TLD Podcast #19: Leo Santa Cruz-Abner Mares & more - Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares take center stage on this week’s podcast. Diego and I recap what turned out to be a tremendous fight, and speculate where both Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares go from here. We also talk Shane Mosley-Ricardo Mayorga, and preview this weekend’s Premier Boxing Champions action. Here’s a more detailed breakdown of this week’s podcast: Leo Santa Cruz-Abner Mares was a fight both boxing fans and pundits had been clamouring for since Santa Cruz joined Mares at ... read more ...

London Makes Top 10 for Safe Web ‘Hoods - Top-level domains (TLDs), aka internet neighborhoods, are similar to real-world addresses in the sense that some are shadier than others. A new look at which addresses offer the most rarified air found that the safest TLD out there is the military-related .mil suffix. And the .London suffix, set up in 2014, is the ninth safest web neighborhood in the world, ranked alongside Japan, Gibraltar and Kuwait in the top 10. The report, from Blue Coat, found that in contrast, some TLDs are used for the sole ... read more ...

Breaking: T-Mobile Flatly Refuses to Block the Pirate Bay - It’s funny: access providers are all about the music, until it comes time to protect it.  Which brings us to Austria, a fresh battleground for serious access-level blocking of pirate domains, and potentially serious piracy control.  Like, the Pirate Bay, which has proven virtually impossible to contain, especially as its ‘top-level domain,’ or TLD, is always morphing. Organizations like the RIAA in the US have been mostly ineffective in the battle against piracy hubs, ... read more ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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TLD Podcast #16: Floyd Mayweather vs. Andre Berto & more - Floyd Mayweather vs. Andre Berto kicks off this week’s podcast. We talk about Floyd Mayweather’s thought process in picking Berto as an opponent, and what to expect from the fight. After a short hiatus, Diego and I are back to discuss the big Mayweather-Berto announcement. We also recap Danny Garcia-Paulie Malignaggi, Daniel Jacobs-Sergio Mora and the debut of Premier Boxing Champions on Bounce TV.  Other topics include the light heavyweight fiasco involving Sergey Kovalev, Artur Beterbiev ... read more ...

Influential Law Firms Have Become Early Adopters of ‘.law’ TLD - Minds + Machines (LSE:MMX), the owner of the new ".law" top-level domain, has announced that two of the world's most influential law firms have become early adopters of .law. Dedicated to lawyers worldwide, and requiring validation of legal credentials, .law entered into a 60-day Sunrise period on July 30, 2015. DLA Piper, one of the world's largest global business law firms, located in more than 30 countries around the world, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher Flom LLP, a leading international ... read more ...