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.Menu picks up over 1,500 registrations in first day
.Menu enters general availability with over 1,500 registrations. The .menu domain name entered general availability yesterday and got over 1,500 new registrations shortly after GA started, according to zone file data. Here are some of the types of do...
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.Menu picks up over 1,500 registrations in first day
.Menu enters general availability with over 1,500 registrations. The .menu domain name entered general availability yesterday and got over 1,500 new registrations shortly after GA started, according to zone file data. Here are some of the types of do...
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March 18, 2014, 1:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
After winning UDRP, Denver Nuggets let DenverNuggets.com domain name expire
Denver’s NBA team fought hard for domain name but then dropped the ball. After going through the effort to win the domain name DenverNuggets.com in a UDRP, the NBA team has failed to renew the domain name. It now points to an expired domain par...
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After winning UDRP, Denver Nuggets let DenverNuggets.com domain name expire
Denver’s NBA team fought hard for domain name but then dropped the ball. After going through the effort to win the domain name DenverNuggets.com in a UDRP, the NBA team has failed to renew the domain name. It now points to an expired domain par...
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March 17, 2014, 4:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
RrSG provides evidence to back up claims made against Minds + Machines
Communication shows that Web.com didn’t receive contract until after reservation program was live. Last month I wrote that ICANN’s Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG) was questioning if Top Level Domain Holdings/Minds + Machines’ &ld...
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RrSG provides evidence to back up claims made against Minds + Machines
Communication shows that Web.com didn’t receive contract until after reservation program was live. Last month I wrote that ICANN’s Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG) was questioning if Top Level Domain Holdings/Minds + Machines’ &ld...
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March 17, 2014, 3:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
6 new TLDs have eclipsed the 10,000 registration milestone
.Directory enters the club as I become more sure of my forecast for new TLD registration volumes. Of the dozens of new top level domain names to enter general availability so far, six have now topped 10,000 registrations based on zone file records. ....
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6 new TLDs have eclipsed the 10,000 registration milestone
.Directory enters the club as I become more sure of my forecast for new TLD registration volumes. Of the dozens of new top level domain names to enter general availability so far, six have now topped 10,000 registrations based on zone file records. ....
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March 17, 2014, 2:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign tells markets NTIA news doesn’t affect its .com contract while stock drops
Verisign points out that NTIA announcement has nothing to do with .com, but at least one analyst has downgraded the stock due to uncertainty. Verisign issued a press release this morning reminding investors that Friday’s big news about the U.S....
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Verisign tells markets NTIA news doesn’t affect its .com contract while stock drops
Verisign points out that NTIA announcement has nothing to do with .com, but at least one analyst has downgraded the stock due to uncertainty. Verisign issued a press release this morning reminding investors that Friday’s big news about the U.S....
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March 17, 2014, 1:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
A first look at Frank Schilling’s new domain name registrar
Uniregistry (the registrar) will roll out to the public on Monday. Frank Schilling’s domain name registrar Uniregistry is due to launch this week (likely Monday) and Domain Name Wire took an early look over the weekend. Although officially name...
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A first look at Frank Schilling’s new domain name registrar
Uniregistry (the registrar) will roll out to the public on Monday. Frank Schilling’s domain name registrar Uniregistry is due to launch this week (likely Monday) and Domain Name Wire took an early look over the weekend. Although officially name...
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March 16, 2014, 5:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
WSJ: GoDaddy prepping for Initial Public Offering
WSJ reports that GoDaddy is interviewing bankers. It’s no secret that the next step for domain name registrar and webhosting company GoDaddy is an initial public offering. But now we have a bit more concrete understanding of where the company i...
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WSJ: GoDaddy prepping for Initial Public Offering
WSJ reports that GoDaddy is interviewing bankers. It’s no secret that the next step for domain name registrar and webhosting company GoDaddy is an initial public offering. But now we have a bit more concrete understanding of where the company i...
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March 15, 2014, 1:17 am
Domain Name Wire
This time it’s real: U.S. ready to give up control over key internet functions
Government ready to relinquish control over IANA contract. In 2009 the U.S Government agreed to the “Affirmation of Commitments” with ICANN to set if free from U.S. control. The press ate it up, assuming that it meant the U.S. had given u...
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This time it’s real: U.S. ready to give up control over key internet functions
Government ready to relinquish control over IANA contract. In 2009 the U.S Government agreed to the “Affirmation of Commitments” with ICANN to set if free from U.S. control. The press ate it up, assuming that it meant the U.S. had given u...
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March 15, 2014, 1:01 am
Domain Name Wire
15 more new top level domain names available next week
15 domain names enter landrush or general availability next week. 15 more new top level domain names will hit the market next week in one form or another. Monday, March 17 Five of Donuts’ domain names will enter the Early Access Program phase o...
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15 more new top level domain names available next week
15 domain names enter landrush or general availability next week. 15 more new top level domain names will hit the market next week in one form or another. Monday, March 17 Five of Donuts’ domain names will enter the Early Access Program phase o...
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March 14, 2014, 3:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
See who registered 1,659 .domains domain names in first hours
A look at registrants of .domains domain names. Individuals and companies registered 1,659 .domains domain names in the first hours after the domain entered regular-price general availability yesterday. I’d group the purchases in five groups: B...
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See who registered 1,659 .domains domain names in first hours
A look at registrants of .domains domain names. Individuals and companies registered 1,659 .domains domain names in the first hours after the domain entered regular-price general availability yesterday. I’d group the purchases in five groups: B...
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March 13, 2014, 8:06 pm
