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Elliot's Blog
Sedo Seeking Feedback on Improved Search Functionality
This morning, Sedo�announced “the launch of an improved domain search tool,” which should make it easier and faster for people to find relevant domain names on Sedo. The company enhanced its search functionality after receiving customer...
Discussion
Sedo Seeking Feedback on Improved Search Functionality
This morning, Sedo�announced “the launch of an improved domain search tool,” which should make it easier and faster for people to find relevant domain names on Sedo. The company enhanced its search functionality after receiving customer...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 11:50 am
Domain Name News
CIRA plans to implement French Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
Byron Holland, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, has posted an update on CIRA’s plans to introduce IDN domain names into the .CA space. The registry operator of the Canadian ccTLD plans...
Discussion
CIRA plans to implement French Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
Byron Holland, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, has posted an update on CIRA’s plans to introduce IDN domain names into the .CA space. The registry operator of the Canadian ccTLD plans...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 10:51 am
Domain Name Wire
Facebook gets FacebookOfSex.pro domain name
Social network registers two Facebook sex domains. Last year Facebook sued FriendFinder Networks over its FacebookOfSex.com web site, ultimately resulting in a transfer of the domain name to Facebook. Now the company has registered two similar domain...
Discussion
Facebook gets FacebookOfSex.pro domain name
Social network registers two Facebook sex domains. Last year Facebook sued FriendFinder Networks over its FacebookOfSex.com web site, ultimately resulting in a transfer of the domain name to Facebook. Now the company has registered two similar domain...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 10:32 am
The Domains
Afilias Backend Provider for 305 Applications Including 175 .Brand TLD’s
Afilias Limited, the operator of the .INFO, .MOBI and .PRO top level domains (TLD) announced that it will be the back end provider for 305 new generic TLD applications to ICANN. “The applications span a range of new TLD ideas, and include 18 In...
Discussion
Afilias Backend Provider for 305 Applications Including 175 .Brand TLD’s
Afilias Limited, the operator of the .INFO, .MOBI and .PRO top level domains (TLD) announced that it will be the back end provider for 305 new generic TLD applications to ICANN. “The applications span a range of new TLD ideas, and include 18 In...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 10:21 am
Domain Name Wire
Frank Schilling applies for 54 new TLDs, Juan Calle also in the mix
Schilling applies for 54 domains, reports Paul Sloan. CNET’s Paul Sloan, who has been covering the domain name industry for many years, just wrote a piece on new top level domains that teases out more details behind Frank Schilling’s plan...
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Frank Schilling applies for 54 new TLDs, Juan Calle also in the mix
Schilling applies for 54 domains, reports Paul Sloan. CNET’s Paul Sloan, who has been covering the domain name industry for many years, just wrote a piece on new top level domains that teases out more details behind Frank Schilling’s plan...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 10:02 am
Domain Name News
International Trademark Association will host roundtable discussion on new domains
INTA will be hosting a free roundtable discussion on new gTLD’s in Munich next week. The main focus of the free seminar event will be legal rights objections for trademark owners. Brand owners and companies are encouraged to attend. According t...
Discussion
International Trademark Association will host roundtable discussion on new domains
INTA will be hosting a free roundtable discussion on new gTLD’s in Munich next week. The main focus of the free seminar event will be legal rights objections for trademark owners. Brand owners and companies are encouraged to attend. According t...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 8:54 am
Elliot's Blog
Hosting Change
I will be changing hosting providers within the next 12 hours. I apologize in advance if any comments you make are missing between now and the hosting change. I don’t anticipate that there will be any issues, but I want to give you a head&rsquo...
Discussion
Hosting Change
I will be changing hosting providers within the next 12 hours. I apologize in advance if any comments you make are missing between now and the hosting change. I don’t anticipate that there will be any issues, but I want to give you a head&rsquo...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 7:32 am
The Domains
Frank Schilling Invests $60 Million Dollars & Applies For 54 new gTLD’s
A few days ago we wrote about Frank Schilling getting into the new gTLD space under the new domain Uniregistry.com Today comes word through Cnet.com that Uniregistry has applied for 54 new gTLD’s making Frank one of the largest applicants for n...
Discussion
Frank Schilling Invests $60 Million Dollars & Applies For 54 new gTLD’s
A few days ago we wrote about Frank Schilling getting into the new gTLD space under the new domain Uniregistry.com Today comes word through Cnet.com that Uniregistry has applied for 54 new gTLD’s making Frank one of the largest applicants for n...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 7:29 am
Domain Shane
Tuesday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 6-11-12
Probably my shortest list in months. Not much out there today and even these names are so so. After yesterday’s plethora (used that word twice this week) of names we needed a break anyway. I’ll add more names later in th...
Discussion
Tuesday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 6-11-12
Probably my shortest list in months. Not much out there today and even these names are so so. After yesterday’s plethora (used that word twice this week) of names we needed a break anyway. I’ll add more names later in th...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 6:46 am
Domain Name News
FICORA investigating large cybersquatting case involving 886 .FI domains
The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority, operator of the Finnish ccTLD domain .FI, is examining close to one thousand deliberately misspelled Finnish domain names of popular Finland based companies and internet services. A total of 886 .FI cc...
Discussion
FICORA investigating large cybersquatting case involving 886 .FI domains
The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority, operator of the Finnish ccTLD domain .FI, is examining close to one thousand deliberately misspelled Finnish domain names of popular Finland based companies and internet services. A total of 886 .FI cc...
Discussion
June 11, 2012, 5:17 pm
