Spam Traffic Down Despite New TLD Use - The amount of spam traffic decreased by six percent in Q1 2015, but phishing campaigns are being launched in large numbers from the new TLDs, according to a report by Kaspersky Labs. “Spam and Phishing in the First Quarter of 2015” was released Wednesday, and details the continuing adaptation of cyber attacks. In Q1 2015 the proportion of spam in email traffic was 59.2 percent, down from 65 percent in Q4 2014, and after hitting nearly a full two-thirds of traffic in December 2014, fell in ... read more ...

New domains revitalize phishing campaigns - Symantec Top-level domains are becoming a favorite tool of cybercriminals looking to promote unwanted, fraudulent advertising and phishing campaigns.According to a new report released by Kaspersky Lab, Spam and Phishing in Q1, the new generic top-level domain (gTLD) registration program has become an attractive target for spammers. Launched at the beginning of ... read more ...

In San Francisco, Catholic Church Starts Digital Collection Plate - In San Francisco, where technology is almost a religion, the Catholic Church is moving beyond the collection plate and weekly newsletter.The Archdiocese of San Francisco is partnering with Evergive, a service that starting on Friday will let Bay Area Catholics donate money, share prayers and more from their computers or smartphones.The Catholic Church has already embraced social media at the highest (well, nearly highest) levels. But this technology could help local churches, ... read more ...

.Porn and .Adult Domain Matching Program For .XXX Owners Opens For Business - ICM Registry, LLC, the company that operates the .XXX, .PORN, .ADULT and .SEX TLDs, announces its Domain Matching Program for .XXX domain name owners is now open for business. “The .PORN and .ADULT Domain Matching Program gives most .XXX domain holders a priority opportunity to register directly matching names in .PORN and .ADULT. ICM Registry has reduced its registration fees for these names and some participating registrars are offering the names for as low as $12.99. ICM has created an easy ... read more ...

NCC adds domain security with new partnership - What is Bdaily? Bdaily is a regional business news website, covering content in the North East, North West, South East and Yorkshire. We deliver a daily email bulletin directly to your inbox, featuring the latest news and event listings in your area. On the site we have a main news section, where our journalists publish breaking business news throughout the day.  In addition we have a members’ news section, where our members can upload their own stories using the self-publishing ... read more ...

IDN.auction Launches Free Domain Name Auction Site - FRANKLIN, Tenn., May 4, 2015 /SATPR.COM/ — IDN.auction launched today, offering web professionals a totally free auction site for Internet domains, including all Top-Level Domains (TLDs).   The site, which does not charge listing fees, gives web entrepreneurs an economical, easy way to get the right web address for the right price.  For domainers, the site offers maximum profitability for sale of URLs.  In honor of the launch, the site is waiving all closing fees for a limited time. “Don’t ... read more ...

Behind the Story of Netnopolis - You probably noticed the new banners on DomainInvesting.com advertising “The Story of Netnopolis.” If you clicked through, you learned it was an advertising campaign created by new gTLD registry and applicant, Radix. I reached out to Namrata Arya, one of my contacts at Radix, and she shared more details about this new marketing campaign and what Netnopolis means: “We’re running a never before ran sort of a campaign. It’s meant to create a metaphoric representation of the current ... read more ...

SMALL CAP SHARE IDEAS: Domain name firm CentralNic doubles revenues in … - By Ian Lyall, Proactive Investors, For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 13:50 GMT, 1 May 2015 | Updated: 13:55 GMT, 1 May 2015 View comments Internet platform business CentralNic intends to keep its foot down after doubling revenue in 2014.The group, which made its name as a registry services provider - keeping a database of top level domains assigned by registrars - finished ... read more ...

How The Arrival Of gTLDs Could Shape The Future - Visited: 318Not rated by Anand SrinivasanApril 29, 2015 Ever since the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) opened up the internet to new generic TLDs, there has been a spate of new registrations from big corporations like Google and Amazon. The rationale behind some registrations is quite obvious. For instance, Google owns the rights to the .app TLD. As you can expect, .app is used to target the smartphone app markets. Similarly ... read more ...

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Afnic Report: “The Domain Market in 2014″ - Aftnic.fr the manager of the .fr (France) extension, published a pretty extensive report today. The report “The Domain Market in 2014″ takes a look back at 2014 and provides some interesting stats and graphs. I will highlight one topic in this post and read the full report here Legacy TLDs: highly contrasting performance in 2014 The Afnic Market Research Team has developed a methodology for measuring the performance of TLDs that the Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries (CENTR) ... read more ...

.REALTOR Top-Level Domains to Launch for Realtor Associations and … - In a move to further offer consumers a trusted, valued source for real estate on the Internet, and thereby strengthen the REALTOR® brand, the National Association of REALTORS®’ (NAR) top-level domain (TLD) .REALTOR will be available to local and state REALTOR® associations as well as brokerages in the U.S. and Canada starting May 7. According to Bob Goldberg, NAR SVP of Marketing, Business Development and Member Benefits, brokers who sign up for the .REALTOR domain will be “pinged ... read more ...

The 3 Biggest Challenges Facing New gTLDs - When ICANN announced the nTLD program, thousands of applicants threw their hats in the ring. It seemed pretty straight forward; the existing TLDs were running out of short meaningful options, all that was needed was to create newer options that would be more relevant for specific sets of customers. Years later, the process is well underway; hundreds of nTLDs have hit the market, yet less than 10% of those that have gone live seem to have found success. The term 'success' has different definitions ... read more ...

Sucks Top Level Domain Causes Controversy - Sucks Top Level Domain Causes Controversy Posted on 13. Apr, 2015 by Bob Johnson in Technology Country-related top level domains appear on a bench, although TLDs have since expanded to about six hundred more. Regulatory authorities had opened up domain name extensions beyond the basic .com, .net., .org and others, but the latest addition is stirring up some controversy. Some allege that the new .sucks top level domain is just a cash grab ... read more ...

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What Taylor Swift Can Teach Your Company About Protecting Its Brand Online - Your company could probably learn a thing or two from Taylor Swift. Earlier this month, the ever business-savvy pop star unwittingly generated a ton of click bait for publishers by doing something smart: She registered her name under the new adult-themed top-level domains .porn and .adult. It's a wise move for any brand, but these salacious-sounding TLDs are just the beginning: The number of available website domain names is about to explode. This coming influx of domains will undoubtedly ... read more ...

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Dot Website Hits 50000 Registrations - Dot Webstie hits the 50,000 registration mark Radix released some stats about one of their strings today, Dot Website went over 50,000 regs, they did actually give my OnlineCasino.website sale a mention. To be fair it was not for a huge amount but profit is profit (non premium registation of $14.99).  I have mentioned that .website was a generic string that I have speculated in, for full disclosure I do own one other .website domain. I think it was important for Radix to win .site so that they own ... read more ...

It’s the Brand Name: Cybersquatting Unleashed -   A strong brand commands respect - it is the public face of a business and delivers an emotional message about a product. In short, strong brands drive profit.   Brands are first represented on the internet through the owners' choice of domain name but, with 228 million registered top-level domains (TLDs) and 134 million country-code TLDs, the internet is a crowded market place. So the creation of thousands of new domains by the internet regulator, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned ... read more ...

Marketers warned of new .sucks domain - Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The worst nightmares of brands and the freelance marketers who look after them could become a reality in June, when hundreds of questionable web domain names go up for grabs. In fact, .sucks, .porn and .adult are just some of the 500 TLDs that will become available, and online ... read more ...