Author Archives: DomainHack.er

Wed 23rd April 2014
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.GOP To Launch On July 7th - The new gTLD .GOP will go live for registrations on July 7th 2014 according to a email we received from the registry The .GOP new gTLD was applied for by The Republican State Leadership Committee, (RSLC)  a group that seeks to elect Republicans to state-level offices not the National Party. According to the email; “.GOP will be major factor in the future of Republican efforts to organize, fund raise and connect voters online. ” “Soon elected officials, candidates, grassroots activists and ... read more ...
 
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Land Rush for Two Chinese gTLDs Meaning .Online and .Website Ends … - TLD Registry Ltd., the company that is introducing two new Chinese language TLDs - .在线 (.online in Chinese) and .中文网 (.website in Chinese) - has ... read more ...
 
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New York City government to launch .nyc gTLD next month - 23 April 2014   |   Alli Pyrah, New York New York will launch its own .nyc gTLD next month for businesses and individuals who want to identify themselves as having a physical location in the city ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD .WANG Launched – Here Is Why "Wang" Is Both "King" and "Net" to … - Zodiac is pleased to announce the launch of .wang. As a pinyin (the official phonetic system for transcribing Chinese characters into Latin alphabet), "wang" is the Mandarin pronunciation of a number of Chinese characters, including 王 and 网. "王" is the surname of more than 100 million Chinese around the world but it also means "king" or "best of its kind". "网" means "web" or "net". For example, one of the largest Chinese online retail platforms, "taobao.com" is known as 淘宝网 ... read more ...
 
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Sono .bike, .email e .guru i nuovi domini con più registrazioni - Primi bilanci per i nuovi gTLDs (Generic Top Level Domains – domini generici di primo livello) resi disponibili un paio di mesi fa. A fotografare la situazione ha pensato Register.it, la quale, a fronte delle oltre 200 le estensioni registrabili, ha conteggiato più di 480.000 registrazioni con un numero in costante crescita di pre-registrazioni. Ricordiamo che nei prossimi mesi continueranno a essere rilasciate nuove estensioni, tra cui le più rilevanti attese entro la fine di aprile ... read more ...
 
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YourBrand.sucks: trademark protection and the new gTLD designations - “Little more than a predatory shakedown scheme” to “enrich the domain name industry rather than benefit the broader community of Internet users.” That was how West Virginia Senator John Rockefeller described the potential registration of the .sucks generic top level domain (gTLD) by ICANN. Yet this is somewhat familiar territory for brand owners. Even before the new .sucks gTLD was proposed, there was nothing to stop someone from registering a domain using a trademarked ... read more ...
 
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Meet The 1st New gTLD Serial Cybersquatter, As Farris Nawas of Austin Loses … - The National Arbitration  Forum has suspended the domain name registration for SPANX.clothing after an examiner in a Uniform Rapid Suspension proceeding  (URS) found the registrant,  Farris Nawas of Austin Texas infringed on the trademark of Spandex. Since the only business line Spandex is involved in is clothing, it is the no-brainer type of registration that the URS was designed for. This marks the 3rd time that Farris Nawas has lost a URS on a new gTLD domain name in just 5 weeks. Mr. Nawas ... read more ...
 
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New domains carry risk of ‘name collision’ attacks: OpenDNS - Some of the new web addresses recently made available by the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) may be creating a new security risk that could compromise private networks around the world, according to analysis conducted by OpenDNS. OpenDNS offers a free domain name service for anyone accessing the Internet – taking the letters and words we type into our browser’s address bars ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Seeks Provider To Conduct A Review of The Generic Names Supporting … - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) is seeking a provider to conduct an independent review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), as mandated by ICANN’s Bylaws. The GNSO is the policy-making body responsible for generic top-level domains, such as .COM, .NET, and .ORG. Its members include representatives from generic Top Level Domains (gTLD) registries, gTLD registrars, intellectual property interest, Internet service providers, businesses and non-commercial ... read more ...
 
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Google and Samsung Among First to Sign New ICANN Registry Agreements for … - Tweet Buffer The first group of brands has signed contracts with ICANN so that they can start using their new branded top-level domains. What new forms of advertising and marketing can we expect to see? A handful of brands have entered into their contracts with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to begin operating their own registry, a historic event celebrated with little fanfare by the digital marketing community. ... read more ...
 
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Here’s why the web’s new domains will change everything… and nothing - From next month you’re going to start seeing a whole range of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) popping up online. Alongside longstanding ones like .com and .net, you’ll see geographic, special interest and brand name ones like .africa and .joburg, .sport and .radio, and potentially, .cocacola or .microsoft. Should you rush out and secure every possible permutation that vaguely relates to your existing site or business? Probably not.In the last few weeks I’ve gotten a number of emails telling ... read more ...
 
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Hacia una Internet justa y equitativa - Diversas organizaciones y personas han expresado gran incomodidad ante la forma en que el "consenso" artificial para mantener el statu quo en la gobernanza de Internet es decir, el control de Internet por parte de EE.UU. y las grandes corporaciones, a nombre del modelo multisectorial ha sustituido cualquier debate significativo sobre este tema. Es en este contexto que un grupo de organizaciones y activistas se reuni en Nueva Delhi, India, el 14 y 15 de febrero de 2014, para formar la Coalicin por ... read more ...
Tue 22nd April 2014
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Afilias bringt Farbe ins Internet – die neuen Top-Level-Domains .RED .PINK und … - Botschaften und Aussagen lassen sich durch die unterschiedliche Wirkung von Farben noch verstärken – ab sofort sogar schon in der URL! Afilias startet die TLDs .RED, .PINK und .BLUE, mit denen Webadressen aufgepeppt werden können. Dublin, 22. April 2014__ Jeder Farbe wird eine eigene Wirkung zugesprochen. Websitebetreiber – ob privat oder gewerblich – können sich das nun zunutze machen und mit der richtigen Domain-Endung ihre Botschaft verstärken. Afilias, globaler Anbieter von Registry-Services, ... read more ...
 
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.vlaanderen, .gent en .brussels vanaf 25 euro - DNS Belgium gaat 20 euro vragen aan zijn agenten voor een domeinnaam eindigend op .vlaanderen of .brussels. De consument zal voor een startprijs van ongeveer 25 euro een exemplaar op de kop kunnen tikken. Voor een domeinnaam eindigend op .gent zal een gelijkaardige prijs worden gevraagd. De groothandelsprijs voor een jaarregistratie van een .vlaanderen of een .brussels domeinnaam bedraagt 20 euro. DNS Belgium, de beheerder van .be, .brussels en .vlaanderen, bevindt zich daarmee in dezelfde prijscategorie ... read more ...
 
 
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Online enforcement strategies largely unchanged as gTLDs roll-out continues - While new gTLD domain registrations have surpassed the half a million mark, less than a quarter of corporate trademark counsel have made changes to their online enforcement strategies in reaction to the gTLD expansion, according to World Trademark Review’s annual Global Benchmarking Survey. According to the latest (at time of writing) statistics from nTLDstats, 553,963 domains have been registered, with ‘.guru’ leading the field with a 9.18% share (51,560 domains). Hot on its heels ... read more ...
 
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Neue Domain-Endungen - Neue Domain-Endungen [ Foto ] Straßwalchen (pts005/22.04.2014/10:00) - 2014 ist in Hinsicht auf die Einführung neuer Domainendungen ein ganz besonderes Jahr. Viele neue Domainendungen wurden im Rahmen des ICANN new gTLD-Programms unter anderem an Donuts Inc vergeben und können von jedem frei registriert werden. Darunter finden sich Domainendungen wie .guru, .bike, .camera, .clothing, .company, .gallery, ... read more ...
 
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International bereits mehr als 530.000 neue TLD Domains registriert - 2014 ist in Hinsicht auf die Einführung neuer Domainendungen ein ganz besonderes Jahr. Viele neue Domainendungen wurden im Rahmen des ICANN new gTLD-Programms unter anderem an Donuts Inc vergeben und können von jedem frei registriert werden. Darunter finden sich Domainendungen wie .guru, .bike, .camera, .clothing, .company, .gallery, .holdings, .limo, .photos, .repair, .singles, .tips und viele mehr. Bereits jetzt wurden in wenigen Monaten mehr als 530000 dieser neuen TLD Domains registriert! Das ... read more ...
 
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Il lancio dei nuovi gTLD – parte 2 -  Mentre i brand non possono opporsi formalmente alle applicazioni gTLD, come commentato dall’ICANN e siccome il termine per presentare un’opposizione formale è scaduto, è ancora importante che i marchi rivedano le applicazioni TLD e la preparazione per ciò che gli si prospetta. L’ICANN ha imposto una serie di nuovi diritti dei meccanismi di protezione a tutela dei proprietari di marchi, incluse le rivendicazioni del Trademark Clearinghouse, Trademark Claims, Sunrise Registration and Dispute ... read more ...
 
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Il lancio dei nuovi gTLD – parte 2 -  Mentre i brand non possono opporsi formalmente alle applicazioni gTLD, come commentato dall’ICANN e siccome il termine per presentare un’opposizione formale è scaduto, è ancora importante che i marchi rivedano le applicazioni TLD e la preparazione per ciò che gli si prospetta. L’ICANN ha imposto una serie di nuovi diritti dei meccanismi di protezione a tutela dei proprietari di marchi, incluse le rivendicazioni del Trademark Clearinghouse, Trademark Claims, Sunrise Registration and Dispute ... read more ...
Mon 21st April 2014
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What the New Top-Level Domains Mean for Marketers - Over the next few years, the Internet will look like a very different place. More than 1,000 new top-level domains (TLDs) are now joining "heritage" domains, such as .com, .info, and .org. Retailers will now be able to take advantage of branded TLDs (like .nokia), geographic TLDs (like .vegas) and generic TLDs (like .shop). For example, consumers might buy new phone chargers from "charger.amazon" rather than "amazon.com/chargers" and jewelry from "necklace.tiffany" instead ... read more ...
Sun 20th April 2014
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How Many Letters On To The Right of the Dot is Too Many To Be A Hack? - A domain name hack has traditionally used ccTLD’s to form words and made it a brandable domain. Some of the more famous hacks are bit.ly, and del.icio.us instagram.com started out as instagr.am But now with the new gTLD’s people are using them to form words with longer extensions to the right of the dot. So .Land with 4 characters to the right of the dot, has become a popular hack in terms of registrations with domains like statenis.land, virginis.land, fireis.land as well as lake.land just tot ... read more ...
Sat 19th April 2014
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Il lancio dei nuovi gTLD – parte 1 - Non c’è dubbio che il 2013 sia stato un anno storico per Internet, segnato dall’ introduzione dei nuovi Global Top-Level Domain (gTLD) che hanno avuto il via libera per la delegazione dello scorso novembre. Tutti conoscono gli attuali domini di primo livello (i TLD), cioè la parte del nome di dominio che si trova a destra del punto, come .com o .net. La nuova era dei gTLD vedrà crescere Internet dagli attuali 22 gTLD a circa 1300 nuove possibilità.Dopo molti anni di discussioni, l’ICANN, Internet ... read more ...
Fri 18th April 2014
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.Guru(s) Galore: New Top-Level Domain Passes 50K Registrations - Nevermind that the label/title “guru” has been getting mocked for years. That’s not stopping anyone from registering domains using the new .guru top-level domain (gTLD). In fact, according to nTLDStats.com, .guru recently became the first of the new gTLDs to pass 50,000 registrations. That puts it ahead of the far less annoying .berlin, .photography, .email and .link, all of which round out the top five most popular new domains. Domain Incite reports that .guru just passed the 50,000 ... read more ...
 
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Register.it svela i trend relativi ai nuovi domini - Register.it, brand italiano del gruppo Dada, attiva in Italia nel mercato dei domini, hosting, soluzioni di e-commerce e advertising digitale, svela i trend relativi ai nuovi domini e mette in campo attività educational per aiutare aziende e singoli a cogliere le opportunità offerte dai nuovi scenari digitali. A pochi mesi dall’introduzione sul mercato dei nuovi gTlds (Generic Top Level Domains – domini generici di primo livello), si legge in una nota, sono già più di 200 ... read more ...