Author Archives: DomainHack.er

Tue 28th January 2014
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Do you want to own every domain variation of your internet address? - That's the question that companies, large and small, have supposedly been asking themselves ever since ICANN announced that it was lifting the restrictions on New Generic Top Level Domain Names (new gTLDs) such as .web, .shop and .london. And we're about to find out the answer, because after all the hype and excitement, many of the new domains are undergoing a final review before launch - most likely at the beginning of 2014.To do so will cost £111,797Despite ... read more ...
 
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ICANN New gTLD Auctions – Apparently No Antitrust Concerns? - There has been much discussion in ICANN circles concerning auctions to resolve new gTLD contention sets. This article summarizes the discussion and events to date, and suggests there should be little worry for applicants seeking to resolve their contention sets via private auction, rather than ICANN's "last resort" auction. The primary differences between the two types of auctions are that private auctions are faster and more flexible as to rules, and losing bidders share the amount paid by ... read more ...
Mon 27th January 2014
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Asia’s First New gTLD Premium Domain Name Live Auction Slated for March 21 - TLD Registry Ltd, the home of the essential new Chinese TLDs Dot Chinese Online (.在线) Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) confirmed today that its first major live auction event will be staged in China's Macau on March 21, 2014. TLD Registry's CEO, Arto Isokoski said, "As the first new Chinese gTLDs to come to market, it's only fitting that we celebrate our Landrush period in China. I can think of no better place for our celebration than Macau." The innovative live auction will be ... read more ...
 
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New TLDs on 2014 SXSW Agenda - The South by Southwest (SXSW) event held annually in Austin, Texas is a mixture of technology and music. This year’s SXSW agenda features a brief session about the new TLDs that will be available later on this year. The Future15 15 minute session will be led by Jeremiah Johnston, General Counsel at Sedo. The session / panel is called “The Discussion’s Over: New Domains Are Here,” and it will be held on Monday, March 10 from 12:30 – 12:45 in Ballroom E of the Austin Convention Center. ... read more ...
 
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Exploring the Various Options of Private gTLD Auctions - Now that ICANN's Last Resort Auctions are becoming an imminent reality, more and more applicants with gTLDs in contention are coming to the conclusion that they would be better off in a private auction. As a result, there is a renewed discussion of the various approaches that have been proposed. Interesting new suggestions have also been made within the gTLD applicant community. Innovative Auction's offering, the Applicant Auction, has been used to resolve contention for 21 gTLDs to date, ... read more ...
 
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New gTLDs’ Success Drivers - This post demonstrates that success factors differ across generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) depending on their implied signal/message. Success drivers can be grouped into four: community, location, generic keywords, and competitors to .com. I discuss their marketing implications. For community gTLDs, their success, as measured by profits, depends on whether the registrants are nonprofit or for-profit organizations. The former's profits are driven by user satisfaction reflected in online reviews, ... read more ...
 
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So schützen Sie Ihre Marke bei den Neuen Top Level Domains - Ein heißes Eisen bei der Einführung der neuen TLDs ist die mögliche Verletzung von Markenrechten. Marken und Domains sind kein neues Thema. Die Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy von ICANN schützt die Rechte von Markeninhabern bei allen von ICANN verwalteten generischen Top Level Domains. Die Markenrechte beziehen sich auf die Inhalte links vom "." einer Domain. Mit der Einführung neuer TLDs stellen sich aber ganz andere Probleme. Es geht jetzt auch um den Markenschutz bei Domains rechts vom ... read more ...
 
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New gTLDs: What About 10 Years Ago? - In 2003 — what did we have in terms of domain names? In 2003, the .AERO, .BIZ, .COOP, .INFO and .NAME Registries were just born. The . .MUSEUM Top-Level Domain was born that very year and .ASIA, .CAT, .JOBS, .MOBI, .PRO, .TEL and .TRAVEL did not exist yet. However, .EU was on its way. Although this particular TLD was a country code Top-Level Domain targeted at the European Union, it was awaited for by many brands in its Sunrise Period. .EU brought something new to the Domain Name Industry ... read more ...
 
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I nuovi domini della Rete contesi tra Google e Amazon - 27 - 01 - 2014Valeria Covato Il 2014 porta una rivoluzione nel mondo di Internet. Presto sul web ci si imbatterà in nomi a dominio con TLD, “top-level domain” (la sigla con cui si fa riferimento al dominio di primo livello che, in URL, segue il punto posto più a destra), diversi da quelli a cui siamo stati abituati fino a questo momento. TEMPI E COSTI L’anno scorso Internet ha aperto le porte a domini generici di primo livello permettendo così di creare il proprio spazio sul web ... read more ...
 
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TRAFFIC Picks Halloween For Its Florida Show & Promises A Live No Reserve … - In an email sent out this morning by the organizers of the TRAFFIC conference, the Florida TRAFFIC conference will be held for the first time on a weekend, at the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach from October 30th, until, November 2nd, 2014 with cabana networking starting on the 29th. “This will be our first weekend show and the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Premiere Party promises to be a spectacular Halloween Masquerade Ball.” “The Hotel is working with us to provide a program for families of all ... read more ...
 
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Les nouveaux noms de domaine de premier niveau générique (gTLD) : enjeux … - Les nouveaux noms de domaine de premier niveau générique (gTLD) : enjeux et opportunités L’ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) a autorisé la possibilité de réserver de nouveaux gTLD (Generic Top Level Domain, ou nom de domaine de premier niveau générique) permettant désormais à des entreprises, à des collectivités ou à des entités de posséder leur propre extension. Donatienne Blin, avocat au sein du département Informatique Réseaux chez Courtois Lebel, ... read more ...
 
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Les nouveaux noms de domaine de premier niveau générique … - Les nouveaux noms de domaine de premier niveau générique (gTLD) : enjeux et opportunités L’ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) a autorisé la possibilité de réserver de nouveaux gTLD (Generic Top Level Domain, ou nom de domaine de premier niveau générique) permettant désormais à des entreprises, à des collectivités ou à des entités de posséder leur propre extension. Donatienne Blin, avocat au sein du département Informatique Réseaux chez Courtois Lebel, ... read more ...
 
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Presse-Event am 29.01.2014 in Berlin – Die neuen Top-Level-Domains starten … - Einladung zum Presse-Event am 29.01.2014 - Die neuen Top-Level-Domains starten: Hype oder Revolution? Die ersten neuen Top-Level-Domains (TLDs) werden ab 5. Februar 2014 vergeben. Es ist der Startschuss für über 500 frei registrierbare Endungen wie .berlin, .ruhr und .shop. Sind die neuen Adress-Endungen nur ein Hype oder doch eine Revolution? Auf unserem Presse-Event erfahren Sie alles über die neuen Adress-Endungen: Welche neuen Top-Level-Domains setzen sich durch? Wie verändert ... read more ...
Sun 26th January 2014
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BEST IN LAW: Dot-com world changing – Press - The dot-com world is about to explode. The number of Internet domain names will significantly increase over the next few years with the rollout of new generic top-level domains, known as gTLDs for short. These will change the Internet experience forever, expanding the number of gTLDs from the present 22 (i.e. .com, .org., .net) to more than a thousand. The new gTLDs will indicate what the website contains and will help speed searches and Internet use. For business owners, there will be new opportunities ... read more ...
Sat 25th January 2014
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Fadi Chehadé: If We Fragment The Internet, ‘It Will Not Be The Internet As We … - Thank you, Frank, for pointing out that there was a point to this interview, and Fadi’s repsonses are direct and pertinent. What many people commenting here seem to be missing is that there is a real blowback in the wake of the NSA scandal here in the U.S., which a reading of this article, on Wired.com, will help to clarify: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2014/01/how-the-us-almost-killed-the-internet/. There are myriad forces at work to build and tear down ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy “thousands and thousands” of people have preregistered 25 new gtlds” - Grim its $150 for TMCH and then you can pay for DPML Brand owners must submit an exact match of their mark(s) to DPML, or a term that contains their exact match mark(s), as evidenced in a TMCH issued SMD file (defined below). Once a term is accepted to DPML, that term is blocked from registration in all Donuts TLDs for an initial period of five to ten years. A DPML subscription can then be renewed in increments of one to ten years. A domain blocked by DPML ... read more ...
 
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100 neue Internet-Endungen vergeben – Computer - Werbelogo der Firma DOTBERLIN,. die sich die Internet-Adressendung “.berliN” gesichert hat. Abb.: DOTBERLIN Los Angelos, 25. Januar 2014: Die „Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers“ (ICANN) hat bisher über 100 neue Internet-Endungen vergeben. Diese generischen Top-Level-Domains (gTLD) hatte die zentrale Internetverwaltung in Los Angelos ab Frühjahr 2013 vergeben, um über Klassiker wie .de oder .com hinaus auch originellere Netzadressen à la www.land.berlin ... read more ...
 
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So können Markeninhaber ihre Marken bei den Neuen Top Level Domains … - Ein heißes Eisen bei der Einführung der neuen TLDs ist die mögliche Verletzung von Markenrechten. Marken und Domains sind kein neues Thema. Die Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy von ICANN schützt die Rechte von Markeninhabern bei allen von ICANN verwalteten generischen Top Level Domains. Die Markenrechte beziehen sich auf die Inhalte links vom "." einer Domain. Mit der Einführung neuer TLDs stellen sich aber ganz andere Probleme. Es geht jetzt auch um den Markenschutz bei Domains rechts vom ... read more ...
Fri 24th January 2014
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Inc and the Los Angeles Times weigh in on the new gtlds - More and more non domaining publications continue to come out with stories about the new gtlds.  As we get closer to new strings being available to register many want to cover the upcoming release. Inc Magazine came out with an article, Carolyn Cutrone took this approach when it came to Start ups, From the article: Critics argue that the added gTLDs could spur mass confusion, while supporters suggest it could help small businesses stand out without having to wield inanely long Web addresses ... read more ...
 
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Half the internet lacks DNS security extensions - January 24, 2014 Failure to use domain name system security extensions opens up those TLD users to spoofing Half the internet lacks DNS security extensions Just over half of the internet (51 percent) remains insecure insofar as many top level domains (TLDs) have failed to sign up to use domain name system security extensions (DNSSEC), including intensive internet using countries such as Italy (.it), Spain ... read more ...
 
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A Search For SEOP Spells Digital Marketing - What does SEOP.com want with the URL digitalmarketing.com? The company, which focuses on digital marketing and search engine optimization services, just paid "six figures" for the name. The company plans to redirect its Web site to the new name within the next six weeks. Eric Schiffer, SEOP founder, calls the purchase a major step that will better represent the breadth of the company's services, talents, and proprietary technology. About 110 million domain names end in .com, out of 265 million ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Delegates More than 100 New gTLDs to Root Zone - by Nicole Henderson on January 24, 2014Add Your Comments This week ICANN announced that more than 100 new gTLDs have been delegated into the DNS root zone, one of the final steps before registries can begin accepting registrations for new gTLDs. In October, ICANN delegated the first new gTLDs to their approved domain registries, starting with non-latin scripts. Over the past few months, ICANN has been steadily delegating ... read more ...
 
 
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Advantages of gTLD Portfolio Ownership - The essay outlines the advantages to owners of managing a portfolio of gTLDs. The advantages can lead to concentrations of ownership in a few hands, which is unavoidable but not necessarily harmful to consumers. Moreover, some of the advantages can lead to profitable complementary business models. Beyond the obvious advantage of economies of scale that lead to reductions in operating costs, there are a number of other sources of advantage. First, additional value can be created by using ... read more ...
 
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Why Did Google Spend $18.7M to Apply for 101 New Top Level Domains like … – Android Headlines - Google may be gearing up to sell top level domains (TLDs) like GoDaddy and Hover. In a blog post last year, Google listed the 101 new domains that it applied for when ICANN opened up registrations. Google paid $185,000 just to apply for each domain name, bringing the grand total to about $18.7 million to try to get these TLDs. That didn’t guarantee that the Mountain View company would actually be awarded those domains, so why did they shell out the cash to do it? The official Google response is ... read more ...