Author Archives: DomainHack.er

Thu 28th January 2016
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Minds + Machines Group Expands Into Chinese Market - Minds + Machines Group Limited (LSE:MMX), the publicly quoted owner and operator of Internet top-level domains has announced its expansion into the Chinese market with the appointment of the highly respected registry service company, ZDNS (互联网域名系统北京市工程研究中心有限公司), as its local infrastructure partner. The Company has also appointed Allegravita LLC, a leading strategic marketing company focused on introducing registry businesses into China, to advise the ... read more ...
 
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How to Upgrade to a New Top-Level Domain - Jeff Gapinski is a husband, designer, technologist, active, nerd turned entrepreneur. He co-founded his digital agency, Huemor, with one of his best friends. Since his agency's birth, he's been proud to have had the opportunity work with brands like Live Nation, Revlon and NBC. Several months ago I got an email about new, fancy top-level domains (TLDs) available on the market. As a designer and creative mind, scrolling through the "dot-ninjas" and "dot-gurus" made me excited, but the SEO specialist ... read more ...
 
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There Is a New Digital Gold Rush Called gTLD’s Happening Right Now; Thanks to New Services from Leads.Plus … – Virtual - The face of the Web has changed forever, and most people have not even recognized that there is a new gold rush happening right under their fingertips with new gTLD's. The birth and discovery of this new virtual land for pioneers to claim for their own is in this new digital economy and is accessible, thanks to new big data technology provided by Leads.Plus. (PRWEB) January 28, 2016 The face of the Internet has changed forever, and most people have not even recognized that there is a new gold ... read more ...
 
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Plans for .gay top-level domain at risk - ( New York, NY ) With claims from the Economist Intelligence Unit ( EIU ) that the word 'GAY' is "not a well-known abbreviation for the community of LGBTQIA people," the international organization responsible for maintaining the Internet's global domain system has denied dotgay LLC's community application proposal to operate the .GAY top-level domain ( TLD ). Lexus Nexus search, Google search, global community supporters, and common sense point to GAY as the best-known abbreviation for the community ... read more ...
 
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1&1 annuncia il nuovo dominio di primo livello .FAMILY - 11 Internet è annuncia la disponibilità del nuovo dominio di primo livello .FAMILY. L’azienda ha compreso l’importanza dei nuovi domini fin dal novembre 2013, quando ha iniziato appunto a introdurre interessanti estensioni di dominio generiche (i nuovi gTLD). Ciò ha reso possibili infinite combinazioni per creare nomi di dominio completamente personalizzati e quindi siti ancora più efficaci per moltissime categorie di utenti. Grazie alle nuove estensioni è possibile, infatti, trovare ... read more ...
 
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Results Available for 27 January 2016 New gTLD Program Auction – ag-IP - LOS ANGELES - On 27 January 2016, Power Auctions LLC, ICANN's authorized auction service provider, conducted a New gTLD Program Auction to resolve string contention for one new generic top-level domain (gTLD) contention set: .SHOP. This set was previously identified as an indirect contention set consisting of both the .SHOP and .SHOPPING strings. ICANN stated that the applicants for .SHOPPING have resolved their contention amongst themselves, eliminating the linkage between .SHOP and .SHOPPING. ... read more ...
 
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Istanbul bekommt eine eigene Top-Level-Domain - .ist statt gov.tr Die Abkürzungen „.istanbul“ und „.ist“ werden zu Top-Level-Domains (TLD). Somit ändert sich beispielsweise die Adresse der Stadtverwaltung von İBB.gov.tr zu ibb.istanbul beziehungsweise ibb.ist. Das gab die Großstadtverwaltung Istanbul (İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi, İBB) auf einer gemeinsamen Pressekonferenz mit der ICANN, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, bekannt. Die ICANN ist für die Vergabe von einmaligen Namen und ... read more ...
 
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Mercato dei domini: trend del 2015 e previsioni per il nuovo anno -  Il portale DN Journal ha pubblicato recentemente un corposo articolo dedicato ai principali trend che hanno interessato il mercato dei domini nel 2015, oltre a riportare come di consueto delle previsioni per il nuovo anno. Di seguito, vista anche l’estensione ragguardevole dell’analisi, vi proporremo un riepilogo di quanto reso noto dalla fonte della news odierna.L’importanza del mercato cineseTutti gli esperti interpellati dal portale concordano su un fatto: tra gli eventi principali ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD ‘.shop’ Sells for 41.5 Million at Auction, Highest Sale to Date - GMO Registry, Inc, a Japanese domain name registry business, has won the rights to a single new top-level domain, .shop, for $41.5 million. Google and Amazon where among contenders bidding for the TLD however only two bidders, GMO and an unidentified rival, were prepared to pay over $15 million, reports Kevin Murphy in Domain Incite. GMO says .shop will be an open, unrestricted namespace however the company is forbidding speculation and trading of domains under the TLD. "Registration of ... read more ...
Wed 27th January 2016
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2015 Domain Year in Review - 2015 was a challenging yet exciting year for brand owners. While new gTLDs continue to consume much of the news in the domain industry, there were other notable highlights. Global domain registrations reached nearly 300 million; ICANN had several initiatives in motion that were of particular concern to brand owners; and companies continued to face threats to their brand reputation, revenue and customer trust. Here's my top 5 domain highlights from 2015: * * * 1. Strong Growth in Domain Market Verisign ... read more ...
 
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¿Cómo hizo la Unión Soviética para enviar a su primer hombre a … - El Espectador / A primera vista, hablar del " internet soviético " parece paradójico y anacrónico. Sin embargo, realmente existió. Esto explica por qué hoy en día aún se encuentra disponible el dominio de nivel superior ".su" ( Unión Soviética ) en el mercado de dominios, más allá de que la ICANN (Corporación de Internet para la Asignación de Nombres y Números) haya pedido que lo eliminaran.Los investigadores del internet soviético generalmente coinciden en que su desarrollo comenzó ... read more ...
 
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¿Cómo hizo la Unión Soviética para enviar a su primer hombre a internet? - El Espectador / A primera vista, hablar del " internet soviético " parece paradójico y anacrónico. Sin embargo, realmente existió. Esto explica por qué hoy en día aún se encuentra disponible el dominio de nivel superior ".su" ( Unión Soviética ) en el mercado de dominios, más allá de que la ICANN (Corporación de Internet para la Asignación de Nombres y Números) haya pedido que lo eliminaran.Los investigadores del internet soviético generalmente coinciden en que su desarrollo comenzó ... read more ...
Tue 26th January 2016
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Így regisztráljon .CLOUD felső szintű domaint - Anyavállaltunk, az Aruba S.p.A 2014-ben megnyerte az ICANN által meghirdetett pályázatot, ezáltal kizárólagos jogosultságot szerzett a .CLOUD felső szintű domain név (Top Level Domain) regisztrációjára. Miért jó .CLOUD domain név? – Mert a CLOUD az internet jövője. – Mert gyorsan növekvő piac. – Mert minden felhős megoldást képvisel. – Mert biztosítja a legjobb megjelenést a piaci versenyben. – Mert alkalmazkodik a különböző igényekhez és felhasználáshoz. – ... read more ...
 
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BRS Media’s dotFM Releases Ranking of Top .FM Sites and Brands, .FM Top 100 Hits of 2015 - SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BRS Media, a diverse and growing media e-commerce firm that assists traditional and interactive media companies build and brand on the power of the Internet, today announced that dotFM, the .FM Top-Level Domain Registry, has released the year-end ranking of the Top 100 Hits of 2015, the year's top .FM sites and brands. dotFM’s year end top 100 ranking, “.FM Top 100 Hits of 2015” lists the top sites and ... read more ...
Mon 25th January 2016
Sat 23rd January 2016
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Local Food Players Land Awards, Expand - As 2016 gets underway, Northern Michigan's food industry players are expanding into bigger markets, serving up new products and bringing even more attention to the region with national awards. TC-based Taste the Local Difference (TLD) is increasing its efforts to expand its program statewide. TLD, which works to bring more locally-produced foods into the market, began expansion efforts in 2015 into Washtenaw County. Bill Palladino, the project director, ... read more ...
Fri 22nd January 2016
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SEO et new gTLDs : où en sommes-nous ? -   Partager cet article :Depuis l’arrivée des nouvelles extensions, beaucoup d’interrogations restaient en suspens concernant la relation entre les new gTLDs et le référencement.Les interrogations et les suppositions émises jusqu’à maintenant se confirment. Dernièrement, Google a donné des informations rassurantes concernant l’alchimie entre new gTLD et SEO : les new gTLDs sont considérés au même titre que tous les autres TLDs génériques et ont le même poids au niveau du référencement.Mais ... read more ...
Thu 21st January 2016
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Reviewing New gTLD Program Safeguards Against DNS Abuse – ag-IP - Home / Reviewing New gTLD Program Safeguards Against DNS Abuse / LOS ANGELES - ICANN is currently engaged in data collection on DNS abuse and mitigation efforts implemented as part of the New gTLD Program. Members of the community and general public are invited to join ICANN on 28 January 2016 in an open discussion on the topic. This work will help inform the efforts of the review team examining the effects of the Program on Competition, ... read more ...
Wed 20th January 2016
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The Leadership Development Group Announces New Advisory Board - NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jan 20, 2016) - The Leadership Development Group, Inc. (TLD Group), a global talent development firm exclusive to the healthcare industry, is pleased to confirm the appointment of their 2016 Advisory Board. The board is comprised of nationally recognized leaders with deep expertise in leadership development and represents all sectors of the healthcare industry as well as best in class corporate talent leaders. The board has been established to guide TLD Group's ... read more ...
 
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The Leadership Development Group Announces New Advisory Board - Board Members Represent All Sectors of the Healthcare Industry as Well as Corporate Talent Leaders to Guide TLD Group's Strategy for Growth and Innovation /EINPresswire.com/ -- NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwired) -- 01/20/16 -- The Leadership Development Group, Inc. (TLD Group), a global talent development firm exclusive to the healthcare industry, is pleased to confirm the appointment ... read more ...
Tue 19th January 2016
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AlpNames Now the Second Largest Providers of gTLDs in the World - AlpNames Limited, a worldwide domain registrar, recently became the second largest provider of the new gTLDs in the world. The company was established in 2013 and headquartered on the island of Gibraltar. They also provide SSL certificates, email and web hosting.The company has created a domain portfolio of about one million new gTLDs, which puts it above GoDaddy as the second largest in the world.Read the full story here. ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Launches .WINE and .VIN Internet Domains - <!-- Paragraph before: BELLEVUE, Wash., Jan. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Wineries, vintners, retailers, and wine aficionados have two new homes on the Internet as Donuts Inc., the largest registry for new "not-com" domain names (known in the industry as generic top-level domains, or gTLDs), today announced that the .WINE and .VIN gTLDs will be available for general ... read more ...
Mon 18th January 2016
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AlpNames overtakes GoDaddy and passes the magic million – Virtual - AlpNames now has more than 1 million domain names under management and becomes the second largest new gTLD registrar on the planet.Monday 18th January 2016, Gibraltar: According to ntldstats.com, AlpNames (a leading domain name registrar with a special focus on new style domain extensions) has just overtaken GoDaddy in terms of the number of new gTLD domain names under management.“GoDaddy is by far the world’s largest and most well-known domain registrar,” said Damon Barnard, Chief Operations ... read more ...
 
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New TLD .Feedback Arrived Today with Unique Features Designed by a Familiar Industry Face - While many view new gTLDs as being competitors to the long established .com, Westerdal said that because of its unique characteristics, that is not the case with .feedback . "New registries use phrases such ... read more ...
 
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Domain experts on the slow start for new gTLDS, and what may turn the tide - Trevor Little Opening this year’s Com Laude Domain Conference, managing director Nick Wood acknowledged that “it has been a slow start” for the ongoing expansion of the new gTLDs program. Noting that, as of January 8, there were just over 11.5 million gTLD domain registrations (compared to 290 million across legacy domains) he pointed out that ... read more ...