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.Com Domain Name Registrations Top 115 Million For The 1st Time
According to Verisign’s zone file the number of .Com domain name registrations have topped 115 million, an all time high. As we have written the new gTLD program does not seem to be effecting the number of .Com registrations. Back just 7 weeks ...
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.Com Domain Name Registrations Top 115 Million For The 1st Time
According to Verisign’s zone file the number of .Com domain name registrations have topped 115 million, an all time high. As we have written the new gTLD program does not seem to be effecting the number of .Com registrations. Back just 7 weeks ...
Discussion
November 7, 2014, 2:34 pm
The Domains
Looks Like The Team Of Radix, Tucows & NameCheap Has Won .Online
The new gTLD .online looks like it was won by the previously announced partnership with Tucows and Namecheap.com Last year Radix announced that the three applicants for .online have partnered up to run the .online registry. At that time, both Tucows ...
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Looks Like The Team Of Radix, Tucows & NameCheap Has Won .Online
The new gTLD .online looks like it was won by the previously announced partnership with Tucows and Namecheap.com Last year Radix announced that the three applicants for .online have partnered up to run the .online registry. At that time, both Tucows ...
Discussion
November 7, 2014, 2:13 pm
The Domains
Amazon Wins New gTLD .Hot As Donuts & Secondgen.com Withdraw Their Apps
Amazon has won the rights to the new gTLD .Hot as the other two applicants, Donuts and SecondGen.com withdrew their applications from ICANN’s site. The new gTLD was probably settled by private auction. It will be interesting to see what Amazon&...
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Amazon Wins New gTLD .Hot As Donuts & Secondgen.com Withdraw Their Apps
Amazon has won the rights to the new gTLD .Hot as the other two applicants, Donuts and SecondGen.com withdrew their applications from ICANN’s site. The new gTLD was probably settled by private auction. It will be interesting to see what Amazon&...
Discussion
November 7, 2014, 2:03 pm
The Domains
Law Enforcement Cracks Down on the Dark Web, Seizes 400 .onion domains
We have had news stories before about international law enforcement agencies band together to take down websites that deal in illicit goods or counterfeit merchandise. Yesterday the U.S and European agencies made another round of takedowns, the diffe...
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Law Enforcement Cracks Down on the Dark Web, Seizes 400 .onion domains
We have had news stories before about international law enforcement agencies band together to take down websites that deal in illicit goods or counterfeit merchandise. Yesterday the U.S and European agencies made another round of takedowns, the diffe...
Discussion
November 7, 2014, 11:37 am
The Domains
German Court Says Domain Registrar Can Be Held Liable For the Infringement of their Customers
Court rules registrars are responsible for fighting piracy In a case that involved the music of Robin Thicke and his album Blurred Lines, a German court has ruled that a domain registrar can be held liable when it comes to copyright infringement. The...
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German Court Says Domain Registrar Can Be Held Liable For the Infringement of their Customers
Court rules registrars are responsible for fighting piracy In a case that involved the music of Robin Thicke and his album Blurred Lines, a German court has ruled that a domain registrar can be held liable when it comes to copyright infringement. The...
Discussion
November 7, 2014, 10:29 am
The Domains
Rightside (NAME) Is Up 20% In After Hours Trading
After its first earnings report as a public company, Rightside (NAME) is up about 20% in after hours trading. Rightside is currently trading at $11.26 up $1.85 from its closing price of $9.41 Rightside has a 52 week low is $8.96 and its 52 week high ...
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Rightside (NAME) Is Up 20% In After Hours Trading
After its first earnings report as a public company, Rightside (NAME) is up about 20% in after hours trading. Rightside is currently trading at $11.26 up $1.85 from its closing price of $9.41 Rightside has a 52 week low is $8.96 and its 52 week high ...
Discussion
November 6, 2014, 11:21 pm
The Domains
Rightside’s 1st Earnings Report: Revenue Up 15%: Makes $8.6 Million By Losing gTLD Apps
Rightside Group, Ltd. (NAME) announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. Rightside is the company that was spun off from Demand Media, Inc, (DMD) which owns the domain name registrars Enom.com and Name.com, and own...
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Rightside’s 1st Earnings Report: Revenue Up 15%: Makes $8.6 Million By Losing gTLD Apps
Rightside Group, Ltd. (NAME) announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. Rightside is the company that was spun off from Demand Media, Inc, (DMD) which owns the domain name registrars Enom.com and Name.com, and own...
Discussion
November 6, 2014, 10:08 pm
The Domains
Will Web.com Hurt Godaddy’s IPO?
Web.com in reporting its earnings earlier today had a few comments on its earnings call that should be of concern to all domain name regisrtrars: CEO David L. Brown noted “the increased availability of [domain] names has had a near-term negativ...
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Will Web.com Hurt Godaddy’s IPO?
Web.com in reporting its earnings earlier today had a few comments on its earnings call that should be of concern to all domain name regisrtrars: CEO David L. Brown noted “the increased availability of [domain] names has had a near-term negativ...
Discussion
November 6, 2014, 7:28 pm
The Domains
Web.com Is Down Over 22% & Hits a 52 Week Low After Earning Report
Shares Of Web.com (WWWW) hit a 52 week low of $14.89 today after reporting its earnings which missed expectations. The company reported a loss of $3.4 million, or 7 cents a share. Adjusted earnings came to 66 cents a share. Revenue totaled $137.4 mil...
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Web.com Is Down Over 22% & Hits a 52 Week Low After Earning Report
Shares Of Web.com (WWWW) hit a 52 week low of $14.89 today after reporting its earnings which missed expectations. The company reported a loss of $3.4 million, or 7 cents a share. Adjusted earnings came to 66 cents a share. Revenue totaled $137.4 mil...
Discussion
November 6, 2014, 6:27 pm
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Capetown 1,772; .Joburg 1,458; .Market 1,229; .Durban 985; .Mortgage 635
5 new gTLD extensions had their first day of general availability(GA) yesterday including three Geo’s of cities in Africa (Tuesday Africa time) and two by Rightside (NAME) Including Sunrise registrations by trademark holders, those that p...
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Capetown 1,772; .Joburg 1,458; .Market 1,229; .Durban 985; .Mortgage 635
5 new gTLD extensions had their first day of general availability(GA) yesterday including three Geo’s of cities in Africa (Tuesday Africa time) and two by Rightside (NAME) Including Sunrise registrations by trademark holders, those that p...
Discussion
November 6, 2014, 3:33 pm
