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Verisign questions ICANN’s letter posting policies
Company suggests ICANN is only posting letters that “will advance its positions”. Verisign has sent a letter to ICANN questioning why it isn’t publishing certain correspondence on the ICANN.org web site. ICANN has a section on its w...
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Verisign questions ICANN’s letter posting policies
Company suggests ICANN is only posting letters that “will advance its positions”. Verisign has sent a letter to ICANN questioning why it isn’t publishing certain correspondence on the ICANN.org web site. ICANN has a section on its w...
Discussion
May 20, 2013, 4:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
K.im domain name gets $20,000 bid at Sedo
One letter Isle of Man domain may sell for $20,000 at Sedo. The domain name K.im has a $20,000 offer at Sedo, and an “auction” for the domain name ends tomorrow. .IM is the country code top level domain for Isle of Man. According to DNSal...
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K.im domain name gets $20,000 bid at Sedo
One letter Isle of Man domain may sell for $20,000 at Sedo. The domain name K.im has a $20,000 offer at Sedo, and an “auction” for the domain name ends tomorrow. .IM is the country code top level domain for Isle of Man. According to DNSal...
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May 20, 2013, 1:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Every restaurant should get one of these websites
A mobile friendly website for restaurants that doesn’t have any of my pet peeves. On Friday I received a press release from GoDaddy about how its website builder had new functionality and specific templates for restaurants. It was Friday aftern...
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Every restaurant should get one of these websites
A mobile friendly website for restaurants that doesn’t have any of my pet peeves. On Friday I received a press release from GoDaddy about how its website builder had new functionality and specific templates for restaurants. It was Friday aftern...
Discussion
May 20, 2013, 10:15 am
Domain Name Wire
Google protects WithGoogle.com third level domains with second level domains
Subdomains are great, but beware the typos. Have you ever come across a Google information page that’s a subdomain of WithGoogle.com? If you just go to Withgoogle.com you’ll be forwarded to Google.com. But type in certain third level doma...
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Google protects WithGoogle.com third level domains with second level domains
Subdomains are great, but beware the typos. Have you ever come across a Google information page that’s a subdomain of WithGoogle.com? If you just go to Withgoogle.com you’ll be forwarded to Google.com. But type in certain third level doma...
Discussion
May 20, 2013, 9:38 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN headcount exploding 50% this fiscal year
Non-profit plans to continue hiring in all departments. ICANN expects to end FY 2013 this June with nearly 50% more employees than it began the year with. That’s according to the non-profit’s FY 2014 draft operating plan, which shows an e...
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ICANN headcount exploding 50% this fiscal year
Non-profit plans to continue hiring in all departments. ICANN expects to end FY 2013 this June with nearly 50% more employees than it began the year with. That’s according to the non-profit’s FY 2014 draft operating plan, which shows an e...
Discussion
May 17, 2013, 9:22 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN expects 646 new TLD applications to be withdrawn
ICANN forecasts 646 applications will be withdrawn, mostly after the initial evaluation period. 66 applications for new top level domain names have been withdrawn as of today. For budgeting purposes, ICANN projects that number will explode to 646 bef...
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ICANN expects 646 new TLD applications to be withdrawn
ICANN forecasts 646 applications will be withdrawn, mostly after the initial evaluation period. 66 applications for new top level domain names have been withdrawn as of today. For budgeting purposes, ICANN projects that number will explode to 646 bef...
Discussion
May 17, 2013, 8:54 am
Domain Name Wire
Donuts offers to participate in private auctions for 63 new TLDs
Largest new TLD applicant commits to resolve up to 63 new TLD contention sets through private auctions. Donuts, the company that applied for the most top level domain names, announced today that it will commit to private auctions for 63 of the 307 st...
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Donuts offers to participate in private auctions for 63 new TLDs
Largest new TLD applicant commits to resolve up to 63 new TLD contention sets through private auctions. Donuts, the company that applied for the most top level domain names, announced today that it will commit to private auctions for 63 of the 307 st...
Discussion
May 17, 2013, 8:00 am
Domain Name Wire
What they’re saying about the GAC’s safeguard advice
Is the GAC right? It depends on who you ask. The ICANN New gTLD Board Committee request for comment on the GAC’s safeguard advice has closed, and the reply period will open soon. Here are some select comments, along with links to the full comme...
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What they’re saying about the GAC’s safeguard advice
Is the GAC right? It depends on who you ask. The ICANN New gTLD Board Committee request for comment on the GAC’s safeguard advice has closed, and the reply period will open soon. Here are some select comments, along with links to the full comme...
Discussion
May 16, 2013, 1:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Are you dialing back domain investments as you wait for new TLDs?
Are new TLDs changing the way you approach domain investing? Tucows filed its 10-Q yesterday. In the report, Tucows suggested that domain name investors may be proceeding cautiously with aftermarket domain purchases this year as they wait for new top...
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Are you dialing back domain investments as you wait for new TLDs?
Are new TLDs changing the way you approach domain investing? Tucows filed its 10-Q yesterday. In the report, Tucows suggested that domain name investors may be proceeding cautiously with aftermarket domain purchases this year as they wait for new top...
Discussion
May 16, 2013, 10:20 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy.com Bowl drops .com for 2014 game
In another sign of rebranding, The GoDaddy.com Bowl is now the GoDaddy Bowl. GoDaddy is in the process of rebranding from GoDaddy.com to simply GoDaddy. With the change, the football game formerly known as the GoDaddy.com Bowl will be called merely t...
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GoDaddy.com Bowl drops .com for 2014 game
In another sign of rebranding, The GoDaddy.com Bowl is now the GoDaddy Bowl. GoDaddy is in the process of rebranding from GoDaddy.com to simply GoDaddy. With the change, the football game formerly known as the GoDaddy.com Bowl will be called merely t...
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May 16, 2013, 10:00 am
