Tag Archives: TLDs

Thu 8th January 2015
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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 ...
Tue 6th January 2015
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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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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 ...
Sun 4th January 2015
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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 ...
Mon 29th December 2014
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Neue TLDs: Gemischte Bilanz der digitalen Land-Reform - .berlin war die erste neue deutsche Top Level Domain. (Bild: dpa, Stephanie Pilick) 2014 war das Jahr der großen digitalen Land-Reform. Hunderte neuer Internetendungen wurden freigeschaltet, und 2015 wird es damit weitergehen. Am Ende werden aus etwa 300 Top Level Domains um die 1.700 geworden sein. 1.930 Bewerbungen um 1.409 verschiedene Endungen gingen im Jahr 2012 bei der globalen Internetverwaltung ... read more ...
Thu 25th December 2014
Tue 23rd December 2014
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He Loves .LA! Page Howe Sets Up Shop on Hollywood Boulevard in Bid to … - Howe is using the aptly-named  IiLove.LA website to educate and inform local businesses, developers and companies about the .LA namespace, best practices ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Joins Global Companies’ Hit By Cyber Hackers - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the internet regulator that manages the global top-level domain system (TLDs), last week joined a long list of major global companies that have been compromised by cyber hackers this year. The attack affected vital systems belonging to ICANN and accessed the system that manages the files with data on resolving specific domain names. ICANN said it is investigating a recent intrusion into its systems and believed a “spear phishing” ... read more ...
Sun 21st December 2014
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Glossário Geek: URL, WWW e TLD - Foto por: Reprodução Você deve estar se perguntando o que são essas letrinhas, mas logo tudo fará sentido: no glossário de hoje, vamos aprender o que são e como funcionam algumas peças-chave da Internet: URL “Uniform Resource Locator” (“URL”) ou, popularmente, “endereço web” é, como o nome sugere, uma série de caracteres específicos que geram uma referência para um elemento disponibilizado na Web. Basicamente, imagine ... read more ...
 
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NamesCon: Spotlight on Afilias - This article is part of a series of interviews with NamesCon exhibitors and sponsors. The 2015 NamesCon event will take place at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas from January 11-14. Over 500 people have registered to attend NamesCon so far, and over 800 attendees are expected. Today’s NamesCon Spotlight interview is with John Kane, Vice President of Corporate Services at Afilias. You are welcome to post comments and questions for John in the comment section if you would like to ask about ... read more ...
Sat 20th December 2014
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Die Top 10 der neuen Domainendungen - Das Jahr neigt sich dem Ende, und die GERWAN Redaktion möchte Ihnen ein letztes Mal einen Blick darauf bieten, wie sich die Registrierungszahlen der neuen Domainendungen im Jahr 2014 entwickelt haben. Wir können Ihnen versprechen, es hat sich auch dieses Mal viel getan in den letzten 30 Tagen. Viele Positionen wurden getauscht, einige Neueinstiege haben die Top-Ten durcheinander gebracht. Als kleinen Bonus bieten wir Ihnen heute zusätzlich die Registrierungszahlen der Top-20 und der beliebtesten ... read more ...
Thu 18th December 2014
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The Empire Strikes Back: "New" Verisign Hums a Familiar Tune - Losing your monopoly must be hard. True, few companies ever experience that particular breed of angst, but if Verisign's reply to even modest success in the new gTLD marketplace is any indication, it must be very hard to say goodbye. We understand why they're worried: New .COM quality is abysmal. The quality of newly registered .COM names is dropping and has been for years. And there is nothing Verisign can do about it. So welcome to the fire sale. New .COM is as cheap as .XYZ. The average ... 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 ...
Wed 17th December 2014
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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 ...
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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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 ...
Wed 10th December 2014
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With .SOFTWARE and .AUCTION, Programmers and Resellers Get Their Piece … – Virtual - New Top Level Domains Expand Online Options KIRKLAND, Wash., Dec. 10, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rightside (Nasdaq:NAME), a leading provider of domain name services that advance the way businesses and consumers define and present themselves online, today announced the launch of .SOFTWARE and .AUCTION, two new web extensions that expand Rightside's growing portfolio of unique Top Level Domains (TLDs). There are almost a million software developers in the U.S. alone, and the U.S. Bureau of ... read more ...
Fri 5th December 2014
 
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Radix Set to Launch .SITE TLD in 2015 – Virtual - Sedo Analysts name .site as a top 10 most valued new gTLD. Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 05, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Radix, the UAE based registry operator for a bunch of new TLDs, has won the rights to operate the popular new gTLD .site for an undisclosed amount, and is looking to launch it in early 2015. This was a big win for Radix as it went up against industry heavyweights including Donuts, Minds+ Machines and Interlink Co. .site is a short, generic, and easily understood nTLD by ... read more ...
Thu 4th December 2014
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TLD Registry Ltd Welcomes New Board Members - TLD Registry Ltd, the world's leading Internationalized Domain Name "New gTLD" registry, today announced three newest members of the board: Chairwoman of the board Kirsi Eräkangas (伊可思), Vice Chairman Harri Koponen (柯皓锐), and board member Jari Tuovinen (陶杰瑞). Eräkangas is a 20-year veteran as a business angel investor, advisor, and board member for several different computer-based companies in Finland. She is also the co-founder of Basware, a Finnish e-commerce company ... read more ...
 
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Internet grows to 280 million domain names in Q2, 2014 - December 3, 2014 BANGALORE, INDIA: Four million domain names were added to the Internet in Q2, 2014, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 280 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs), according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief  by VeriSign, Inc. The increase of four million domain names globally ... read more ...
Wed 3rd December 2014
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Radix Set to Launch .SITE TLD in 2015 - Radix, the UAE based registry operator for a number of new TLDs, has won the rights to operate the popular new gTLD .site for an undisclosed amount, and is looking to launch it in early 2015. This was a big win for Radix as it went up against industry heavyweights including Donuts, Minds+ Machines and Interlink Co. .site is a short, generic, and easily understood nTLD by end consumers. It is already amongst the most pre-registered new gTLDs across several registrars and features in the ... read more ...
 
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Internet grows to 280 million domain names in Q2 of 2014 - The increase of four million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 1.4 per cent over the first quarter of 2014.VeriSign has announced that four million domain names were added to the Internet in the second quarter of 2014, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 280 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of June 30, 2014, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The increase of four million domain names globally equates to a growth rate ... read more ...
 
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Bakom lanciert Infoportal zur Domain .swiss - Unternehmen und Institutionen, die sich für die Domain .swiss interessieren, können sich auf einem neuen Informationsportal über das Vergabeprozedere informieren, wie das Bundesamt für Kommunikation (Bakom) mitteilt. So bietet das Portal unter anderem allgemeine Informationen zur Domain .swiss, deren Verfügbarkeit, Registrierungsbedingungen und Preise für die Registrierung. Das Bakom ist dafür zuständig, diese Domain ab Herbst 2015 jenen Unternehmen und Organisationen zuzuteilen, die einen ... read more ...