Category Archives: EN

Tue 21st July 2015
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Google reiterates how new TLDs are rubbed in hunt results - Google issues details on how new top level domain names affect search engine results. (In short, they don’t.) Google has posted to its Webmaster Central Blog about how it handles new top level domain names in search. Because of the importance of this issue to the industry, I have republished the questions answered in the post along with my commentary. Q: How will new gTLDs affect search? Is Google changing the search algorithm to favor these TLDs? How important are they really in search? A: Overall, ... read more ...
 
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Google Answers The Question Of How Will It Rank New gTLD's: .Brands Get No Extra Weight - Google published a post today on how will Google rank new gTLD’s. “”With the coming of many new generic top level domains (gTLDs), we’d like to give some insight into how these are handled in Google’s search. We’ve heard and seen questions and misconceptions about the way we treat new top level domains (TLDs), like .guru, .how, or any of the .BRAND gTLDs, for example: Q: How will new gTLDs affect search? Is Google changing the search algorithm to favor these TLDs? How important are they ... read more ...
 
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E-Renter.com nailed for retreat domain name hijacking - Background check company filed complaint in abuse of cybersquatting policy. A background check on this company won’t come back clean anymore.E-Renter USA Ltd, which operates a background screening site for renters at E-Renter.com, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name ERenter.com. The company filed a UDRP with World Intellectual Property Organization against Kevin Ham’s Vertical Axis. The owner of the background check company registered the domain ... read more ...
 
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Owner of e-renter.com Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on erenter.com - E-Renter USA Ltd. of Bellingham, Washington, represented by Brownlie Evans Wolf Lee, LLP, was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name erenter.com which is owned by Vertical Axis Inc.and was represented by ESQwire.com The three member UDRP panel of Nicholas Smith, Debra J. Stanek and The Hon Neil Brown Q.C. found that since the domain name registrations are first come, first served and this erenter.com was registered in 2003 and the corporation that owns e-renter.com ... read more ...
 
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.Sucks Tops 6,000 Registrations: Will It Be The Most Profitable New gTLD? - .Sucks has now passed  6,000 registered domain names. According to ntldstats.com .Sucks has 6,153 domain name registered. We know that around 3,400 domain names were registered in Sunrise for up to $2,000 wholesale. That is almost $7 Million dollars if they were all at $2K, which they should be since the Sunrise period was only opened to those in the Trademark Clearinghouse (THCH) and all those in the TMCH had their domains priced at the premium $2K figure (wholesale). Since Sunrise closed, there ... read more ...
 
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Google May Offer Custom Gmail Addresses for as low as $2 A Month - Kishalaya Kundu wrote on AndroidHeadlines.com that Google may start offering custom Gmail addresses for as low as $2 a month. Kundu referenced a report from GSM Arena who actually got screenshots before Google removed the information. From the article: Google is seemingly prepping to offer custom email addresses to Gmail users for as low as $2 per month, if a new report on GSMArena is to be believed. The website claims that Google is going to offer a whole new plan for $2 alongside its existing ... read more ...
Mon 20th July 2015
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Silicon Valley’s Naming Problem and How to Fight it – Tech.Co - The global startup scene is more turbulent than ever and this makes it quite hard for new companies to build their reputation both online and offline. The former, of course, seems to be a tad more important given the potential of web marketing and online service delivery models most startups now experiment with. In fact, for most modern startups, the web presence is everything. With minimum investment, they can reach worldwide consumers and build a global name. Provided that they choose a good ... read more ...
 
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Silicon Valley’s Naming Problem and How to Fight it - The global startup scene is more turbulent than ever and this makes it quite hard for new companies to build their reputation both online and offline. The former, of course, seems to be a tad more important given the potential of web marketing and online service delivery models most startups now experiment with. In fact, for most modern startups, the web presence is everything. With minimum investment, they can reach worldwide consumers and build a global name. Provided that they choose a good ... read more ...
 
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XR.com Hits The Auction Block on NameJet - On the heels of the biggest auction ever on NameJet, SX.com, XR.com will now be hitting the aution block. The domain has been registered since 1999 and the most recent screenshot shot showed an asking price of $749,900. XR.COM NameJet just recently had our biggest auction ever with sale of SX.COM at $555,050! Now we have in our inventory another unique and extremely valuable domain name, XR.COM! These 2 letter names have great liquidity, are highly sought after and are very rare. There are only 2 ... read more ...
 
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Want TO Be The Next CEO Of ICANN? Here's How To Apply - ICANN just published details regarding how to apply to become the next CEO of ICANN. The CEO of ICANN is currently making close to $900K in Salary and Bonus plus gets to travel at least 3 times a year to ICANN meetings which are usually held in some nice locations. The deadline to submit an application is September 20, 2015 Here is the info: Following the announcement by ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé, that he will be departing ICANN after the ICANN Public Meeting in March 2016, the ICANN Board of Directors ... read more ...
 
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UDRP's and Fan Sites: Outcome is a Roll of a Dice - Like with most gambling, Bally Gaming, Inc. just won a few and lost a couple in a UDRP it filed over 8 gambling related domain names winning the rights to: caribbean-stud-poker-online.com crazy4pokeronline.com let-it-ride-online.com mississippi-stud.com texas-holdem-bonus.com ultimate-texas-holdem-online.com And losing the UDRP on: 3‑cardpokeronline.com 4-cardpokeronline.com The decision goes on to a detailed explanation of the varying views of Fan Sites and UDRP panels which makes for an interesting ... read more ...
 
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My thoughts on .Co branch 5 - Driven by good marketing, .Co celebrates success on fifth anniversary. Five years ago today, on July 20, 2010, the .Co domain name entered general availability. I remember sitting at a table at the Austin Convention Center during HostingCon, trying to track general reaction to how the domain name launch was going. It certainly looked positive, especially since Overstock had just paid $350,000 for O.co. Five years later, it’s safe to say .Co is a success. Hands down. The business sold for over $100 ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Accountability Deficits Revealed in Panel Ruling on .AFRICA – CircleID - "Fortress ICANN" No Longer Able to Shield Itself from Accountability In an important test of ICANN's primary accountability mechanism, its Independent Review Process (IRP), the organization has been handed a stinging blow over its mishandling of the bid for the new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) .AFRICA. At the crux of the issue are two competing applications for the .AFRICA new gTLD and the decision by ICANN's Board to abdicate its responsibility to ensure that ICANN's evaluation and subsequent ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Accountability Deficits Revealed in Panel Ruling on .AFRICA - "Fortress ICANN" No Longer Able to Shield Itself from Accountability In an important test of ICANN's primary accountability mechanism, its Independent Review Process (IRP), the organization has been handed a stinging blow over its mishandling of the bid for the new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) .AFRICA. At the crux of the issue are two competing applications for the .AFRICA new gTLD and the decision by ICANN's Board to abdicate its responsibility to ensure that ICANN's evaluation and subsequent ... read more ...
 
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ICANN to resume evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust application for .AFRICA - INTERNET | July 20, 2015, 12:38 p.m.The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced it will resume evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust's (DCA's) application for the .AFRICA new generic top-level domain.ICANN's Board of Directors convened a special meeting last week to quickly address an independent review panel's declaration that held in favor of DotConnectAfrica Trust regarding certain claims about its .AFRICA top-level domain application. During the meeting, the ... read more ...
 
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5 Tips to Sell More Domains, with Shane Cultra – DNW Podcast #42 - Sell more domain names with these great tips. Want to sell more domain names? Shane Cultra of DomainShane.com gives 5 tips to sell more domains on today’s episode. Learn how to buy the right domains, figure out which of your domain names are in high demand, get more attention for your Flippa listing and more. Also: A legal smackdown, ParkingCrew acquires NameDrive, the falling value of a domain name, .news and .site, and Microsoft registers new domains. Subscribe via iTunes to listen to the Domain ... read more ...
 
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.CO Turns Five: With 1.8M Domains: 120 .CO Startups Raised $460M In Funding … - Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), sent out a press release today in celebration of the fifth birthday of the .CO web extension and there are released some pretty interesting stats: • Over 1.8 Million .CO domains under currently under management • 120 companies using the .Co domain name extension raised $460 million in funding in 2015 (1st half of year) • Over 55% of .CO registrants are from the United States • New York City is the top U.S. city with the most .CO domains registered • Twitter® ... read more ...
 
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.CO Turns Five: With 1.8M Domains: 120 .CO Startups Raised $460M In Funding in … - Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), sent out a press release today in celebration of the fifth birthday of the .CO web extension and there are released some pretty interesting stats: • Over 1.8 Million .CO domains under currently under management • 120 companies using the .Co domain name extension raised $460 million in funding in 2015 (1st half of year) • Over 55% of .CO registrants are from the United States • New York City is the top U.S. city with the most .CO domains registered • Twitter® ... read more ...
 
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Sedo creates improvements to Direct Auctions - Auctions will now trigger alerts to people who previously placed offers on the domain. Sedo has made a couple improvements to to its Direct Auction service, a recent option that lets customers start an auction for their domain name whenever they’d like for a $59 fee. One of the changes should be appealing to anyone who has received lots of previous offers on a domain name. If the domain name is placed in auction with the Direct Auction service, all people who have previously placed an offer on ... read more ...
 
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Las Vegas Sun Covers .Vegas In A Largely Negative Story On "Lagging Numbers" - The LasVegasSun.com just covered the new gTLD .Vegas in what is largely a negative story on the new gTLD which is “lagging” behind other City new gTLD’s The Sun quotes Platinum Web Marketing founder Anthony Carlitto who blasted .Vegas: “”Platinum Web Marketing founder Anthony Carlitto, believes the .Vegas domain is a bad bet and doesn’t advise his clients to buy a .Vegas domain. Not only are alternative domains unfamiliar to the public, he said, they do nothing to improve a website’s ... read more ...
 
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Catch.com, RF.com and More Domain Movers - If this is your first visit to Domain Movers, it’s a series where we detect domain names that have been acquired, registered or are simply moving by mainly all very large companies. These detections often are an early indicator of something new. Maybe a new advertising campaign, a new product or service etc. We heavily rely on the whois database which doesn’t always present the whole story, so please keep that in mind but we try our best to provide accurate information. Here we go with the latest ... read more ...
 
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.CO Turns Five: With 1.8M Domains: 120 .CO Startups Raised $460M In Funding in 2015 - Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), sent out a press release today in celebration of the fifth birthday of the .CO web extension and there are released some pretty interesting stats: • Over 1.8 Million .CO domains under currently under management • 120 companies using the .Co domain name extension raised $460 million in funding in 2015 (1st half of year) • Over 55% of .CO registrants are from the United States • New York City is the top U.S. city with the most .CO domains registered • Twitter® ... read more ...
Sun 19th July 2015
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ICANN 53: Accountability, Brand Policy & New Round of New gTLDs - In June, MarkMonitor joined our colleagues once again at the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 53rd public meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Several high-profile and contentious issues were on the agenda, many of which have significant impact on the interests of intellectual property and brand owners. Among these are the ongoing ICANN Accountability issues and the impending departure of ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé; registrant information (Whois) transparency, accuracy ... read more ...
 
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.XYZ's Daniel Negari Is So Done With .Com He Put His Own Last Name Up For Sale: Negari.com - It’s no secret that the Founder of .XYZ Daniel Negari has gone all in on being a new gTLD registry operator as he continues to shed his .Com holdings. Just to show how done Negari is with .Com he has put up his the. Com domain of his last name up for sale on Namejet.com at no reserve, Negari.com which is being forwarded to XYZ.com I reached out to Daniel when I saw the domain name in NameJet.com pre-release who confirmed it was his domain name and he did in fact put it up for sale, because he ... read more ...
 
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ICANN to Resume Evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust Application for .AFRICA – ag-IP - Home / ICANN to Resume Evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust Application for ... / LOS ANGELES - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced in a press release that it will resume evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust's (DCA's) application for the .AFRICA new generic top-level domain.  ICANN's Board of Directors convened a special meeting on 16 July 2015 to quickly address an independent review panel's ... read more ...