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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Energy 1,084; .Delivery 790
Two new gTLD launched yesterday into General Availability (GA), including those domain names registered in Sunrise and the Early Access Program (EAP) where people pay additional fees to register their domain names early here are the totals after the ...
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Energy 1,084; .Delivery 790
Two new gTLD launched yesterday into General Availability (GA), including those domain names registered in Sunrise and the Early Access Program (EAP) where people pay additional fees to register their domain names early here are the totals after the ...
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February 12, 2015, 2:34 pm
The Domains
Here Is The GAC Advice to ICANN from The GAC Communique-Singapore
The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) issued its Communique from the ICANN Singapore meeting. Here is the GAC Advice: Safeguards Advice Applicable to all new gTLDs and Category 1 ...
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Here Is The GAC Advice to ICANN from The GAC Communique-Singapore
The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) issued its Communique from the ICANN Singapore meeting. Here is the GAC Advice: Safeguards Advice Applicable to all new gTLDs and Category 1 ...
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February 12, 2015, 1:23 am
The Domains
To The CEO Of ICANN Fadi Chehade: Do You Think Vodafone Is The Biggest Domain Hogger?
Two weeks ago we called out the CEO of ICANN Fadi Chehade, for some remarks he made in a story published by the HuffingtonPost.com to wit: “The reality is, the more there are names (new gTLD’s), less people will actually be hogging ...
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To The CEO Of ICANN Fadi Chehade: Do You Think Vodafone Is The Biggest Domain Hogger?
Two weeks ago we called out the CEO of ICANN Fadi Chehade, for some remarks he made in a story published by the HuffingtonPost.com to wit: “The reality is, the more there are names (new gTLD’s), less people will actually be hogging ...
Discussion
February 12, 2015, 12:00 am
The Domains
Jay Westerdal’s Fegistry Beats Donuts & Famous Four To The new gTLD .Forum
Domain investor and the one of the creators of DomainTools.com, Jay Westerdal’s company Fegistry, LLC just won the rights to the new gTLD .Forum beating Donuts & Famous Four. Fegistry won an ICANN Last Resort auction for the new gTLD .Realt...
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Jay Westerdal’s Fegistry Beats Donuts & Famous Four To The new gTLD .Forum
Domain investor and the one of the creators of DomainTools.com, Jay Westerdal’s company Fegistry, LLC just won the rights to the new gTLD .Forum beating Donuts & Famous Four. Fegistry won an ICANN Last Resort auction for the new gTLD .Realt...
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February 11, 2015, 7:30 pm
The Domains
Top 10 Keywords Registered .Com & .Net In January
Verisign the registry for .Com and .Netpublished the top 10 keywords registered in .COM and .NET. for the month of January Here are the trending registrations from January:
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Top 10 Keywords Registered .Com & .Net In January
Verisign the registry for .Com and .Netpublished the top 10 keywords registered in .COM and .NET. for the month of January Here are the trending registrations from January:
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February 11, 2015, 2:45 pm
The Domains
Major League Baseball in Trademark Battle over the letter W
Not sure what is going on over at the corporate offices of Major League Baseball, The Washington Post published an article on the trademark battle between Wallet Hub and MLB related to marks owned by both the Washington Nationals and Chicago Cubs. Yo...
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Major League Baseball in Trademark Battle over the letter W
Not sure what is going on over at the corporate offices of Major League Baseball, The Washington Post published an article on the trademark battle between Wallet Hub and MLB related to marks owned by both the Washington Nationals and Chicago Cubs. Yo...
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February 11, 2015, 9:32 am
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Work 3,833; .Casa 1,235; .LGBT 404
Three new gTLD’s had their first day of general availability yesterday and here are the number of domains registered under each extension after the first day according to ntldstats.com: .Work 3,833 .Casa 1,235 .LGBT 404 Minds + Machines is the ...
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Work 3,833; .Casa 1,235; .LGBT 404
Three new gTLD’s had their first day of general availability yesterday and here are the number of domains registered under each extension after the first day according to ntldstats.com: .Work 3,833 .Casa 1,235 .LGBT 404 Minds + Machines is the ...
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February 11, 2015, 6:31 am
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HomeAway Files UDRP On HolidayRentals.com 36K Most Visited Site On The Internet (Alexa)
HomeAway, Inc. has just filed a UDRP on the domain name HolidayRentals.com. As a domain it’s about as generic as you can get. However HolidayRentals.com is not just a domain name, it’s a website ranked by Alexa ...
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HomeAway Files UDRP On HolidayRentals.com 36K Most Visited Site On The Internet (Alexa)
HomeAway, Inc. has just filed a UDRP on the domain name HolidayRentals.com. As a domain it’s about as generic as you can get. However HolidayRentals.com is not just a domain name, it’s a website ranked by Alexa ...
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February 10, 2015, 11:50 pm
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Sedo’s Transactions Total $1.2 Million Led By Response.com At $150K
Sedo just reported that over the past week, 588 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2 Million dollars 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .c...
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Sedo’s Transactions Total $1.2 Million Led By Response.com At $150K
Sedo just reported that over the past week, 588 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2 Million dollars 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .c...
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February 10, 2015, 9:30 pm
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Reuters: US Government Creating Agency To Deal With Cybersecurity Threats
According to Reuters citing a story in the The Washington Post, the U.S. government is creating a new agency to monitor cybersecurity threats, which will be called “The Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC) According to the story...
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Reuters: US Government Creating Agency To Deal With Cybersecurity Threats
According to Reuters citing a story in the The Washington Post, the U.S. government is creating a new agency to monitor cybersecurity threats, which will be called “The Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC) According to the story...
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February 10, 2015, 9:11 pm
