Thu 15th January 2015
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NIRA Urges Politicians to Adopt .ng Domain Name for Campaigns -  President of NIRA, Mrs. Mary Uduma By Emma Okonji Following the commencement of political campaigns across the country, the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the body responsible for populating and managing Nigeria's country code Top Level Domain name (ccTLD), the .ng domain name, which is Nigeria's identity in cyberspace, has advised politicians to adopt the country's domain name for their political campaigns. President of NIRA, Mrs. Mary Uduma, who gave the charge in ... read more ...
 
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Rothwell.com, OmahaHomes.com and other Expired Domain Name Sales - Joseph Peterson’s weekly wrap-up of expired domain name sales. Names get around. For instance, take Rothwell.com, which expired and sold at NameJet during the past week for $8,100. King John – the villain of Robin Hood legends and real-life signatory of the Magna Carta – granted a tiny town of Rothwell in Northamptonshire the perpetual right to hold a Monday market, which they still celebrate with a “guard of halberdiers” and drinks of “rum and milk”. Over ... read more ...
Wed 14th January 2015
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WEB-1&1 Internet: 4 nuovi domini di primo livello - Il primo dominio disponibile da oggi, venerdi 11 luglio, con 11 Internet per la registrazione immediata e .BLACKFRIDAY. Lo scorso weekend ha dato ufficialmente il via alla stagione dei saldi, periodo tanto atteso sia dagli amanti dello shopping, sia da chi desidera acquistare con criterio e risparmiando. Il momento perfetto, quindi, per registrare il nuovoTLD.BLACKFRIDAY! Il termine Balckfriday, tradotto letteralmente venerdi nero, deriva dalla tradizione statunitense, dove e utilizzato ... read more ...
 
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WEB-Domini: espansione, Pmi in difficoltà e più phishing - Il Consiglio di amministrazione dell’Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) ha approvato quello che alcuni definiscono come il cambiamento Internet piu drammatico degli ultimi quaranta anni, consentendo l’espansione dei nuovi Top Level Domain (Tld): questa decisione ha scatenato un acceso dibattito sui media tra sostenitori e contrari. Ecco il commento di Spencer Parker, Group Product manager di Websense che descrive i potenziali rischi di questa liberalizzazione. “Secondo ... read more ...
 
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Bitcoin Drops Below $200 - Bitcoin slipped below $200 today and traded down as low as $179 and change. Ruth Reader covered it for Venture Beat: Very early this morning the coin’s price fell below the $200 mark to $179.13, before somewhat rebounding. As of this writing the coin is worth $194.29. Yesterday, the value of Bitcoin started descending quickly. Its value depreciated from its opening price of $267 to a low of $224 by 4 a.m. PT, according to Coindesk’s chart. Those who watch the market have long said that ... read more ...
 
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Webseiten: Googles Domain-Registrierung für alle US-Kunden - Im Juni vergangenen Jahres startete Google überraschend einen Dienst zur Domain-Registrierung. Nun kann das Angebot von jedem Interessierten in den USA genutzt werden. Noch befindet sich das Angebot aber weiterhin in der Betaphase, sodass offiziell wohl noch getestet wird. Derzeit setzt der Konzern auf Partnerschaften, etwa mit Webhostern wie Shopify, Squarespace, Weebly und Wix, statt selbst eigenen Webspace bereitzustellen. Allerdings können Blogs des Dienstes Blogger.com mit einer bei Google ... read more ...
 
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Domain Diction joins army with UK group C8 Consulting - According to a press release we revived, DomainDiction, “a marketing agency dedicated to the domain industry, announce that it is merging with UK based PR and marketing consultancy C8 Consulting, significantly strengthening its capability to service more clients in the domain space. Over the past three years DomainDiction has worked with a great number of the industry’s players from Neustar, Nominet, ICANN, Minds+Machines, Uniregistry, .Global, .Luxury, .Uno and many more. Now DomainDiction vastly ... read more ...
 
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Checkmate, GoDaddy – Google starts flogging dot-word domain names - Google has finally launched a domain-name shop, providing a clean and simple management interface that will put it in direct competition with market leader GoDaddy. Called Google Domains, the service emerged from testing today – and allows anyone in the United States (international expansion coming soon) to register domain names under 80 or so gTLDs from dot-academy to dot-ventures. Domains cost between $12 to $30 to register, and $12 a year to ... read more ...
 
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2015 will be the Year of Linux on the, no wait, of the dot-word domain EXPLOSION - Poll With the domain-name industry abuzz thanks the introduction of hundreds of new generic top-level domains – everything from dot-art to dot-zulu – it came as a dose of cold water to find out what the rest of the world really thinks about them. Not much, it seems. Giving a keynote at NamesCon here in Las Vegas on Monday, marketinpreneur Jennifer Wolfe, a big advocate of the new gTLDs, gave a ... read more ...
 
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NamesCon Official Auction Results $990,851 Led by HomeCare.com and Wine.Club - NamesCon Official Auction Results $990,851 – Some have asked me was Wine.Club like Coffee and Vegas ? A 10 year payment plan, Michael has told me no it was a straight cash buyer. Extended will have names on Thursday morning. Buyers and Sellers from Live will begin getting communication before the weekend. 87 out of the 134 lots sold for an impressive sell through rate.   ... read more ...
 
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Tous unis pour l’économie - Quand il parle d'économie, Frédéric Thomas se plaît à citer le « bon exemple » de TLD. Ces dernières années, les efforts conjoints consentis par la Région, le Département, la Société d'équipements de Touraine (SET) ou encore le syndicat Isoparc ont permis la construction d'une nouvelle usine pour la fabrication du Taxibot, le nouveau tracteur d'avion lauréat du prix national de l'innovation. Avec une centaine d'emplois à la clef. « Sans la mobilisation de tous ... read more ...
 
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Sedo’s Transactions Total $1.6 million led by PutzFrau.de during 32,000 Euros - Over the past week, 593 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.6 Million 58% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .coms: jupl.com at 12,500 USD Top ccTLD: putzfrau.de at 32,000 EUR which translates to cleaning lady in German. Top “other” TLD: italian.club at 5,000 USD   Here are the reportable sales:   ... read more ...
 
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Dot-word domains ‘a shakedown, designed to get money out of people’ - People don't like you – and it's up to you to fix it. That was the unusual message to the domain-name industry during the keynote speeches at NamesCon 2015 in Las Vegas on Monday morning. The domain-name industry conference, in its second year, is an opportunity for a wealth of organizations and businesses to get together and discuss web addresses. And this year it's seen a sudden increase in interest due to the introduction of nearly 500 new generic ... read more ...
 
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Chris Sheridan and Steve Banfield are withdrawal Rightside - Two key figures at eNom are moving on. A longtime fixture in the domain name industry — as well as a newer hire — are leaving domain name company Rightside. VP of Business Development Chris Sheridan is leaving the company this week to join website maker Weebly. His experience at Rightside, where he worked on the eNom business, will be highly relevant to Weebly. Prior to eNom/Rightside, the “selfie king” worked at Verisign. Sheridan’s former clients and other ... read more ...
 
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Thoughts on yesterday’s $1 million domain name auction - A strong auction with a headline-grabbing .club sale but dominated by .com. By now you’ve probably read a bit about yesterday’s Right of the Dot domain name auction at NamesCon. Here are my takeaways: 1. The auction sold just shy of $1 million worth of domain names. It’s not the glory years of 7 or 8 years ago, but that’s a total I don’t think we’ve seen in a while at a domainer conference auction. 2. The sell-through rate of about 65% is excellent. ROTD ... read more ...
Tue 13th January 2015
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Auction Day At NamesCon: All You Need to Know + How To Bid If You’re In Vegas Or Not - Today is the live domain name auction at Namescon.com that will be conducted by RightoftheDot.com with online bidding and viewing on SnapNames.com So here is all of the information you need to know: If you’re in Vegas the Event starts at 4:30 PST with drinks and food and social networking. The actual auction should start around 5:15-5:30 PST which is 8:15-8:30pm EST 1:30 am GMT (Wednesday),  but can start a few minutes earlier or later so if you’re not in Vegas log into SnapNames by 5:15 and ... read more ...
 
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Google Domains Launches Public Beta in US, Offers Over 60 New TLDs - The much anticipated Google Domains launched to public US availability in beta on Tuesday. The beta launch also includes several new features and improvements, as Google tries to muscle in on registrars like VeriSign and Sedo and even SMB one-stop shops like GoDaddy and Web.com. The service was originally launched to invite-only beta in June, shortly after GoDaddy filed documents for an IPO. Google’s announcement seemed to at least delay that plan, though Google may have more motivation to ... read more ...
 
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Google Domains Now Open to All in The U.S. – Over 60 new gtlds now accessible for registration - Google Domains is now opened to anyone in the U.S. they are also offering over 60 new gtlds for registration. TechCrunch is reporting that Google Domains is now available to anyone who wants an account From the article: Google said at the time its service also includes phone support, indicating Google’s intention to market it more to business customers. To date, thousands of testers have signed up and registered domains during the private testing, but Google didn’t release exact numbers. Additionally, ... read more ...
 
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The New gTLDs and SEO - Roland LaPlante wrote a piece on Circle ID about new gtlds and SEO. Roland works at Afilias and it is safe to say he is an advocate of the new gtlds with Afilias having a vested interest. There are readers who are trying their hand at developing a new gtld or two so this article may be helpful for those who have questions and concerns with regards to SEO. From the article: With the arrival of hundreds of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), many marketers are excited that they can now get a web ... read more ...
 
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NamesCon Auction This Afternoon - As you’ve likely heard by now, NamesCon will be conducting its first domain name auction later on this afternoon. The auction was organized by Right of the Dot (ROTD), and there is a big focus on the new gTLD domain names. Just about every time I’ve seen ROTD founders Monte Cahn and Mike Berkens at NamesCon, the duo seem to be huddling together over a laptop, most likely working on the auction. I am most curious to see how the bidding goes on the new gTLD domain names. Although I have ... read more ...
 
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Internet Advertising Pioneer, Rick Boyce, Joins .green Board of Directors - LARKSPUR, CA, Jan. 13 /CSRwire/ - DotGreen Community, Inc., the steward of the world’s first environmental Top Level Domain (TLD) for corporate social responsibility, is pleased to announce that Internet advertising pioneer and “Hall of Famer,” Rick Boyce, has joined its Board of Directors. Mr. Boyce was formerly VP of Advertising Sales for Monster Worldwide and is currently Head of Corporate Sales with Quantcast. Mr. Boyce brings to the .green Board extensive experience in the Internet ... read more ...
 
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Confusion, fear and growing pains: ICANN bigwig spells out gTLD headaches - It's not easy being global DNS overseer ICANN right now. The addition of hundreds of new generic top-level domains – gTLDs from .book to .ninja – has been an operational headache; the transition of the key IANA contract is put it under an unfavorable spotlight; and a recent hack of its staff admin systems has raised questions over its technical competence. But everything is fine, and terrible, ... read more ...
 
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Opening Day Photos and Highlights from the 2nd Annual NamesCon … - The 2015 NamesCon conference got underway Sunday (Jan. 11) at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas with a day christened Domainfest at Namescon following the show's ... read more ...
 
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.brands – Nobody Said It Was Easy - I've got enormous respect and admiration for the passionate individuals who are still championing .brands for their organisations in the new Top-Level Domain (TLD) program. I have the pleasure of assisting quite a few of these on a daily basis and I'm sure their experiences aren't isolated with other applicants across the globe. Put yourself in their shoes. Delays, some stupid process called Digital Archery, GAC Advice, names collisions and negative media — just to name a few of the ... read more ...
 
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Vegas.club changes hands in $100k deal - Vegas.club site plans unveiled during NamesCon. .Club has a second $100,000 deal under its belt as part of its Startup.club initiative. One Degree World Systems, Inc. acquired the domain name Vegas.Club and plans to launch a members-only site for deals, concierge services and more. One Degree CEO Howard Lefkowitz unveiled plans for the site today at NamesCon in Las Vegas. You can see video of the presentation here. Although the $100,000 price is nice for .Club, ... read more ...