Category Archives: EN

Wed 14th October 2015
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.Org Adds 130K Registrations, Tops 10.5 Million: Registrants In China Own 3.2% - Public Interest Registry, the not-for-profit operator of the .org, .ngo and .ong domains, today released the results of its bi-annual domain name report “The Dashboard.” The .Org domain name extension, added 130,865 additional registrations over the last 12 months, bringing the total domains under management (DUM) to 10,547,247. Other findings outlined in The Dashboard include: .org registrations in international markets demonstrate steady growth, particularly in Asia where China has 3.2 percent ... read more ...
 
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What's inside 1 Month of Network Solutions emails? - What is Network Solutions pitching to its customers in all of that email? Here’s the answer. Anyone who has registered a domain name with Web.com registrars Network Solutions and Register.com know that the company sends lots of promotional emails. How many? One per business day. Now, I know a lot of retailers send daily promotional emails to customers. But I’m not aware of other registrars that do this. If nothing else, it shows there’s not much more juice the company can ring out of customers ... read more ...
 
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Verisign: XYZ Is 6 On The Top 10 Trending Keyword For .Com Registrations In September - Verisign’s (VRSN) published the top 10 keywords in registered in .COM and .NET in September and with the help of Google who bought amazing publicity to the .XYZ extension with its acquisition of abc.xyz, the term XYZ was number 6 on the top 10 .com list. In all 2356 .com domain names were registered that contained XYZ and here is the list of  September .com registrations that contained XYZ Curiously the domain name google-abcdefghijklmnopkrstuvwxyz.com was registered in September before it was ... read more ...
 
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Netflix Finally Wins A URS on Netflix.pics; The Difference?; The Domain Was Parked - Netflix finally won a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) case on the domain name Netflix.pics Netflix recently lost two URS cases on the domain names Netflix.news and Netflix.website. There were two difference between this case of Netflix.pics and the other two URS they lose One was the Examiner which in this case was Debrett Gordon Lyons. Unlike the other two cases where the domain names did not resolve with the domain holder claiming they were intending to launch sites on Netflix.news and Netflix.website, ... read more ...
 
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N+1 Singer Reiterates corporate Rating for Minds + Machines Group (MMX) - Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX)‘s stock had its “corporate” rating restated by research analysts at N+1 Singer in a report issued on Monday, MarketBeat Ratings reports. In related news, insider Elliott,Guy bought 650,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 23rd. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 8 ($0.12) per share, with a total value of £52,000 ($79,669.07). Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX) ... read more ...
 
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XYZ is trending…in .Com - XYZ makes .com’s trending keywords list. The .XYZ domain name has garnered a lot of attention since Google’s new parent company Alphabet selected ABC.XYZ for its domain name in August. Now XYZ is hot in .com. Verisign released its monthly review of the top “trending” keywords in .com for last month, and sitting at #6 is .xyz. Verisign and .XYZ are due in court early next month for a false advertising lawsuit, in which Verisign claims .xyz’s marketing has hurt .com. Hmmm…perhaps it’s ... read more ...
Tue 13th October 2015
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What Makes .Desi Desirable? An Inside Look at an Undiscovered TLD That … - perfect example of what "desi" is all about. He explained, "Desi is derived from Sanskrit and refers to the culture, people and products originating from the Indian sub-continent (India, Pakistan, ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Transactions Total $1 Million Led by SkinWellness.com @ $15K & 0702.com At 10K GBP - Sedo.com published its transactions for the week. Lots of LLLL.com continue to sell in the low $x,xxx range In all 631 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 Million. 56% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .com: skinwellness.com at 15,000 USD and 0702.com which sold at $10,000 GBP which is actually higher than $15k · Top ccTLD: lola.co at 10,000 USD · Top “other” TLD: non.org at 9,888 USD   ... read more ...
 
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Application for .gay TLD Rejected for the Second Time - ICANN has rejected the application from dotgay LLC for a second time, saying the .gay string does not match the community that dotgay claims to represent. "The Community Priority Evaluation panel has determined that the applied-for string does not identify or match the name of the community as defined in the application, nor is it a well known short-form or abbreviation of the community. It therefore does not meet the requirements," ICANN said. The decision means that the group, based in ... read more ...
 
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Portfolio Update: October Launches and Renewal Rates - Minds + Machines Group Limited announces the highly successful launch of .MIAMI, the start of the Early Access Program for .law, and initial renewal rates for its geo portfolio. .miami launch Following a co-ordinated marketing campaign with GoDaddy, the world's largest internet domain name registrar, and HelloDotMiami, a registrar specializing in Spanish-language registrations, the Company reported that .MIAMI has secured over 8,000 registrations in its first seven days, making it the ... read more ...
 
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The Web’s 10 most shady neighborhoods - Just like any city or town, the Web has parts -- neighborhoods if you will -- where dubious activities frequently take place: spam, scams, the distribution of potentially unwanted software (PUS), malware, botnets, phishing and other suspicious activity.Enterprise security specialist Blue Coat Systems regularly analyzes hundreds of millions of Web requests from more than 15,000 businesses and 75 million users to track "shady activity" on the Web. In September, it released a list of the 10 top-level ... read more ...
 
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This week's new TLD: .Study - You might want to study this domain name. Yep, there only appears to be one new top level domain name launching this week according to the Calzone.org calendar. That means it gets a little extra attention. Open Universities Australia Pty Ltd (OAU) launches .Study in general availability on Wednesday. OUA is a not-for-profit company committed to the provision of online education, especially in Australia. Originally it wanted to restrict the domain name to a number of partners, but it has since agreed ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four Media races past 1000000 domain names – Virtual - One million domain names have been registered in Famous Four Media’s registriesTuesday, 13 October 2015, Gibraltar: Famous Four Media, a global leader in the provision of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), today announced that is has passed one million domain name registrations. “They always say the first million is the hardest,” exclaimed a delighted Geir Rasmussen, CEO of Famous Four Media. “It has taken us five years of preparation and hard work but I am over the moon to announce ... read more ...
 
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NameJet's Sep in Review - Looks like July, 2 months ago, was just a dress rehearsal for September at NameJet. During July, the auction platform set its all-time record by selling an LL.com for $555k. As for September? $694k. Also, back in July, NameJet set a record total for individual sales at or above $2k: $1.05 million. And September? $1.32 million. Both months are less impressive once that outlier LL.com result is removed. (Last month’s 102 sales don’t begin to approach the 148 we saw in January.) Yet even subtracting ... read more ...
 
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WIPO Publishes 2014 UDRP Figures & 2015 YTD: 14% of WIPO’s 2015 Cases Are New gTLD's - The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)  released it annual report yesterday for 2014 and Year to Date numbers through September 2015 for cases it decided under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (“UDRP”) Cases filed ins 2014 were up only 2% from 2013,  with 2,634 cases being lodged by trademarks owners claiming abuse of their mark. Country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) – accounted for 13% of all filings in 2014 with 71 national domain registries now designating ... read more ...
 
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.Radio field plead Independent Review Process - Companies ask for independent review in .radio decision. Three applicants for the .radio top level domain name have filed for the Independent Review Process (IRP) after losing out to a community applicant. Donuts, Afilias and BRS Media all lost their bids for the .radio domain name after European Broadcasting Union (EBU) prevailed in the Community Priority Evaluation. EBU scored 14 of 16 points, the minimum required to gain community status. The three losing applicants subsequently filed a Request ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four Media Becomes 3rd New gTLD Registry To Pass 1 Million Domains - According to a Press Release out today, Famous Four Media has become the 3rd new gTLD registry to pass one million domain names. Donuts was the first to hit 1,000,000 domain registrations but they  offer well over  100 new domain extensions for sale. .XYZ was the second registry to hit 1,000,000 domain names but they did that only on 1 new domain extension .XYZ. According to the press release; Famous Four Media “reached this milestone in just over a year following the launch of its first Top ... read more ...
Mon 12th October 2015
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My Trefis - We'd like to welcome Trefis to the domain community. And since it appears they're going to write reports, we're offering to help get them up to speed on new TLDs. For example: - Barclays, Marriott, Apple, Google and BMW have all transitioned from .com to new TLDs.- Registrations in new TLDs recently topped 8 million.- The number of new TLDs on the market has increased from 400 to 768.Hopefully once Trefis gets up to speed we'll see some interesting reports. [ less... ] ... read more ...
 
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Quick Poll: What Will Be The High Bid On Health.Org - Earlier today we posted about a Godaddy.com expired domain name auction underway for health.org. The auction still has over 9 days to go as of publication. Assuming the domain auction does not get called off because the owner renews the domain name we opened a poll question to ask “What Will High Bid Be For The Domain .Health.org?” The poll is located on the right about half way down the page. For bragging rights you can also put you’re actual prediction in the comments beow With bidding at ... read more ...
 
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Websites with .Cloud Domain Name Begin Going Live - A number of companies are rushing to take full advantage of the new .cloud top level domain extension that is set to be available on November 16th. Businesses within the cloud realm are already weighing to benefits of the .cloud TLD, as it could help their business stand out for the pack. The .cloud TLD gives cloud based businesses brandability, and many organizations are taking advantage of the new .cloud TLD which will give their business a unique pop on business cards, presentations and ... read more ...
 
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University of Cambridge loses box opposite Cambridge.com - University “seriously misdescribed” website in attempt to win transfer of site. The University of Cambridge has lost a cybersquatting dispute against the owner of Cambridge.com. The panel found that the University and its lawyers Stobbs IP Limited also “seriously misdescribed” contents of the domain name owner’s website. Kirkland Holdings LLC bought the Cambridge.com domain name in 2010 for $85,000. It subsequently created a website for Cambridge, United States and Cambridge, UK on the ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD's: Stock Firm Trefis Says Verisign "Doesn't Have Much To Worry About" - Stock investment firm Trefis.com issued a report on Verisign (VRSN) today entitled “The New Domain Name Game” and concluded when it comes to new gTLD’s (new domain name extensions): “It appears that VeriSign doesn’t have much to worry about, at the moment, when it comes to the introduction of new domain name extensions. “Even though the company’s market share has been reduced (52.5% in 2007 to 46.6% in 2014) and will probably continue to decline in the future due to higher competition ... read more ...
 
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Antony Van Couvering of Minds + Machines – DNW Podcast #54 - Minds + Machines’ CEO returns to the podcast to talk about new domain names. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines CEO Antony Van Couvering is back on the podcast this week. He discusses what’s happening with new top level domain names and how his company is responding. He also explains how people can partner with Minds + Machines, either to help sell domain names to communities or to develop a premium domain name into a web destination. Also: Scooping corporate plans, Frank Schilling ... read more ...
 
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Expired Domain Name Report: Over 200 names - Which do domainers need – a PriceTracker.com or a ProblemGamblingGuide.com? Both! But we’re incorrigible gamblers; so naturally we spent more to learn how to spend ($7.4k) than how not to spend ($1.6k). Indeed, PriceTracker.com was last week’s top expired domain at NameJet. Obviously, the domain can aim at a mass e-commerce audience. So if you’ve been hankering for an electric back scratcher that hums Brahms’s lullaby, track it till the blowout sale! Within the domain market right ... read more ...
 
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Health.Org Tops $141,000 In Bidding In Expired Domain GoDaddy.com Auction - .Health.org is in an expired domain name auction at GoDaddy.com and bidding has topped $141,000 with over 9 days to go. According to the stats shown on the GoDaddy auction page, the 22 year old domain is estimated to get almost 7,000 visitors a month. Arguably the domain name Health.org is one of the top 5 best possible and most valuable .org domain names. As of publication there are only 17 active bidders on the domain, but the only way to become an active bidder is to top the current high bid ... read more ...