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Critics say Google is “Hispandering” with new .Soy domain name
If the company is Hispandering, it’s also mompandering and corporationpandering. New top level domain name registries offering regional, niche, or cultural domains, take note: the people you’re targeting might take it the wrong way. That&...
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Critics say Google is “Hispandering” with new .Soy domain name
If the company is Hispandering, it’s also mompandering and corporationpandering. New top level domain name registries offering regional, niche, or cultural domains, take note: the people you’re targeting might take it the wrong way. That&...
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October 29, 2014, 1:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
TLD Registry opens Chinese headquarters and names GM
Chinese IDN registry opens office in “China’s Silicon Valley”. TLD Registry, the company behind the Chinese IDNs Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网), has opened a Chinese headquarters and named a new Ge...
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TLD Registry opens Chinese headquarters and names GM
Chinese IDN registry opens office in “China’s Silicon Valley”. TLD Registry, the company behind the Chinese IDNs Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网), has opened a Chinese headquarters and named a new Ge...
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October 28, 2014, 8:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Amazon.com trademark might tip off plans for new top level domain names
Trademark application covers registry services related to selling domain names to the public. What does Amazon.com plan to do with top level domain names it is the registry for? Does it still plan to earmark them for just Amazon.com’s use? Is i...
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Amazon.com trademark might tip off plans for new top level domain names
Trademark application covers registry services related to selling domain names to the public. What does Amazon.com plan to do with top level domain names it is the registry for? Does it still plan to earmark them for just Amazon.com’s use? Is i...
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October 28, 2014, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Feedback plans to bundle feedback platform with domain names
.Feedback domain names will come with a full-fledged feedback system. Jay Westerdal’s company Top Level Spectrum has submitted a request to ICANN to offer a feedback platform combined with its forthcoming .feedback top level domain name. The pl...
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.Feedback plans to bundle feedback platform with domain names
.Feedback domain names will come with a full-fledged feedback system. Jay Westerdal’s company Top Level Spectrum has submitted a request to ICANN to offer a feedback platform combined with its forthcoming .feedback top level domain name. The pl...
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October 28, 2014, 2:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Radix gets .site as Google participates in a private auction
Radix tops Google and three others to win .site domain name. New top level domain name company Radix has secured the .site domain name, the company announced on social media this morning. That means the company has .website, .site and is still in the...
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Radix gets .site as Google participates in a private auction
Radix tops Google and three others to win .site domain name. New top level domain name company Radix has secured the .site domain name, the company announced on social media this morning. That means the company has .website, .site and is still in the...
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October 28, 2014, 1:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Turkish restaurant chain guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Develi Restaurant chain guilty of abusing UDRP. A restaurant in Turkey has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name develi.com. The complainant runs a restaurant chain called Develi and uses the domain name DeveliKebap....
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Turkish restaurant chain guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Develi Restaurant chain guilty of abusing UDRP. A restaurant in Turkey has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name develi.com. The complainant runs a restaurant chain called Develi and uses the domain name DeveliKebap....
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October 27, 2014, 5:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire Podcast #4: Ron Jackson recaps this year’s domain name sales
Listen to Domain Name Wire Podcast #4. What impact has the launch of hundreds of new top level domain names had on the domain name market? In this episode of the Domain Name Wire podcast, DNJournal editor Ron Jackson recaps year-to-date domain name s...
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Domain Name Wire Podcast #4: Ron Jackson recaps this year’s domain name sales
Listen to Domain Name Wire Podcast #4. What impact has the launch of hundreds of new top level domain names had on the domain name market? In this episode of the Domain Name Wire podcast, DNJournal editor Ron Jackson recaps year-to-date domain name s...
Discussion
October 27, 2014, 3:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s new TLD launch
Slim pickings for new top level domain names this week. You might notice something subtle in the title of this post. It’s singular. That’s because, as best I can tell, just one publicly available domain name is entering general availabili...
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This week’s new TLD launch
Slim pickings for new top level domain names this week. You might notice something subtle in the title of this post. It’s singular. That’s because, as best I can tell, just one publicly available domain name is entering general availabili...
Discussion
October 27, 2014, 2:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
.XYZ harnesses the power of .Com to promote its domain names
Company uses com.com to market .xyz domain names. Regardless of what you think about its approach, I’ve got to hand it to .xyz. The top level domain is trying a bunch of creative marketing and sales tactics. Here’s one a reader just tippe...
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.XYZ harnesses the power of .Com to promote its domain names
Company uses com.com to market .xyz domain names. Regardless of what you think about its approach, I’ve got to hand it to .xyz. The top level domain is trying a bunch of creative marketing and sales tactics. Here’s one a reader just tippe...
Discussion
October 27, 2014, 1:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN: no decision yet on Morocco meeting
Organization is considering its options due to possible travel restrictions. ICANN today responded to rumors about postponing next February’s meeting in Morocco by saying it has not yet made a decision. However, it confirmed that it is consider...
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ICANN: no decision yet on Morocco meeting
Organization is considering its options due to possible travel restrictions. ICANN today responded to rumors about postponing next February’s meeting in Morocco by saying it has not yet made a decision. However, it confirmed that it is consider...
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October 26, 2014, 11:49 pm
