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Mon 31st August 2015
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20 Yr Old, 160 Person Agency Rebrands From UpShot.net to Upshot.Agency … - Inc.com just published a post on a Chicago based marketing firm that just re-branded itself from upshot.net to the new gTLD Upshot.Agency saying that once the new gTLD’s catch on everyone will be using them. Upshot is a 160-employee agency which is celebrating its 20th birthday conducted what it describes as a “self-evaluation” and as a result, “it decided to re-position itself in a way that emphasizes its belief in, and expertise in providing, “seamless marketing,” which it defines as ... read more ...
Sat 29th August 2015
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New gTLDs: preparing for the next round of the online expansion - The end of the first-round roll-out of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) is in sight. While some of the most highly sought-after strings have yet to hit the market, detailed assessments of Round 1 are underway as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) lays the groundwork for a second application window. For brand owners, the online shake-up has created both opportunities and challenges. In this exclusive roundtable discussion, three trademark ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines Group Stock Rating Reaffirmed by N+1 Singer (MMX) - Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX)‘s stock had its “corporate” rating reiterated by investment analysts at N+1 Singer in a note issued to investors on Thursday, MarketBeat reports. Shares of Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX) opened at 8.25 on Thursday. Minds + Machines Group has a 52-week low of GBX 6.75 and a 52-week high of GBX 13.75. The stock’s market capitalization is GBX 68.97 million. The stock’s 50 day moving average is GBX 7.81 and its 200 day moving average is ... read more ...
 
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Here’s how to choose a domain extension for SEO and users - Like most online businesses around Asia, inevitably, your website needs to be focused on an audience larger than just one country. As a result, you probably have (or should have) spent some time thinking about the best ways to organize and optimize your site for different countries. One of the first and most important decisions most people need to make when expanding their horizons to an international audience is determining which domain structure should be used for additional languages and ... read more ...
Fri 28th August 2015
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New .LOVE TLD Enjoying Strong Sales - The new .LOVE TLD [Top Level Domain] has successfully launched on the Internet (more details available at http://www.get.love) and is rapidly selling web domain names to couples, individuals, and businesses. Beijing, China (PRWEB UK) 28 August 2015 "We are delighted with the growth of our domain sales, especially in the past week. Beginning with the Qixi Festival on August 20 (which falls on the ... read more ...
Thu 27th August 2015
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From .COM and .NET to .XYZ and .WTF? - A gTLD is a generic-use top level domain extension (e.g. com, .org, .net, .gov, etc.) available to registrants for use regarding any purpose and overseen by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).  Most people have come to think of “.com” as the most credible gTLD to tie to our business-related website, but recently, buzz has been generated regarding the new gTLD application system, which launched in 2012.  The new gTLD system may allow for the registration ... read more ...
 
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Challenges for .brands – From Strategy to Implementation Planning - This is the fifth in a series of blog posts discussing the strategic and operational challenges faced by .brand TLD owners and the processes involved in getting them ready for use. Previously I discussed how to turn your ideas into a .brand TLD strategy, which you can read here. While your strategy and objectives speak more broadly to why you're launching a .brand TLD, your implementation plan covers the all-important 'how'. Once you complete your strategy workshop session to agree upon objectives ... read more ...
Wed 26th August 2015
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.Online Breaks All New gTLD Records With 28000 Registrations in 1st 30 Minutes - Radix the registry behind .Online entered General Availability earlier today announced that .Online has smashed the record for a new gTLD launch by registering 28,000+ domains in the first 30 minutes itself. After a stellar Sunrise performance, .online closed with 1,130 Early Access Program (EAP) orders, the highest number of EAP registrations recorded by any new gTLD domain extension. “Several customers even paid an additional premium registration fee to grab names like buyit.online, discuss.online, ... read more ...
 
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.ONLINE GA Launches with 28000 Registrations in the First 30 Minutes - Radix's much awaited and probably its biggest TLD, .online entered General Availability earlier today. .online has smashed .club's launch record by registering 28,000+ domains in the first 30 minutes itself. After a stellar Sunrise performance, .online closed with 1130 EAP orders — the highest EAP registrations recorded by any new domain extension. Several customers even paid an additional premium registration fee to grab names like buyit.online, discuss.online, menus.online, seoul.online, ... read more ...
Tue 25th August 2015
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Sedo Talks Domain Values and Market Data on StartUpStud.com - StartupStud.com conducted an interview with Sedo, on topics such as what determines a domain’s value, how should an entrepreneur go about getting the best domain ? .Com vs new gtlds when it comes to value and sales data. A couple questions from the interview: StartupStud.com: What are the primary factors that determine a domain’s value? Sedo: A few of the major categories we take into consideration when placing a value on a domain are the TLD, length of the domain, linguistic suitability, and ... read more ...
 
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Google’s Rebranding at abc.xyz - MrASulaiman: For Google, which is the largest search engine in the world, to believe in the new gTLD enough to switch to one is a big signal that Daniel Negari definitely knows his onion.This is well within Google's forte - the company that was bidding prime numbers, pi, and other fancy mathematical constants for Nortel's patents and eventually lost to a consortium consisting of Apple, Microsoft, and others. All things considered, the purchase of abc.xyz can be attributed to their general ... read more ...
 
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The dot-com era is over, welcome to .anything - For both new and existing businesses, new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) offer increased flexibility and opportunities for an expanded online presence. A gTLD is the part of a web address that comes after the “dot” (“.”). Historically, gTLDs were limited to only a few, such as “.com,” “.org” or “.net.” However, in 2012, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) began accepting applications for new gTLDs, and the first new gTLDs went live in 2013. Some ... read more ...
 
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Syntax Accuracy of WHOIS Data in gTLDs Presented in Accuracy Reporting System … – ag-IP - Home / Syntax Accuracy of WHOIS Data in gTLDs Presented in Accuracy Reporting ... / LOS ANGELES - ICANN published the Phase 1 report of the WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System (ARS), which provides information about the syntax accuracy of WHOIS records in generic top-level domains (gTLDs) as compared to the requirements of the Registrar Accreditation Agreements (RAAs), a press by ICANN stated. Using the obligations of the Registrar Accreditation ... read more ...
 
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TLD’s Aaron Gwin | 2015 Downhill MTB World Cup - TLD’s Aaron Gwin Clinches 2015 DH MTB World Cup Val di Sole, Italy – August 24, 2015 Aaron Gwin dominated the field again this week at the final round of the 2015 World Cup, taking home gold. With the win, Gwin also locked up the overall series title which came down to the wire. The track in Italy is known to be one of the fastest and roughest on the circuit and it took its toll on both riders and bikes this weekend. Course designers added an additional section of track above the old start ... read more ...
Mon 24th August 2015
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From Microsoft to BMW, big brands are buying up .news web domains in a hurry - Online domain provider Rightside expected “.news” to become one of its top new domain extensions since the application window first opened to create — and own — alternatives to the usual website endings like .com or .org. The Seattle company has already launched more than 30 different domains — called generic top-level domains, or gTLDs — including .sale., .dentist and the ever-famous .ninja. But .news has been something special all along. More than 1,000 domains ... read more ...
 
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The Dot-com Era Is Over, Welcome to .Anything - [author: Meryl Hulteng] For both new and existing businesses, new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) offer increased flexibility and opportunities for an expanded online presence. A gTLD is the part of a web address that comes after the “dot” (“.”). Historically, gTLDs were limited to only a few, such as “.com,” “.org” or “.net.” However, in 2012, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) began accepting applications for new gTLDs, and the first new ... read more ...
 
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Add ABC.cm to the list of Google Names - Looking at whois records for other cctlds on the heels of the .mx purchase, it looks like ABC.cm changed hands on 8/7. The domain looked to have been owned by a Chinese registrant. Of course .cm has been in the news before, Kevin Ham was once profiled in a Business 2.0 article that is published on CNN. Maybe Disney will care about this name if Google is indeed the buyer. The domain was dropped and registered in 2014 so a quick flip. From the article: And what few people know is that he’s also the ... read more ...
 
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Vote: .Website or .Online? - Radix announced that its .Website new gTLD extension surpassed the 100,000 registration mark. According to the company, “.website has become one of the top nTLD domain choices of corporations across the world. Consistently in the top 10 fastest growing nTLDs, .website crossed 100k domains to be the 11th largest new gTLD.” Last week, Radix announced that it expected that its .Online extension would see 15,000 registrations in the first day of general availability. The company even targeted ... read more ...
 
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Do New gTLDs Disrupt .com? - This post examines whether the new gTLDs program is a disruptive innovation to the dominance of .com. I then use the idea of disruptive innovation to explain the relative adoption failure of previous generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs), such as .biz, .info and .mobi. Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen's theory of disruption explains battles between market entrants and incumbents. Examples of markets transformed by disruptive innovations include classified ads (Craigslist), long-distance calls ... read more ...
 
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ASEOHosting Comments To Clarify The Local SEO Impact Of New gTLDs - We're concerned that confusion around the newer domains, which can appear to be localized to specific regions even though they aren't, will influence web owners to invest in domains that will not have the inherent benefits of ccTLDs. Hudson, FL (PRWEB) August 24, 2015 ASEOHosting, a leading provider of premium ... read more ...
Fri 21st August 2015
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CB Insights: Covers World’s Most Popular Non-.com Startup Domains, but … - CB Insights.com which covers the startup/ venture capital markets published an interesting post entitled “The Non-Dotcom Bubble: The World’s Most Popular Startup Domains Other Than .Com” The story contains a chart tracking the most popular Non-.Com domain name extensions for funded tech companies from 2010-2015. Of course since the first new gTLD didn’t launch until 2014, none are reflected in the chart. Unfortunately as you will see later,  CB Insights is very confused about new gTLD’s ... read more ...
Thu 20th August 2015
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Radix Registry Has High Hopes for .Online – New gTLD Enters General … - With the Sunrise numbers as a benchmark, Radix officials have their eyes on a specific target for new registrations in General Availability. ... read more ...
 
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Ongoing abuse problems at Nic.at and DENIC - Some of you may remember Spamhaus' dispute with Nic.at (the registry of .at ccTLD) back in 2007. Back then we saw a massive amount of the "Rock Phish" gang's phishing domain names being registered within .at for the exclusive purpose of hosting phishing sites. We reached out to Nic.at several times regarding these issues but Nic.at refused to take action against the malicious domains. In accordance with Spamhaus' SBL Listing Policy we then issued a listing of Nic.at IP space, for providing Spam Support ... read more ...
 
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Taxi 2167; .Dog 1589; .Run 1260; .Hockey 441 … - 5 new gTLD’s launched yesterday into General Availability (GA) when domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including domain names registered in the Sunrise period by Trademark Holders and those who paid an extra fee to register domain names ahead of GA in the Early Access Period (EAP) here are the total after the first day of GA: Taxi 2,167 .Dog 1,589 .Run 1,260 .Hockey 441 .Theater 405 It should be noted that .Taxi completes with .Cab which launched a while back ... read more ...
 
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TLD Podcast #18: Miguel Cotto-Canelo Alvarez, Bute & more - Miguel Cotto and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez have finally agreed to fight each other, and this welcomed news is featured on this week’s episode the podcast. Diego and I also discuss Lucian Bute‘s comeback win, revel in Krzysztof Glowacki’s sensational stoppage of Marco Huck, bemoan Antonio Tarver-Steve Cunningham, and consider where Daniel Jacobs and Peter Quillin stand in the middleweight picture. Here’s a more detailed breakdown of this week’s episode:  While many remain skeptical ... read more ...