Tag Archives: news

Tue 28th October 2014
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New domain names – are you protecting your brand from cybersquatters … - Until recently, only a limited number of generic top-level domains (gTLDs) have been available, among them .com, .biz and .info, but in recent months the gTLD universe has vastly expanded.  Over the past year, ICANN has approved more than 400 new top-level domain names – among them, .RESTAURANT and .PIZZA – for registration. Instead of ending its web address with a brand or company name followed by .COM, an organization can select a gTLD that reflects the nature of its business. ... read more ...
Mon 27th October 2014
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Afnic Reporting About Impact of New TLDs on Traditional TLDs - The October 2014 edition of the Afnic Industry Report on Domain Names is out with focus on the impact of the hundreds of new TLDs on "traditional" players. The October 2014 issue shows that gTLDs (.com, .biz., etc.) are impacted by the massive influx of new TLDs on the market whereas ccTLDs (.fr, .re, ...) are better resisting the newcomers. Contributions to the combined monthly net balance in 2014Source: Afnic The histogram above highlights the fact that the contribution of ccTLDs, ... read more ...
 
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.Biz Domain Name Registrations Fall Under 2.5 Million -                       The number of domain names registered under the Top Level Domain of .Biz has fallen under 2.5 Million. The extension owned and operated by Neustar (NSR) seems to have been effected by the new gTLD’s. As you can see from the chart .Biz was slowing growing until early this year when the new gTLD’s started to launch and now is moving the downward direction:       .XYZ has topped 650,000 registrations. .Berlin in the last week past the TLD’s .Tel and .Name ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Group wins hotly contested top level domain battle - No investment advice The Company is a publisher. You understand and agree that no content published on the Site constitutes a recommendation that any particular security, portfolio of securities, transaction, or investment strategy is suitable or advisable for any specific person. You further understand that none of the information providers or their affiliates will advise you personally concerning the nature, potential, advisability, value or suitability of any particular security, portfolio ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic client acquires rights for new TLD - StockMarketWire.com - CentralNic has announced that its client Top Level Design LLC has succeeded in beating seven other companies to acquire the rights to the new top-level domain '.DESIGN'. CentralNic has subsequently been awarded exclusive global distribution rights to .DESIGN domain names. The .DESIGN TLD will initially be made available to trademark holders in Q1 2015 and will become available to the general public for purchase in Q2 2015, serving many substantial industries including ... read more ...
Sun 26th October 2014
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Sunday Updates & Thoughts - I thought I would share some updates and thoughts over the weekend after a GREAT New England Patriots win today! Big game against Denver next weekend. I’m excited for the TRAFFIC conference later this week, and I have been touching base with some friends and colleagues the last few days to set up some time to chat. If you’re headed to Miami for TRAFFIC, safe travels to you. Here are some updates and thoughts today: If you would like to be introduced to someone at the TRAFFIC conference, ... read more ...
Sat 25th October 2014
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Rightside Launches .ARMY, .AIRFORCE, and .NAVY for Armed Forces … -

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ICANN’s Haul From Just 7 Last Resort New gTLD Auctions Tops $26 Million - ICANN just released a report showing that it has received over $26 Million dollars from last resort new gTLD auctions. The total amount received by ICANN from the last resort auctions is $26,172,919. That amount is net of auction set up guarantees, set up and cancellation auction fees paid to Power Auctions the provider of the ICANN auctions. There have only been 7 new gTLD’s last resort auctions including the first one for an IDN which sold for $600,000 and the three that sold this week Many more ... read more ...
 
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Are New Generic Top-Level Domains Creating Confusion? - VeriSign holds a unique place in the infrastructure of the Internet, managing root DNS functions and working as the custodian of the .com and .net domain names. Over the course of 2014, hundreds of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) have entered the Internet, which is now confusing the marketplace, according to VeriSign's CEO. James Bidzos, CEO of VeriSign, made the comments about the impact of new gTLDs during his company's third quarter earnings call on October 23. For the quarter, VeriSign ... read more ...
Fri 24th October 2014
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FoxNews Reports On Media Org’s Calling Google’s .Soy new gTLD “Segregation … - According to a story out in FoxNews.com, Google’s recent announcement of its new .SOY domain, meant to appeal to Latinos, has drawn criticism and jest from a number of places. .Soy (Spanish for “I am”) according to Google “offers Hispanic consumers, brands and publishers “a place to build, create and share culturally relevant Web content.” “A number of Latino organizations, including the Hispanic Heritage Fund and Ella Institute, have switch over to the .soy domain name, but some media ... read more ...
 
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Would you blow $5.6m to own a dot-word? Meet a bloke who did just that - Linux and AIX Bare-Metal Recovery Webinar A further $13m was spent yesterday on auctions for the ownership rights to three new soul-sapping dot-word domains: .spot, .salon and .realty.Amazon outbid Google and gTLD powerhouse Donuts to pay $2.2m for the rights to sell dot-spot addresses; Donuts beat L'Oreal and two others for dot-salon at $5.1m; and top of the heap, domain investor and entrepreneur Jay Westerdal beat Donuts to dot-realty, paying $5.6m for the rights ... read more ...
Thu 23rd October 2014
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.Realty top-level domain auctioned for $5.58M - The rights to administer a new generic top-level domain, .Realty, were auctioned off Wednesday for $5.58 million to “domaineer” Jay Westerdal’s Fegistry LLC. Thanks to its trademark on the term “Realtor,” the National Association of Realtors was granted the right to administer the .realtor gTLD as part of a historic expansion of the domain name system by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). NAR is launching .realtor today, giving away a free domain to the first ... read more ...
 
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October 21: 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 ...
 
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$5.6 Million A Good Buy For .Realty To Compete with .Realestate, Realtor … - Last night the highest priced paid for a new gTLD of the three that were at the ICANN last resort auction yesterday was .Realty at $5.6 million purchased by domain industry veteran Jay Westerdal’s company. (The exact price paid was $5,588,888) .Realty joins .Realestate; .Realtor; .Property, .MLS,  .Immo, (which is short for immobilier  which means real estate and is used in France, Germany and Italy) and to a smaller extent .House, .Condos, .Rentals and .Apartments. Its a pretty crowed vertical. So ... read more ...
 
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TaxiBot Receives EASA Certification For Use With 737 Aircraft - October 22, 2014 – The Boeing 737 is now officially certified for TaxiBot dispatch towing, by theEuropean Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel (CAAI).The Supplement Type Certificate (STC) was issued for Boeing 737 Classic aircraft.TaxiBot®, a semi-robotic pilot-controlled vehicle, is designed to transport airplanes from airport gate tothe runway and back, without using the airplane's engines. TaxiBot in-service evaluation will start inthe next few weeks, with ... read more ...
 
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1st Day New gTLD Totals Are .Brutal: .Healthcare 1406; .Vet 649; .Army 196 … - 5 new gTLD went into their first day of General Availability (GA) yesterday where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis and the 5 combined for just over 2,500 registrations. Including registrations by trademark holders in Sunrise and those who paid extra during the Early Access Program (EAP) to register domains ahead of GA here are the totals for the 5 new gTLD’s after their first day: .Healthcare 1,406 .Vet 649 .Army .202 .Navy 122 .Airforce 116 As we spoke about earlier ... read more ...
 
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Should You Register A .Lawyer or .Attorney Domain? - You are responsible for reading, understanding and agreeing to the National Law Review's (NLR’s) and the National Law Forum LLC's  Terms of Use and Privacy Policy before using the National Law Review website. The National Law Review is a free to use, no-log in database of legal and business articles. The content and links on www.NatLawReview.com are intended for general information purposes only. Any legal analysis, legislative updates or other content and links should not be construed ... read more ...
 
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Want to own .app, .blog or .pet? Best sell a third of yourself for $100m on London … - Linux and AIX Bare-Metal Recovery Webinar Internet registry Afilias hopes to build a $100m (£62.3m) war chest by floating on the London Stock Exchange – just in time to spend the cash snapping up the rights to new dot-word domains.The company will sell 30 percent of itself next month, ahead of a critical dot-word auction planned for 17 December. Some 21 valuable new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) – including .app, .blog, ... read more ...
Wed 22nd October 2014
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How to hit the top of Google’s rankings: ‘Use a new dot-thing gTLD’ - Linux and AIX Bare-Metal Recovery Webinar If you want to get higher up Google's search rankings, it turns out that using a new dot-thing domain – such as .guru or .ninja – may give you the edge.Two recent studies into the impact of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) have claimed that, far from Google's official position, using the right domain ending can bump you up an extra place or two in the rankings. Both investigations ... read more ...
 
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VeriSign Q3FY14 Preview: Company Strives To Regain Growth In The Face Of … - VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN), the leader in the Domain Name System (DNS) market with a 47% market share, is set to release its third quarter earnings for the financial year 2014 on October 23rd. VeriSign is the authoritative registry service provider for all .com and .net gTLDs (Generic Top-Level Domains), as well as the sole registry service provider for gTLDs like .cc, .tv, .gov, .jobs, .edu and .name. The company registered a 5% increase in sales in the first half of 2014, with revenues ... read more ...
 
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Can New TLDs Actually Co-Exist? - The new TLD program was a long time coming and now we have over 600 options for domain name endings, with more on the way. It made sense to a lot of people that options other than the already crowded .com space were needed but did we really envisage the plethora of ultimately "similar" TLDs that would rise from the ICANN process? I hear question everyday like: Is .global giving me or my customers anything different to .web? If I have a .club domain will that really make a difference to my ... read more ...
 
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Uniregistry Domain Names Now at GoDaddy - Uniregistry has been selling its new gTLD domain names since the end of February of this year, but they have not been selling them via GoDaddy, the largest domain name registrar in the world. According to a tweet from Uniregistry founder Frank Schilling, as of yesterday, new gTLD domain names managed by Uniregistry are now available for purchase by customers at GoDaddy. Proud to see all Uniregistry TLDs on the shelf at #Godaddy today! The best extensions are now available at the biggest ... read more ...
 
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ICANN: next round of new gTLDs in 2018? -

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has published a news patrician “New gTLD Program Reviews and Assessments”. This news is a breeze work devise that outlines a stairs ICANN intends to take as partial of a examination and comment of a initial turn of new general top-level domain (gTLD) applications. This news also indicates that a subsequent turn of new…

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Morning Watch List: Rightside Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ:NAME), SORL Auto Parts … - Rightside Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ:NAME), announced on 15 October it will launch 11 additional Top Level Domains (TLDs) by the end of 2014, bringing its in-market portfolio to 28. Rightside Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ:NAME)’s stock on 21 October traded at beginning with a price of $9.51 and when day-trade ended the stock finally advanced 2.21% to end at $9.71. Rightside Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ:NAME)’s showed weekly performance of 5.89%. Zacks upgraded shares of Sorl Auto Parts Inc. (NASDAQ:SORL) ... read more ...