Author Archives: DomainHack.er

Fri 28th June 2013
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InterNetX gewinnt mit DomainShop den eco Internet Award - (PresseBox) (Regensburg, 28.06.2013) Köln – Regensburg, 28. Juni 2013 – Auf der eco Gala 2013 in Köln wurde der InterNetX DomainShop mit dem eco Internet Award in der Kategorie „Domain DNS“ ausgezeichnet. Die Gala fand am Donnerstag Abend im Kongresszentrum KölnSKY statt. Für die Fachjury aus der IT-Branche war der DomainShop diejenige Lösung, die am besten auf die Einführung der new gTLDs 2013/2014 eingestellt ... read more ...
 
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ICANN maintains line on singular/plural gTLDs, but puts closed generics on hold - ICANN’s Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) has adopted a number of resolutions concerning portions of the GAC's Safeguard Advice for new gTLDs. While maintaining the status quo on singular and plural versions of the same string, its resolution on ‘closed generic’ gTLDs places such applications in a holding pattern. In April, the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) issued a 12-page communiqué which outlined safeguard advice to apply to broad categories of gTLD applications. Earlier ... read more ...
 
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Radix Registry Announces Launch of Pre-Registration for .host Domains - Austin, TX, June 20, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Radix Registry, operators of the upcoming .host TLD are pleased to announce the launch of pre-registration for .host domain names. .host is the new TLD created specifically for the hosting industry, and one of three uncontested strings applied by Radix. Once active, .host aims to be the preferred domain extension for web hosts, ASPs, ISVs, cloud service providers, data centers and other entities within the web hosting industry. .host domains offer short, ... read more ...
 
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Yeni domain uzantıları ile tanışma vakti - Toplamda 1.940 başvurunun alındığı ICANN new gTLD sürecinde mükerrer başvurular düşüldüğünde 1.400 yeni alan adı uzantısını için değerlendirme sürecinin hemen hemen sonuna gelindi. 2012 ortalarında çekilen kuralar neticesinde değerlendirme sıraları belirlenen ve an itibariyle 720 tanesi için "olur" onayı verilen new gTLD'lerin Ağustos 2013 itibariyle tamamen neticelendirilmesi bekleniyor. Yeni domainlerde süreç nasıl işleyecek? ICANN'in IE (Initial ... read more ...
 
 
 
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Two More gTLD Applications Are Withdrawn; .Movie By Straat & .BWAY - Two more new gTLD application were withdrawn and reflected on the ICANN site tonight. Straat which applied for 13 new gTLD’s withdrew their second application tonight this time for the new gTLD .Movie. There were originally 8 applications filed for .movie and with Radix previous withdrawal of their application for .movie there are now 6 applicant left including Amazon’s application to operate the gTLD as a closed extension which was put on hold tonight by the New gTLD Committee of ICANN. Straat’s ... read more ...
 
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Breaking: New gTLD Program Committee Votes Not To Change Policy on … - The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC)  voted tonight to not change the policy on new gTLD applications concerning singular and plural terms. The GAC advised ICANN that it should place singular and plural new gTLD strings into the same contention set. For example there were applications for .Car/.Cars: .Auto/.Autos, .Hotel/.Hotels; .Coupon/.Coupons; .Deal/.Deals; .Game/.Games; .Gift/.Gifts; .Kid/.Kids top name a few. Here is the resolution passed by the NGPC tonight on the issue: “”Whereas, ... read more ...
 
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Breaking: New gTLD Program Committee Puts Closed Generics On Hold - The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC)  has put “Closed Generic” new gTLD applications on Hold by passing a  resolution tonight. Of course by placing closed generic new gTLD applications on hold, those with competing applications for the same strings , even those wanting to operate those strings as open are going to be put on hold as well. After the ICANN Beijing meeting, the GAC issued lengthily advice to ICANN, including telling ICANN it had an major issue with closed generics ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four Media Receives a Great .REVIEW - Famous Four Media is set to operate the .REVIEW Top Level DomainThursday, 27 June 2013, Gibraltar: Nobody likes a bad review right? Not necessarily! Recent statistics from Reevoo suggest that the presence of bad reviews actually improves sales conversions by 67%. All reviews are valuable, and a mix of positive and negative reviews actually helps to improve consumer trust in the opinions they read. This is why it is so significant that Famous Four Media, a global leader in the provision of generic ... read more ...
Thu 27th June 2013
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Seasoned cyclist leads Toowoomba’s charge in teams series - Topics:  bikeline racing, cycling, team tld racing, toowoomba Story Tools var addthis_config = { services_compact: 'favorites, email, facebook, twitter, buzz', services_exclude: 'print' } Tweet Sebastian Scott, a senior member of Team TLD. Bev Lacey TOOWOOMBA'S Sebastian Scott was bitten by the cycling bug about 20 years ago and he'll tell you from then on it's hard to shake from your system. ... read more ...
 
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gTLD Portfolio Update: Uncontested Applications Increase to 23 - The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM: TLDH) are pleased to announce that the Company has resolved the contention for three of its gTLD applications — .fit, .science, and .review — following an agreement with gTLD investor Domain Venture Partners PCC Limited and its associates Platinum Registry Limited, dot Science Limited, dot Review Limited and Famous Four Media Limited. Each of TLDH's applications for the three gTLD strings in question were in contention with single competing ... read more ...
 
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Domain Search Tool Helps gTLD Applicants - I’ve written about how the Domain Search Tool helps me find potential buyers for my domain names by showing me lists of registered domain names that have a specific keyword string in them. I think gTLD registrants can use the tool to help project sales figures and potentially use it for outbound sales. I can assume that gTLD registries will want to target domain name / website owners who use the gTLD keyword at the end of their domain name. For instance, the .Inc registry will probably ... read more ...
 
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How will the introduction of new gTLDs change the internet? - With new gTLDs due to start appearing on the web, it’s time again for brand owners to stop and think about their domain strategy. ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the body responsible for managing and coordinating the Internet’s Domain Name System, last week made a surprise announcement that the first new gTLD could go live in the internet as early as August 28 2013 and we may see the first registrations from September 28. The new generic top-level domain program ... read more ...
 
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Would you use a new .Wales or .Cymru website extension or email address? - We're all used to websites with .co.uk and .com at the end of the title, the .com TLD (Top Level Domain) extension is as old as the idea of a domain extension itself, but we will soon see the introduction of .Wales and .Cymru TLDs. So you could soon be logging onto www.google.cymru, and searching for websites in Wales (and beyond). It could see a big change in the way things work online, Wales is not seen as being any different to the rest of the UK by many internet services. In fact, in 2009, ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four Media Receives a Great .REVIEW - Famous Four Media is set to operate the .REVIEW Top Level Domain Thursday, 27 June 2013, Gibraltar:nbsp; Nobody likes a bad review right? Not necessarily! Recent statistics from Reevoo suggest that the presence of bad reviews actually improves sales conversions by 67%. All reviews are valuable, and a mix of positive and negative reviews actually helps to improve consumer trust in the opinions they read. This is why it is so significant that Famous Four Media, a global leader in ... read more ...
 
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Tom Embrescia, founder of Second Generation, Ltd. and .JOBS. - Tom Embrescia, founder of Second Generation, Ltd. and .JOBS. Meet Tom Embrescia, founder of Second Generation, Ltd., a family-owned investment firm focused on investing in well-managed companies and uncovering unique business opportunities. One of the businesses Second Generation owns is .JOBS, one of 22 currently existing Top Level Domains (TLD) in the world. Others include ... read more ...
Wed 26th June 2013
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ICANN puts Whois on end-of-life list - 7 shortcuts to losing your data (and probably your job!) ICANN is proposing a goodbye to Whois, saying that data is often inaccurate and suggesting that some search fields should be restricted to “authenticated requestors”. Its discussion paper, here, says Whois is “broken”. The paper seems to suggest that one of the things that's “broken” the Whois system is the proliferation of new gTLDs, which is making the “Internet ecosystem … more complex”. The report notes that ... read more ...
 
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Customised domain names get greenlight - Previously, the endings of top-level domain names were limited to a limited group of generic top level domains such as .com, .net, .org, as well as individual country code domain names such as .ca for Canada or .uk for the United Kingdom.   New names won't start appearing until at least next year, and ICANN won't be deciding on specific ones quite yet. The organization still must work out many details, including fees for obtaining new names, expected to exceed $100,000 apiece to help ICANN ... read more ...
 
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Afternic and NameJet to Offer Auctions and Premium Domain Sales for New Top … – SYS - <![CDATA[ ]]> Afternic, the world’s largest premium domain marketplace, and NameJet, a leading domain name auction platform, have been selected by dotStrategy to launch the .BUZZ top level domain (TLD), having just passed ICANN Initial Evaluation. Afternic has been tapped to define and value the .BUZZ reserve auction list, and to provide marketing and sales support for premium domain names. .BUZZ premium ... read more ...
 
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ICANN’s Expert Working Group Recommends WHOIS Replacement - Aims for Innovative, Effective Balance Between Accuracy, Access and Privacy of Registration Data for Generic Domain Names Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 26, 2013 ICANN’s Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) is recommending major changes to the way registrant data is provided to users. The “Next Generation gTLD Directory Services Model” is intended to streamline the way data is retrieved and validated, and will restrict its disclosure to what it considers permissible ... read more ...
 
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TOP LEVEL DOMAIN HLDG LTD : gTLD portfolio update: Uncontested … – 4 - gTLD portfolio update: Uncontested applications increase to 23 June 26, 2013 The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM: TLDH) are pleased to announce that the Company has resolved the contention for three of its gTLD applications - .fit, .science, and .review -following an agreement with gTLD investor Domain Venture Partners PCC Limited and its associates Platinum Registry Limited, dot Science Limited, dot Review Limited and Famous ... read more ...
 
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Revisiting generic top-level domains - As expected, there has been great initial interest in generating the new generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, that are poised to add variety to the conventional .com, .org, and .net domains that have dominated the Internet for decades. ICANN, the agency architecting the domain system, reports that as of June 7, 2013, it had approved 638 of the new gTLDs. Yet, at the same time, some companies are choosing to abandon their gTLD applications rather than pioneer this new area. While some might cite ... read more ...
 
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Internet Infrastructure: Stability at the Core, Innovation at the Edge (Part 2 of 5) - For nearly all communications on today's Internet, domain names play a crucial role in providing stable navigation anchors for accessing information in a predictable and safe manner, irrespective of where you're located or the type of device or network connection you're using. Over the past 15 years hundreds of millions of domain names have been added to the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS), and well over two billion (that's Billion!) new users, some ~34 percent of the global population, ... read more ...
 
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The ICANN’s and CANT’s of new gTLDs - A domain name offers a business an address in the global marketplace known as the internet. It is not surprising that the limited options available in existing top level domains (TLDs), has grown increasingly problematic. For example, should a leading intellectual property firm wish to register its name, ADAMS ADAMS, as a domain name in the .com top level domain, the fact that auctioneers trading in Iowa Falls, Unites States of America had already legitimately registered the domain name adamsandadams.com, ... read more ...