Author Archives: DomainHack.er

Tue 30th July 2013
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TLD/Lucas Oil/Honda Race na disputa da nona etapa do AMA MX - TLD/Lucas Oil/Honda Race na disputa da nona etapa do AMA MX Detalhes Categoria: Moto Cross Publicado em Segunda, 29 Julho 2013 17:33 Confira o desempenho de Malcolm Stewart e Cole Seely no evento que aconteceu no sábado, dia 27, em Millville, Minnesota. A temporada 2013 do AMA Motocross teve sua nona etapa realizada no sábado, dia 27, na cidade de Millville, em Minnesota. Malcolm Stewart e Cole Seely entraram em cena para defender ... read more ...
Mon 29th July 2013
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Google Talks Geotargeting And Generic ccTLDs - Google’s latest Webmaster Help video deals with ccTLDs and geotargeting – specifically Google’s view of a developer grabbing a ccTLD that is generally associated with a country they’re not actually in. Here’s the exact question: As memorable .COM domains become more expensive, more developers are choosing alternate new domains like .IO and .IM – which Google geotargets to small areas. Do you discourage this activity? “I want you to go in with your eyes open,” Google’s ... read more ...
 
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.PW Becomes First TLD To Adopt Uniform Rapid Suspension - The .pw Registry just announced it is the first TLD to adopt ICANN’s latest rights protection mechanism, the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS). The URS is in the Applicant Gudebook for new gTLD’s. “The URS seeks to provide trademark holders with faster protection against infringement than the existing Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). “ “While the UDRP, a more expensive and long process, awards ownership of a domain to the winner of a dispute, the URS ensures faster ... read more ...
 
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TLD Racing battles through tough round of QRTS at Kingaroy - Story Tools var addthis_config = { services_compact: 'favorites, email, facebook, twitter, buzz', services_exclude: 'print' } Tweet TOUGH WEEKEND: TLD Racing rider Sebastian Scott. Bev Lacey TEAM TLD Racing was happy with its outing despite a tough weekend in the Queensland Road Teams Series at Kingaroy. TLD started the weekend in promising fashion as they rode a smart race during the 120km first stage which traversed a narrow and windy course. ... read more ...
 
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Charleston Road Registry: Google bietet neue TLDs zum Verkauf an -   Die ICANN ist aktuell in der Prüfungs- und Vergabephase für neue Top-Level-Domains und gibt im Wochenrhythmus die Anträge frei oder eben nicht. Google hat sich für eine ganze Reihe von TLDs beworben und hatte angekündigt diese großteils zu öffnen – und nun dürfte es bald soweit sein. Aktuell ist das Unternehmen auf der Suche nach Partnern die Domains mit den neuen TLDS verkaufen möchten. Google hatte zur Stellung der Anträge das Tochterunternehmen Charleston Road Registry gegründet ... read more ...
Sun 28th July 2013
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What’s in a domain name? - Protecting IP on the web is about to get even trickier, but luckily a new system is available to helpThis year the internet will undergo one of its biggest changes to date, when hundreds of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) appear in the online space. Soon, we will move beyond the small world of .com and .co.uk to domains including brand specific extensions such as .google, geographic extensions like .london and foreign script extensions.The domain name world is a complex space ... read more ...
Fri 26th July 2013
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What’s Happening With Aug. 13 Applicant Auction to Resolve gTLD Contention? - The second Applicant Auction is coming up on August 13, and after a great round of workshops at the ICANN Conference in Durban, we've started to finalize all of the details. Any applicants who haven't indicated their intention to participate can still do so! We'll be opening the sign-up system within the next week, and we're expecting a large number of participants! After the success of our first auction in June, we have made some important changes to the August auction. First, we're proud ... read more ...
 
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Neue Top Level Domains ab 2001 - 10.10.2000Neue Top Level Domains ab 2001 ICANN stellt die vorgeschlagenen künftigen Spitzen-Domains auf ihrer Homepage zur Diskussion. Die meisten Vorschläge enden auf .biz, .kids, .sex, .wap Generische Top Level Domains (TLD) wie .com, .org und .net sind mittlerweile Mangelware. Die ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) vergibt Anfang kommenden Jahres neue Top Level Domains. Die Einreichfrist für neue Spitzen-Domains ist abgelaufen. 45 Antragsteller reichten bei ... read more ...
 
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Trade mark owners beware: new generic top level domains are coming! - ICANN is expected to announce the first set of successful applications and list of new generic top level domains later this summer. Before the new generic top level domains can be delegated, the applications need to go through an initial evaluation phase and any objections against those applications need to be addressed. In fact, the first decisions on legal rights objections to applications for new generic top level domains were only recently published by WIPO. The generic top level domain applications ... read more ...
 
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Tucows Follows Uniregistry & Withdraws Two gTLD Applications .Media … - Three more new gTLD applications were withdrawn with ICANN today and two are very interesting. Tucows, Inc. withdrew two of  its new gTLD applications one for .Media, just one week after another applicant Uniregistry dropped their application for .Media. and .Marketing just a little over a month after Uniregistry dropped their application for .Marketing. Tucows application for .Media had prioritization number of 407 and .Marketing had a prioritization number of 793 and both had passed ICANN ... read more ...
 
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Avoiding an ICANN Monopoly on Policy - With all the focus in the TLD world on the imminent arrival of more than a thousand new TLDs and the still unfinished discussions within ICANN on what policy framework those TLDs will need to follow, it is often forgotten that there are hundreds of other TLD policy frameworks that are mature, stable and well tested. These of course are the ccTLD policy frameworks that have been actively developed over 20 years. There are some stark differences in maturity between many ccTLD policy frameworks ... read more ...
Thu 25th July 2013
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4 More Legal Rights Objections Denied At WIPO: 17 Objections, 17 Thrown out … - Earlier today we wrote about two Legal Right Objections (LRO) that were denied at WIPO one for .GMBH and the 5th objection filed be Defender against an applicant for .Home Since then three more decisions came out all against the objectors on the strings .Song; .YellowPages and .Cam The objection to .Song was brought by DotMusic Limited of Lemesos, Cyprus, which is owned by Mr. Constantine Roussous who is an applicant for .Music. Like DotMusic Limited’s objection to Amazon’s application for ... read more ...
 
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WIPO Rejects 13th & 14th Legal Rights Objections To New gTLD’s on .GMBH … - WIPO today released two more Legal Rights Objections (LRO) decisions today and for the 13th and 14th time ruled against the Objector. Objectors are now 0-14 at WIPO on Legal Rights Objections A WIPO panel ruled against Defender Security Company for the new gTLD .home for the 5th time.  Defender filed 9 LRO to the other applicants for .Home. In the other WIPO decision today  TLDDOT GmbH, Germany, lost its objection to .GMBH filed against: The objector who is also an applicant for the new gTLD ... read more ...
 
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Afternic To Provide New gTLD .Kiwi Reserve Lists Of Premium Domains - Afternic, today announced a strategic partnership with Dot Kiwi Ltd, the applicant for the new Top Level Domain (TLD) .KIWI.  Afternic has been selected by Dot Kiwi to  to create reserve lists for their new TLD and “provide definition and valuation services for .KIWI premium domains, expected to launch in late 2013″. The .KIWI registry will offer New Zealand businesses greater branding creativity and the opportunity to differentiate themselves from competitors through the .KIWI TLD. It ... read more ...
 
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New Top Level Domain .KIWI Selects Afternic as Premium Domain Partner - WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Afternic, the world’s largest premium domain marketplace, today announced a strategic partnership with Dot Kiwi Ltd, the applicant for the new Top Level Domain (TLD) .KIWI. Afternic has been selected by Dot Kiwi to provide definition and valuation services for .KIWI premium domains, expected to launch in late 2013. “Afternic’s extensive network and experience will play a critical role in the overall ... read more ...
 
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Afternic To Provide New gTLD .Kiwi Reserve Lists for their new TLD - Afternic, today announced a strategic partnership with Dot Kiwi Ltd, the applicant for the new Top Level Domain (TLD) .KIWI.  Afternic has been selected by Dot Kiwi to  to create reserve lists for their new TLD and “provide definition and valuation services for .KIWI premium domains, expected to launch in late 2013″. The .KIWI registry will offer New Zealand businesses greater branding creativity and the opportunity to differentiate themselves from competitors through the .KIWI TLD. It ... read more ...
 
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New internet addresses - WHO has the rights to the name “Amazon”? The e-commerce giant of the same name or the countries through which the world’s second longest river flows? The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which oversees the internet’s address system, will have to answer this tricky question: the company wants to register internet addresses ending in .amazon, but several countries in South America, including Brazil and Peru, object. And they have the support of the Government ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Scores dotAfrica Domain High in Initial Evaluation -  dotAfrica Steering Committee Chair Mohammed El Bashir  Amaka Eze Africa is firmly on its way to having its own dotAfrica generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names Numbers (ICANN), the Internet governing body ruled that the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) bid for dotAfrica has passed "Initial Evaluation". The decision was communicated officially last Monday. "Based on the review of your application (it) has passed Initial Evaluation. The application ... read more ...
 
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Team TLD keen to maintain Queensland Road Teams Series roll - Topics:  cycling, queensland road teams series, team tld racing Story Tools var addthis_config = { services_compact: 'favorites, email, facebook, twitter, buzz', services_exclude: 'print' } Tweet Toowoomba's Team TLD Racing heading to Kingaroy this weekend. Contributed TOOWOOMBA'S Team TLD Racing will be out to continue its strong presence in this year's Queensland Road Teams Series when racing moves to the ... read more ...
 
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Why Latin American Countries Scored a Major Victory Over Internet Domain … - Chile and Argentina have scored a major victory in the battle over the use of geographic terms such as generic top level domain names (gTLD), a new form of internet addresses that include endings such as .xxx, .app, .book, .search, and .amazon. The two South American nations filed complaints against Patagonia Inc., a California-based clothing company, when it put in an application request for ... read more ...
Wed 24th July 2013
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Matthieu Crédou (Afnic) : « Nous assisterons au premier grand procès entre l … - Extension des noms de domaine, protection des marques, confidentialité des données… Matthieu Crédou, responsable commercial au sein de la direction marketing et innovation du registre français Afnic, revient sur les thématiques clés abordées lors de la 47e réunion publique de l’ICANN, régulateur technique de l’Internet. Le rassemblement ICANN 47 s’est tenu à Durban, en Afrique du Sud, du 14 au 18 juillet 2013. Silicon.fr – Dans quel climat s’est déroulée la 47e réunion de ... read more ...
 
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Verisign Pre-Earnings: Expecting Modest Growth - Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN), the provider of registry services for all .com and .net domain names, will report its Q2 2013 results on July 25, 2013. We expect continued growth for the company to be driven by increase in .com/.net domain names. However, we forecast the future growth rate of .com/.net domain name base to be lower than the overall Internet domain name growth rate due to competition from country code domain names and other factors. While the introduction of new generic top-level ... read more ...
 
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Tinka Announces the Approval of Its Environmental Impact Assessment for Its … - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - July 23, 2013) - Tinka Resources Limited (the "Company"), (TSX VENTURE:TK)(PINKSHEETS:TKRFF)(FRANKFURT:TLD), announces that it has received from the General Bureau of Environmental Affairs ("DGAAM") of the Ministry of Energy and Mines ("MINEM") of Peru, the Directoral Resolution N° 263-2013-MEM/AAM dated July 19th, 2013, approving the Company's Environmental Impact Assessment ("EIA") for the proposed drill program on its Ayawilca zinc project ... read more ...
 
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When ccTLDs Can Make a Difference in the Overall SEO Campaign - Tweet Buffer In a recent column I examined the merits of two techniques for international SEO. Here we look more carefully at some elements of one of them, country code top-level domains (ccTLDs). Enterprise companies like Google or Amazon utilize ccTLDs and have one specific website for each different country; for example, companyname.fr for France or .co.uk for United Kingdom. There are other enterprise companies that don't use different domains ... read more ...
 
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WordPress.com Adds .CO As Only The 5th TLD For Custom Domain Name … - Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, announced today on the company blog, that it has added .CO domain names as a custom domain name option for fully hosted WordPress.com sites. .CO becomes only the 5th TLD  joining .com, .org, .net and .me as one of only five custom domain options available through WordPress.com. There are currently over 33 million websites and blogs in over 120 languages around the world powered by WordPress.com, including the sites of many of the most well-recognized ... read more ...