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Fri 4th October 2013
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BOCRA LAUNCH .bw DOMAIN NAME - The Botswana Communication Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) has launched the Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) or the internet domain name .bw. The launch was made to encourage Batswana to be part of the Proudly Botswana campaign. The launch which was held at Cresta Lodge was graced by guests from all walks of life. The typically two-letter domain name extension, such as .uk or .de corresponds to a country, territory or geographic location. BOCRA Chief Executive, Thari Pheko said, “This ... read more ...
 
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BOCRA LAUNCH .bw DOMAIN NAME - The Botswana Communication Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) has launched the Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) or the internet domain name .bw. The launch was made to encourage Batswana to be part of the Proudly Botswana campaign. The launch which was held at Cresta Lodge was graced by guests from all walks of life. The typically two-letter domain name extension, such as .uk or .de corresponds to a country, territory or geographic location. BOCRA Chief Executive, Thari Pheko said, “This ... read more ...
 
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Descriptive Domain Endings – What Web Visitors Can Expect - (Ping! Zine Web Tech Magazine) – When choosing a domain name there are a few best practices to keep in mind. Most companies choose the widely searched for and popular .COM, but depending on your business and preferred domain name a different ending may be a better choice. The domain extension you choose for your business website can be a powerful marketing tool to help visitors to better understand the purpose of your website. Here is a breakdown of common top-level domains ... read more ...
 
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Google: Server Location Mostly Irrelevant For SEO - One of the SEO tips given by many professionals is to make sure to host your web site in the country you want it to rank in. The truth is, it isn't that important and may be irrelevant in many cases, Google said.In a Google Webmaster Help thread, Google's John Mueller said in response to the question of SEO and server location:For search, specifically for geotargeting, the server's location plays a very small role, in many cases it's irrelevant. If you use a ccTLD or a gTLD together with Webmaster ... read more ...
 
Thu 3rd October 2013
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Coming soon - Since the '90s, "dot-com" has been synonymous with "web site." However, the ".com" extension on the end of an Internet address—also known as the address' generic top-level domain, or gTLD—may soon be just one of many ways merchants set up shop on the web. For the first time since 2004, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) this summer began approving new gTLDs for use in Internet addresses, with the first ones likely ... read more ...
 
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gTLDs: new USPTO trade mark examination guidelines - The United States Patent and Trade Mark Office (USPTO) has updated its current policy and procedures for examining trade mark applications comprising generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs). The draft was open to public comment until 8 September 2013. Last year, the organisation responsible for overseeing the domain name system, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), began to allow applications for domain names following the “dot” in a web address. As an example, consider ... read more ...
 
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NameJet Selected by Daniel Negari for New gTLD .COLLEGE Auctions - Web Hosting News – Kirkland, WA – NameJet.com, the leading aftermarket domain auction company, has partnered with the XYZ.COM Registry to help launch the new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) .COLLEGE. The .COLLEGE gTLD will be free of restrictions, and unlike .EDU, open to any organization, individual or group interested in an online presence. Groups that will benefit from the new online domain include universities and their departments, college preparation services, online learning ... read more ...
 
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Schilling’s Uniregistry Is Positioned To Become The Most Successful New gTLD … - We think the Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry is uniquely positioned to become, pound for pound, the most successful new gTLD operator. So first a disclaimer, we don’t own any part of Uniregistry (unfortunately) and Uniregistry doesn’t and hasn’t even advertised on TheDomains.com.  Finally this is obviously an opinion piece as opposed to a news post. With that out of the way, Uniregistry has applied for just over 50 strings. Uniregistry is one of the largest applicants for new gTLD’s.  ... read more ...
 
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BOCRA launches .bw ccTLD campaign - GOVERNMENTBy BiztechAfrica - Oct. 3, 2013, 12:10 p.m.By John Churu, Gaborone, BotswanaThe Botswana Communication Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) has launched the Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) or .bw campaign to Batswana in an effort to encourage greater uptake of a proudly Botswana platform.  The launch saw guests given the opportunity to appreciate the significance of ccTLD, the typically two-letter domain name extension, such as .uk or .de, which corresponds to a country, territory or geographic ... read more ...
 
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WEB-gTLD: brand “high street” sono pronti? - Ormai si inizia a parlare più concretamente delle potenzialità che offriranno i nuovi gTLD (general Top Level Domain) in termini di business e marketing. Ma le aziende sono pronte ad affrontare queste nuove sfide? E il brand come può essere protetto? Ne parla Jerome Sicard di MarkMonitor, leader mondiale nella protezione del marchio aziendale. La prossima pietra miliare nell'espansione dello spazio dei nomi di dominio è rappresentata dal tanto atteso arrivo dei domini generici di primo ... read more ...
 
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Deal Capital Acquires Key Domain Name For Sourcing Business Valuation … – Virtual - DealCapital.com, provider of expert internal business valuation services announces the strategic acquisition of TLD businessvaluations.org. Seattle, WA (PRWEB) October 03, 2013 Deal Capital, a provider of expert MA advisor services, announces the strategic acquisition of several top-level domain names including businessvaluations.org. “We’re always on the lookout for great domains to add to our portfolio,” says Nate Nead, Partner at DealCapital.com. “We’re particularly focused on ... read more ...
Wed 2nd October 2013
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Lessons From New TLDs Legal Objections: Dictionary-Word Brand LRO Won’t … - By Amy E. Bivins  Sept. 25 --The legal rights objection process for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers new top-level domains (TLDs) program taught some lessons for brand owners--chiefly that brands with even arguably generic names should consider registering their marks as TLDs in the next round if the brand is concerned about another entity registering it--attorneys told Bloomberg BNA.Brand owners filed 69 legal rights objections against new TLD applicants. Only ... read more ...
 
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Will The Launch Of gTLDs This Year Influence Your Search Strategy? - Awareness for the launch of generic top-level domain names may have puttered out, but the first new extensions will soon become available for public use, including .Nike and .AOL, as well as .Boston, .music, .home and .inc. Research from Sedo analyzes the depth of awareness by execs in the advertising and marketing industry. The findings provide results from a small sampling of respondents. About 54% of the 361 people participating in the August survey -- all working in advertising or marketing -- ... read more ...
 
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Applicant Auction Announces Next Private New gTLD Auctions To Be Held On … - Applicant Auction announced today that is would be holding its third set of new gTLD private auctions. The Third Applicant Auction is scheduled to be held on October 21. If you would like to particpate in the next round of Applicant Auction you will have to commit to the auction and return all the signed contracts by no later than Friday, October 11. “In the 1st two Applicant Auctions 14 strings were settle resulting in over $18 million in payments to applicants who have withdrawn their applications. You ... read more ...
 
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Derbinin biletleri satışa çıktı - Spor Toto Süper Lig'in 7. haftasında Fenerbahçe ile Trabzonspor arasında oynanacak maçın biletleri bugün satışa sunuldu. Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadı'nda oynanacak karşılaşmada, bugün sarı-lacivertli ... read more ...
 
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Top 10 trademark stories for September - WTR has previously tackled the advantages and pitfalls of working with celebrities in product endorsement deals. Last month we considered the celebrity perspective, following footballer Gareth Bale’s record-breaking transfer to Spanish La Liga side Real Madrid. WTR’s readers were intrigued by the question ‘how best to manage a brand like Bale?’, the story topping the league of most-read blogs in September. Elsewhere, WTR’s scrutiny of the European Parliament Rapporteur’s recommendations ... read more ...
 
 
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Top-Level-Domains: Neue TLDs ermöglichen einprägsame Marketing … – business - Word Wide Web Zielgruppen besser ansprechenDie Werbe- und Marketingbranche sieht in der Einführung neuer Top-Level-Domains großes Geschäfts- und damit Wachstumspotenzial. Die sich durch neue TLDs ergebenden Vorteile überwiegen Vorurteile oder gar Ängste. Der Analyse nach bewertet ein Drittel der Befragten die Gestaltungsmöglichkeit von individuellen Domains als gewinnbringend. Das ist für fast jeden Dritten ein Grund, ernsthaft über den Kauf einer neuen Domain ... read more ...
 
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Top-Level-Domains Neue TLDs ermöglichen einprägsame Marketing-Kampagnen – business - Word Wide Web Zielgruppen besser ansprechenDie Werbe- und Marketingbranche sieht in der Einführung neuer Top-Level-Domains großes Geschäfts- und damit Wachstumspotenzial. Die sich durch neue TLDs ergebenden Vorteile überwiegen Vorurteile oder gar Ängste. Der Analyse nach bewertet ein Drittel der Befragten die Gestaltungsmöglichkeit von individuellen Domains als gewinnbringend. Das ist für fast jeden Dritten ein Grund, ernsthaft über den Kauf einer neuen Domain ... read more ...
 
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Studie zum Thema "Top-Level-Domains" Wenig Kenntnis, aber großes Interesse … - Für die Umfrage von Sedo wurden 360 Entscheider aus den Bereichen Werbung, Kommunikation und Marketing zu der Einführung neuer Webendungen befragt. Über die Hälfte der Teilnehmer gaben an, erst über die Umfrage von der Einführung der neuen Top-Level-Domains (TLDs) erfahren zu haben. Eine TLD ist die Endung einer Internetadresse wie zum Beispiel .com oder.net. Nach der Freigabe durch die Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) werden in den nächsten Monaten neue Webadressen ... read more ...
Tue 1st October 2013
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RRPproxy.net- Website präsentiert sich in neuem Look - St. Ingbert (ots) - RRPproxy.net, das Reseller-Portal der international tätigen Key-Systems GmbH, präsentiert ab sofort seine aufgefrischte Website mit neuem Design und Logo, noch Kunden-freundlicherer Struktur und ergänzten Inhalten. Neben einem überarbeiteten Layout wurde, um die Benutzerfreundlichkeit der Website zu erhöhen, der Signup-Prozess umfassend überarbeitet. Die Sprachauswahl wurde um Deutsch erweitert, sodass die Website nun in fünf Sprachen verfügbar ist. Zudem besteht ... read more ...
 
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Looking Internally for the Success of Your TLD Strategy - Last week, I had the privilege of presenting at the Digital Marketing gTLD Strategy Congress in London on how to create a TLD strategy and activate your path to market for launch. Some of the best and brightest minds in the industry attended and it was encouraging to hear from major brands such as Phillips, Microsoft, Google and KPMG, as well as a variety of other applicants. While in my previous blog I discussed why a .brand TLD strategy is important, let's now delve deeper into engagement ... read more ...
 
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Más de la mitad del sector de marketing y publicidad desconoce los nuevos … - Una gTLD es el sufijo que aparece al final de una dirección web como, por ejemplo, “.com,” “.net” u “.org.” Una vez recibido el visto bueno de la autoridad responsable de la gestión de Internet, la Corporación de Internet para la Asignación de Nombres y Números (ICANN), las primeras extensiones de nueva creación estarán disponibles para el uso público a finales de 2013; con la posibilidad de ir lanzando más a lo largo de los siguientes años.  Se incluirán extensiones ... read more ...
 
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Was Markenverantwortliche über die neuen Top-Level-Domains wissen sollten - Von Semra Körner Die für die Verwaltung von Top-Level-Domains zuständige Stelle ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), ließ in der letzten Bewerbungsphase rund 2.000 Anmeldungen für die neuen „generischen Top-Level Domains“ (gTLDs) zu, die auch Gattungsbezeichnungen wie .shoes, .music oder .book beinhalten sowie markenspezifische Bewerbungen mit Endungen wie .ADAC, .BMW oder .eBay. Noch unbekanntes Terrain Während .de in Deutschland als die bekannteste ... read more ...