Category Archives: EN

Tue 3rd March 2015
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Hillary Clinton Used Her Own Domain to Conduct Communications - The Washington Post and New York Times covered a story on former First Lady Hillary Clinton and the domain name ClintonEmail.com. It seems that on the day of her Senate hearings she registered the domain name ClintonEmail.com. This is important because only official government email accounts have their content retained under the Federal Records Act. The domain is currently parked at Network Solutions and registered until 2017. That domain is probably getting some traffic today, ads on the site are ... read more ...
 
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Last week's NameJet Expired Domain Sales - Joseph Peterson details recent expired domain name sales at NameJet. After a couple of weeks during which Chinese purchases topped the expired domain auction list at NameJet, English is back. In the driver’s seat sits an exact-match domain that defines a ubiquitous commercial category: SignPrinting.com ($4.9k). ChicagoDivorce.com ($2.8k) called shotgun – an EMD as well yet geographically specific. Although this duo was fairly expensive, both are ultimately worth more. You can’t walk ... read more ...
 
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ICANN shuts two new Generic Top-Level Domain (g-TLD) after vulnerability risks -

Q1: What is a inlet of this issue?

A1: An emanate was reported that could potentially impact users of a New gTLD Applicant and GDD (Global Domains Division) portals. Under certain circumstances, an real portal user could potentially perspective information of, or associated to, other users. Access to, and information in, these portals is singular to New gTLD Program field and New gTLD registry operators.

Via: techworm.net

 
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Namejet.com Reports Over $600,000 In Domain Name Sales In February -

Namejet.com expelled a domain name sales for Feb for domains that sole for $2,000 or more.

The sum of such sales is only brief of $615,000.

Here are a sales:

 

 

 

Via: thedomains.com

 
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Google Might Not Like Your Naturally Generated Links - Julie Joyce wrote a very interesting article on Search Engine Land about an hour ago on Google and natural links. We always tend to think of natural links as the prize or reward for creating engaging content. You didn’t pay for them, you did not manipulate the system, someone just liked your content and either included it in an article or on a forum or blog comment. Julie points out that SearchEngineLand.com is one of her best sources for client referrals and yet it seems Google has flagged those ... read more ...
 
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February's tip 5 stories: Taylor Swift, Rangers and Google - Taylor Swift’s strange domain name registration was the most popular story on Domain Name Wire last month. February was a very cold and snowy month for much of the northern hemisphere, but a few domain name stories heated things up a bit. Here are the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month: 1. Taylor Swift’s domain name registration – after her former guitar teacher registered a domain name with her name in it, Swift’s peeps registered a rather, um, dirty domain name with her name. 2. ... read more ...
 
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PORN Comes To The Internet - PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., March 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) announces today .PORN and .ADULT are now available for the next thirty days to trademark holders who are registered in the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH). Domain Names are available on a first come, first serve basis to those with validated marks in the TMCH. During this period the cost of registrations will be standard registration fees, and there will be no additional ... read more ...
 
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This week's new TLDs: .WhosWho and 4 EAPs - There aren’t many who’s registering this new domain name. Only one non-brand new top level domain name goes live this week in general availability, and it’s a rather unique one. .Whoswho went live yesterday. It appears to have only gotten about a dozen registrations on its first day and only has 22 names in the zone file so far. This isn’t too surprising. First of all, .whoswho is somewhat akin to .CEO. You can argue it fails the douche test. Second, whoswho is a somewhat strange term. I ... read more ...
 
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ICANN switches off dot-word admin portal amid security leak scare - Global domain-name overlord ICANN has found another security hole in its systems. This time, confidential data on companies vying for new dot-word domains may have been snooped on by rivals logged into ICANN's catch-all portal – meaning commercially sensitive information as well as important technical details on the internet's expansion were at risk. The org has since taken the vulnerable web apps offline. ... read more ...
 
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Radix Assumes Full Ownership of .online - Radix, one of the leading registries in the new gTLD space, has reached an agreement with auction partners Tucows and Namecheap to assume full ownership and operation of the .online TLD. Radix has already launched some of the most recognizable new gTLDs with .website, .host, .press and .space. With .online, they now own the first truly generic, truly global, viable alternative to .com. “Online” is the most commonly used word to end domain names, with over 550K .com domain ... read more ...
Mon 2nd March 2015
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The Dot Green gTLD and the Domain Name Delusion That Foretells General … - I admire Annalisa Roger. I know from my single email interaction with her that she means well. Nonetheless, dot Green apparently ranks below 330 in the list of operational new gTLDs with an apparent total of 117 domains, give or take a few. Why is this the case? It seems to me that dot Green is one the few new gTLDs that actually deserves support. Annalisa states the following in her CircleID item on February 27 that "With [Dave Maddocks'] analogy, it's easy to understand that a brand name ... read more ...
 
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Google wins $25 million-worth .app Top Level Domain Name - Google Inc., is now the official owner of the .app Top Level Domain (TLD). The search giant company headquartered in Mountain View, California — Google Inc. — bought the .app Top Level Domain (TLD) for a whopping $25 million. Google’s massive acquisition of the .app domain name is the most that any company has ever paid for a domain name. The domains are auctioned off by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) as new names are created. The current round of ... read more ...
 
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Radix Assumes Full Ownership of .online - TORONTO, March 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Radix, one of the leading registries in the new gTLD space, has reached an agreement with auction partners Tucows (Nasdaq:TCX) (TSX:TC) and Namecheap to assume full ownership and operation of the .online TLD. Radix has already launched some of the most recognizable new gTLDs with .website, .host, .press and .space. With .online, they now own the first truly generic, truly global, viable alternative to .com. "Online" is the most commonly used word to ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Beats Richemont To the New gTLD .Jewelry To Go With .Diamonds - Donuts has won the new gTLD .Jewelry to go with its .Diamonds new gTLD beating Richemont Richemont DNS Inc. is the wholly owned subsidiary of Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A, the prominent Swiss luxury goods holding company, submitted 14 applications for new gTLD’s of which they now have now withdrawn 4 including .Love For those not familiar with Richemont, they are a public company that own some of the largest luxury brands in the world including Cartier, Van Cleef Arpels, Piaget, Vacheron ... read more ...
 
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THE Domain Conference offers special pricing - Discounted tickets available for two weeks. The inaugural THE Domain Conference, Howard Neu’s follow up to TRAFFIC, takes place this coming September. Compared to TRAFFIC, the show is very inexpensive. And it’s even less expensive if you buy a ticket now. THE Domain Conference is offering passes for only $349 until March 15. To get the special price, enter code MARCH15 at THEDomainConference.club. The conference takes place September 27-29, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel and Spa on ... read more ...
 
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Google acquires .app web domain for $25 mn – domain - Google hads acquired the website domain .app in an auction held by the organisation that oversees the running of the net, BBC reported. The search giant bid $25,001,000 which is said to be its highest so far. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) will roll out new customised web names and auction them off. Several other web address endings had also been sold including .baby, .tech, .salon and .VIP. The suffixes are called 'generic Top Level Domains' (gTLD). Charleston ... read more ...
 
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2 panelists contend RDNH, other says domain name should be transferred - How did one panelist think a domain should be transferred when the other two say the case was brought in bad faith? It’s fairly rare that a panelist files a dissenting opinion in a UDRP. Usually a three person panel comes to the same conclusion, although occasionally you’ll see a dissent. But a recent decision treads even further into “rare” territory: 2 panelists thought the case was so egregious, it qualified at Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. A third panelist actually found in favor of ... read more ...
 
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Google bids $25 million for .app top level domain - At a recent auction held by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for top-level domains (TLDs), tech major Google bid a whopping $25 million to but rights to .app TLD. The amount bid by Google marks the highest purchase price to be paid till now for a TLD in an ICANN auction. Google's bid for the .app TLD was three-fold higher than the previous record-holder --- Dot Tech LLC's $6.8 million bid in September 2014, for rights ... read more ...
 
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.Porn & .Adult new gTLD Sunrise Period Opened Today: Live Registrations Set … - ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) announces today .PORN and .ADULT are now available for the next thirty days to trademark holders who are registered in the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH). Domain Names are available on a first come, first serve basis to those with validated marks in the TMCH. During this period the cost of registrations will be standard registration fees, and there will be no additional sunrise application fees; moreover, ICM Registry and the ... read more ...
 
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EasyGroup Owner of Easy Jet Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - EasyGroup Limited of London which owns Easy Jet, was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RNDH) on the domain name easygroup.com from Easy Group Holdings Limited of Kowloon, Hong Kong, The three member UDRP panel split in its decision, as panelist Jane Lambert did not agree in the finding of RDNH. We have written before about the companies seeming plan to get ownership of the term “easy” which another UDRP panel gave them,  to Easy Train. Here are the highlights: Its EasyJet company ... read more ...
 
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Namescon & THE Domain Conference Discounting Tixs But only for a Little Bit - Namescon 2016 special $199 registration rate ends at 4pm EST, or three hours from publication and is 80% off the price of a full priced ticket. So far more than 200 people have taken advantage of this special offer. NamesCon 2016 will be held on January 10 to January 13, 2016 at The Tropicana hotel in Las Vegas. THE Domain Conference, hold its inaugural show September 27-29, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel and Spa on the Intracoastal Waterway in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. is being put on by ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Beats Richemont To a New gTLD .Jewelry To Go With .Diamonds - Donuts has won the new gTLD .Jewelry to go with its .Diamonds new gTLD beating Richemont Richemont DNS Inc. is the wholly owned subsidiary of Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A, the prominent Swiss luxury goods holding company, submitted 14 applications for new gTLD’s of which they now have now withdrawn 4 including .Love For those not familiar with Richemont, they are a public company that own some of the largest luxury brands in the world including Cartier, Van Cleef Arpels, Piaget, Vacheron ... read more ...
 
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Wearables.com: Benefits of a good domain name with Luis Rincon – DNW Podcast #22 - How a category-defining domain name creates instant credibility. Domain name investors know that great domain names offer a number of benefits to the companies that use them. In this episode, Wearables.com co-founder Luis Rincon gives concrete examples of how using a category-defining domain name has helped his company get instant credibility plus search and branding benefits in the fast-growing field of wearable technology. Also: Google spends $25M on .app, new TLD innovation?, and Google sets ... read more ...
 
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.App and .Blog – a demeanour during domain name registration numbers - Both terms are popular in existing domain name registrations. Google bought rights to the .App top level domain name last week for a whopping $25 million. Also last month, .Blog sold for an unknown number that was certainly 8 figures. App and Blog are certainly very popular terms, and they’re frequently found in newly-registered .com domain names. In fact, over the past six months, 328,271 .com domain names have been registered that include “app” in them, according to Verisign’s DomainView. ... read more ...
 
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Publicly Traded BIMobject Acquires The Matching .Com Of Its Stock Symbol BIM.com - Publicly traded company BIMobject announced today that the company have acquired the top level domain name BIM.COM. The company is traded on the NASDAQ OMX exchange as BIM. CEO and founder, Stefan Larsson said: “Acquiring BIM.COM is an exciting step toward increasing our market penetration. BIM.COM is an under utilised asset that we can unlock to reach its full potential”, says, “A premium domain like BIM.COM will improve and protect our digital platform as the premier destination. It will ... read more ...