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The Domains
.Com Breaks Through The 113.5 Million Domain Mark; Adding 500K Domains In 3 Months
According to zone file for the .com registry the number of .Com domain name registrations has passed 113.5 Million domains for the first time. Of course everyday tens of thousands of .com domains are deleted for non-renewal and tens of thousands are ...
Discussion
.Com Breaks Through The 113.5 Million Domain Mark; Adding 500K Domains In 3 Months
According to zone file for the .com registry the number of .Com domain name registrations has passed 113.5 Million domains for the first time. Of course everyday tens of thousands of .com domains are deleted for non-renewal and tens of thousands are ...
Discussion
June 26, 2014, 1:06 pm
The Domains
Here Is The GAC Communique From The ICANN London That Was Just Released
The Government Advisory Counsel (GAC) has just issued its Communique from the ICANN London meeting. It has been the practice of the GAC to issue such a Communique at the end of each ICANN meeting outlining its decisions its advice to the ICANN Board ...
Discussion
Here Is The GAC Communique From The ICANN London That Was Just Released
The Government Advisory Counsel (GAC) has just issued its Communique from the ICANN London meeting. It has been the practice of the GAC to issue such a Communique at the end of each ICANN meeting outlining its decisions its advice to the ICANN Board ...
Discussion
June 26, 2014, 12:34 pm
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals .Tools 1,759.Supplies 1,143; .Parts 1,010; .Supply 864; .Industries 566
Several new gTLD’s went into its first day of general availability yesterday. For the second week in a row, no new gTLD that launched had any particularly great results. Matter of fact the total amount of all the new gTLD’s that wen...
Discussion
1st Day New gTLD Totals .Tools 1,759.Supplies 1,143; .Parts 1,010; .Supply 864; .Industries 566
Several new gTLD’s went into its first day of general availability yesterday. For the second week in a row, no new gTLD that launched had any particularly great results. Matter of fact the total amount of all the new gTLD’s that wen...
Discussion
June 26, 2014, 12:21 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 26th, 2014
For some reason I went over to Heritage Auctions to see what they were up to since I hadn’t heard much lately from Elliot about their domain auctions. At the home page it said this “An exclusive joint partnership has been ann...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 26th, 2014
For some reason I went over to Heritage Auctions to see what they were up to since I hadn’t heard much lately from Elliot about their domain auctions. At the home page it said this “An exclusive joint partnership has been ann...
Discussion
June 26, 2014, 11:04 am
The Domains
Afnic: “Launch of the new TLDs: validity of the 50/50 law”
French Study Has Some Interesting Assumptions Afnic the organization that governs the .fr extension put out a report where they took a look at the 50/50 law and how it correlates to new gtlds. It seems the study refers to a law they say is well known...
Discussion
Afnic: “Launch of the new TLDs: validity of the 50/50 law”
French Study Has Some Interesting Assumptions Afnic the organization that governs the .fr extension put out a report where they took a look at the 50/50 law and how it correlates to new gtlds. It seems the study refers to a law they say is well known...
Discussion
June 26, 2014, 9:00 am
The Domains
Our 7000th Post on TheDomains
204 days after hitting post #6000 TheDomains.com has reached post #7000. This post is actually 7,001 number 7000 is here Thank you to all our readers and advertisers who come each day and read and comment. Yesterday was actually the third highe...
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Our 7000th Post on TheDomains
204 days after hitting post #6000 TheDomains.com has reached post #7000. This post is actually 7,001 number 7000 is here Thank you to all our readers and advertisers who come each day and read and comment. Yesterday was actually the third highe...
Discussion
June 25, 2014, 7:53 pm
Domain Name News
Is Key Systems running the new Google Registrar?
While the domain and tech industry is abuzz talking about how Google is launching their new own retail registrar in a private beta that is mostly being tested with the help of employees, DNN embarked on the journey to uncover what Google’s tech...
Discussion
Is Key Systems running the new Google Registrar?
While the domain and tech industry is abuzz talking about how Google is launching their new own retail registrar in a private beta that is mostly being tested with the help of employees, DNN embarked on the journey to uncover what Google’s tech...
Discussion
June 25, 2014, 7:11 pm
The Domains
If Google Domains Is Going To Be About New gTLD’s, Google.Domains Should Be Resolving
The domain name world is still chatting about this weeks announcement that Google is getting into the domain registrar business. The “official site” right now for Google Domains is a subdomain of Google.com: domains.go...
Discussion
If Google Domains Is Going To Be About New gTLD’s, Google.Domains Should Be Resolving
The domain name world is still chatting about this weeks announcement that Google is getting into the domain registrar business. The “official site” right now for Google Domains is a subdomain of Google.com: domains.go...
Discussion
June 25, 2014, 5:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
This simple visualization illustrates the reality of brand protection in new TLDs
A visualization of reality for brand protection costs and new top level domain names. One thing that’s clear from talking to various people at ICANN 50 this week is that they are surprised by the low level of defensive trademark registrations i...
Discussion
This simple visualization illustrates the reality of brand protection in new TLDs
A visualization of reality for brand protection costs and new top level domain names. One thing that’s clear from talking to various people at ICANN 50 this week is that they are surprised by the low level of defensive trademark registrations i...
Discussion
June 25, 2014, 4:47 pm
The Domains
Google Releases Data to Help With Adwords Confusion
Google has released a couple pieces of data over the last two days that are worth reviewing for those who use the Google Adwords product. Google released a white paper to try to dispel some myths when it comes to the subject of quality score. As Ginn...
Discussion
Google Releases Data to Help With Adwords Confusion
Google has released a couple pieces of data over the last two days that are worth reviewing for those who use the Google Adwords product. Google released a white paper to try to dispel some myths when it comes to the subject of quality score. As Ginn...
Discussion
June 25, 2014, 3:23 pm
