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Fri 2nd May 2014
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Takeaways from ICANN 49 in Singapore - As you may know, the most recent public Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meeting concluded at the end of March in Singapore. Our new gTLD (generic top-level domain) team has closely examined developments at the meeting and carefully distilled several hot topics and takeaways at a high level. In advance of ICANN 49, we predicted major developments in several areas, including: ongoing refinements to Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) safeguard advice; ... read more ...
 
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Brand owners share their gTLD strategies - 28 April 2014 New gTLDs are a reality: the names of leading brands can be bought on new domains now for as little as $15. So how should brand owners protect themselves, while keeping costs down? James Nurton provides a step-by-step ... read more ...
 
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Donuts To Exceed 100 New gTLDs With May Launches - More Related Stories email article print page <![CDATA[ ]]> .UNIVERSITY, .VACATIONS, .FLIGHTS, .CRUISES, .PICTURES and .MEDIA among those slated for launch in May May 01, 2014 -- BELLEVUE, Wash., May 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --Donuts Inc., the world's largest registry for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), continues its expansion of the Internet's global addressing system in May by making ... read more ...
Thu 1st May 2014
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NIRA registers 16, 981 new domain names, renews 7, 571 - The administrator of the Nigeria’s .ng country code Top Level Domain, ccTLD, the Nigeria Internet Registration Association said it registered additional 16, 981 domain names in 2013 while another 7, 571 were renewed during the year. This was disclosed by the President, NIRA, Mrs. Mary Uduma, during the 6th Annual General Meeting, AGM, of the association in Lagos this week. NIRA is the manager and the non-governmental self-regulatory body for the .ng ccTLD and its associated sub level domain ... read more ...
 
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Donuts continues Internet land grab, launching .fail, .toys, .WTF and other domains - Want to register tech.expert? It could be available for purchase on May 7. Donuts, the Bellevue-based domain name registrar, is continuing the rapid expansion of its portfolio of new top-level domains (TLDs) this month by making 13 new swaths of web property available to interested buyers, including .expert, .foundation, .cruises and .condos. In addition to that, trademark holders will be able to pre-register 11 new domains, including .wtf and .pictures with the company. Those upcoming ... read more ...
 
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New Travel-Themed Domains Rolling Out - Generic top-level domain (gTLDs) registry Donuts is showing no signs of slowing down its efforts to expand the Internet's global address system. After launching its first wave of new domains earlier this year, the company on Thursday announced plans to make 13 new gTLDs available to the general public this month, including .cruises, .flights, and .vacations. With the new additions, Donuts is on track to exceed 100 gTLDs by the end of the month. Other domains slated for general availability this ... read more ...
 
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April 29: updated status of sunrise periods and trademark claims notification … - 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 ... read more ...
 
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Google Testing A Version of Chrome that hides the URL - Venture Beat covered a story today that will peak the interest of domain investors. Do we still need the URL — that gangly collection of slashes and gobbledygook? A new experimental version of the Google Chrome browser says no. Chrome Canary, like the legendary canary lowered into mines to early-detect dangerous gases, is a leading-edge version of the Chrome browser. Google uses it to test out ideas, and one idea in the new Chrome 36 version of Canary is to bury the full URL into the top-level ... read more ...
 
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Rightside Signs With Architelos For NameSentry Service Used By 44% Of All … - Architelos, Inc., the premier provider of automated domain name abuse detection and mitigation services, announced it has reached 44% market share for its SaaS based NameSentry abuse detection and mitigation service. Architelos has implemented, or is in the process of implementing NameSentry abuse detection and mitigation service for 172 or 44% of the new gTLDs. Architelos recently concluded an agreement with Rightside™ for providing NameSentry abuse detection and mitigation service for all gTLDs ... read more ...
 
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Architelos’ NameSentry Abuse Mitigation Service Adopted by 44% of New … – Virtual - Architelos, Inc., the premier provider of automated domain name abuse detection and mitigation services, announced it has reached 44% market share for its SaaS based NameSentry abuse detection and mitigation service. According to ICANN, it has signed registry agreements for 386 new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs); a signed registry agreement is the first and critical step in the launch of any new gTLD. Architelos has implemented, ... read more ...
 
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How new top-level domains will impact retail - By Jan Corstens Partner, Deloitte Over the next few years, the Internet will be facing its biggest makeover yet when branded and generic domain names like .nyc, .shop, and .tiffany enter the existing field of Top Level Domains (TLDs) such as .com and .org. The decision by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to introduce thousands of new TLDs to the web was intended to increase innovation on the Internet and open up opportunities for users to make their mark online. Brands ... read more ...
 
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The Root and the Solution - The Internet was born in the United States as a project of the US Department of Defense and has always enjoyed a close relationship with its parent country. But recently, the United States has begun handing over one of the key functions of Internet governance — control of the Internet’s central directory — to an international body. This shift may seem just. After all, the Internet is a global piece of infrastructure. However, this devolution of control could have unsavory ramifications for ... read more ...
Wed 30th April 2014
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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | The Top 5 Things Brand Owners Need to Know … -

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | gTLDs: Your Brand in an Expanding Internet … -

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Who Will Apply for .SCOUT in Round 2 - I was pretty much suprised not to see any application for .SCOUT in round 1 of the ICANN new gTLD program. There were two applications for .GUIDE but a guide is a guide and a scout...is a scout. I remember going to meetings and introducing the potential of .SCOUT. Basically, what is say on my personal website: "I look forward to organize a team around one major Community project for round 2: String is not listed in ICANN new gTLD round 1; Population: 40 000 000 members (a little less); Turn ... read more ...
 
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How website domain expansion will impact you - By Stuart Lawley The Internet--as we surf it--is changing, thanks to the nonprofit corporation that oversees domains, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. ICANN has begun rolling out more than 1,000 new Internet suffixes, known as Top Level Domains joining .com, .net, etc. With TLDs like .bike or .technology available, it will affect everything from how we search for information, to how we shop and interact with our favorite brands online, to how we share information ... read more ...
 
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A New Blog About "New gTLDs" - There are many blogs about new gTLDs. Some are interesting, others are not. Some are about domaining in which new gTLDs are included, some are from Law Firms and rather repetitive about the necessity to protect a brand in the Trademark Clearinghouse and how URS is the best (billable) mechanism to protect the brand; some are truly about domain names and remain must-read; very few are about new gTLDs only. I am partial to those from Law Firms which develop and offer their own gTLD products, ... read more ...
 
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gTLD weekly update: .NYC is ready for salida del sol, are you? - The sun sets on several new gTLDs The Sunrise period has ended, or will by Monday, for the new gTLDs listed below. Click here to view the Table After Sunrise, gTLDs enter a Landrush period — when individuals seeking second-level domains within a new gTLD can pay for pre-registration — before they become available to the general public. (Read more about Landrush in last week’s gTLD post.) If any of these gTLDs are of interest to your brands or business, now is the time to ... read more ...
 
 
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Minds + Machines excited by .yoga and .garden domain name wins - Minds + Machines (LON:MMX), a big name in the Internet top level domain game, has secured the uncontested application rights for the .garden and .yoga domains. Following hot on the heels of Tuesday’s successful launch of the .london generic top level domain (gTLD), where Minds + Machines is the registry service provider, the company has added .garden and .yoga to its portfolio of gTLDs after an auction process. The auction process is unusual and worth explaining as it gives an insight into Minds ... read more ...
 
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New Top-Level Domain Extensions May Help travel Domains Increase … - More Related Stories email article print page <![CDATA[ ]]>   April 29, 2014 -- Seattle, WA (PRWEB) April 29, 2014 Since late 2013, new top-level domain extensions, also known as TLDs, have become available. As new TLDs become more common, these new domain extensions will help domain owners increase credibility. As more and more website owners embrace new top-level domains, more and more end users will be exposed to these ... read more ...
 
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La Top 10 dei nomi di dominio internet -    numero di 07/05/2014 A pochi mesi dall’effettiva introduzione sul mercato dei nuovi gTLDs (Generic Top Level Domains – domini generici di primo livello), sono già più di 200 le estensioni registrabili. A livello globale ne sono state registrate oltre 480.000 e le richieste di pre-registrazione/registrazione attraverso Register.it e gli altri store del Gruppo DADA sono in costante crescita. Nei prossimi mesi continueranno a ... read more ...
Tue 29th April 2014
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Top 10 New gTLDs Gobbling Up Nearly Half of Sales Leaving 92 Others to Fight … - Several, like current leader, .guru (with 53,195), got off to a fast start only to see the momentum quickly fade. New #4, IDN 在线 (Chinese for .online), introduced just yesterday, had an impressive ... read more ...
 
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Uniregstry’s Affiliate Program To Date: 5367 Clicks No Transactions, No Revenue - We turned on the Uniregisty’s Affiliate program about 10 days ago, that places a banner on the bottom of parked pages marketing new gTLD’s registrations. So far the results have been less than impressive As you can see below we have had almost 5,500 clicks, no transactions and no revenue. Today, Domaininvesting.com, wrote about some new landing pages for Franks own portfolio: “In place of the PPC links, Schilling has put a call to action to encourage visitors to search for domain names ending ... read more ...
 
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