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Sat 13th December 2014
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ICANN Gears Up for Second Round of gTLD Applications Even as First Round … - The most significant development in the Internet space in recent years is the ongoing generic top-level domain (gTLD) expansion. (As a reminder, a TLD is what appears to the right of the "dot" in a domain name (i.e., .COM, .ORG, .GOV).) The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) embarked on an aggressive plan to expand the Internet from just 23 gTLDs to more than a thousand gTLDs, culminating in an application process in 2012 that allowed any organization with an interest ... read more ...
Fri 12th December 2014
 
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HostingCon India Session Explores How Strategic Promotions Key to New gTLD … - MUMBAI, INDIA — The first day of ResellerClub presents HostingCon India featured diverse keynotes from various speakers. Topics covered in sessions on Friday included internet access in India, domains, and online marketing trends. In an early afternoon session, executives from the Public Interest Registry (PIR), the non-profit organization that manages the .ORG top level domain, were on hand to give an overview of the trends and changes in the domain name industry. PIR director of channel ... read more ...
 
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Le TOP 10 des nouveaux gTLDs -

Il existe un “Top 10” des nouvelles extensions Internet: il s’agit des dix Registres qui autorisent la commercialisation de nouveaux noms de domaine au réseau des bureaux d’enregistrement accrédités. Dans le cas de ce Top 10, nous parlons des dix Registres qui créent le and de noms de domaine.

Via: journaldunet.com

Thu 11th December 2014
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NCC Group to Open Trust Domain For Registration - NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC, “NCC Group” or "the Group"), the international, independent provider of Escrow, Assurance and Domain Services, announces that companies will be able to submit their requests to become part of the .trust community on 16 December 2014.   NCC Group’s .trust generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) has now begun a 90-day “Name Collision” and will shortly enter into a “Sunrise Period”, as defined by ICANN, to protect trademarked brands. Rob Cotton, NCC Group CEO, commented: “After ... read more ...
 
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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | ICANN Gears Up for Second Round of gTLD … -

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Consumers Prefer the .ORGANIC Web Address for True-Organic Goods - DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 11, 2014--.ORGANIC domain operator Afilias  today announced the results of new research that provides important insights regarding U.K. and U.S. Internet users’ experience finding organic products and services online. Nearly 70% of respondents believe that some companies are misrepresenting themselves as “organic” to command a premium price, and 60% would like a reliable way to distinguish real organic providers online from the pretenders. That’s why almost 60% ... read more ...
 
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Fig. 2: Brands that U.S. consumers believe should be on the .ORGANIC domain … - DUBLIN--(Business Wire)--.ORGANIC domain operator Afilias today announced the results of new research that provides important insights regarding U.K. and U.S. Internet users’ experience finding organic products and services online. Nearly 70% of respondents believe that some companies are misrepresenting themselves as “organic” to command a premium price, and 60% would like a reliable way to distinguish real organic providers online from the pretenders. ... read more ...
 
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The latest on everything you need to know about domain names - We continue with the series on domain names and the important things to know and remember when securing a domain name and creating a web presence.Structure of domain namesA domain name is composed of different parts separated by “dots” and each part represents a hierarchy in the domain name structure and this hierarchy descent from the right to the left part of the domain name.At the highest level of the hierarchy is the Top Level Domain which is the right most part of the domain name. For example ... read more ...
 
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1st Day New gTLD Totals .immo 5274; .Business 3292; .Software 3068; .Network … - 6 New gTLD’s went into their first day of General Availability (GA) yesterday where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including all domain names registered during the Sunrise Period by trademark holders and in the Early Access Period (EAP) for those who were willing to pay a one time fee for early access more than 17,000 domain names were registered across the six new domain extensions which is the best first day performance by non-city new gTLD’s for a long time. Here ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD Pass 3.5 Million But How Many Are Third Party Paid Registrations … - The number of new gTLD registrations just crossed the 3.5 million mark according to ntldstats.com The question is how many of these 3.5 Million new gTLD domain names are paid for registrations made by third parties unrelated to the registry So we are basically backing out any  known free registrations, any domain name registered to the registry itself or to parties related to the registry in which case we are talking about the principal owners of the registry, any domain registered and reserved ... read more ...
 
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Wanna buy a dot-word? If you want a .pizza the action, now’s a chance - Adaptable System Recovery (ASR) for Linux virtual machines Roundup Everyone loves pizza. Even though the industry is responsible for cluttering millions of people's mailboxes with flyers, you'll still take a look and think about ordering one.Well, expect to see one minor change in those flyers from now on – the addition of new .pizza domain names – thanks to the launch of the internet registry earlier on Wednesday. According to one registrar, it is the top selling ... read more ...
Wed 10th December 2014
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Early Data Suggests New gTLDs Perform Well in Search Environment - Internet addresses registered in new gTLDs are holding their own against — and in some cases outperforming — comparable addresses registered in legacy domains like .COM, according to new data that provides the best window yet into the operational functionality of new gTLD addresses. A question on everyone's mind in the run up to new gTLDs was: how would new domains perform in the wild against legacy domains on the key criteria of search? Even though Donuts bet on the hypothesis that new ... read more ...
 
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DNN Podcast Interview with Antony Van Couvering - Antony Van Couvering, founder and CEO of of Minds + Machines was recently interviewed by DNN's Andrew Allemann's, where they discuss new Top-Level Domains. Andrew writes: "We discuss registry pricing of premium domains, niche TLDs, domain name registration channels and more. It’s an enlightening discussion with the founder of one of the largest new TLD companies." You can listen to the podcast here. About Minds + Machines Minds + Machines (LSE:MMX) is a leading owner ... read more ...
 
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TLD Registry and Right of the Dot Establish a Domain Name Industry "Dream … - TLD Registry Ltd, the world's leading Internationalized Domain Name "New gTLD" registry, announced a partnership agreement with the influential Internet advising and consulting firm, Right of the Dot, LLC (ROTD). ROTD is led by successful veteran domain name industry experts, Monte Cahn and Michael Berkens, who will work with TLD Registry as it continues to market and sell its two IDNs, Dot Chinese Online (.在线 ), and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网). Dot Chinese Online and Dot Chinese ... read more ...
 
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With .SOFTWARE and .AUCTION, Programmers and Resellers Get Their Piece … – Virtual - New Top Level Domains Expand Online Options KIRKLAND, Wash., Dec. 10, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rightside (Nasdaq:NAME), a leading provider of domain name services that advance the way businesses and consumers define and present themselves online, today announced the launch of .SOFTWARE and .AUCTION, two new web extensions that expand Rightside's growing portfolio of unique Top Level Domains (TLDs). There are almost a million software developers in the U.S. alone, and the U.S. Bureau of ... read more ...
 
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Photo Release — Rightside Provides Highlights From Investor & Analyst Day at … - KIRKLAND, Wash., Dec 09, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Rightside Group, Ltd. NAME, -1.34% ... read more ...
Tue 9th December 2014
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Sedo Transactions Total $1 Million As a Record Number 60% Of Domains Sell … - Over the past week, 458 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 Million dollars 60% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings which I believe is a record high for Sedo or anyone else in the industry Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: restaurantuniforms.com at 20,000 USD · Top ccTLD: etfs.de at 11,900 EUR · Top “other” TLD: joins.net at 3,500 EUR I wish I can pick out a favorite buy but I have nothing off this list:   ... read more ...
 
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Photos & Highlights from Rightside’s Big Day at NASDAQ Friday - the day with Rightside CEO Taryn Naidu ringing the closing bell (Rightside trades in the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol NAME). NASDAQ and Rightside provided some photos from the busy day in ... read more ...
 
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BaseKit Partners with Rightside - December 9th, 2014 By: THN News <!-- GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-1-Rotating");--> <!--GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-2");--> <!--GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-3");--> (The Hosting News) -  BaseKit, the website building platform, has today announced its new partnership with Rightside Group Ltd (Nasdaq: NAME), a leading provider of domain name services that advance the way businesses and consumers define and present themselves online. ... read more ...
 
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Domain Graffiti Launched by Industry Veterans - At the TRAFFIC conference in October, I learned about a new domain industry company called Domain Graffiti, which was founded by Braden Pollock and James Wester. Domain Graffiti is a domain brokerage that helps add value to domain names by working on concept creation, drafting of a business summary, logo creation, and other value adds on behalf of the domain name owner. Domain Graffiti’s team of brokers are focused on representing higher value (six and seven figure) domain names. In addition, ... read more ...
Mon 8th December 2014
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Which Domains Stand the Strongest Against Phishing Attacks? - Highlights from the latest research published by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) Criminals behind phishing attacks are constantly looking for new vulnerabilities. The latest Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) Global Phishing Survey, which analyzed over 100,000 phishing attacks in the first half of 2014, examines the progress that top level domains (TLDs) are making in responding to phishing attacks that use their TLDs. The report finds the .INFO domain has the lowest average phishing ... read more ...
 
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Nissan Files 12 Separate URS Cases On New gTLD’s Spending Over 50% The … - Nissan which sold Z.com for $6.8 million dollars a few weeks ago filed 12 separate Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) cases with the National Arbitration Forum over the weekend. For about 3K per brand, or $9K Nissan could have bought a block with Donuts which would have blocked any of new gTLD domain name in these three brands from being registered over all Donuts extensions, which I believe all of these were. Nissan also won a URS on the domain name Nissan.repair today making it a total of 13 URS cases At ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Sells $2.5 Million in Premium Domains: Sounds Like Non-New gTLD … - CentralNic (LON:CNIC)  announced on Monday it has sold premium domain names for  US$2.5mln. Sounds like those domain names were not of the gTLD variety. On the gTLD front CentralNic said they to be the exclusive registry service provider to at least 35 new TLD’s over the next 2-3 years. The group has also been confirmed as the exclusive global distributor and billing agent for the following new TLDs to be launched from 2015: .site, .design, .tickets. Other CentralNic new TLDs still to be launched ... read more ...
 
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dotCapeTown e-mail addresses causing headaches - Owners of new .capetown top-level domains may have some trouble using e-mail addresses from their new space on the Internet. This is because a number of online services still check to see that the top-level domain (TLD) portion of an e-mail address (such as .com, .net, or .za) is only a certain number of characters long. Even well-established, widely used open source Internet software checks for TLD lengths as short as 6 or 7 characters, despite an old Internet Engineering Task ... read more ...