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Sat 13th July 2013
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.Africa one step closer - The ZA Central Registry (ZACR) bid for dotAfrica (.africa) has passed the Internet governing body ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) “Initial Evaluation”. The decision was communicated officially on 12 July 2013. The ICANN “New gTLD Program Initial Evaluation Report” stated that “Based on the review of your application (it) has passed Initial Evaluation. The application is eligible to proceed to the next step in the Program.” The dotAfrica ... read more ...
 
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Over 100 gTLD Applications Committed in Aug. 13 Applicant Auction - In early June, the first Applicant Auction resolved contention for 6 contested gTLDs. The successful outcome of that auction has generated a great deal of interest from other applicants, and Innovative Auctions is expecting a big turnout in our next auction, to be held on August 13th. For more than half of the contested applications, at least one applicant is ready to resolve contention via our auction. Our auctions are voluntary and an auction for a contention set is held only when all applicants ... read more ...
 
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Africa on track to having its own .africa gTLD - INTERNETBy BiztechAfrica - July 13, 2013, 5:33 p.m.Africa is firmly on its way to having its own .africa ("dotAfrica") generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) after Internet governing body ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names Numbers) ruled that the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) bid for dotAfrica has passed "Initial Evaluation". The decision was communicated officially yesterday evening.According to the ICANN New gTLD Program Initial Evaluation Report: "Based on the review of your application ... read more ...
 
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ICANN und neue Top Level Domains: Fest gemauert … auf wackeligem Grund - Nach Jahren des Tauziehens um die Erweiterung des Domain-Namensraums wähnt sich die Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) auf der Zielgeraden. Vor dem bevorstehenden 47. Treffen der privaten Internet-Verwalter im südafrikanischen Durban meldete die ICANN, dass 1092 neue Namen für Top Level Domains (TLDs) die erste im Rahmen der Zulassung notwendige Prüfung durchlaufen haben. Überdies wurden die Standardverträge für Registrare und Registries, für Domainverkäufer ... read more ...
 
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Watch the Repositioning of .LA - You’ve probably read about the repositioning of Laos’ .LA ccTLD extension by Go Daddy. If not, check out the Wall St. Journal press release for more details. In short, Godaddy will be marketing .LA domain names to a Los Angeles audience and selling the domain names for $39.99/year. I think this is interesting and will almost be like a test case or practice for other geographic TLDs such as .NYC. As someone who is interested in marketing, I am most interested in seeing how the registrar ... read more ...
 
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ICANN’s Update Of New gTLD Program Status By The Numbers + 1st 50 Start … - ICANN’s  Christine Willett just gave an update  on the New gTLD program from the first session at the ICANN meeting in Durban: “As Yesterday my team has published results for through priority number 1,200 of the application. so we’ve released 1,100 initial evaluation results. Over 1,000 applications having passed initial evaluation. we have had 13 applications identified as eligible for extended evaluation. There have been 49 withdrawn applications out of that first 1,200 prioritized. Two ... read more ...
Fri 12th July 2013
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David slays Goliath in Domain Name Gold Rush, Dot LA starts the craze - Register Your New Dot LA Domain Today Los Angeles and Louisiana area marketers have started to sing Randy Newman’s famous tribute to Southern California, “I Love LA”. Newly released domain names have local significance. (Newswire.net -- July 12, 2013) Anaheim, CA -- The fight for quality and noteworthy domain names has been an issue since the advent ... read more ...
 
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ICM’s .Adult Passes ICANN’s Initial Evaluation - MARINA DEL REY, Calif. — ICM Registry's application for .adult has passed its initial evaluation and was given approval today to move forward in ICANN's gTLD screening process. So far, 1,100 applications for gTLDs have either passed, failed or qualified for extended evaluation in ICANN's filtering process, which began earlier this year. Today, 95 applications were given the green light. Applications that pass ICANN's Initial Evaluation stage and that do not face any objections or string contention ... read more ...
 
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FairWinds Exceeds Revenue Expectations - FairWinds Logo Washington, DC (PRWEB) July 12, 2013 Domain name consultancy FairWinds Partners Thursday announced strong second-quarter growth built on increasing public interest and acceptance of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), which are being developed under the auspices of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Double-digit ... read more ...
 
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New domain names bound for collisions: ‘Things are going to break’ - New domain names bound for collisions: 'Things are going to break' The Internet is on the brink of the largest expansion of generic Top Level Domains in its history, with as many as 1,000 new strings expected to be added over the next year, more than quadrupling the current gTLD space. Some observers, including the operator of two of the Internet’s root zone servers, worry that this expansion of public domains could result in naming collisions with private internal network domains, disrupting ... read more ...
 
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95 New gTLD Pass IE: .Africa; .Miami; .Amsterdam; .Bible; .Adult; .Landrover … - 95 new gTLD application passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) today and 2 applications are headed for the dreaded Extended Evaluation. Leading the way passing IE, today are the Geographical applications for .Africa; .Miami; .Amsterdam. Beyond that a couple of very interesting new gTLD passed IE today .Bible which was filed by the American Bible Society and .Adult which was filed by ICM Registry the operator of the .XXX extension Several Brand applications passed IE today. Applications for car ... read more ...
 
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Update on Verisign’s IDN Implementation Plans - The composition of the Internet's population has seen a dramatic shift over the last two decades. In 1996, the majority of end users were based in the U.S.; according to a 2012 Comscore report, the non-English speaking Internet population has grown to 87 percent, with more than 40 percent based in the Asia-Pacific region. In order to embrace this population shift, we believe the Internet must become multilingual so it can be accessible and relevant to the majority of end users today. By ... read more ...
 
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ICANN earmarks domains record WhoIs for the scrapheap - The WhoIs directory of domain name ownership should be scrapped, according to a report from its managing body the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). As NewLegal Review reported in January, ICANN pledged to review the effectiveness of the system late last year, and the report has emerged from the early stages of that research.Currently, WhoIs records of which parties own registered generic Top-Level domains (gTLDs), are freely available to the public and accessible ... read more ...
 
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Afilias New gTLD Pre-Registration is Here - After years of discussion and preparation, Afilias is excited to start the process of bringing our two dozen-plus New generic Top-Level Domains to the public. As a first step, Afilias has created a special pre-registration site. Here, you can tell us which New gTLDs you're interested in for yourself or your business. For example you might be drawn to the ".LGBT" gTLD for promoting your support for LGBT issues. Or you might want to create a specialized dating service using a .MEET domain. ... read more ...
 
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Factory Bike Friday: Malcolm Stewart’s Lucas Oil/TLD CRF450R - Malcolm Stewart turned a few heads with his third place finish in the second moto at Budds Creek this year, proving that James is not the only Stewart with enough speed to land on a national motocross podium. After his JDR/Star KTM team folded at the end of the Supercross season, the younger Stewart was grabbed up by Lucas Oil/TLD to ride a CRF450R in the 450 class, ... read more ...
 
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FairWinds Exceeds Revenue Expectations - Related: Press Release, News Washington, DC Domain name consultancy FairWinds Partners Thursday announced strong second-quarter growth built on increasing public interest and acceptance of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), which are being developed under the auspices of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Double-digit percentage revenue gains were attributable to a 36 percent increase between the first and second quarters in the number of FairWinds clients ... read more ...
 
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1&1 lancia il nuovo portale dedicato alla prenotazione dei nuovi gTLD - di Stefano Castelnuovo La maggior parte delle PMI è però ancora ignara dell’esistenza di queste nuove estensioni 11, gTLD, ... read more ...
 
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1&1 lancia il nuovo portale dedicato alla prenotazione dei nuovi gTLD - di Stefano Castelnuovo La maggior parte delle PMI è però ancora ignara dell’esistenza di queste nuove estensioni 11, gTLD, ... read more ...
 
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Branchentreff in Südafrika: InterNetX beim 47. ICANNMeeting in Durban - Drucken TOP-THEMEN 12.07.2013 - Fachkonferenz - Messen / Events Ein zentrales Thema der Konferenz ist die Einführung der new gTLDs / Ein Team von InterNetX nimmt an den Diskussionen und Seminaren teil - und stellt den mehrfach ausgezeichneten DomainShop vor (Initiative Mittelstand) InterNetX nimmt am zweiten diesjährigen ICANNMeeting in Durban teil. Bei der internationalen Fachkonferenz werden ... read more ...
 
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Estensioni gTLD : 1&1 consente di prenotare i nuovi indirizzi internet - di Redazione BitMat Questi domini rivoluzioneranno il modo con cui identificare i siti 11, indirizzi internet12/7/2013 ... read more ...
 
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DomainsBot Announce Release of TLD Recommendation Engine for Registries - New recommendation tool helps registries put relevant TLDs in front of registrants. San Francisco, CA and Rome, Italy (PRWEB) July 11, 2013 DomainsBot, the provider of leading domain suggestion technology, proudly announces its first product for registries. TLD Recommendation Engine for Registries is a product that services the world’s largest registrars, with the DomainsBot Name Suggestion API. Last week, DomainsBot released the TLD Recommendation Engine for Registrars as a ... read more ...
Thu 11th July 2013
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.pw, the TLD Managed by Radix Registry, Announces Single Character Domain … - Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 11, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The .pw Registry is pleased to announce the auction of its single character domain names starting July 12, 2013.Hard to come by in any top level domain (TLD), single character domain names have sold for high auction prices, irrespective of the TLD. The names P.pw and W.pw, for example, have already been sold for $8000 each. U.pw, the domain name of viral social media site Upworthy, was also sold recently for an undisclosed amount.Upworthy ... read more ...
 
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New Study Ranks .XXX as One of Safest TLDs - LEESBURG, Va. — .XXX is one of the safest top-level domains in terms of detecting and mitigating malware and other abusive devices, according to a new study released by Internet security firm Architelos. Only two other TLDs — .tel and .no — ranked ahead of .XXX in  Architelos' Namespace Quality Index. .XXX was placed by Architelos in the "excellent" category, while such popular TLDs, including .com and .org, ended up in the "exercise caution" slot. "The stats on .XXX [and other TLDs] represent ... read more ...
 
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Dotless Domains Considered Harmful, Says IAB - In light of recent controversies around the implementation of dotless domains, the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) has released a statement calling the practice harmful. From the executive summary: * * * It has come to the attention of the IAB that there are proposals for so-called "dotless" domains in the root zone, and that some existing top-level domains (TLDs) are already operating in such a mode. TLD operators of dotless domains are intending that single label names — those ... read more ...
 
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The Missing Link in Dotless Domains - Well more than a year ago, ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee published SSAC 053, its paper on single-label domain names — now referred to in the community as "dotless" domains — advising against their use. In a robust comment period, the community weighed in on the utility and safety of dotless domains, with some in favor and some opposed. To address the matter, ICANN has commissioned further study of the issue with an eye toward resolving the issue for new gTLD applicants. The ... read more ...