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The Domains
Brand Strategies in the New gTLD Era
Fidal put out a very detailed report on new gtlds and how brands are using them. They conducted a survey that delved into a lot of topics that brands face when dealing with the new namespace. I read the whole report and I think it is well worth your ...
Discussion
Brand Strategies in the New gTLD Era
Fidal put out a very detailed report on new gtlds and how brands are using them. They conducted a survey that delved into a lot of topics that brands face when dealing with the new namespace. I read the whole report and I think it is well worth your ...
Discussion
December 24, 2014, 12:04 pm

The Domains
Google’s Local Search Algorithm Is Rolling Out To UK, Canada, And Australia
Matt Southern wrote a piece on Search Engine Journal that Google will be expanding its local search to the UK,Canada and Australia. Back in August Search Engine Land called the local search update the Pigeon, Understanding the Pigeon Update At this t...
Discussion
Google’s Local Search Algorithm Is Rolling Out To UK, Canada, And Australia
Matt Southern wrote a piece on Search Engine Journal that Google will be expanding its local search to the UK,Canada and Australia. Back in August Search Engine Land called the local search update the Pigeon, Understanding the Pigeon Update At this t...
Discussion
December 24, 2014, 10:00 am

The Domains
Donuts Beats Google to The New gTLD .Tours As Google Withdraws .Tour
Another indirect new gTLD contention set was resolved as Donuts won the new gTLD .Tours against Google’s application for .Tour. Google has withdrawn its application for .Tour which is applied for Donuts which applied for .Tours was put into a i...
Discussion
Donuts Beats Google to The New gTLD .Tours As Google Withdraws .Tour
Another indirect new gTLD contention set was resolved as Donuts won the new gTLD .Tours against Google’s application for .Tour. Google has withdrawn its application for .Tour which is applied for Donuts which applied for .Tours was put into a i...
Discussion
December 24, 2014, 5:08 am

The Domains
Merry Christmas Trademark Holders: 15 Year Old DirectorsChoice.com Lost In UDRP
Director’s Choice, LLP just won is a UDRP for the domain name directorschoice.com We read through the complaint the other day thought is was a no-brainier win for the domain holder, but as the opinion lays out it seems the three member panel th...
Discussion
Merry Christmas Trademark Holders: 15 Year Old DirectorsChoice.com Lost In UDRP
Director’s Choice, LLP just won is a UDRP for the domain name directorschoice.com We read through the complaint the other day thought is was a no-brainier win for the domain holder, but as the opinion lays out it seems the three member panel th...
Discussion
December 23, 2014, 9:56 pm

The Domains
Md.Org Lawsuit Withdrawn: Domain Is Transferred
Last year we wrote about a lawsuit over the domain name MD.org which sold for a NameJet.com record selling price of $555,650.00 to the high bidder ID of ‘Winters” In April of 2013 Namejet.comm along with the Seller of the domain Pri...
Discussion
Md.Org Lawsuit Withdrawn: Domain Is Transferred
Last year we wrote about a lawsuit over the domain name MD.org which sold for a NameJet.com record selling price of $555,650.00 to the high bidder ID of ‘Winters” In April of 2013 Namejet.comm along with the Seller of the domain Pri...
Discussion
December 23, 2014, 9:08 pm

The Domains
Tech.Co Covers .XYZ: “.Xyz is Staring Down .Com; This is How you Slay the Giant”
Tech.co just posted a article about .XYZ and its founder Daniel Negari in a story entitled; .Xyz is Staring Down .Com: This is How you Slay the Giant. Here are some of the more interesting quotes from the story by Daniel: “I set out to really d...
Discussion
Tech.Co Covers .XYZ: “.Xyz is Staring Down .Com; This is How you Slay the Giant”
Tech.co just posted a article about .XYZ and its founder Daniel Negari in a story entitled; .Xyz is Staring Down .Com: This is How you Slay the Giant. Here are some of the more interesting quotes from the story by Daniel: “I set out to really d...
Discussion
December 23, 2014, 6:04 pm

The Domains
15 Year Old Geo Domain ParrotCay.com Saved In UDRP Registered 7 Years Before TM: No RDNH
A three panel UDRP decision rejected the complaint of Como Holdings USA, Inc. on the 15 year old domain name ParrotCay.com as well as ParrotCay.co which was registered on the first day of general availability by the owner of the .com, Sybaris LLC The...
Discussion
15 Year Old Geo Domain ParrotCay.com Saved In UDRP Registered 7 Years Before TM: No RDNH
A three panel UDRP decision rejected the complaint of Como Holdings USA, Inc. on the 15 year old domain name ParrotCay.com as well as ParrotCay.co which was registered on the first day of general availability by the owner of the .com, Sybaris LLC The...
Discussion
December 23, 2014, 4:54 pm

The Domains
Verisign Asks What’s Really New in the New gTLD Space? 16% Of New gTLD’s Are Not Registered In .Com
Verisign published a post on its blog yesterday entitled “What’s Really New in the New gTLD Space” which was written by Andy Simpson The piece has some interesting stats and other information that are worth a look in the continuing ...
Discussion
Verisign Asks What’s Really New in the New gTLD Space? 16% Of New gTLD’s Are Not Registered In .Com
Verisign published a post on its blog yesterday entitled “What’s Really New in the New gTLD Space” which was written by Andy Simpson The piece has some interesting stats and other information that are worth a look in the continuing ...
Discussion
December 23, 2014, 3:46 pm

The Domains
After Winning 10 Uniform Rapid Suspensions in Dec. Nissan Loses Its 1st on Nissan.technology
Nissan Motors has just lost it first Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) proceeding after winning ten URS in just December. Richard W. Hill, as Examiner declined to suspend the domain even though the domain holder failed to respond. The opinion is complet...
Discussion
After Winning 10 Uniform Rapid Suspensions in Dec. Nissan Loses Its 1st on Nissan.technology
Nissan Motors has just lost it first Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) proceeding after winning ten URS in just December. Richard W. Hill, as Examiner declined to suspend the domain even though the domain holder failed to respond. The opinion is complet...
Discussion
December 23, 2014, 2:35 pm

The Domains
PIR (.Org Registry) Offers New IDN Domains In Three Strings
According to a press release we received today Public Interest Registry (PIR) – the not-for-profit operator of the .org domain registry, today announced the general availability of three new Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) which translate...
Discussion
PIR (.Org Registry) Offers New IDN Domains In Three Strings
According to a press release we received today Public Interest Registry (PIR) – the not-for-profit operator of the .org domain registry, today announced the general availability of three new Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) which translate...
Discussion
December 23, 2014, 2:04 pm