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Thu 18th December 2014
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Zero to 60 in a Split Second: Coffee.Club Goes From a Domain Name to a … - At first glance, as a coffee lover with a 6-month subscription that just started,  I certainly like the business model. Coffee.club lets you choose ... read more ...
 
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Take this to the .bank: financial institutions need to prepare for new gTLDs - Hundreds of new generic top-level domains are in the process of being rolled out this year and next, including many that will be of interest to the financial services industry.  One of them that seems likely to attract a high level of interest and buy-in is .bank.  fTLD Registry Services, a joint venture formed by a number of financial services companies and trade associations, applied for and was recently awarded the right to operate the .bank and .insurance gTLDs.  The .bank domain ... read more ...
 
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A New Domain Name Dispute Alternative: The Uniform Rapid Suspension … - The Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) was created as part of ICANN’s new gTLD program. A gTLD (generic top-level domain) is the “suffix” at the end of a domain name, most commonly .com, .org, .info, .biz and .us. Prior to the new gTLD program there were 23 gTLDs in operation.  The new gTLD program is expected to result in the launch of approximately 700 additional gTLDs. More than 400 new gTLDs have already been delegated, with the majority of these in operation. The expansion of ... read more ...
 
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NameSentry? Adopted by Over 60% of New Top Level Domains Launched - Architelos, Inc., the premier provider of automated domain name abuse detection and mitigation services, has added Famous Four Media to its expanding roster of NameSentry clients. Famous Four Media will be implementing NameSentry for current and upcoming generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) such as .trade .webcam, and .science. Other new gTLDs that have recently adopted NameSentry include, .build, .ceo, .lat, .luxury, and .ooo, to name a few. To date NameSentry has been adopted by more new gTLDs than ... read more ...
 
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‘Nigeria Still Far from Meeting Domain Name Registration Target’ - Mary Uduma, President of NIRA By Emma Okonji The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the body in charge of the registration of Nigeria's country code Top Level Domain name (ccTLD), otherwise known as '.ng domain name', has said Nigeria is still far from meeting  the  set target of registering 250, 000 domain names in the country. President of NIRA, Mrs. Mary Uduma, who gave the information in a telephone interview with THISDAY Newspapers, said NIRA had in 2013, set a target ... read more ...
 
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Owner of Baby.com Wins .Baby For $3.1 Million Dollars. - Johnson Johnson which has owned and advertised  Baby.com for many years, just won the ICANN Last Resort Auction for the new gTLD .Baby for 3,088,888 Google, Minds + Machines, Donuts, Radix and Famous Four lost in the auction and unlike private auctions will not get any share of the winning bid. In the other ICANN  last resort auction the Canadian Real Estate Association beat Afilias for .MLS, paying $3,359,000. Still seems to me that the ICANN auctions are going to less money than the private ... read more ...
Wed 17th December 2014
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Would confectionery industry benefit from a .CANDY? -   I have to admit that I’m a bit skeptical of the whole changing .COM into .OTHERTHINGS, like .ORGANIC, .NFL, or .XXX. I mean, yes, it could help us better sort through the world wide web, which is, after all, worldwide, but there’s a deeply rooted part of my soul that has a hard time letting go of the simplicity of .COM.  Crystal Lindell Ya, ya, I know, we’ve always had .GOV, .EDU, and the dated sounding .NET, so adding a few more shouldn’t be such a ... read more ...
 
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.Website Collision Domains Give A Boost In Registrations: Here Are Available … - .Website which had its ICANN collision lists freed up recently has seen a nice bounce in daily registrations. Like a bunch of other TLDs, the spike in registrations appears to have come on the back of Black Friday and Cyber Monday registrations. The TLD saw volumes of 5 times that of the previous day’s registrations on Black Friday – close to 1,200 names in day. Cyber Monday brought more even more registrations. Some quick facts about .website registrations: Average daily new registrations in ... read more ...
 
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The Real Facts About New gTLDs - Many with financial interests in new gTLDs, such as Donuts, have painted a rosy picture of how new gTLDs create greater availability of meaningful domain name options that the global masses have been waiting for. Their message seems to be: FINALLY, there is an alternative to .com in new domain extensions like .guru, .photography, .blackfriday and .tips. But, the reality is that we have always had options other than .com to choose from when registering a domain name. The challenge isn't choice, ... read more ...
 
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Jeannie McPherson - The Real Facts About New gTLDs Many with financial interests in new gTLDs, such as Donuts, have painted a rosy picture of how new gTLDs create greater availability of meaningful domain name options that the global masses have been waiting for. Their message seems to be: FINALLY, there is an alternative to .com in new domain extensions like .guru, .photography, .blackfriday and .tips. But, the reality is that we have always had options other than .com to choose from when registering a domain ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines in 2014 and 2015 - Written by Antony Van Couvering, CEO of Minds + Machines. On January 1, 2014, Minds + Machines was trading at 14p. As of yesterday our share price was 7p. You might conclude from this that our company has declined by a factor of two. But from our perspective, exactly the opposite has happened. Why the disconnect? It's the end of the year and it's time to look back at what's happened, and try to shed a little light on what's to come. Here's how we see our company today vs. one year ... read more ...
Tue 16th December 2014
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New TLDs Don’t Necessarily Provide SEO Advantage: Google - New TLDs do not receive any search rankings advantage compared to traditional TLDs like .com. Google Webmaster Trends Analyst John Mueller reiterated a comment from Google webspam team head Matt Cutts in 2012, rebutting a specific online post stating that the new TLDs were automatically favored by Google. “They can perform well in search, just like any other TLD can perform well in search,” Mueller said in a public Google+ post last week. “They give you an opportunity to pick a name that ... read more ...
 
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.XYZ Is The 1st New gTLD To Break 750000 Registered Domains - .XYZ has become the first new gTLD to break through the 750,000 mark for domain name registrations. According to the .XYZ registry the number of registered domain names is 750,073 The 750,000th domain name to be registered was Chez.XYZ that was registered today at the domain name registrar Gandi.net. We at TheDomains.com were the first to figure out that NetworkSolutions,  which is  part of the Web.com group (WWWW), were stuffing free .XYZ domain names into customer’s accounts when the extension ... read more ...
 
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Terror bomb victims demanding Iran’s .ir will appeal US ruling - A US judge's decision that Iran's internet registry cannot be seized by victims of an Iranian-backed bomb attack will be challenged on appeal [PDF] in Washington DC. The decision last month by Judge Royce Lamberth that the .ir country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is not "attachable property" was the latest twist in a decade-long lawsuit brought by Israeli law center Shurat HaDin – which is seeking compensation for nine US citizens injured in an ... read more ...
Mon 15th December 2014
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ICANN Denies Allegation That New gTLD Have Widespread Phishing … - According to a company blog post out today, by brand protection company CSC, citing Amy Mushahwar, counsel and Chief Information Security Officer at Washington, D.C. law firm ZwillGen PLLC, says: “New domains (new gTLD’s) are being registered as phishing sites and for drive-by downloads of malware.” “Nefarious uses have been very widespread. It’s incumbent upon ICANN to clean up the house for the domains that it currently has before it floods the market with new domains.” She goes on ... read more ...
 
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Guess I Was Wrong There Is A Lot Of Cybersquatting Going On In The New … - Well it seems as the trademark lobby predicted there isa lot of cybersquatting going on in the new gTLD space, a lot more than I thought we would ever see. I was one who thought there would be a negligible amount of trademark infringing domain names registered in the new gTLD space due to the high cost of registration and the small probability of any type in traffic. However just looking at the most recent 400 UDRP/URS cases filed or decided, 69 concerned new gTLD’s domain names (multiple domains ... read more ...
Sat 13th December 2014
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ICANN gears up for second round of gTLD applications even as first round still … - The most significant development in the Internet space in recent years is the ongoing generic top-level domain (gTLD) expansion. (As a reminder, a TLD is what appears to the right of the "dot" in a domain name (i.e., .COM, .ORG, .GOV).) The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) embarked on an aggressive plan to expand the Internet from just 23 gTLDs to more than a thousand gTLDs, culminating in an application process in 2012 that allowed any organization with ... read more ...
 
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Monster.com (Jobs) Beats out Monster, Inc. (High End Audio Co.) For The gTLD … - Monster.com,  (NYSE:MWW), the job site has beaten out Monster, Inc. the company that makes high end audio cables and other equipment for the new gTLD .Monster. The contension set was scheuled to do to the ICANN last resort auction next week but Monster, Inc who is best know for high end audio cables just withdrew its application to operate the new gTLD .Monster leaving Monster.com which is the job board company as the remaining applicant. According to its application Monster.com plans to operate ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Gears Up for Second Round of gTLD Applications Even as First Round … - The most significant development in the Internet space in recent years is the ongoing generic top-level domain (gTLD) expansion. (As a reminder, a TLD is what appears to the right of the "dot" in a domain name (i.e., .COM, .ORG, .GOV).) The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) embarked on an aggressive plan to expand the Internet from just 23 gTLDs to more than a thousand gTLDs, culminating in an application process in 2012 that allowed any organization with an interest ... read more ...
Fri 12th December 2014
 
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HostingCon India Session Explores How Strategic Promotions Key to New gTLD … - MUMBAI, INDIA — The first day of ResellerClub presents HostingCon India featured diverse keynotes from various speakers. Topics covered in sessions on Friday included internet access in India, domains, and online marketing trends. In an early afternoon session, executives from the Public Interest Registry (PIR), the non-profit organization that manages the .ORG top level domain, were on hand to give an overview of the trends and changes in the domain name industry. PIR director of channel ... read more ...
Thu 11th December 2014
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NCC Group to Open Trust Domain For Registration - NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC, “NCC Group” or "the Group"), the international, independent provider of Escrow, Assurance and Domain Services, announces that companies will be able to submit their requests to become part of the .trust community on 16 December 2014.   NCC Group’s .trust generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) has now begun a 90-day “Name Collision” and will shortly enter into a “Sunrise Period”, as defined by ICANN, to protect trademarked brands. Rob Cotton, NCC Group CEO, commented: “After ... read more ...
 
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Consumers Prefer the .ORGANIC Web Address for True-Organic Goods - DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 11, 2014--.ORGANIC domain operator Afilias  today announced the results of new research that provides important insights regarding U.K. and U.S. Internet users’ experience finding organic products and services online. Nearly 70% of respondents believe that some companies are misrepresenting themselves as “organic” to command a premium price, and 60% would like a reliable way to distinguish real organic providers online from the pretenders. That’s why almost 60% ... read more ...
 
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Fig. 2: Brands that U.S. consumers believe should be on the .ORGANIC domain … - DUBLIN--(Business Wire)--.ORGANIC domain operator Afilias today announced the results of new research that provides important insights regarding U.K. and U.S. Internet users’ experience finding organic products and services online. Nearly 70% of respondents believe that some companies are misrepresenting themselves as “organic” to command a premium price, and 60% would like a reliable way to distinguish real organic providers online from the pretenders. ... read more ...