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.Doh! Group applies for .dotafrica, Vistaprint applies for .webs twice, and Merck for .Merck thrice
Coming soon, .africa and .dotafrica. There were certainly some interesting top level domain applications released today. But it looks like a few companies made mistakes — or wasted some money at the very least. First, some have reported that th...
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.Doh! Group applies for .dotafrica, Vistaprint applies for .webs twice, and Merck for .Merck thrice
Coming soon, .africa and .dotafrica. There were certainly some interesting top level domain applications released today. But it looks like a few companies made mistakes — or wasted some money at the very least. First, some have reported that th...
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June 13, 2012, 12:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
NBA, MLB, and NFL apply for top level domains
Are you ready for .baseball? The United States’ three biggest professional sports leagues have applied to ICANN to run their own top level domains. As I predicted, Major League Baseball applied for .MLB. It also applied for .baseball. It will f...
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NBA, MLB, and NFL apply for top level domains
Are you ready for .baseball? The United States’ three biggest professional sports leagues have applied to ICANN to run their own top level domains. As I predicted, Major League Baseball applied for .MLB. It also applied for .baseball. It will f...
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June 13, 2012, 11:38 am
Domain Name Wire
Peter Dengate Thrush’s reaction to today’s top level domain reveals
Former ICANN chairman notes some surprises today, but says he’s still digesting all of the data. Peter Dengate Thrush was chairman of ICANN’s board when it finally approved the new top level domain plan. Now he’s with Top Level Doma...
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Peter Dengate Thrush’s reaction to today’s top level domain reveals
Former ICANN chairman notes some surprises today, but says he’s still digesting all of the data. Peter Dengate Thrush was chairman of ICANN’s board when it finally approved the new top level domain plan. Now he’s with Top Level Doma...
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June 13, 2012, 11:10 am
Domain Name Wire
Google and Amazon compete on 20 new top level domain applications
Google and Amazon had a lot of the same ideas for new top level domains. One of the biggest battles over new top level domains will pit internet heavyweights Google and Amazon against each other. Amazon applied for 76 top level domains and Google app...
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Google and Amazon compete on 20 new top level domain applications
Google and Amazon had a lot of the same ideas for new top level domains. One of the biggest battles over new top level domains will pit internet heavyweights Google and Amazon against each other. Amazon applied for 76 top level domains and Google app...
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June 13, 2012, 10:12 am
Domain Name Wire
Donuts also applies for .sucks — here’s its list of 307 applications
A fight breaks out over .sucks top level domain. Donuts, Inc. is the biggest applicant for new top level domains. But it’s a little difficult to parse that information from ICANN’s release of applications since every one has a different c...
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Donuts also applies for .sucks — here’s its list of 307 applications
A fight breaks out over .sucks top level domain. Donuts, Inc. is the biggest applicant for new top level domains. But it’s a little difficult to parse that information from ICANN’s release of applications since every one has a different c...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 9:40 am
Domain Name Wire
Demand Media’s 26 TLDs hit the armed forces, democrats, and republicans
Demand Media applies for 26 domain names — and some of them are very interesting. Publicly traded Demand Media, parent company of domain registrar eNom, has applied for 26 top level domain names through (what appears to be) a subsidiary called ...
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Demand Media’s 26 TLDs hit the armed forces, democrats, and republicans
Demand Media applies for 26 domain names — and some of them are very interesting. Publicly traded Demand Media, parent company of domain registrar eNom, has applied for 26 top level domain names through (what appears to be) a subsidiary called ...
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June 13, 2012, 9:33 am
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Amazon, Google, and Symantec to fight for .cloud domain name
Seven applicants to compete for .cloud top level domain include some really big internet giants. Seven applicants filed requests with ICANN for the .cloud top level domain name — and three of them are heavyweight contenders. Amazon.com, Google,...
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Amazon, Google, and Symantec to fight for .cloud domain name
Seven applicants to compete for .cloud top level domain include some really big internet giants. Seven applicants filed requests with ICANN for the .cloud top level domain name — and three of them are heavyweight contenders. Amazon.com, Google,...
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June 13, 2012, 9:24 am
Domain Name Wire
Surprise? Facebook doesn’t apply .Facebook
Facebook doesn’t apply for any top level domains. Back in April AdAge reported that Facebook wasn’t applying for a new top level domain. I found that surprising, and wrote: Of course, it’s entirely possible that AdAge just didn&rsqu...
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Surprise? Facebook doesn’t apply .Facebook
Facebook doesn’t apply for any top level domains. Back in April AdAge reported that Facebook wasn’t applying for a new top level domain. I found that surprising, and wrote: Of course, it’s entirely possible that AdAge just didn&rsqu...
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June 13, 2012, 9:00 am
Domain Name Wire
.App most popular TLD application, .home, .inc, and .art close behind
13 applications for .app domain name. We must be in an app economy… .App is the most contested new top level domain name application with 13 applications, and there are some big players battling for the domain. Amazon.com and Google are among ...
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.App most popular TLD application, .home, .inc, and .art close behind
13 applications for .app domain name. We must be in an app economy… .App is the most contested new top level domain name application with 13 applications, and there are some big players battling for the domain. Amazon.com and Google are among ...
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June 13, 2012, 8:51 am
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VeriSign applies for 9 transliterations of .com and 3 of .net
VeriSign’s IDN plans finally unveiled. Internationalized Domain Name investors, your wait is over. We now know the transliterations of .com and .net that VeriSign has applied for. You can read more about VeriSign’s plans for how it will o...
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VeriSign applies for 9 transliterations of .com and 3 of .net
VeriSign’s IDN plans finally unveiled. Internationalized Domain Name investors, your wait is over. We now know the transliterations of .com and .net that VeriSign has applied for. You can read more about VeriSign’s plans for how it will o...
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June 13, 2012, 8:36 am
