. La adquisición se concretó unos días después de que saliera a Bolsa Alphabet (alfabeto, en español), su nueva empresa matriz que alberga gran parte de los negocios del gigante de las búsquedas. La compañía se había dado cuenta de las dificultades de buscarle un domino en Internet a su nueva estructura. ABC.com y alphabet.com son propiedad de la cadena televisiva ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four Media races past 1000000 domain names – Virtual - One million domain names have been registered in Famous Four Media’s registriesTuesday, 13 October 2015, Gibraltar: Famous Four Media, a global leader in the provision of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), today announced that is has passed one million domain name registrations. “They always say the first million is the hardest,” exclaimed a delighted Geir Rasmussen, CEO of Famous Four Media. “It has taken us five years of preparation and hard work but I am over the moon to announce ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
NameJet's Sep in Review - Looks like July, 2 months ago, was just a dress rehearsal for September at NameJet. During July, the auction platform set its all-time record by selling an LL.com for $555k. As for September? $694k. Also, back in July, NameJet set a record total for individual sales at or above $2k: $1.05 million. And September? $1.32 million. Both months are less impressive once that outlier LL.com result is removed. (Last month’s 102 sales don’t begin to approach the 148 we saw in January.) Yet even subtracting ... read more ...
 
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WIPO Publishes 2014 UDRP Figures & 2015 YTD: 14% of WIPO’s 2015 Cases Are New gTLD's - The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)  released it annual report yesterday for 2014 and Year to Date numbers through September 2015 for cases it decided under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (“UDRP”) Cases filed ins 2014 were up only 2% from 2013,  with 2,634 cases being lodged by trademarks owners claiming abuse of their mark. Country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) – accounted for 13% of all filings in 2014 with 71 national domain registries now designating ... read more ...
 
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.Radio field plead Independent Review Process - Companies ask for independent review in .radio decision. Three applicants for the .radio top level domain name have filed for the Independent Review Process (IRP) after losing out to a community applicant. Donuts, Afilias and BRS Media all lost their bids for the .radio domain name after European Broadcasting Union (EBU) prevailed in the Community Priority Evaluation. EBU scored 14 of 16 points, the minimum required to gain community status. The three losing applicants subsequently filed a Request ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four Media Becomes 3rd New gTLD Registry To Pass 1 Million Domains - According to a Press Release out today, Famous Four Media has become the 3rd new gTLD registry to pass one million domain names. Donuts was the first to hit 1,000,000 domain registrations but they  offer well over  100 new domain extensions for sale. .XYZ was the second registry to hit 1,000,000 domain names but they did that only on 1 new domain extension .XYZ. According to the press release; Famous Four Media “reached this milestone in just over a year following the launch of its first Top ... read more ...
Mon 12th October 2015
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My Trefis - We'd like to welcome Trefis to the domain community. And since it appears they're going to write reports, we're offering to help get them up to speed on new TLDs. For example: - Barclays, Marriott, Apple, Google and BMW have all transitioned from .com to new TLDs.- Registrations in new TLDs recently topped 8 million.- The number of new TLDs on the market has increased from 400 to 768.Hopefully once Trefis gets up to speed we'll see some interesting reports. [ less... ] ... read more ...
 
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Google compró un curioso dominio de nombre extra largo - [2015-10-12] A la hora de adquirir un dominio en internet –es decir, una dirección-, una de las máximas para tener éxito es que sea fácil de memorizar, de pronunciar y de encontrar. Sin embargo, una gran firma tecnológica ha comprado uno que parece tan atípico como abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com.   Y si de por sí parece difícil de entender, la sorpresa puede ser mayor incluso al descubrir que el comprador de tan intrincado nombre es precisamente una que sabe muy bien de posicionamiento ... read more ...
 
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Quick Poll: What Will Be The High Bid On Health.Org - Earlier today we posted about a Godaddy.com expired domain name auction underway for health.org. The auction still has over 9 days to go as of publication. Assuming the domain auction does not get called off because the owner renews the domain name we opened a poll question to ask “What Will High Bid Be For The Domain .Health.org?” The poll is located on the right about half way down the page. For bragging rights you can also put you’re actual prediction in the comments beow With bidding at ... read more ...
 
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Websites with .Cloud Domain Name Begin Going Live - A number of companies are rushing to take full advantage of the new .cloud top level domain extension that is set to be available on November 16th. Businesses within the cloud realm are already weighing to benefits of the .cloud TLD, as it could help their business stand out for the pack. The .cloud TLD gives cloud based businesses brandability, and many organizations are taking advantage of the new .cloud TLD which will give their business a unique pop on business cards, presentations and ... read more ...
 
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University of Cambridge loses box opposite Cambridge.com - University “seriously misdescribed” website in attempt to win transfer of site. The University of Cambridge has lost a cybersquatting dispute against the owner of Cambridge.com. The panel found that the University and its lawyers Stobbs IP Limited also “seriously misdescribed” contents of the domain name owner’s website. Kirkland Holdings LLC bought the Cambridge.com domain name in 2010 for $85,000. It subsequently created a website for Cambridge, United States and Cambridge, UK on the ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD's: Stock Firm Trefis Says Verisign "Doesn't Have Much To Worry About" - Stock investment firm Trefis.com issued a report on Verisign (VRSN) today entitled “The New Domain Name Game” and concluded when it comes to new gTLD’s (new domain name extensions): “It appears that VeriSign doesn’t have much to worry about, at the moment, when it comes to the introduction of new domain name extensions. “Even though the company’s market share has been reduced (52.5% in 2007 to 46.6% in 2014) and will probably continue to decline in the future due to higher competition ... read more ...
 
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Antony Van Couvering of Minds + Machines – DNW Podcast #54 - Minds + Machines’ CEO returns to the podcast to talk about new domain names. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines CEO Antony Van Couvering is back on the podcast this week. He discusses what’s happening with new top level domain names and how his company is responding. He also explains how people can partner with Minds + Machines, either to help sell domain names to communities or to develop a premium domain name into a web destination. Also: Scooping corporate plans, Frank Schilling ... read more ...
 
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Expired Domain Name Report: Over 200 names - Which do domainers need – a PriceTracker.com or a ProblemGamblingGuide.com? Both! But we’re incorrigible gamblers; so naturally we spent more to learn how to spend ($7.4k) than how not to spend ($1.6k). Indeed, PriceTracker.com was last week’s top expired domain at NameJet. Obviously, the domain can aim at a mass e-commerce audience. So if you’ve been hankering for an electric back scratcher that hums Brahms’s lullaby, track it till the blowout sale! Within the domain market right ... read more ...
 
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Avec TLD, SKF, Faiveley, la Touraine s’affirme à l’international ! - SKF inaugurera mi-octobre une plateforme d’excellence. Faiveley Transport, récemment racheté par une entreprise américaine, décroche un gros contrat auprès de la RATP. L’entreprise TLD s’étend sur le site de Sorigny. Coup de projecteur sur ces entreprises qui font rayonner la Touraine à l’international. SAINT-CYR, LA VITRINE DU SUÉDOIS SKFLe 13 octobre prochain, l’équipementier industriel suédois SKF, basé à Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, inaugurera une nouvelle plateforme ... read more ...
 
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Health.Org Tops $141,000 In Bidding In Expired Domain GoDaddy.com Auction - .Health.org is in an expired domain name auction at GoDaddy.com and bidding has topped $141,000 with over 9 days to go. According to the stats shown on the GoDaddy auction page, the 22 year old domain is estimated to get almost 7,000 visitors a month. Arguably the domain name Health.org is one of the top 5 best possible and most valuable .org domain names. As of publication there are only 17 active bidders on the domain, but the only way to become an active bidder is to top the current high bid ... read more ...
 
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New Domain Extension .Cloud Announces 1st Three Pioneers: Sets Out Launch Dates - The new domain name extension .cloud, announced today over the coming weeks, more than 30 Pioneers will begin using .cloud domains starting with ScreenCloud, a London-founded SaaS company, which is “creating powerful, easy-to-use products to help businesses and retailers take control of their digital signage. Screen.Cloud has built the new. cloud into its entire company branding, recognizing the relevance of the domain over a standard .com alternative.” “Pioneers range from market leaders ... read more ...
 
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Company Shares of Rightside Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ:NAME) Rally 3.06% - Shares of Rightside Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ:NAME) rose by 3.06% in the past week and 8.89% for the last 4 weeks. The shares have underperformed the SP 500 by 0.19% during the past week but Rightside Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ:NAME) has outperformed the index in 4 weeks by 5.99%.Rightside Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ:NAME) rose 0.75% or 0.06 points on Friday and made its way into the gainers of the day. After trading began at $8.05 the stock was seen hitting $8.34 as a peak level and $7.83 as the lowest level. The stock ... read more ...
Sun 11th October 2015
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Community bid for ‘.gay’ web domains rejected again - A group representing the LGBT community has had its bid to control ‘.gay’ domains rejected by internet watchdog ICANN. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) handles the creation of new top level domains (TLD) to rival .com and .org – from .ninja to .eco. The body was criticized last year when it refused to hand over control of the ‘.gay’ ... read more ...
 
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Application for .gay web domain turned down - It wants to run .gay as a "community TLD", meaning it would operate the registry of websites on behalf of the gay community. But its evaluation, carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of ICANN, said the .gay string did not match the community that dotgay claims to represent, which includes "male or female homosexuals, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, ally and many other terminology" according to its application. "The Community Priority Evaluation panel has determined that ... read more ...
 
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Godaddy .Miami Domain Name Auctions Hit The 4 Figures - .Miami went live for General Availability (GA), where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis, on October 2nd. .Miami did not have a landrush or an Early Access Program (EAP) .Miami is being managed on behalf of the city of Miami by Minds + Machines which has premium registration and renewal domains as well as reserved domain names. Godaddy has had a policy for all new gTLD launches, if more than 1 person pre-registers a domain name and they catch the domain, then the domain ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Announces New Registry Termination Webpage – ag-IP - Home / ICANN Announces New Registry Termination Webpage / LOS ANGELES - ICANN launched a new gTLD Registry Agreement Termination Information Page on icann.org. This webpage will be the source of all current information related to any requests for termination of a gTLD Registry Agreement, a press release by the Corporation stated. Under the gTLD Registry Agreement, a Registry Operator or ICANN may terminate pursuant to certain requirements. ... read more ...
Sat 10th October 2015
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Better Pay Attention As ICANN Opens Up Comment Period For Changes To UDRP & URS - “The report makes it clear that UDRP reform is going to be on the table and well as the addition of NEW RPM meaning its possible that a new procedure in addition to The UDRP and the URS might be recommend. “The UDRP was created in 1999 to resolve disputes concerning disputes over entitlement to domain names registered at the second level of the DNS. It is an ICANN Consensus Policy that is applicable to all gTLDs, including those launching under the New gTLD Program. The uniform operation of ... read more ...
Fri 9th October 2015
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.NYC Gets Around 650 Domain Registrations Out Of 16k+ On The ICANN Collision List - .NYC celebrated its one year anniversary yesterday by releasing over 16,000 domain names which were previously unavailable due to being placed on the ICANN collision list. We ran the list through a whois program earlier today and according to the results somewhere around 650 of these domain names got registered. If you have ever gone through an ICANN collision list a substantial percentage of the list contains a lot of nonsensical domains, containing random letters and/or numbers or are otherwise ... read more ...
 
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L’étude par l’ICANN des noms de domaine en 2 caractères lettre+lettre -   Partager cet article :Quels noms de domaines acceptés en 2 caractères ?Les règles concernant les noms de domaine à 2 caractères ne sont pas identiques selon que ce soit un ccTLD ou un gTLD.Lorsque l’on parle de ccTLD, les règles sont établies par les registres locaux. En 2015, on a pu voir la libération des 1 et 2 caractères pour certaines extensions, comme le .FR ou le .IE, toutes combinaisons confondues.En revanche, pour les gTLDs, une grande partie de la politique de nommage est ... read more ...