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Internet tops 250 million domain names
Verisign says milestone reached at end of 2012. There are now more than 250 million domain names registered, according to Verisign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The company reports that there were 252 million domains registered at the en...
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Internet tops 250 million domain names
Verisign says milestone reached at end of 2012. There are now more than 250 million domain names registered, according to Verisign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The company reports that there were 252 million domains registered at the en...
Discussion
April 8, 2013, 9:42 am
Domain Name Wire
.Jobs likely to be first “new TLD” to launch this year
It’s not really “new”, but .jobs is likely to beat other TLDs to the market later this year. Forget prioritization draw numbers, new TLD objections, and contention sets: .jobs may be the first “new TLD” to be available f...
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.Jobs likely to be first “new TLD” to launch this year
It’s not really “new”, but .jobs is likely to beat other TLDs to the market later this year. Forget prioritization draw numbers, new TLD objections, and contention sets: .jobs may be the first “new TLD” to be available f...
Discussion
April 5, 2013, 10:28 am
Domain Name Wire
Apparently Verisign is worth the same with or without price hikes
Company’s market cap is back up to October levels. Just as I don’t understand why the DOW has been hitting all time records lately, I also don’t understand this: Verisign is apparently worth the same with or without seven-percent-a-...
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Apparently Verisign is worth the same with or without price hikes
Company’s market cap is back up to October levels. Just as I don’t understand why the DOW has been hitting all time records lately, I also don’t understand this: Verisign is apparently worth the same with or without seven-percent-a-...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 3:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
.WTF: .Lotto, .Weather, .Game, .Retirement hit with objections
Seriously, WTF? International Chamber of Commerce has posted more community and limited public interest objections on its web site. On the surface, these look to be quite misdirected. Afilias’ application for .lotto has been hit with a communit...
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.WTF: .Lotto, .Weather, .Game, .Retirement hit with objections
Seriously, WTF? International Chamber of Commerce has posted more community and limited public interest objections on its web site. On the surface, these look to be quite misdirected. Afilias’ application for .lotto has been hit with a communit...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Right of the Dot posts response to private TLD auction antitrust claims
Company says private auctions do not automatically violate U.S. antitrust law. Last month new TLD applicant Uniregistry published a press release that announced it would not participate in private auctions for new TLDs due to anti-trust concerns. It ...
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Right of the Dot posts response to private TLD auction antitrust claims
Company says private auctions do not automatically violate U.S. antitrust law. Last month new TLD applicant Uniregistry published a press release that announced it would not participate in private auctions for new TLDs due to anti-trust concerns. It ...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 10:30 am
Domain Name Wire
Google objects to 9 plural top level domain applications
Google and Verisign file most objections (so far) against TLDs on string similarity grounds. The International Centre for Dispute Resolution has published 33 of the string confusion objections it has received, representing about half of the total. On...
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Google objects to 9 plural top level domain applications
Google and Verisign file most objections (so far) against TLDs on string similarity grounds. The International Centre for Dispute Resolution has published 33 of the string confusion objections it has received, representing about half of the total. On...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 9:39 am
Domain Name Wire
U.S. Department of Commerce not supporting USPS objection to .mail top level domains
Department of Commerce not backing .mail objections. Last week I wrote about how the United States Postal Service filed objections to all of the top level domain applications for .mail. It’s a big waste of money, as in order to prevail the USPS...
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U.S. Department of Commerce not supporting USPS objection to .mail top level domains
Department of Commerce not backing .mail objections. Last week I wrote about how the United States Postal Service filed objections to all of the top level domain applications for .mail. It’s a big waste of money, as in order to prevail the USPS...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 9:22 am
Domain Name Wire
34 smart end user domain buys
34 companies add to their online presence with aftermarket domain purchases. Afternic had a better-than-usual sales week last week with close to $1.5 million in sales. Here are 34 end user domain sales I found on its list. American Association of You...
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34 smart end user domain buys
34 companies add to their online presence with aftermarket domain purchases. Afternic had a better-than-usual sales week last week with close to $1.5 million in sales. Here are 34 end user domain sales I found on its list. American Association of You...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 1:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top 5 must read domain articles from March
Here are the top five stories from Domain Name Wire last month. March saw the first batch of new TLD objections, a warning from Verisign, and a high profile company found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. 1. United States Postal Services just ...
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Top 5 must read domain articles from March
Here are the top five stories from Domain Name Wire last month. March saw the first batch of new TLD objections, a warning from Verisign, and a high profile company found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. 1. United States Postal Services just ...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 11:28 am
Domain Name Wire
The Verisign pile on effect
Last week Verisign dropped a bomb on ICANN by releasing a report that said that ICANN was not yet ready for the rollout of new top level domains. Critics have suggested that Verisign has financial motives for slowing out the rollout of new TLDs, and ...
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The Verisign pile on effect
Last week Verisign dropped a bomb on ICANN by releasing a report that said that ICANN was not yet ready for the rollout of new top level domains. Critics have suggested that Verisign has financial motives for slowing out the rollout of new TLDs, and ...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 10:48 am
