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Fri 6th February 2015
Jeffrey Sass -
We're Asking the Wrong Questions
In my role as CMO of .CLUB I get to speak about domain names at different events all over the world, and have been doing so for more than two years now. From stages and podiums at countless events I have heard the same comments and questions again and again, and in all that time it seems that very little has changed when it comes to the perceptions of the new domain extensions, the so-called "new gTLDs"... more»
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Domain Names Overcoming Awareness Gap in Mainstream Media -
One of the challenges faced by registries that are launching is that there is a large lack awareness of the new options being available — to browse as internet users or to register a domain.
In a recent survey conducted by the Domain Name Association, (TheDNA) (of which I am a member), people of varying aptitude and experience from the general population of 10 different countries were provided a series of questions about their browsing habits.
The results were that participants had little ... read more ...
Domain Name Association Survey Reveals Strong Interest in New Domain … -
February 6th, 2015 By: THN News
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(The Hosting News) – The Domain Name Association (DNA) has announced the results of a recent global survey to ascertain Internet users’ attitudes toward new Internet domain-name extensions, such as “.club” and “.global,” that are being released through ICANN’s ... read more ...
Rogue Internet Drug Seller Activity Highlights Need for .Pharmacy Domain … -
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NABP has issued a report underscoring the need for the .Pharmacy Top-Level Domain (TLD) Program as a public health initiative to help consumers distinguish legitimate online pharmacies from rogue online drug sellers. As detailed in the Internet Drug Outlet Identification Program Progress Report for State and Federal Regulators: January 2015, the two most common characteristics of sites NABP has identified as rogue drug sellers are dispensing prescription drugs without a valid prescription ... read more ...
New gTLDs await watershed moment in terms of public awareness -
Trevor Little
As the online community descends on Singapore for the first of ICANN’s 2015 meetings, new research commissioned by the Domain Name Association has highlighted the low level of awareness of new gTLDs amongst consumers worldwide. The stage is therefore set for ‘.brands’ to turn the tide.
In October we reported on the Domain Name ... read more ...
gTLDs await watershed moment in terms of public awareness -
Trevor Little
As the online community descends on Singapore for the first of ICANN’s 2015 meetings, new research commissioned by the Domain Name Association has highlighted the low level of awareness of new gTLDs amongst consumers worldwide. The stage is therefore set for ‘.brands’ to turn the tide.
In October we reported on the Domain Name ... read more ...
ICA responds to ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé's "Hogging" remarks - ICANN boss made questionable comments in Davos last month.
Internet Commerce Association has sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé, following remarks Chehadé made at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos.
In a video interview with Huffington Post, Chehadé said:
The reality is, the more there are names, the less people will actually be hogging names in order to charge a lot for them. Because if somebody took your name on dot-x, you can go get another name on dot-y now.” ... read more ...
ResellerClub Offers Upto 50% Discounts on Servers, Web Hosting & Domains to … - NEW YORK, February 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Web Services Provider, ResellerClub has launched a slew of promotions across all its hosting products and security add-ons all through February to mark its birthday. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130522/614177) According to the terms of the offer, both existing and new Resellers of ResellerClub can take advantage of fantastic discounts across a wide array of products like Servers, Shared Hosting, Website Security Backup, Website Builder ... read more ...
Expired Domain Report: iiiii.com and more - Joseph Peterson looks at the past week of expired domain name sales at NameJet.
Market value for repeating-character domains (on average) undergoes a stepwise descent as length increases. CCs outsell CCCs, which outperform CCCCs, which outclass CCCCCs. So, for instance, last week NameJet sold 4 LLL.com domains above $5k. However, as they weren’t part of the expired auction cycle, they’re not reported in this article. Instead what tops the chart at $5k is a repeating 5-letter domain: iiiii.com. ... read more ...
Web pattern association sues GoDaddy over "It's Go Time" slogan - Company says it was using the slogan first.
A small web development company is suing GoDaddy over its “It’s Go Time” slogan, arguing that it started using the moniker well before GoDaddy adopted it.
Plaintiff The Easy Life, LLC runs GoWeb1. The company says it is actually a reseller of GoDaddy’s domain name services. It alleges that it has had the same account manager at GoDaddy and has been emailing newsletters to that account manager — including the It’s Go Time slogan – since at ... read more ...
How is .Com? Verisign discusses, and signs 11 IDN contracts - Verisign signs transliteration TLD contracts, discusses the state of .com.
There was a lot of interesting information in yesterday’s Verisign quarterly investor conference call.
First, the company said it signed 11 contracts for its IDN transliterations of .com and .net, meaning that investors of IDN.com domain names might be close to getting their hands on IDN.com-as-IDN domains.
I say might because Verisign isn’t willing to put a date on it and hinted that the end is not near. The company ... read more ...
Do Cheap Domain Names Fuel The eCrime Economy ? - It looks like the business of cheap domain names will be getting its own track at a security conference. RSA Conference draws nearly 30,000 attendees per year, and according to them makes them the world’s largest info security event.
The description for track goes like this:
To stay agile and avoid detection, cybercriminals need plentiful and “too cheap to meter” domain names and the DNS industry is only too happy to comply. The result is that most new domain names are created for wicked purposes. ... read more ...
Which Brands Got The Biggest Brand Lift From The Super Bowl ? That Little Registrar Named Go Daddy Tops The List - AdWeek published an article that looked at what brands won the Super Bowl. The survey conducted by Bully Pulpit Interactive surveyed 700 people before the Super Bowl and another 700 after.
Go Daddy was getting their rear end handed to them before the big game and pulled their puppy mill ad, but like Tom Brady and the Patriots made a big comeback and actually had the highest numbers when it came to gaining favor with consumers.
From the article:
All of the respondents watched the game, and 200 were ... read more ...
ResellerClub Offers Upto 50% Discounts on Servers, Web Hosting and Domains … -
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Thu 5th February 2015
Not Just Dot Com, Claim Your Dot Space – Virtual -
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, February 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
New Domain extension .SPACE will allow customers to get attractive relevant web addresses
If you are a freelancer, a hobbyist or a creative professional, chances are that you may have harbored aspirations of showcasing your work in your very own space at some point of time. You likely created a website and spent hours trying to find the perfect brand name for it. With the launch of the .SPACE domain extension (http://claimyour.space), it ... read more ...
Four TLDs to Watch in 2015 -
The Internet's expansion is well underway. Just three years ago, nearly every web address ended in either .com, .net, .gov, or .edu. Fast forward to today where the number of Internet suffixes, or top-level domains (TLDs), is soon to exceed one thousand. In an instant, the Internet went from overcrowded to potential overexpansion. The question brand owners are asking themselves is — which TLDs are worth claiming a web address on? And what tools are out there to help monitor domain name registrations ... read more ...
ResellerClub Offers Upto 50% Discounts on Servers, Web Hosting & Domains to … – Virtual -
NEW YORK, February 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Web Services Provider, ResellerClub has launched a slew of promotions across all its hosting products and security add-ons all through February to mark its birthday.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130522/614177)/
According to the terms of the offer, both existing and new Resellers of ResellerClub can take advantage of fantastic discounts across a wide array of products like Servers, Shared Hosting, Website Security Backup, Website ... read more ...
8.2 million .com/.net registrations in Q4 - Verisign reports Q4 results.
Verisign reported earnings for the 4th quarter of 2014 today.
8.2 million .com/.net domain names were registered in the quarter, the same as in the 4th quarter of 2013. When you take out deletions, the combined zones grew by 0.59 million names in the quarter.
In the 3rd quarter of 2014, Verisign handled 8.7 million new registrations. The 4th quarter was obviously down from that, but the 3rd quarter was a record one for it.
Verisign ended the year with 130.6 million .com ... read more ...
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SeekingAlpha.com Covers Qihoo Purchase of 360.com - SeekingAlpha.com just covered Qihoo 360’s (NYSE:QIHU) purchase of 360.com saying it “looks smart strategically, but it needs to improve its search and cellphone businesses to win back investor interest”.
“Qihoo has paid a record $17 million for the 360.com web domain. This news was almost certainly leaked by Qihoo, since companies pay large sums for domains all the time and the news never makes big headlines since it’s kept private.”
“That hints Qihoo may have big plans for 360.com, ... read more ...
Verisign Reports: Revenue adult 4.7%; Profit Margin 55.9% & $1.4 Billion In The Bank - VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN), today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2014.
Fourth Quarter GAAP Financial Results
VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $256 million for the fourth quarter of 2014, up 4.2% from the same quarter in 2013.
Verisign reported net income of $65 million and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.48 for the fourth quarter of 2014, compared to net income of $292 million and diluted EPS of $1.94 in the same quarter in ... read more ...
February 4: updated status of sunrise periods and trademark claims notification … -
As we previously reported to you (click here to view April 29, 2013 TLD article), the internet is expanding to include hundreds of new top-level-domains (TLDs) (examples of TLDs as we know them today include .com, .net. and .org – i.e., the term that is to the right of the "dot"). While the only certainty at that time was that the launch was inevitable, like it or not, it's finally here (click here to view January 9, 2014 Sunrise article).
Frost Brown Todd will be sending out ... read more ...
.POKER Domain Sunrise Period Begins -
!– (S) – DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–!– – Global registry services provider and poker fan Afilias announced today the beginning of the sunrise period of “dot POKER” or .POKER: eligible trademark holders can deal themselves in immediately. After sunrise ends on March 7, 2015, the house will host a landrush period for the public, with tables opening on March 10. .POKER is the only web extension for all things Poker – from gaming to news, tips, and products. “Poker ... read more ...