Tag Archives: news

Wed 19th August 2015
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Washington Post Covers Several New gTLD’s & Asks: Who Needs .com? - The movement is on! Google has greatly helped all new gTLD’s and there are many mainstream media sites covering gTLD’s daily. This is really great news in general for the domain industry as a whole and clearly the gTLD’s! Although many of these stories relate to .com when talking about the new gTLD’s, like a new one today from the WashingtonPost.com with a title of: “Who Needs .com? Domains When .Vegas, .PR, .NYC are Trending” The story highlights several companies using gTLD’s like ... read more ...
 
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Challenges for .brands – Transforming Ideas Into Strategy - This is the fourth post 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 we discussed the importance of engaging stakeholders in the decision-making process around operating your TLD, which you can read here. The importance of engaging with all the necessary stakeholders in your .brand TLD and ensuring you have company-wide buy-in cannot be understated. But once you ... read more ...
Tue 18th August 2015
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So What Happens When There Is a .ABC? Disney Applied For It & Its Coming - After announcing it selected the domain name abc.xyz for its holding company Alphabet, Google has been going around buying all sorts of “abc” domain names. Last week we told you that Google bought ABC.Global. Onlinedomain.com spotted 78 new gTLD’s that Google registered using “abc. Last night .Club registry announced on Twitter that Google bought ABC.club. Also last night Onlinedomain.com spotted 8 more new gTLD’s that Google bought or registered starting with “abc” Which bring us ... read more ...
 
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The Mission Has Already Crept - My speech given at the 15th ICANN Studienkreis in Amsterdam on 14 August. ICANN's mission, and the avoidance of "mission creep", is currently the subject of intense debate in the Internet community. Multiple cross-community working groups are dealing with the proposal by an agency of the United States government, NTIA, to give up the last vestiges of its control of the IANA function. Many of the new organizational structures under consideration purport to deal with ICANN's expanding mission. Even ... read more ...
 
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Internet Company Behind .Green Partners with EarthShare on Initiatives … - LARKSPUR, Calif., Aug. 18 /CSRwire/ - DotGreen Community, Inc., stewards of the Internet’s new .green Top-Level Domain (TLD) and EarthShare, a non-profit federation that partners with business and employees to develop innovative programs offering dynamic environmental philanthropic and learning opportunities, today announced a $10,000 grant to the Surfrider Foundation based in San Clemente, CA. The grant is to support the Surfrider Foundation’s Clean Water Initiative, a suite of complementary ... read more ...
 
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.ONLINE Sees the Biggest Generic Sunrise Ever - The .online Sunrise ended earlier today 775 Sunrise registrations, breaking the Sunrise record of popular extensions like .news, .london, .nyc, .clothing, .global, .club, .company etc., only behind frisky risky extensions like .sucks, adult, .porn and a few geo extensions. Below is a overall summary of the Sunrise numbers: Data Source: Sunrise reports published on The Domains and Draft RPM review report published by ICANN in Feb, 2015 Radix is ecstatic about the success of the .online ... read more ...
Mon 17th August 2015
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Alphabet Fuels .xyz Domain Name Growth - Google's adoption of an .xyz domain name has spurred August .xyz domain registrations, with nearly 10,000 occurring in a single day alone. A week ago, Google surprised the world by restructuring itself under the Alphabet umbrella. A key surprise was the simple fact that Google did not buy Alphabet.com, which BMW currently owns, and instead opted for the Alphabet.xyz top-level domain (TLD). The move is sparking a surge of interest in .xyz domain registration ... read more ...
 
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Radix Predicts 15000+ .Online Registrations at Launch - Radix sent out a press release touting its .Online new gTLD domain extension. The company reported that there were 775 registrations during the Sunrise period. It’s email stated that this figure is strong, and it ranks as #6 behind .Porn, .Adult, .Sucks, .Brussels, and .Melbourne. The email also made a pretty bold prediction. According to the accompanying press release I was sent, Sandeep Ramchandani, Business Head at Radix stated, “We expect to start off with at least 15,000 registrations ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Says It Is Top Of The Chart For TLDs At ntldstats.com - LONDON (Alliance News) - CentralNic PLC on Monday said it is currently the top ranking "registry backend" of new TLD domain names globally, another boost to the company after the .xyz top level domain it sells was chosen by Google Inc for its new Alphabet holding company's website.The company, which makes money by selling domain names, was citing the domain industry statistics website ntldstats.com.Shares in CentralNic are up 7.6% at 65.66 pence on Monday morning.The stock jumped last week when technology ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Group Plc Recognised As Number One Globally in New TLDs - CentralNic Group plc, (LON:CNIC), the internet platform business which derives revenues from the global sale of domain names, is pleased to announce that it is currently ranked number one “registry backend” (ie. Wholesaler) of new TLD domain names globally, on the domain industry statistics website ntldstats.com. CentralNic attained the top position on Friday 14 August after having ranked number two for the previous twelve months. As at 7am on Monday 17 August, 1,444,210 ... read more ...
Sun 16th August 2015
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Making Sense of Google’s .xyz gTLD Branding - Google has a newly created parent, a holding company that is now its official owner. Of course, Google will keep using its extremely well-known name for its core search and related businesses. But the company now operates under an entity known as Alphabet — to give its name with extension, Alphabet.xyz. Here specialists in gTLDs may be scratching their heads. Why .xyz? Why this little-known domain for one of the world's great corporations? My theory: Google is trying its hand at a new style ... read more ...
 
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Is Google Alphabet .xyz The New .com? - Google’s surprise use of the .xyz domain for its new holding company, Alphabet, has led to a rush on new registrations under the domain. Is .xyz the new .com?(Photo : Google | Tech Times) Google surprised everybody this past week by announcing it plans to restructure its business and fold itself into a holding company known as Alphabet, hosted at the url "Abc.xyz." What surprised some observers even more, however, was the new company's use of the .xyz domain, rather than the old ... read more ...
Fri 14th August 2015
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DotConnectAfrica Trust Response to John Jeffrey’s ICANN Legal Blog Posting - Posted here on behalf of DotConnectAfrica Trust in response to ICANN's General Counsel Secretary, John Jeffrey's recent article. The attention of DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA Trust) has been drawn to a recent blog posting by John Jeffrey, the ICANN General Counsel and Company Secretary, who wrote to clarify what he termed as "misinformation and erroneous reporting that have framed parts of the discussion" regarding the recent DCA vs. ICANN IRP Final Declaration. As we can't see a way of ... read more ...
 
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Centralnic passes Donuts as Backend Provider For New gTLD Domain Names - According to ntldsstats.com, CentralNic has passed Donuts in the number of domain names it is providing backend registry services for new gTLD domains. ntldstats.com is showing CentralNic having 1,426,647 new gTLD’s under its backend management while Donuts is sitting at 1,425,466 domain names, each representing about 20% of all new gTLD’s. However CentralNic is the backend provider for just 24 new gTLD’s at the moment while Donuts has 189 active new gTLD’s using its backend system. In layman’s ... read more ...
 
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Dot Brand address boost from Google? - Dot Brands are a relatively new addition to domain name choices, and their full marketing and SEO potential has yet to be revealed. Google recently announced that it will not give any advantage to the newcomers over more traditional TLDs such as dot com, but an organic search approach may still see them reap a benefit. Google Blog In their own Webmaster Central Blog, Google answered the question “Will a .BRAND TLD be given any more or less weight than a .com?” with a clear “No.” “Those ... read more ...
 
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Antonoff: Dot-Dog to have its day but Dot-Cat has gone astray - Dot-Dog vs Dot-Cat(Photo: USA TODAY)The dog days of summer are especially fitting this year because the Top-Level Domain (TLD) dot-dog (".dog") Internet address has debuted just in time for National Dog Day on Aug. 26. Vets, pet photographers, groomers, trainers and pet-supply firms will be able to stake claims to websites that could make the Oklahoma land rush seem lame by comparison. Beyond the commercial implications, pet owners who think their prized shih tzu deserves a suffix that barks "awoofness" ... read more ...
Thu 13th August 2015
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Breaking: 8.xyz Hits the DOMAINfest .asia Auction at No Reserve -     The domain name 8.XYZ will be in the auction as part of the DOMAINfest.asia conference that will be held in Macau China from September 4th- 7th. RightoftheDot.com in conjunction with 4.CN will be holding an online domain name auction of around 150+ domains from September 2nd-September 9th. The auction will be in English and Chinese and bids will be show in US dollars and Chinese Yuan. All transactions will be cleared through DN.Cn which is the leading escrow service in China. The number 8 ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic surges on back of Google’s new Alphabet.xyz website name - LONDON (ShareCast) - (ShareCast News) - London-based CentralNic, an internet domain-name registry, has been boosted by Google (Xetra: A0B7FY - news) 's decision to restructure itself under a holding company called Alphabet. AIM-listed CentralNic's shares rose 14% to 55.26p, adding to a 12% rise on Wednesday, as its '.xyz' top-level domain (TLD) was chosen by Alphabet for its new website address.CentralNic said the '.xyz' suffix, which it markets on behalf of its US owner, had achieved number-one ... read more ...
 
Wed 12th August 2015
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Microsoft .xbox Domains Have Been Possible for a While Now - With the growth in top-level domain suffixes available on the internet many companies look to obtain ones that have a connection to them. This appears to be what Microsoft has done with .xbox. As noticed, Microsoft now have control of this domain suffix, which in theory means that they can create sites such as home.xbox. As they now own the so called gTLD (generic top-level domain) only they can create domains using this suffix. While this doesn’t mean much to gamers as such, it does offer ... read more ...
 
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DNS Deregulation (Part 1 of 3) - The domain name system (DNS) market is going through significant change. Barriers to entry have dropped, as hundreds of new generic top-level-domains (TLDs) are being introduced. Substantial new sources of capital have invested in the market. While at the same time, overall domain name sales volume has slowed. Recent MA activities suggest market consolidation focused on building scale. Greater transparency of wholesale and retail pricing shows some TLDs have raised wholesale prices, while simultaneously ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD .LOL Has Just 772 Domain Registrations After its 1st Day: Trump.lol … - .LOL launched into general availability yesterday by Uniregistry and wound with just 772 registrations including some 70 domain names registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders. Uniregistry is charging $6.88 for a .LOL registration. Uniregistry beat out Google for rights to operate .LOL in a private auction. There are several domain names registered of people running for President of the United States as well as President Obama. Some comedians domains in .lol were registered as well, pretty ... read more ...
 
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The 2015 Moz Search Engine Ranking Study Shows Links Still Super Important - Moz has announced the publication of the 2015 Moz search ranking factors study. The study shared a lot of data on correlation and expert interviews, it is the largest they put together yet.In short, it seems links and anchor text still rank supreme with Google. Things like HTTPS and TLDs have very little correlation. Here is the summary infographic they published, but you can dive into the details over here.Forum discussion at Google+ and Local Search Forums. ... read more ...
 
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ICANN wants TMCH assessed - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has invited providers to pitch for an independent review of the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), in an attempt to address protection issues ahead of future new gTLD programme application rounds. Providers will complete a study to create a report of quantitative and qualitative data based on an assessment of TMCH guidelines and verification processes, the sunrise period, and trademark claims service. ICANN said in a statement: “It ... read more ...
Tue 11th August 2015
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Thanks to Google’s Alphabet, .Xyz Will End .Com Dominance - Daniel Negari is the founder of .XYZ, the company that acts as the registry operator for the .xyz domain. When I interviewed him for WIRED’s April issue, he told me, “We end the alphabet in ‘xyz’ and we should end domain names the same way.” It turns out someone agrees with him. Yesterday, Google’s new holding company, Alphabet, revealed that it is making its online home at abc.xyz—a move that could signal an end to .com dominance for good. Negari launched .XYZ last year to get ... read more ...