Author Archives: DomainHack.er

Thu 17th October 2013
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DirectEmployers Enhances the .JOBS Top-level Domain to Feature Further … – 4 - The .JOBS top-level domain (TLD) will now feature fully customizable homepages, as well as flexible templates and interactive jobs maps to assist companies in amplifying their employment brand. Indianapolis nonprofit, DirectEmployers Association, announces the release of upgrades to its .JOBS Microsites. Employers now have the opportunity to fully brand and modify each of their microsites by using the .JOBS Flexible Template, ... read more ...
 
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Webinar Screencast: Understanding the Various Distribution Strategies for New … - LogicBoxes conducted a webinar a few days ago where they shared insights into some interesting industry trends that are expected to impact New gTLDs. These trends are indications on how the industry is set to evolve in the near future. New gTLD applicants, who are leaders of the Internet revolution, will need to respond to these trends in order to survive and succeed. The webinar discussed about the distribution models that have been employed by New gTLDs in the past and how Vertical Integration, ... read more ...
 
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Will Uniform Rapid Suspension Be a Substitute for Defensive Domain Name … - Many law firms and Intellectual Property departments in charge of managing brands and domain names for their customers or businesses must have had that same question: "how do I protect a brand online under the ICANN new gTLD program?" The first potential answer that is usually offered up to an enquirer is: "the Trademark Clearinghouse does that". As time goes by, and the rules under which the Trademark Clearinghouse operates are better defined and understood this answer becomes clearly fallacious. The ... read more ...
 
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.Club Domains’ Jeffrey Sass to Debate “GTLD Mania- Myths & Facts” at … – Virtual - CMO of new domain “.club” discusses how new gTLD’s are good for domain investors and consumers alike. Fort Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) October 17, 2013 .Club Domains, LLC, which is launching the new generic top level domain (gTLD) name “.club” will be among the exhibitors at this year’s T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference to help Internet domain investors navigate the exciting upcoming debut of more than 700 new top-level domains to hit the Internet over the next two years. Club’s chief marketing ... read more ...
 
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Take steps now to protect your brand against heightened risk of internet abuse - It is essential for brand owners to develop and implement brand and trademark protection strategies, to prepare for the upcoming expansion of Internet domain names. ICANN, the organization that controls the Internet domain name system, recently announced that the first names in its new generic top-level domain (gTLD) program could begin activation as early as November 2013. An Explosion of New gTLDS The Internet currently operates with 22 gTLDs (a gTLD is the portion of the domain to the right ... read more ...
 
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L’AFNIC recrute un Release Manager en CDI (H/F) - AFNIC Salaire : De 50000.00 à 55000.00 EUR Description du poste L'AFNIC recrute un Release Manager en CDI (H/F) Pour accompagner notre croissance, nous recrutons un release manager (H/F). L'AFNIC est le registre n°1 en France, reconnue au plan mondial pour la qualité et la résilience de ses services et pour ses contributions innovantes au développement de l'Internet. Elle gère et attribue les domaines internet de premier niveau (Top Level Domains ou TLD) correspondant au territoire ... read more ...
 
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Buyer Beware: New Alt Root Domain Name Registration Service Launches … - In an apparent attempt to grab a market share with the new gTLD s coming out, “AnyExtension.com launched today according to a press release that promissing the users can “submit any domain name and extension that one wishes and that too for free.” “With the help of this service, one can use domain names like www.power.boat, www.used.machines, www.paris.france or www.amy.smith.” “The project took about two years by the Dutch founder and scientific philosopher Johannes Brugeman and ... read more ...
 
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Vatikan sichert sich Top Level Domain .catholic - Bynder Bilddatenbank und Media-Asset-Manager zum Speichern, Verwalten und Teilen von Medien ... IrfanView Schneller Bildbetrachter für viele Foto- und Videoformate; zeigt EXIF- sowie IPTC-Daten und versieht Bilder mit diversen Effekten ... WSUS Offline Update (c't Offline Update) Skriptsammlung, die sämtliche Updates für alle Windows Versionen ab XP sowie Office herunterlädt und daraus Patch-Pakete auf CD, DVD oder USB-Geräten ... ... read more ...
 
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Online Trust Alliance to Host Domain Name Collision Symposium - Related:Press Release, News WASHINGTON, DC - Today The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) announced it will convene a multi-stakeholder workshop titled Domain Name Collisions: Rules for the Road and Implications for New Generic Top-Level Domains, a symposium focused on reviewing the impact of domain name collisions resulting from the delegation of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). During the workshop experts from around the world will share a technical analysis of the likelihood of domain name ... read more ...
 
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DirectEmployers Enhances the .JOBS Top-level Domain to Feature Further … – Virtual - Indianapolis nonprofit, DirectEmployers Association, announces the release of upgrades to its .JOBS Microsites. Employers now have the opportunity to fully brand and modify each of their microsites by using the .JOBS Flexible Template, Custom Homepage and an interactive jobs map that displays job opportunities visually by location. Over the past year, DirectEmployers has continued to build-out and modify the microsites within ... read more ...
 
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New Non-Profit Group for the Internet Domain Name Industry: Informational … – SYS - <![CDATA[ ]]> The Domain Name Association (DNA), a new global non-profit organization created to educate users about the growing domain name industry, including hundreds of new domains on the horizon, is presenting two free webcasts on October 17. All are invited to learn more about this new group.       ... read more ...
 
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ICANN: Implementing the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan - On 7 October 2013 the ICANN Board’s New gTLD Program Committee approved resolutions directing staff to implement the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan (“The Plan”) Tonight ICANN released details on how it will be implementing the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan. For those Registries that have already signed a Registry Agreement the contract have been notified that there Agreement has  been updated to include the registry operator obligations called for in the ... read more ...
Wed 16th October 2013
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LETTERS Are you gay enough to register a .gay domain name? - The following is a response to a viewpoint in 2012 [ in Windy City Times ] on the dotgay top-level domain applications. See www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/VIEWPOINTS-The-Internet-prepares-for-gay/39483.html . ICANN ( the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ), the policy body in charge of Internet naming protocols, will soon make a procedural decision that will have a long-lasting impact on the worldwide LGBT community: whether to approve one applicant's proposal to create a "closed" ... read more ...
 
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The Overlooked Signals of ccTLDs - Two ccTLD signals should get more attention when we're talking about the domains' benefits. Companies in emerging markets can signal their brands to expats and/or westerners. This ability to take the companies' appeal beyond their immediate, national markets deserves a look and some appreciation. Traditionally, Western companies have been the ones who registered ccTLDs to signal operations in overseas markets, while companies in emerging markets use them to signal their local brands to the ... read more ...
 
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Unintended Consequences As Aus Registry Study Turns Into Story “Domain … - Yesterday Aus Registry release a study showing only 25% of all Australians own a domain name. Aus registry which  runs the .Au registry and also is the back end provider for many new gTLD’s commissioned the study of 10,000 Australians  and used the results to encourage Australians to pay more attension to the domain name spac. “What we as an industry need to focus on now is raising greater awareness and education about the benefits of domain name ownership, particularly for businesses,” ... read more ...
Tue 15th October 2013
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Estos son los nuevos dominios de internet que tendrán éxito - Esto abrirá un abanico mucho más grandes para que las empresas tengan su dirección en Internet y que, de paso, se identifiquen mejor con el contenido del que hablan. .llc, .design, .home, .art, .book, y .music serán los favoritos. A priori estos nuevos dominios resultan atractivos, pero podrían tener consecuencias negativas. Según una encuesta entre casi 400 profesionales del sector de Internet y el marketing realizado por la plataforma de compraventa de dominios Sedo.com, la mayoría (el ... read more ...
 
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CADNA Calls On Congress To Address Cybersquatting Issues in New gTLD … - The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) posted a story on its site, written by Warren Communications News, Inc.,  which quotes Josh Bourne Director of CADNA: “The problem of cybersquatting is going to “explode by at least 2,500 percent when new gTLDs go live” “CADNA will start a letter-writing campaign and continue to seek a sponsor for a revision to 1999′s Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA).” “CADNA’s proposed revamp would establish stronger deterrence ... read more ...
 
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1&1 anima a los usuarios a reservar los nuevos dominios cuanto … - Para que compañías y usuarios reserven sus dominios, 11 ha puesto en marcha un portal de reserva gratuitas. Pio Sierra, jefe de producto de 11 Internet España, afirma que estos nuevos dominios “van a transformar el panorama digital”: Es más, según su opinión, ofrecen multitud de oportunidades y ventajas a las empresas, como el poder desarrollar una marca digital o capturar tráfico. Eso sí, Pio Sierra aprovechó la ocasión para puntualizar que el hecho de reservar un dominio ... read more ...
 
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CADNA Calls On Congress To Increase Cybersquatting Penalties Under The … - The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) posted a story on its site, written by Warren Communications News, Inc.,  which quotes Josh Bourne Director of CADNA: “The problem of cybersquatting is going to “explode by at least 2,500 percent when new gTLDs go live” “CADNA will start a letter-writing campaign and continue to seek a sponsor for a revision to 1999′s Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA).” “CADNA’s proposed revamp would establish stronger deterrence ... read more ...
 
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Eerste nieuwe gTLDs zullen snel live gaan!! - Donuts inc, de firma die een groot aantal aanvragen indiende voor nieuwe extensies, heeft aangekondigd dat de eerste sunrises nog voor het einde van de maand live zullen gaan. Dus binnen 2 weken kan de nieuwe TLD gekte officieel van start gaan! Volgende extensies zullen gereleased worden: .CAMERA .CLOTHING .EQUIPMENT .GURU .HOLDINGS .LIGHTING .SINGLES .VENTURES .VOYAGE De sunrise voor deze extensies zal minstens 60 dagen duren en zal NIET vogens het first come, first served principe verlopen. ... read more ...
Mon 14th October 2013
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Collision Decision – Updates from ICANN - In early August, ICANN published a commissioned study from Interisle on domain name collision (covered in more detail in this blog entry here) that put into question the timeline to delegation for a number of applications. This week’s report sets up a path forward for those applications and lifts some – but not all – of the uncertainty.In the original proposal accompanying the Interisle report, new gTLD applications were sorted into three categories, with the following mitigations ascribed:“Low ... read more ...
 
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Domain Broker Media Options acquires exclusive MO.co premium domain from … - Web Hosting News – PANAMA CITY, PANAMA – Leading domain broker, Media Options, announced they have struck a deal with .CO Internet, the company that operates the .CO domain registry, to purchase the MO.co domain name. While the terms of the deal are confidential, Media Options intends to launch the two letter domain into a complimentary brokerage business and website dedicated to premium domain names of alternative extensions, both ccTLD’s (like .CO, .TV .ME) and select premium ... read more ...
 
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Uniregistry Beats Back Google’s Objection To .Cars: Different Decisions On The … - Uniregistry, Corp just beat back an objection from Google’s Charleston Road Registry (CRR) Inc. on the new gTLD .cars in a decision handed down by the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (“ICDR”) CRR objected to Unregistry application for .cars as on the basis of String Confusion to its own application for .car and wanted the two applications to be placed into the same contention set which would have forced Uniregsitry into an auction with Google. This panel was aware that a previous ... read more ...
 
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Nouveaux gTLD: A quoi il faut s’attendre ? - Les nouvelles extensions des noms de domaine arrivent avec le déopos de près de 1900 dossiers auprès de l'ICANN « Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ». Les extensions telles que .paris, .web, .blog, .bio risquent de bouleverser notre façon de naviguer sur Internet et le référencement en particulier. À quoi s’attendre et que cela signifie-t-il concrètement pour la visibilité d’un site internet ? 1- Au niveau des internautes: Plusieurs études menées sur le compotements ... read more ...
 
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ECMT challenges ICANN - Advises ICANN to adhere to its founding principle of issuing top line domains News | CIOL Bureau LOUISVILLE, USA: ECommerce World Retailers (ECWR.net) and Commercial Connect, LLC, have challenged the Internet Corp. of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to adhere to its founding principle of issuing top line domains (TLDs) based solely on Name Space groupings. ICANN currently has some 1814 active applications under review for ... read more ...