Author Archives: DomainHack.er

Wed 4th December 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
TLD Registry to Partner with Sedo for Dot Chinese Online & Dot Chinese … - Leading fully-Chinese internet domain name TLDs to partner with global leader in premium domain name auctions. TLD Registry Ltd, the leading internet domain name registry for fully-Chinese domain names, today announced it has contracted with Sedo for its upcoming premium domain names program. Valuable and sought-after fully-Chinese domain names in the Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) top level domains (TLDs) will become publicly available via Sedo on ... read more ...
 
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It’s "no" to .polo - We’ve written about the new Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) on more than one occasion. This refers, of course, to the process whereby companies and organisations can register names – generic words, geographical names, brand names - as top level domain names. So, in the same way that there’s long been .com, .net and .info, you can now have .bank, .google and .capetown. Some 1900 applications have already been filed. In a previous article we discussed the Trademark ... read more ...
 
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ICANN: new domains are about consumer choice and helping SMEs - The imminent roll out of more than a thousand new top-level domains has created a headache for small businesses seeking to protect their existing domains, as well as sparking a bidding war among the world’s tech giants for the most attractive TLDs. The process is being handled by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and will ultimately see the number of TLDs increase from 23 to 1,500 over the next few years. Examples of new top-level domains include .london, ... read more ...
 
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Google: ccTLD & Wildcard Subdomain Strategies Won’t Give You An "Unnatural … - Google's John Mueller responded to a detailed technical question regarding ccTLDs, wildcard subdomains and the likelihood of it being seen as doorway pages in a Stack Exchange thread. In short, the webmaster wants to create websites that would target city names around the world, whereby TLD for each countries will be used. Here is the mapping they were considering:www.website.de for let's say Germany and www.website.cn for China and the sub-domains will be www.berlin.website.de and www.beijing.website.cn, ... read more ...
 
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What Cookies, Hummingbird & gTLDs Mean for Digital Marketers in 2014 - Tweet Buffer As we come to the close of 2013, it's not difficult to see a digital transformation is underway in all facets of our digital world: social, mobile, data, search and domain names. The new gTLDs are launching and will start to have an impact in 2014. What's so interesting about the unique opportunities the gTLDs provide is that it is happening during this time of digital transformation. Unlike the .com boom of the 1990s where ... read more ...
 
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Users urged to register .africa now - '; winimg.document.writeln(doc); winimg.document.close(); } //]] li>ul,.container,#coinslid {background-color:#ffffff} ul#serinfo-nav{border-color:#ffffff !important} .body2,.header_scroll,.headbg,.header_noslide,#footer,#rightsidebar,#navigation{background-color:#404040} #nav li a,.nav>li>a,.nav>li>a{border-color:#404040} #serinfo,#serinfo-nav li.current{background-color:#f9f9f9} .overrating,#sidebar p input[type=submit],span.ribbon,a#triggernav,a#triggernav-sec,a.fromhome,.imgwrap,a.mainbutton,a.itembutton,.page-numbers.current,a.comment-reply-link,#submit,#comments ... read more ...
 
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New domains launched - Those interested in registering their trademarks before new top-level domains such as .guru, .shabaka, and .clothing go on sale should register with the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH). This is according to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which said the TMCH came into effect on 26 March 2013. ICANN plans to launch some 1,900 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), it said in a press release issued on Wednesday, 4 December 2013. This new system will ... read more ...
Tue 3rd December 2013
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Go-Live Schedule for Dot Chinese Online & Dot Chinese Website TLDs … - Leading fully-Chinese internet domain name TLDs to launch in January 2014; spectacular live auction event to initiate "Landrush" phase of availability. TLD Registry Ltd, the leading internet domain name registry for fully-Chinese domain names, today announced the go-live schedule for its Dot Chinese Online and Dot Chinese Website internationalized domain names (IDNs). IDNs in the Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) top level domains (TLDs) will be introduced ... read more ...
 
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TLD .eu se od ledna rozšíří i na země EHP - Toto rozhodnutí Evropské komise je splněním ustanovení obsaženého v původním nařízení týkajícím se domény.eu (ES 733/2002), jež předvídalo její rozšíření na Evropský hospodářský prostor.„Vítáme tento pozitivní směr vývoje, který visel ve vzduchu již déle,“ uvedl výkonný ředitel správce domény .eu Marc Van Wesemael. „Čím více bude zemí a podniků profitujících z jedinečné identity domény .eu, tím silnější se tato značka ... read more ...
 
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.BIKE, .GURU, .CLOTHING und mehr – die Sunrise-Perioden für die ersten … - (PresseBox) (Regensburg, 03.12.2013) Seit dem 26. November 2013 ist für die ersten new gTLDs in lateinischer Schrift die Sunrise- Phase angebrochen - heute sind sieben weitere gefolgt. Markeninhaber können während dieser Zeit vorrangig Domains bestellen. Nach Jahren der Vorbereitung ging es plötzlich schnell: Die ersten neuen Domain-Endungen (new gTLDs) in lateinischer Schrift sind in die Rootzone delegiert. Seit dem 26. ... read more ...
Mon 2nd December 2013
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1&1 offre la pre-registrazione vincolante dei nuovi gTLD, tra cui .ESTATE - Si consiglia alle aziende di effettuare pre-registrazioni vincolanti per aggiudicarsi il dominio desiderato 11 Internet leader mondiale tra i provider di web hosting, annuncia la possibilità per le aziende di pre-registrare una serie di nuove opzioni di nomi di dominio, in previsione del loro lancio ufficiale da parte dei Registri, previsto per il 2014. Effettuando la pre-registrazione vincolante con 11, le aziende avranno ottime possibilità di assicurarsi i domini preferiti nel momento in cui ... read more ...
 
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Top 10 trademark stories for November - WTR’s most-read blog in November considered new research suggesting that the launch of branded generic top-level domains (gTLDs) may start a decline in the number of brands relying on external social networks. In a poll of gTLD applicants and industry experts at the recent London-based Digital Marketing and gTLD Strategy Congress, the study found that 83% believe that branded domain names will be more effective in engaging customers online than social networks, with 41% believing that ... read more ...
Sun 1st December 2013
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LogicBoxes Announces Elite Reseller Program for Large Web Hosts and Resellers – PR - LogicBoxes, the premier technology and consulting company for Domain Registries, Registrars and large Web Hosts, today announced the launch of their Elite Reseller Program, a competitive offering designed exclusively for large domain and hosting companies. It features a unique base-cost pricing model for domain names, a comprehensive service offering that includes personalized business consulting, new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) strategy assistance and exclusive support solutions.As part ... read more ...
Fri 29th November 2013
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gTLD legal rights objection decisions signal a tough fight for trade-mark owners - As the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) continues to roll out their gTLD program, a better understanding has developed as to how trade-mark disputes will be handled in the application process.  On September 25, 2013 ICANN made public 63 decisions under their Existing Legal Rights Objection procedure, which was established to provide a framework for challenging gTLD applications based on the complainant’s existing trade-mark rights.  The scales ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes Announces Elite Reseller Program for Large Web Hosts and Resellers - Related:Press Release, News LogicBoxes, the premier technology and consulting company for Domain Registries, Registrars and large Web Hosts, today announced the launch of their Elite Reseller Program, a competitive offering designed exclusively for large domain and hosting companies. It features a unique base-cost pricing model for domain names, a comprehensive service offering that includes personalized business consulting, new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) strategy assistance and exclusive ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD Strategies - It is hard to imagine a time when the Internet wasn’t ubiquitous. Through the evolution of the digital ecosystem, email, wireless connectivity, and the explosion of social media have revolutionized the way communicate on the Internet. ICANN recently released over 1,400 new top-level domains, set to roll out soon, which experts believe will change the how we understand the use of names on the Internet. But how much are brands really putting their ... read more ...
Thu 28th November 2013
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Yeni domain uzantıları kullanıma açıldı - Com ve net gibi en çok kullanılan internet sayfası uzantılarına yenileri eklenmeye devam ediyor. gTLD olarak adlandırılan uzantılar arasında .bike, .clothing, .singles, .guru bulunmakta. Bu uzantıların sadece alanda çalışan firmalara ... read more ...
 
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Budgets under scrutiny as the trademark tipping point comes to gTLDs - This week the 60-day sunrise periods for seven new gTLDs officially opened. The strings – ‘.bike’, ‘.holdings’, ‘.plumbing’, ‘.clothing’, ‘.singles’, ‘.guru’ and ‘.ventures’ – represent the first Latin scripts open for registration in the new gTLD programme and, as such, sparked a spike in press coverage of new gTLDs as media outlets turned their attention to the availability of new strings. For trademark counsel who have not yet considered their tactics for ... read more ...
 
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ICANN’s UDRP as a domain name dispute redressal mechanism - The rapid growth of the internet in the past ten years has witnessed a huge range of evolution in technological developments, from windows 98 to windows 8, from ugly html personal pages to colorful blogs, from e-mails to social networking sites to mention a few. But one thing has remained the same, the way from which the websites and web pages are accessed -THE DOMAIN NAMES. DOMAIN NAMES IN GENERAL Domain names can be defined simply as an address of the internet, for e.g. www.google.com ... read more ...
 
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Lokale, markenspezifische Top Level Domains sind im Kommen -

Wenn im Frühjahr 2014 schrittweise die ersten neuen Top Level Domains (TLDs) eingeführt werden, soll dies zu einem deutlich veränderten Surf- und Suchverhalten der Internetuser führen. Konnte male bisher davon ausgehen, dass die gesuchte Webseite in neun von zehn Fällen mit .de, .com, .info oder .org endete, so werden in basement nächsten Monaten mehrere hundert neue Endungen wählbar sein.

Via: adzine.de

 
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.bike, .clothing, .guru latest additions to domain names - London : Nine new domain names have been reportedly made available as the internet domain names system undergoes a radical change, according to ANI. The new web address suffixes, include .bike, .clothing, .singles and .guru and the new names are expected to be released at a rate of 10-a-week. According to the BBC, the new names, formally known as generic top level domains (gTLDs) are currently open only to those with registered trademarks and will be open to the general public ... read more ...
Wed 27th November 2013
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In Top-Level Domain Expansion, No Easy Answers For Brands - Share us on: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn By Bill Donahue 0 Comments Law360, New York (November 27, 2013, 6:10 PM ET) -- The release of hundreds of new generic top-level domains, which got underway this week, poses many new trademark and cybersquatting risks for brand owners. Whether they opt to buy up the new online real estate or pay to police it, protecting a brand name has now become that much tougher.After decades of just the old .com, .net and a handful of other gTLDs, the ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes Announces Elite Reseller Program for Large Web Hosts and Resellers - LogicBoxes, the premier technology and consulting company for Domain Registries, Registrars and large Web Hosts, today announced the launch of their Elite Reseller Program, a competitive offering designed exclusively for large domain and hosting companies. It features a unique base-cost pricing model for domain names, a comprehensive service offering that includes personalized business consulting, new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) strategy assistance and exclusive support solutions. As ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes Launches Reseller Program for Hosting Companies to Access New … - by Nicole Henderson on November 27, 2013Add Your Comments As new gTLDs have become a reality, many web hosts are looking for ways to market and offer the new domain extensions to their hosting customers. LogicBoxes announced on Wednesday that it has launched its invite-only Elite Reseller Program designed to help large domain and hosting companies navigate the new gTLD landscape, as well as receive partner-exclusive ... read more ...
 
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Sibername.com signs domain names agreement with Donuts - Web Hosting News – Ottawa, ON – Domain name registrar and website hosting services provider Sibername.com has signed a registrar agreement with new TLD industry leader Donuts Inc., a registry for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) Sibername.com is accepting pre-registrations for Donuts domains, and over time will provide to its customers all TLDs offered by Donuts, giving businesses an opportunity to further develop their online branding. More than 700 new TLDs are due to be released ... read more ...