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Wed 14th January 2015
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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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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 ...
Tue 13th January 2015
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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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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 ...
Mon 12th January 2015
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ICANN’s New Global TLDs Might Get Scrapped - ICANN’s New Global TLDs Might Get Scrapped Naseem Javed wrote us some feedback on the article “Reasons Why Nobody Uses Tailored Top Level Domain Names“, posted a few days ago, to inform us of ICANN’s new Global Top-Level Domain names, and why they may get scrapped before they even become available: The Internet Corporation of Assigned Names Numbers, ICANN, is up against the wall, and here are the top five reasons for which ... read more ...
Sat 10th January 2015
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DNS Policy Notes for January 9, 2015 - DNS POLICY NOTES FOR JANUARY 9, 2015 Collected news and opinion about the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the domain name business, Internet governance, and miscellaneous other cyberlaw topics for January 9, 2015. URS, UDRP Numbers for 2014As everybody knows, the new top-level domains now being released are accompanied with protections for intellectual property owners that are not found in the so-called "legacy" ... read more ...
Thu 8th January 2015
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Rightside to Bring Five New TLDs to Market in First Quarter of 2015 - GlobeNewswire2015-01-08 Diverse Options like .GIVES and .BAND Bring New Possibilities to Online IdentitiesKIRKLAND, Wash., Jan. 8, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Rightside (Nasdaq:NAME), a leading provider of domain name services that advance the way businesses and consumers define and present themselves online, announced it will usher in the new year with the launch of five new Top Level Domains (TLDs). This will expand its in-market portfolio that includes professional options ... read more ...
 
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New .POKER Web Domain Launched - !– (S) – !– –!– –DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Global registry services provider Afilias today formally announced the 1st phase of the introduction of a new generic top-level domain for one of the world’s favorite card games: “dot POKER” or .POKER. The 1st phase is the “sunrise” period, which is limited to eligible trademark holders and is open from February 5 through March 7, 2015. .POKER is the 1st and only Internet domain dedicated to the game of poker. It is the most logical ... read more ...
 
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Real Madrid obtains transfer of domain name under ‘.tienda’ gTLD -

In a new box underneath a Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) before a World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), obvious sports group Real Madrid Club de Futbol has performed a send of a domain name equally reproducing a heading underneath a new general top-level domain (gTLD) ‘.tienda’, that means ‘store’ in Spanish.

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NCC Group’s new ‘.trust’ domain promises Internet security overhaul - With a flood of new general top-level domains (gTLDs) reaching Internet users in 2014, security UK firm NCC Group and a clutch of large Internet brands have announced a new secure domain they hope will turn out to be the most significant of them all. Called ‘.Trust’, at first it’s not clear that this is anything cleverer than a bit of security engineering for businesses that want to stick .trust on the end of their e-commerce websites and emails.  Does the world need yet another gTLD, even ... read more ...
 
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What’s in a top-level domain name? - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is currently in the process of evaluating 1,930 applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), in the hope of ushering in a new era for the Internet and enabling organisations to register domains such as .shop or .bank alongside existing gTLDs like .com and .org. Why would anyone care about their Web address? I hear you ask. Surely, in the age of search engines and social networks, a URL carries about as much weight as a telephone ... read more ...
Tue 6th January 2015
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Porn companies sue ICANN over .XXX domain - Two of the world's biggest porn companies have teamed up to sue the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and ICM Registry over their introduction of the .XXX top-level domain. Digital Playground and Luxembourg-based Manwin, which owns a network of websites including YouPorn.com and manages Playboy's brand on the web, claim that ICANN and ICM are guilty of antitrust violations. The .XXX domain was given the green light by ICANN earlier this year – in spite of warnings that ... read more ...
 
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DigiCert is considering SSL certificates for more Tor hidden services - Certificate authority DigiCert is considering issuing SSL certificates to more Tor .onion address owners after recently providing Facebook with one.However, SSL certificates for pseudo-top-level domains like .onion that don't actually exist on the Internet are in the process of being phased out and the Tor Project has not yet decided if Tor websites getting SSL certificates is a good thing.Last week, Facebook made its website accessible inside the Tor anonymity network by setting up a so-called Tor ... read more ...
Mon 5th January 2015
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Go Only for Big Bang gTLD Rebranding - If you're considering rebranding under a new gTLD, go with a comprehensive big bang. A recent study by professors Dale Miller, Bill Merrilees, and Raisa Yakimova ("Corporate Rebranding: An Integrative Review of Major Enablers and Barriers to the Rebranding Process”) finds that success comes when senior management makes an unweaving commitment based on proactive analyses of the entire value-chain, with buy-in and input from employees and suppliers. Rebranding companies should not ignore the ... read more ...
 
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New .LGBT Domain Sunrise Period Begins - Global registry services provider Afilias today announced the beginning of the one-month "sunrise" period for the top-level domain (TLD) dedicated to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community: dot LGBT or .LGBT. The sunrise period allows trademark holders to register names immediately; after which registration will be open to all LGBT community members and those serving it beginning February 10, 2015. With "LGBT" being most preferred term by the community, the .LGBT web ... read more ...
 
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Congress Will Oversight ICANN: And You Can Take That to the Bank - Therefore, I wish to call for the establishment of such a new body that will work in cooperation with the NTIA to exercise supervisory responsibilities over ICANN. Even though the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) plays a very important role in the global Internet ecosystem, its activities are not frequently mentioned in the mainstream international media; that is, until ICANN's name is mentioned alongside that of the US Congress in a US$1.1 trillion Omnibus spending ... read more ...
 
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NamesCon: Spotlight on Radix - NamesCon is less than one week away, and today we have an interview with NamesCon sponsor, Radix, one of the largest participants in the new gTLD program. NamesCon will be held from January 11-14, 2015 at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. There are now over 750 registered conference attendees, and over 800 people are expected to attend this event. If you have any questions or comments for Radix, please post them in the comment section below. Can you tell us about your company and ... read more ...
Sun 4th January 2015
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Behind Bars | Darryn Durham’s TLD/Lucas Oil/KTM - By Jordan Powell Sat, Jan 3 2015 5:27 pm | Comments Darryn Durham’s Troy Lee Designs/Lucas Oil/KTM Find out what is happening at the track by following our social media accountsINSTAGRAM: @twmxdotcomTWITTER: @twmxdotcomFACEBOOK: TransWorldMoto For more information, visit supercrossonline.com One of the most exciting parts at the first ... read more ...
 
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January 2: 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 ...
Sat 3rd January 2015
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Christopher Hofman Asks Industry Participants “What’s in the DNA of a … - Christopher Hofman of EuropeanDomainCentre.com did a big piece back in August where he got insight from several industry players on the new gtld program. He revisited these individuals with some new questions for the New Year. The primary theme was what is inherent or the DNA of a successful new gtld ? From the article: To help them on their way I asked these additional questions: – Do successful new gTLDs share common traits ? – Is there a way to spot the success of future launches in the registration ... read more ...