Thu 5th February 2015
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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 ...
 
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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 ...
 
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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 ...
 
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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 ...
 
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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 ...
 
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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 ...
 
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.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 ...
 
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Google: Become mobile friendly, or else… - Google sends warnings to website owners. Google has a message for you: it’s time to make your website mobile friendly or suffer the consequences. The search giant has started sending notices out to Webmaster Tools users notifying them if their site doesn’t work well on mobile resolutions. The emails warn that “These pages will not be seen as mobile-friendly by Google Search, and will therefore be displayed and ranked appropriately for smartphone users.” In other words, if your site doesn’t ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy wants to obvious domain suggestions formed on geography, business type - Patents reflect techniques for better targeting domain name search results. GoDaddy has filed three patents for targeted domain name search results based on the user’s location or business type. Two of the patent applications were filed in August 2013, and the third (continuation) patent (embedded below) was filed in September 2014. All three applications were published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today. The patents explain methods of determining the location, language and business ... read more ...
 
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Today's The Day: RightoftheDot Extended Auction From Namescon Ends Today On Snapnames - The extended auction held by RightoftheDot at the Namescon conference ends today on Snapnames.com at 3:15 PM EST. As of publication 10 domain names have hit reserve and will sell led by Tamales.com which has a high bid of 12,000 The live auction at Namescon did just under $1 Million in domain name sales. There are two bids on 877.com with a high bid of $235,000 but is below reserve. With this years sale of 345.com for $800K and the $17 Million dollar blockbuster sale of 360.com should make all three ... read more ...
 
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Trademark Holder of Dana & Spicer Loses URS On Dana.parts & Spicer.parts; Told To File A UDRP - Car parts manufacturer, Dana Limited of Maumee, Ohio, just lost a URS on the domain names Dana.parts and Spicer.parts which are owned by FleetTruckParts.com of Blue Island, Illinois. Dana has a federally registered trademark on both the terms DANA and SPICER. The examiner Anne M. Wallace found despite owning the trademark Dana did “not established through clear and convincing evidence that Respondent has no legitimate right or interest to the disputed domain names. ” “Furthermore, Respondent ... read more ...
 
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40 End User Domain Name Sales - A fashion blog rebrands, a Chinese real estate company pays 6 figures and another company spends €5000 to drop a hyphen from its domain name. Last week Sedo scored a brace of 6-figure sales, one mid-5, and an additional 7 transactions ranging from $10k to $15k. That surpasses their $49k high reported last time – namely, SuperSeats.com, which now resolves to a developed site for concert, theater, and sports tickets. Below is a list I’ve compiled of 40 sales where an end user can be ... read more ...
 
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Monster HR now truly a global monster agency - Recruitment brands:• resume.monster• it.monster• chefs.monster• ceo.monsterGeo-brands:• piccadilly.monster• india.monsterGlocal Agencies Alliances:• james.monster.• roberthalf.monster• manpower.monster Special Recruitments:• walmart.monster• olympics.monsterThey now can create thousands of massive 'simple and cute' traffic generators in any HR categories all over the world. This is achieving image supremacy for the name identity in the global market place...domination and hassle free global ... read more ...
 
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Google To Get Access To The Twitter Firehose - Google will get access to the Twitter firehose once again and tweets should become indexed in Google right after they are posted. This could maybe be beneficial to those tweeting domains for sale if those tweets get indexed under the targeted keyword. Bloomberg Business broke the story. From MarketingLand: Twitter and Google have reached a deal to make tweets easier to find online, according to a report by Bloomberg Business tonight. The deal will give Google access to Twitter’s firehose — the ... read more ...
Wed 4th February 2015
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Google’s New .HOW Domains Help You Share Your Expertise With The World … - Google has just released a new generic top-level domain (gTLD) called .HOW and for anyone with some killer tips, tricks or how-to expertise to share, this may be something worth pouncing on. According to the Google .HOW domain launch page, “People use the Internet to learn how things work, how to do something, or how to turn a hobby into a business. They find their answers in great content, created by great teachers like you. Now, there is a new way to help you share: .HOW, a place for thinkers, ... read more ...
 
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Google Wants You to Share Your Knowledge With a .How Domain - Google today released a new generic top-level domain (gTLD) ending to the world. It’s simply .how.The search giant’s aim in offering the newest URL extension in the growing Google Registry is simple: To offer businesses and individuals a more direct, interesting way to share content that teaches people how to do something.With 130 million URLs falling into .com territory, .how offers companies and entrepreneurs a unique way to stand out from the competition. “The Internet is a great equalizer ... read more ...
 
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Chinese Retailers Playing Poker in Empty Malls as Their Customers Shop Online - Online sales are having a real impact in China, and while that is good for companies like Alibaba and JD.com, it is taking a toll on the brick and mortar retailers, along with the property market. Bloomberg published an article that said that Chinese retailers are playing poker in empty malls, their customers have gone online. China Online JD.Com’s Liu started renting a booth in Zhongguancun in 1998 with an initial investment of 20,000 yuan. Back then, China had 2.1 million users connected to ... read more ...
 
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VeriSign Earnings Preview: Saturation Of .com And Lack Of Traction For .net … - VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN), the leader in the Domain Name market, is set to release its Q4 2014 earnings on February 5th. VeriSign, the authoritative registry service provider for all .com and .net gTLDs (Generic Top-Level Domains), as well as the sole registry service provider for gTLDs like .cc, .tv, .gov, .jobs, .edu and .name, enjoys a 47% market share. The company registered a ~5% increase in sales to $754 million in the first nine months of 2014. However, the growth rate has ... read more ...
 
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Getting New gTLDs’ Sales Drivers Right: Simulations Are Key - The new gTLDs won't survive unless registries learn simulation techniques, the only way to understand how sales drivers interact. Some of the new gTLDs have done dismally. Registry critics, including insiders, blame high registration prices, limited supply, and restrictions on usage, competition, and marketing messages. But these drivers connect with each other. You can't talk about prices without talking about price-setting mechanisms and the number of registrations. That's why simulations ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD Awareness Remains Low Despite Growing Interest in New Domain … - Internet users around the world are just as comfortable with new gTLDs as they are with the traditional .com and country-code extensions, even though only 25 percent said they are aware of new gTLDs, the Domain Name Association (DNA) said. The DNA announced the results of its Global Domain Name Preferences Study this week. The study was put together by Research Now from 5,000 survey responses across 10 countries, and indicates a number of opportunities in the domain name area. Huge majorities ... read more ...
 
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Google Wants You to Share Your Knowledge With a .How Domain - Google today released a new generic top-level domain (gTLD) ending to the world. It’s simply .how.The search giant’s aim in offering the newest URL extension in the growing Google Registry is simple: To offer businesses and individuals a more direct, interesting way to share content that teaches people how to do something.With 130 million URLs falling into .com territory, .how offers companies and entrepreneurs a unique way to stand out from the competition. “The Internet is ... read more ...
 
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The DNA.org Global Domain Name Preferences Survey: 85% Type Domains … -         The DNA.org, a trade association whose members include new gTLD registries, domain name registrars and consultants to the industry (Disclaimer a company I’m a Director of RightoftheDot.com is a member of the DNA) released the results of a poll conducted by  Research Now a a global firm headquartered in the U.S., the Global Domain Name Preferences Survey. This Domain Name Preference study was conducted during the period of October – November 2014 in 10 countries and had over 5,000 ... read more ...