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ICANN considering single batch for evaluation, but not for release of new TLDs
New TLDs will still be metered even if evaluated in one batch. ICANN is seeking community input on its latest ideas for how to batch new top level domain names. In its call for comments, it states that it still plans to limit the addition of new top ...
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ICANN considering single batch for evaluation, but not for release of new TLDs
New TLDs will still be metered even if evaluated in one batch. ICANN is seeking community input on its latest ideas for how to batch new top level domain names. In its call for comments, it states that it still plans to limit the addition of new top ...
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July 29, 2012, 9:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Yep, Google bought G.me and it now forwards to Google+
Google adds another one letter domain name to its collection. In May I wrote about how Google may have purchased the domain name G.me. The domain name was registered to Mark Monitor’s DNStinations, which often times registers domain names on be...
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Yep, Google bought G.me and it now forwards to Google+
Google adds another one letter domain name to its collection. In May I wrote about how Google may have purchased the domain name G.me. The domain name was registered to Mark Monitor’s DNStinations, which often times registers domain names on be...
Discussion
July 27, 2012, 10:44 am
Domain Name Wire
Review: DomainTools Android app
Whois at your thumbtips. It’s been a couple years since DomainTools released its iPhone app. I guess DomainTools prefers to cater to the Apple fanboy crowd rather than the Android hipster crowd. Alas, my need for quick whois data can now be sat...
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Review: DomainTools Android app
Whois at your thumbtips. It’s been a couple years since DomainTools released its iPhone app. I guess DomainTools prefers to cater to the Apple fanboy crowd rather than the Android hipster crowd. Alas, my need for quick whois data can now be sat...
Discussion
July 27, 2012, 10:08 am
Domain Name Wire
Behold, the .com ticker!
An up-to-date number of .com registrations. As I mentioned last night, Verisign has started released daily domain counts for both the .com and .net namespaces. The information is now available at this page. The data includes both domains that are in ...
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Behold, the .com ticker!
An up-to-date number of .com registrations. As I mentioned last night, Verisign has started released daily domain counts for both the .com and .net namespaces. The information is now available at this page. The data includes both domains that are in ...
Discussion
July 27, 2012, 9:51 am
Domain Name Wire
VeriSign blames domain monetization for lower renewal rate
Lower than usual renewal rate blamed on search engine changes. Verisign had its second best quarter ever for new domain name registrations last quarter, but its renewal rate was lower than usual. The company cites two reasons. First, there were large...
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VeriSign blames domain monetization for lower renewal rate
Lower than usual renewal rate blamed on search engine changes. Verisign had its second best quarter ever for new domain name registrations last quarter, but its renewal rate was lower than usual. The company cites two reasons. First, there were large...
Discussion
July 26, 2012, 9:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fire your UDRP lawyer, Thursday edition
I could have saved this complainant some money. Here’s an easy way to waste a few thousand bucks: file a UDRP against infringement on a subdomain. This is easily one of the weirdest claims I’ve seen in a while and it involved the domain n...
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Fire your UDRP lawyer, Thursday edition
I could have saved this complainant some money. Here’s an easy way to waste a few thousand bucks: file a UDRP against infringement on a subdomain. This is easily one of the weirdest claims I’ve seen in a while and it involved the domain n...
Discussion
July 26, 2012, 2:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
20 end user domain sales from the past week
Fox Broadcasting Company among end user buyers this past week. Here’s Domain Name Wire’s weekly wrap of end user domain name purchases from Afternic and Sedo. Afternic Fox Broadcasting Company bought MidnightBlack.com for $3,588. Any idea...
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20 end user domain sales from the past week
Fox Broadcasting Company among end user buyers this past week. Here’s Domain Name Wire’s weekly wrap of end user domain name purchases from Afternic and Sedo. Afternic Fox Broadcasting Company bought MidnightBlack.com for $3,588. Any idea...
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July 26, 2012, 1:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy releases its three Olympic ads
Three ads explain that Go Daddy is about more than just attractive women. Go Daddy has released the three television commercials it will run during the Olympics. You may have seen the first one a few weeks ago, called “Inside Out – Otter&...
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Go Daddy releases its three Olympic ads
Three ads explain that Go Daddy is about more than just attractive women. Go Daddy has released the three television commercials it will run during the Olympics. You may have seen the first one a few weeks ago, called “Inside Out – Otter&...
Discussion
July 26, 2012, 11:56 am
Domain Name Wire
Google loses dispute with oogle.com owner
Google fails to win arbitration case over high traffic typo. A National Arbitration Forum panelist has ruled that the owner of Oogle.com can keep his domain name despite Google’s claims that the registration of the domain name amounts to cybers...
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Google loses dispute with oogle.com owner
Google fails to win arbitration case over high traffic typo. A National Arbitration Forum panelist has ruled that the owner of Oogle.com can keep his domain name despite Google’s claims that the registration of the domain name amounts to cybers...
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July 25, 2012, 5:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Tickets applicant files trademark applications for new top level domain
Company files trademark applications for .tickets and dottickets. .Tickets is up there on the list of most contested top level domain applications. Five companies have applied for the name. Applicant Shubert Internet last week filed two intent-to-use...
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.Tickets applicant files trademark applications for new top level domain
Company files trademark applications for .tickets and dottickets. .Tickets is up there on the list of most contested top level domain applications. Five companies have applied for the name. Applicant Shubert Internet last week filed two intent-to-use...
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July 25, 2012, 1:35 pm
