Category Archives: EN

Fri 18th December 2015
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Expired Domain Report – Chewbacca, Adorno… - Any bets: Who needs to be more frequently Flead.com ($211) – an ewok or Chewbacca? Seeing Adorno.com ($2.8k) in the charts this week, I’m sorely tempted to bore everybody with an essay on the philosopher, Theodor Adorno, who’ll never let me forget that “the splinter in your eye is the best magnifying glass”. He’d take a fairly dim view of domaining. Come to think of it, every other sentence the man wrote was a yelp in response to some metaphysical flea bite. So Adorno beats ewoks ... read more ...
 
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Internet grows to 299 mln domain names in Q3 – VeriSign - About 3.1 million domain names were added to the internet in the third quarter, taking the total number of registered domain names to 299 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of end 30 September, according to VeriSign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The increase equates to a growth rate of 1.1 percent from the second quarter. Worldwide registrations grew by 14.8 million, or 5.2 percent, year over year. The .com and .net TLDs experienced aggregate growth in Q3, reaching ... read more ...
 
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Internet grows to 299 mln domain names in Q3 - Approximately 3.1 million domain names were added to the internet in the third quarter, bringing the total number of registered domain names to approximately 299 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of 30 September, according to VeriSign's latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The increase of approximately 3.1 million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 1.1 percent over the second quarter. Worldwide registrations grew by 14.8 million, or 5.2 percent, year-on-year. ... read more ...
 
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Neustar: Linking What Matters - As company continues to evolve, it files trademarks for likely new slogan. Neustar has been shifting its revenue base from a telecom contract to marketing, domain names and more. Based on recent trademark filings, it appears the company will adopt the slogan “Linking What Matters” going forward. The company filed six intent-to-use trademark applications for “Linking What Matters”, and the goods and services descriptions cover basically everything the company offers. That includes, of course, ... read more ...
 
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TLD Podcast #29: Lee-Saunders, Jennings-Ortiz & more -

Apr 11, 2015; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Andy Lee (black and red gloves) punches Peter Quillin during their middleweight quarrel during Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Adam Hunger-USA TODAY Sports

Via: thelivingdaylights.co

Thu 17th December 2015
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Close to 3.1 Million Domain Names Registered in the Third Quarter of 2015 - Approximately 3.1 million domain names were registered in the third quarter of 2015, bringing the total number of registered domain names close to 299 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of Sept. 30, 2015, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief by Verisign. The increase of approximately 3.1 million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 1.1 percent over the second quarter of 2015. Worldwide registrations have grown by 14.8 million, or 5.2 percent, ... read more ...
 
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Verisign DNIB Q3 2015 Registrations have grown by 14.8 million, or 5.2 percent, year over year - Verisign (VRSN) released their 2015 Q3 Industry Brief Some takeaways: The total number of registered domain names rose to 299 million worldwide across all top-level domains 3.1 million domain names were added to the Internet in Q3 2015: This increase globally equates to a growth rate of 1.1% over Q2 2015 Worldwide registrations have grown by 14.8 million, or 5.2 percent, year over year. The .com and .net TLDs reached a combined total of approximately 135.2 million domain names in the domain name ... read more ...
 
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.XYZ Registry Reports Nearly All 5 Number Domains Sold Out - Daniel Negari, CEO of the .xyz registry has reported to TheDomains.com that there are less than 10,000 five number .xyz domain name combinations left before they are all registered! To be exact, at time of publication, only 9.59% are available to register of the once 100,000 according to the tracker provided by the registry. The XYZ registry easily allows people to see what domain names are available by clicking the download CSV file on the tracker page, which displays the available domain names ... read more ...
 
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Who Will Be The Big Winners and Losers of the New TLDs? - We’d like to welcome Mark Jeftovic as a guest author. In the domaining world he’s known for stirring up some controversy in the past. Mark lives in Toronto, Canada with his wife and daughter, he’s the founder and president of easyDNS.com – the DNS hosting provider domain name registrar, a libertarian and ex- Director to the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA). When ... read more ...
 
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Domain Name Gazetteer profiles 1,200 tip turn domain names - Guide covers the growing number of top level domain options. Domain name registrar Com Laude and sister company Valideus, both in the business of managing domain names for brands, released the third edition of the Domain Name Gazetteer today. A gazetteer is a geographical index or dictionary, and that aptly describes the publication. It features 1,200 top level domain names, each with information about restrictions, purpose, links to dispute policies, etc. It’s a handy datasheet, if you will, about ... read more ...
 
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Com Laude published the 3rd Report "Gazetteer of Domain Names" - Corporate domain name brand protection company and registrar, Com Laude published its third Gazetteer of domain names, highlighting the key changes in another significant year for the industry. The 135 page report, covers all new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) registries from .AAA to .ZUERICH as well as legacy gTLDs (.COM, .ORG, .NET, etc.) and all 300+ Country Code registries (.uk, .de, .fr, etc.). Here are some interesting observations from the report: “There are now over 300 million registered ... read more ...
 
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Google Buys The Domain ABCDEFGHIJK.com - Google love affair for alphabet domain names continued yesterday as it bought the domain name ABCDEFGHIJK.com The domain name which was owned under privacy at the time, was owned by the Whois Foundation earlier this year and seems to have an original creation date of 2004. The domain name is another Google acquisition since acquiring abc.xyz for its Corporate parent Alphabet. Google acquired the domain name abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com as part of its Alphabet domain name strategy. Google now owns: ABCDEFGHI.COM ABCDEFGHIJ.COM ABCDEFGHIJK.COM ABCDEFGHIJKLMN.COM ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO.COM ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP.COM ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR.COM ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS.COM ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST.COM ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTU.COM ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV.COM ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.COM The ... read more ...
 
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Health Canada Approves Clinical Trial Application for Anti-Cancer Drug - [ACCESSWIRE] TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / December 17, 2015 / Theralase Technologies Inc. ("Theralase" or the "Company") (TSXV:TLT) (OTC:TLTFF), a leading biotechnology manufacturer focused on commercializing medical technologies to eliminate pain and destroy cancer, announced today that Health Canada has approved its next generation anti-cancer drug, TLD-1433, under Clinical Trial Application ("CTA") for evaluation in a Phase Ib clinical trial for patients inflicted with Non-Muscle Invasive ... read more ...
 
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Sedo links adult with .EU whois to sell domains - Name not available? Whois searchers will now see if it’s for sale. EURid is now showing if a domain name is listed for sale at Sedo when someone does a whois lookup, and linking directly to the sale listing. This is a nifty deal. Keep in mind that full .eu whois records are only available at EURid’s website, so many people use the actual website to look up whois records. Now, if they see the domain is registered, they will be notified that it can still be obtained (see picture below). A couple ... read more ...
 
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TRUSTED GLOBALLY TO PROTECT BRANDS ONLINE - The internet is changing, fast - mobile, social media and the new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are fuelling exponential growth and fragmenting the landscape. This creates huge opportunities for companies wanting to optimize vital online channels, but also increases their exposure to serious and continuously evolving threats such as counterfeiting, phishing, cybersquatting ... read more ...
 
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Sunday competence be a best day of NamesCon - Topic tables, networking and a wine bar greet attendees on Sunday. I typically get to Las Vegas for NamesCon on Sunday evening, and I’ve already booked the same travel for this year. Now that I’ve taken a closer look at the schedule, I regret the timing. If you haven’t booked your travel yet, try to get there earlier. Sunday, January 10 might be the most informative day for conference-goers. Multiple topic tables will be set up from noon to 6 pm, giving people the chance to chat with experts ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines has finished 1/3 of designed £15 share buyback - Company purchased another two million shares yesterday, bringing total to 59 million. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines bought another two million of its own shares for cancellation yesterday, pushing its total buybacks to £5.1 million to date. The company announced an up-to £15 million share buyback program in September, and has now spent about a third of the total within the first three months. To date, the company has purchased approximately 59 million shares, reducing its total ... read more ...
 
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SEC questioning Endurance International Group - Webhosting and domain name company reveals SEC investigation. Endurance International Group, a rollup of domain name and webhosting companies, announced today that it is being investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company disclosed: Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. (“Endurance”) received a subpoena dated December 10, 2015 from the Boston Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), requiring the production of certain ... read more ...
Wed 16th December 2015
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1st Time? Frank Schilling Has 11 .Com's At No Reserve In The Namescon Auction - Frank Schilling has 11 .Com domain names from his personal inventory up for auction at no reserve, at the RightoftheDot.com domain auction being held at NamesCon on January 11th. Pre-bidding is open for these domain names at Namejet. Over the years I’m not sure if Frank has ever put up any of his privately owned .Com domain names in auction with no reserve. According to Estibot.com these 11 domain names have a retail value of over $200,000 and they are all at no reserve (minimum bid of $300 each). Here ... read more ...
 
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.Club has sole 2,000 reward domain name so distant today - .Club registry gets solid results from release of 13,000 premium names. .Club has sold 2,000 premium domains in less than a day through its registrar channel. [Update: 4,000 sold within 24 hours.] This morning, the company started offering 13,000 domain names through its premium program that were previously registry reserved. This means the names are available at participating registrars with a premium price. 5,000 of names retail for $100 or less, and all of the domains renew at standard prices. Some ... read more ...
 
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Sharks.TV, 420.agency and other End User domain name sales - A condo board, marijuana company and rugby site bought domain names last week. Is the low-hanging fruit in short domain names gone? Sedo’s sales and dollar volume dropped this week. It turned in 602 transactions totaling $1.1 million. That’s nothing to sneeze at, but is lower than previous weeks. No matter. This column is about end user domain name sales. YogaShop.com and TheHairShop.com are still in escrow, but at $20k each, they’re definitely end user purchases. Sharks.tv sold for $15,000, ... read more ...
 
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Escrow.com wants to keep Trust while improving a service - GM Jackson Elsegood says support and usability enhancements are key initiatives for leading escrow service. Jackson Elsegood, GM for Escrow.comEscrow.com is under new ownership. With a change at the top, there’s been a bit of concern over making sure the core escrow product remains intact. Yesterday I spoke with Jackson Elsegood, the new General Manager for Escrow.com. His message is pretty clear: the core product and pricing will stay, and service and usability enhancements are on the way. What’s ... read more ...
 
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2015 in Review: The Year That Was in New TLDs - In looking back at what has occurred in the new TLD world in 2015, it is hard to believe that it's all taken place in just a short 12 month period. As an industry, we set off into this year realising that we had a hard game ahead — as with all innovation, we knew that each step forward would require significant effort, knowhow and collaboration. We'd made big steps in 2014 to get started, but would 2015 move us forward or fizzle out? On the whole, 2015 has been an incredibly successful ... read more ...
Tue 15th December 2015
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Radioihead Backs Community-Based Application for the New gTLD ‘.Music’ - Ed O'Brien, guitarist from the band Radiohead, is the latest musician expressing support for DotMusic's community-based application for the new gTLD .music, reports Kevin Murphy from Domain Incite. "In a letter to ICANN today (pdf), O'Brien said that if DotMusic loses its ongoing Community Priority Evaluation, it will 'be setting back the world's chances of a Fair Trade Music Industry by many years'. 'I challenge The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers views that the global ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.1 million - Over the past week, 602 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.1m. 62% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.     Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: thehairshop.com yogashop.com at 20,000 USD (tie) Top ccTLD: sharks.tv at 15,000 USD Top “other” TLD: pricecompare.org at 4,280 USD New GTLD sales: 1.direct 2,500 USDcrosspoint.church    1,999    USDmaster.degree    1,499    EUR800.club    1,451    USDxiu.xyz    1,250   ... read more ...