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Pat Kane Interview: Expect Full .COM IDN Equivalents in Japanese, Hangul, Chinese, Cyrillic, Arabic, and Hebrew
Pat Kane, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Verisign Naming Services, and Andrew Alleman of Domain Name Wire recently discussed new IDNs in an article here. Notably, the article pronounces that with regards to full IDN .com aliasing &ldquo...
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Pat Kane Interview: Expect Full .COM IDN Equivalents in Japanese, Hangul, Chinese, Cyrillic, Arabic, and Hebrew
Pat Kane, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Verisign Naming Services, and Andrew Alleman of Domain Name Wire recently discussed new IDNs in an article here. Notably, the article pronounces that with regards to full IDN .com aliasing &ldquo...
Discussion
July 10, 2011, 3:42 am
IDN Blog
A Worthy Footnote: ICANN’s Vote Opens the Door for Fully Multilingual gTLD Domains
ICANN’s vote today approved new generic top level domain names (gTLDs), which may be applied for in any language. This vote not only paves the way for new domains like .Coke, .FedEx and .Target, but more significantly opens the door for interna...
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A Worthy Footnote: ICANN’s Vote Opens the Door for Fully Multilingual gTLD Domains
ICANN’s vote today approved new generic top level domain names (gTLDs), which may be applied for in any language. This vote not only paves the way for new domains like .Coke, .FedEx and .Target, but more significantly opens the door for interna...
Discussion
June 20, 2011, 8:40 pm
IDN Blog
IDN 101: Here Are The Basics
1. Punycode. A domain like “xn--c1ajz8b.xn--p1ai” reads like gibberish, but it is just an alternative representation for an IDN, игры.РФ. Use a punycode converter to translate punycode into a native language and vice-versa. Every ID...
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IDN 101: Here Are The Basics
1. Punycode. A domain like “xn--c1ajz8b.xn--p1ai” reads like gibberish, but it is just an alternative representation for an IDN, игры.РФ. Use a punycode converter to translate punycode into a native language and vice-versa. Every ID...
Discussion
June 12, 2011, 10:24 pm
IDN Blog
First Come, First Served? VeriSign’s Big Bet on IDNs is an Opportunity
VeriSign’s May letter to ICANN began by touting the rise of IDNs: “While in the past most users of the web communicated in English using Latin script, in 2011 27% use English, 23% use Chinese script, and of the top 10 languages found on t...
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First Come, First Served? VeriSign’s Big Bet on IDNs is an Opportunity
VeriSign’s May letter to ICANN began by touting the rise of IDNs: “While in the past most users of the web communicated in English using Latin script, in 2011 27% use English, 23% use Chinese script, and of the top 10 languages found on t...
Discussion
May 31, 2011, 6:39 am
IDN Blog
Hottest Domain Trend of 2011: Non-English Domains
More than 25% of the top 20 sales from this week’s DNJournal sales chart are not in English. The six non-English domains highlighted across the top 20 below include an IDN and span across many languages including French, German and Spanish. Eve...
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Hottest Domain Trend of 2011: Non-English Domains
More than 25% of the top 20 sales from this week’s DNJournal sales chart are not in English. The six non-English domains highlighted across the top 20 below include an IDN and span across many languages including French, German and Spanish. Eve...
Discussion
May 30, 2011, 2:27 pm
IDN Blog
The Future Will Not Be In English
The latest issue of Managing IP magazine featured a cover article entitled, “How to Take Advantage of IDNs.” Managing IP magazine is the leading publication for intellectual property executives looking to build and maintain their IP portf...
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The Future Will Not Be In English
The latest issue of Managing IP magazine featured a cover article entitled, “How to Take Advantage of IDNs.” Managing IP magazine is the leading publication for intellectual property executives looking to build and maintain their IP portf...
Discussion
May 11, 2011, 1:01 am
IDN Blog
Registering a Transliteration May Land You An IDN
I bought bangqiu.asia, which means “baseball” in Mandarin Pinyin. SInce I registered this name before May 10, 2011, I will be able to apply for the IDN version 棒球.asia during the sunrise period, and well before the landrush. Similarly...
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Registering a Transliteration May Land You An IDN
I bought bangqiu.asia, which means “baseball” in Mandarin Pinyin. SInce I registered this name before May 10, 2011, I will be able to apply for the IDN version 棒球.asia during the sunrise period, and well before the landrush. Similarly...
Discussion
May 4, 2011, 1:54 am
IDN Blog
Chuck Gomes of VeriSign: “Our Stance Has Not Changed Regarding IDNs”
What will happen with the aliasing of IDNs and how soon? This question loomed large for many readers of the latest April 15, 2011 Draft of the Applicant Guidebook for New gTLDs, where the treatment of existing IDNs did not receive much attention. A p...
Discussion
Chuck Gomes of VeriSign: “Our Stance Has Not Changed Regarding IDNs”
What will happen with the aliasing of IDNs and how soon? This question loomed large for many readers of the latest April 15, 2011 Draft of the Applicant Guidebook for New gTLDs, where the treatment of existing IDNs did not receive much attention. A p...
Discussion
May 3, 2011, 1:14 am
IDN Blog
Q&A with Steve Clarke: A Five Figure Hindi IDN Sale and More . . .
Steve Clarke has been investing in IDNs since 2005. Steve is an active member of IDNForums and owns premium IDNs across many top languages. In addition, Steve just sold कैसीनो.com for five figures. Enjoy the Q&A that follows. Q: Let&r...
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Q&A with Steve Clarke: A Five Figure Hindi IDN Sale and More . . .
Steve Clarke has been investing in IDNs since 2005. Steve is an active member of IDNForums and owns premium IDNs across many top languages. In addition, Steve just sold कैसीनो.com for five figures. Enjoy the Q&A that follows. Q: Let&r...
Discussion
April 17, 2011, 11:55 pm
IDN Blog
.Asia IDN Pre-Registration
A number of press releases noting the forthcoming .Asia IDN launch have been issued and describe the following: Pre-registration of .Asia domains with Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters has begun. Sunrise and landrush is based on a model where a...
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.Asia IDN Pre-Registration
A number of press releases noting the forthcoming .Asia IDN launch have been issued and describe the following: Pre-registration of .Asia domains with Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters has begun. Sunrise and landrush is based on a model where a...
Discussion
April 10, 2011, 11:00 pm
