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Amazon in pursuit of 76 new gTLD’s; .BOOK, .CLOUD, .MAIL, .NEWS and more..
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) through it’s Luxembourg based subsidiary Amazon EU S.à r.l. is pursuing 76 new domain extensions. Amazon.com, the world’s largest online retailer has selected Neustar (NYSE: NSR) as the provider of back-end reg...
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Amazon in pursuit of 76 new gTLD’s; .BOOK, .CLOUD, .MAIL, .NEWS and more..
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) through it’s Luxembourg based subsidiary Amazon EU S.à r.l. is pursuing 76 new domain extensions. Amazon.com, the world’s largest online retailer has selected Neustar (NYSE: NSR) as the provider of back-end reg...
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June 13, 2012, 10:10 pm
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Revelations of new gTLDs drive dotTLD.com domain purchases
On news of the applicants for new gTLDs today, speculators were still alive and well. It appears that some in the domain space saw value in registering .com domains that included the word “dot” and the TLD. It&rsquo...
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Revelations of new gTLDs drive dotTLD.com domain purchases
On news of the applicants for new gTLDs today, speculators were still alive and well. It appears that some in the domain space saw value in registering .com domains that included the word “dot” and the TLD. It&rsquo...
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June 13, 2012, 6:11 pm
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Will new gTLDs drive up value of corresponding .com domains?
Some domainer owners watching the news about the new gTLD applications may have had a pleasant surprise today. Domain owners that own a .com domain that has a corresponding new TLD application may just have learned about increases in traffic and poss...
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Will new gTLDs drive up value of corresponding .com domains?
Some domainer owners watching the news about the new gTLD applications may have had a pleasant surprise today. Domain owners that own a .com domain that has a corresponding new TLD application may just have learned about increases in traffic and poss...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 5:49 pm
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ICANN reveals applications for 1,930 new gTLDs, here is the key data (Infographic)
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) finally revealed who has applied for which generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) in what is expected to become the largest expansion in the history of the internet domain names system. Below...
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ICANN reveals applications for 1,930 new gTLDs, here is the key data (Infographic)
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) finally revealed who has applied for which generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) in what is expected to become the largest expansion in the history of the internet domain names system. Below...
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June 13, 2012, 5:43 pm
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Burson-Marsteller wants to help brands navigate new gTLDs
Burson-Marsteller, a leading public relations and communications firm, announced today that it has formed a consulting group dedicated to advising clients on the introduction of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). B-M currently operates 67 wholly ...
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Burson-Marsteller wants to help brands navigate new gTLDs
Burson-Marsteller, a leading public relations and communications firm, announced today that it has formed a consulting group dedicated to advising clients on the introduction of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). B-M currently operates 67 wholly ...
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June 13, 2012, 4:16 pm
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Pool.com introduces new gTLD Discovery Labs; a wealth of new top-level domain applicants data is readily available
Ottawa based Pool.com has just announced the launch of a specialized search and filter tool of the new gTLDs database which was unveiled earlier today. The search tool helps to make sense of newly released ICANN data for applicants, media and th...
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Pool.com introduces new gTLD Discovery Labs; a wealth of new top-level domain applicants data is readily available
Ottawa based Pool.com has just announced the launch of a specialized search and filter tool of the new gTLDs database which was unveiled earlier today. The search tool helps to make sense of newly released ICANN data for applicants, media and th...
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June 13, 2012, 3:22 pm
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Big European cities such as Paris, Moscow and London want big presence on the internet with their own branded .city top-level domains
Many of Europe’s biggest cities will soon have their very own space on the web, right to the dot, to be exact. This means that very soon you will be able to have your website hosted at johnsrestaurant.PARIS for example, or BikeStore.MOSCOW. The...
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Big European cities such as Paris, Moscow and London want big presence on the internet with their own branded .city top-level domains
Many of Europe’s biggest cities will soon have their very own space on the web, right to the dot, to be exact. This means that very soon you will be able to have your website hosted at johnsrestaurant.PARIS for example, or BikeStore.MOSCOW. The...
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June 13, 2012, 2:51 pm
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Valideus and Com Laude help Amazon, Yahoo and other big brands apply for their own TLDs
London based Valideus, a gTLD consulting & registry management company, and it’s sister company Com Laude (boutique domain registrar) announced today that they assisted 19 clients, all of them brand owners — to apply for 121 new top-l...
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Valideus and Com Laude help Amazon, Yahoo and other big brands apply for their own TLDs
London based Valideus, a gTLD consulting & registry management company, and it’s sister company Com Laude (boutique domain registrar) announced today that they assisted 19 clients, all of them brand owners — to apply for 121 new top-l...
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June 13, 2012, 1:54 pm
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35 Fortune 100 Companies that applied for new gTLDs
When the idea of new gTLDs were introduced, it seemed logical that big brand owners would be the first to adopt. The cost to own one’s own “dotBrand” is somewhat restrictive because of the application price of $185,000 in addi...
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35 Fortune 100 Companies that applied for new gTLDs
When the idea of new gTLDs were introduced, it seemed logical that big brand owners would be the first to adopt. The cost to own one’s own “dotBrand” is somewhat restrictive because of the application price of $185,000 in addi...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 1:12 pm
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Most wanted new gTLD’s are: .APP, .INC, .SHOP, .BLOG, .MUSIC
We have put together the list of top 10 most wanted generic top-level domains (new gTLD’s) below which have been applied for by internet giants such as Google and Amazon, as well as by some of the hottest domain startup’s Donuts Inc and U...
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Most wanted new gTLD’s are: .APP, .INC, .SHOP, .BLOG, .MUSIC
We have put together the list of top 10 most wanted generic top-level domains (new gTLD’s) below which have been applied for by internet giants such as Google and Amazon, as well as by some of the hottest domain startup’s Donuts Inc and U...
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June 13, 2012, 11:54 am
