Author Archives: DomainHack.er

Tue 24th June 2014
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Les ‘TLD de villes’ ciblent de petites entreprises locales - Bientôt, l’on pourra enregistrer une extension .gent, .brussels ou .vlaanderen. Les conséquences possibles sont illustrées par .berlin, qui a récemment lancé les enregistrements. .berlin a démarré le 18 mars et recense actuellement 140.000 enregistrements. Selon Dirk Krischenowski, CEO et fondateur du nouveau domaine de haut niveau, il y a du potentiel pour un million d’enregistrements. Par comparaison, .de en compte quelque seize millions pour l’instant. A la demande de Data News, ... read more ...
 
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What Google’s latest business move means for trademark counsel - The news that Google is to get into the business of selling domain names will send shockwaves through the registrar world. However, the news is not only significant for the domain name industry - should the move greatly increase public awareness of (and engagement with) new gTLDS, it will also lead to an even bigger online world for trademark counsel to police. Google has been a lead player in the gTLD expansion, ranking second only to Donuts in terms of application numbers. As well as placing ... read more ...
 
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Internet-Domains: Google wird zum Registrar - Bei Google wird man bald auch Domains registrieren können, Strohmann-Dienst inklusive. Derzeit ist es ein Beta-Test "nur auf Einladung". Google steigt in das Geschäft mit Domain-Registrierungen ein. In absehbarer Zeit wird es möglich sein, bei dem Datenkonzern Domains aller Art zu registrieren. Der Dienst heißt Google Domains und läuft bereits als Beta-Test, zur Teilnahme ist eine Einladung erforderlich. Google strebt nach eigenen Angaben danach, möglichst viele der ... read more ...
 
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Brits confused by new TLDs, survey indicates - Ravi Mandalia On June 24, 2014 According to a survey carried out by domain marketplace Sedo, nearly half of all Brits are unaware about new Top-Level Domains (TLDs) making UK the second most unaware country as far as TLDs is concerned. Out of the 1,150 individuals who were surveyed from the UK, US, China ... read more ...
 
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France sparks .wine address row ahead of Icann meeting - 23 June 2014 Last updated at 14:17 By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News Champagne must be called sparkling wine if it is not produced in the French region of that name France has expressed anger at the organisation responsible for assigning internet domains over the planned launch of .wine and .vin addresses. The Internet Corporation for Assigned ... read more ...
Mon 23rd June 2014
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.NGO domain name: a go or no go for charities and NGOs? - Earlier this year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) released more than 1,000 new top-level domain names, or “TLDs”. You will recognise .com and .co.uk domain names, as well as the TLD favoured by charities – .org or org.uk. But with the slew of new domain suffixes, from .ngo to .xyz (yes, there really is a .xyz domain), it is now more difficult than ever to understand what you as a charity of not-for-profits to focus on. For example, if you live or work in the ... read more ...
 
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Does gTLD Registration Volume Measure Success? - For some time, the measure of success of a TLD was volume of registrations, or strictly speaking, Domains Under Management (DUMs). Who better than .com to validate the truth of that metric? More recently, this same metric has been applied to new gTLDs, especially those who achieve volume quickly, by whatever means necessary. These gTLDs are fawned over, written about, and effectively set up as the standard for other gTLDs to aspire to. But I'd like to challenge that notion. The quick accumulation ... read more ...
 
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TechCrunch Covers The New Google Domains Registrar & Google Talks About … - TechCrunch.com just covered the new Google Domains name registrar. The only surprise for TechCrunch is that its taken Google so long to get into the business: “The move makes enough sense that it’s actually kind if surprising that it’s taken Google this long. ” “While domains aren’t generally considered a massive-margin business, they’ve always seemed like a glaring omission in Google’s offerings; a missing puzzle piece, almost. Need email for your domain? Google does that. Need ... read more ...
 
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The .Wine Domains are Coming, and France Is Shockingly Not Amused - Jul 2, 2014 9:55AM ET  /  812 Views Game of Thrones By Polly Mosendz Useless messaging apps are certainly having a moment, but now, we are seeing a whole new level of ... read more ...
 
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This Is Why France Is Fighting a .Wine Domain Tooth and Nail - These domains could threaten France's desire to "preserve the cultural diversity" built on Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne. Time.com Subscribe Newsletters Feedback Privacy Policy California Privacy Rights Terms of Use Ad Choices Subscribe TAP TIME Tech Tech The Ay commune in France's Champagne region, where grapes are harvested ... read more ...
 
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AFNIC Examines the 50/50 Theory for New TLDs - AFNIC recently conducted a test examining validity of the claim that the number of domain names registered by the end of the 1st day of the public opening of a TLD amounts to 50% of the stock that the TLD will achieve by the end of its 1st month, and that the latter number will represent 50% of the stock at the end of the 1st year. Related topics: Top-Level Domains ... read more ...
 
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La Région s’offre le « .alsace », un coin sur le net - Effectivement, le process est très long, mais le dossier est complexe, il y a eu le dossier de candidature, puis le dépôt du dossier à l’Icann, puis des discussions avec l’Icann puis la validation du dossier, puis la préparation et discussion du contrat, et enfin la signature officielle du contrat aujourd’hui (et je passe volontairement des étapes). La signature est une vraie info fraiche, même si, pour ceux qui suivent le dossier, cette signature était dans « le pipe » depuis ... read more ...
 
 
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New Domain Name Study: China More Advanced - Sedo shared the results of a study it conducted to gauge awareness about the new gTLD domain names by people in several countries. Sedo published the results of its “International TLD Awareness Report” on its website (pdf), and I thought I would share some of the key themes from the study that were published and shared with me this morning. Keep in mind that this was a broad study, but it wasn’t huge, as it “queried more than 1,150 individuals from the United States, United Kingdom, ... read more ...
 
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Hotellerie erhält Zuschlag für Internet-Endung «.hotel» - Für die Top-Level-Domain (TLD) «.hotel» gab es insgesamt sieben unterschiedliche Bewerber, wobei allein Hotel Top-Level-Domain S.à.r.l. mit Sitz in Luxemburg die Unterstützung der Hotellerie hatte, darunter hotelleriesuisse, HOTREC und die International Hotel Restaurant Association (IHRA), und letztlich eine erfolgreiche Community-Bewerbung abgeben konnte. Diese Community-Bewerbung sieht vor, dass sich ausschliesslich Hotels, Hotelketten, Hotelverbände und Hotel-Marketingorganisationen ... read more ...
 
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Research on New Internet Domain Names Shows U.S. and Europe Lag Behind … - Sedo, the world's largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced the findings of a survey that queried more than 1,150 individuals from the United States, United Kingdom, China and Germany about their perception and awareness of new Top-Level Domains (TLDs). The survey, conducted in May 2014, revealed a number of insights into the global domain name market, including data showing that China is much more advanced than the other countries when it comes to awareness of new top-level ... read more ...
 
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Hotellerie setzt sich gegen Wettbewerber durch und erhält von ICANN den … - (Berlin) – Wie die Internetverwaltungsorganisation ICANN auf ihrer Homepage mitteilt, erhält die von den Hotelverbänden weltweit unterstützte Firma Hotel Top-Level-Domain S.à.r.l. im Kampf um die begehrte Top-Level-Domain (TLD) “.hotel” den Zuschlag. Das in Luxemburg ansässige mittelständische Unternehmen erhielt damit im langjährigen Bewerbungsverfahren den Zuschlag gegen starke Konkurrenz. “Zum ersten Mal überhaupt wurde von ICANN der begehrte Community-Status an einen Bewerber ... read more ...
 
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Hotellerie setzt sich gegen Wettbewerber durch und erhält von ICANN den … - (PREGAS) Wie die Internetverwaltungsorganisation ICANN auf ihrer Homepage mitteilt, erhält die von den Hotelverbänden weltweit unterstützte Firma Hotel Top-Level-Domain S.à.r.l. im Kampf um die begehrte Top-Level-Domain (TLD) „.hotel“ den Zuschlag. Das in Luxemburg ansässige mittelständische Unternehmen erhielt damit im langjährigen Bewerbungsverfahren den Zuschlag gegen starke Konkurrenz. „Zum ersten Mal überhaupt wurde von ICANN der begehrte Community-Status an ... read more ...
Sun 22nd June 2014
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I Don’t Get Why France Thinks Special Protections Should be Granted To One … - I have been following the .Wine/ .Vin issue for what seems like years now. I get why Wine makers from Napa and France and Italy and Germany are concerned about the .Wine New gTLD and .Vin New gTLD. Like any other business on earth, the new gTLD program has the potential to  verticalize  the internet providing a new gTLD for each business sector, class of products,  professions or services. Having said that the some in the Wine industry  is seeking to make the granting of a .Wine and or .Vin new ... read more ...
 
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Interlink steht vor Einführung der neuen Internet-Domain ".moe" für Anime … - Tokio (ots/PRNewswire) - Interlink Co., Ltd., ein neuer Domain-Registry-Betreiber, gab am 17. Juni bekannt, dass die einzigartigste Top-Level-Domain (TLD)(1) des gesamten Internets ".moe" ab Dienstag, den 17. Juni für die Öffentlichkeit zugänglich ist. (Foto: http://prw.kyodonews.jp/opn/release/201406171490/ [http://prw.kyodonews.jp/opn/release/201406171490/] ) Der Begriff "moe" (beschreibt eine besondere Affinität für fiktive Figuren, Menschen, Tiere, etc.; wird "moh-ay" ... read more ...
 
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Governments in combative mood over gTLD safeguard mechanisms - With ICANN’s London meeting underway, governments have wasted no time in resulting hostilities over the availability of additional safeguards for geographical indicators (GIs) in the ‘.wine’ and ‘.vin’ strings. World Trademark Review has previously reported on the arguments over the two strings, with ICANN’s New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) recently giving them the go-ahead to proceed without any additional safeguards for GIs. Last week, with the London meeting fast approaching, ... read more ...
Sat 21st June 2014
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Inu stresses on CCTLDS at CDNSF meet - Dhaka:  Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu has emphasized on the development of Country Code Top Level Domains (CCTLDS) for each country at the first Commonwealth Domain Name System Forum (CDNSF) -2014 conference in London. The minister said it while presiding over the session on “Investment and Innovation in Domain Name System” on the first day of the two- day conference on Thursday at London Hilton Metropole Hotel. Commonwealth Domain Name System Forum-2014 conference was organized by Commonwealth ... read more ...
 
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Implementation of .bd domain stressed - Editor : Moazzem Hossain, Published by the Editor for International Publications Limited from Tropicana Tower (4th floor), 45, Topkhana Road, GPO Box : 2526 Dhaka- 1000 and printed by him from City Publishing House Ltd., 1 RK Mission Road, Dhaka-1000. Telephone : PABX : 9553550 (Hunting), 9513814, 7172017 and 7172012  Fax : 880-2-9567049. E-mail: editor@thefinancialexpress-bd.com, tfe@bangla.net, fe@accesstel.net and fexpress68@gmail.com ... read more ...
Fri 20th June 2014
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Is That Site Secure? Look for the .Trust Domain - How do you know if a website is trustworthy? You can look for the little lock icon in the URL bar, or avoid clicking links from unknown sources, but even the most tech-savvy person can sometimes find it difficult to decipher between real and malicious websites. Enter the .trust domain. As part of a domain-name expansion effort from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the NCC Group will handle sites housed on the .trust domain (like PCMag.trust, for example) after acquiring ... read more ...
 
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Will A New gTLDs Make The Internet A Safer Place? - Describing the internet as the new Wild West, NCC Group hopes to create a secure “gated community” through a new generic top-level domain (gTLD), aptly named .trust.  The British security company hopes the new domain will be an elite island of safety within the dangers of the Internet for companies willing to pay to use the domain. In a world of ever increasing cybersecurity risk, however, it remains to be seen what level of security this new domain will be able ... read more ...