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The Domains
Go Daddy Sells 41,242 Domains in March Led by QY.com
Go Daddy Auctions Market Report – March 2014 Go Daddy sold 41,242 domains in March vs 37, 408 domains in February. The top sale for the month was QY.com at $100,000. The February stats were changed in this report and Apple.net is now the top sa...
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Go Daddy Sells 41,242 Domains in March Led by QY.com
Go Daddy Auctions Market Report – March 2014 Go Daddy sold 41,242 domains in March vs 37, 408 domains in February. The top sale for the month was QY.com at $100,000. The February stats were changed in this report and Apple.net is now the top sa...
Discussion
April 1, 2014, 5:22 pm
The Domains
Strickling, Fadi, Steve DelBianco All Set To Testify In House Hearing On ICANN Tomorrow
There is going to be a house hearing tomorrow on the US giving up its oversight control over ICANN. The hearing is being held by the Energy & Commerce Committee of the United States House of Representatives The Subcommittee on Communications and ...
Discussion
Strickling, Fadi, Steve DelBianco All Set To Testify In House Hearing On ICANN Tomorrow
There is going to be a house hearing tomorrow on the US giving up its oversight control over ICANN. The hearing is being held by the Energy & Commerce Committee of the United States House of Representatives The Subcommittee on Communications and ...
Discussion
April 1, 2014, 3:21 pm
The Domains
.NYC Go Live Scheduled for October 8th, 2014
The launch policies for .NYC domain registry were just published by ICANN and they are lengthy. The “Plan has been developed to describe the Launch Program for the .nyc Top Level Domain (“TLD”) by The City of New York by and thro...
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.NYC Go Live Scheduled for October 8th, 2014
The launch policies for .NYC domain registry were just published by ICANN and they are lengthy. The “Plan has been developed to describe the Launch Program for the .nyc Top Level Domain (“TLD”) by The City of New York by and thro...
Discussion
April 1, 2014, 3:02 pm
The Domains
Quick Poll: Which New gTLD Will Be The 1st To Hit 100K Registrations?
As of today there are over 414,000 new gTLD domain names registered. .Guru is still leading the pack with over 47,000 registrations and is growing at the rate of 75-100 domains a day. .Berlin is safely in second place for now, with 43K registra...
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Quick Poll: Which New gTLD Will Be The 1st To Hit 100K Registrations?
As of today there are over 414,000 new gTLD domain names registered. .Guru is still leading the pack with over 47,000 registrations and is growing at the rate of 75-100 domains a day. .Berlin is safely in second place for now, with 43K registra...
Discussion
April 1, 2014, 1:32 pm
The Domains
More Trademark Clearing House Abuse: Texas & Venture Triggers Notice
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about Trademark holders of generic terms applying to the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) where trademarks on many of which were causing some of those 500,000 “warnings” to go out to people trying to register...
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More Trademark Clearing House Abuse: Texas & Venture Triggers Notice
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about Trademark holders of generic terms applying to the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) where trademarks on many of which were causing some of those 500,000 “warnings” to go out to people trying to register...
Discussion
March 31, 2014, 6:27 pm
The Domains
So Far Only Three Major 4 Year Colleges Have Registered a .Education Domain
The new gTLD .Education opens up for live registrations on April 2nd but of course had a Sunrise period early for trademark holders and its in the final day of the Early Access Program. Going through the zone file I only found only three what y...
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So Far Only Three Major 4 Year Colleges Have Registered a .Education Domain
The new gTLD .Education opens up for live registrations on April 2nd but of course had a Sunrise period early for trademark holders and its in the final day of the Early Access Program. Going through the zone file I only found only three what y...
Discussion
March 31, 2014, 4:17 pm
The Domains
.Berlin Dirk Krischenowski Blasts ICANN Over TMCH Which Has “Largely Failed”
Internetworld.de, interviewed Dirk Krischenowski of .Berlin who blasted ICANN and the performance of the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) The article was published in German and we used Google translate. Dirk chatted with the German publication about...
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.Berlin Dirk Krischenowski Blasts ICANN Over TMCH Which Has “Largely Failed”
Internetworld.de, interviewed Dirk Krischenowski of .Berlin who blasted ICANN and the performance of the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) The article was published in German and we used Google translate. Dirk chatted with the German publication about...
Discussion
March 31, 2014, 12:45 pm
The Domains
The .CLUB LAND RUSH Starts Tomorrow April 1st: Join The Landrush.CLUB
According to a press release this morning by .CLUB, “like the United States Land Rush of 1889 that changed the landscape of America and the lives of million of people, a new land grab is ensuing all over the Internet as new domain extensions co...
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The .CLUB LAND RUSH Starts Tomorrow April 1st: Join The Landrush.CLUB
According to a press release this morning by .CLUB, “like the United States Land Rush of 1889 that changed the landscape of America and the lives of million of people, a new land grab is ensuing all over the Internet as new domain extensions co...
Discussion
March 31, 2014, 12:14 pm
The Domains
Microsoft and the Bing Entity Engine
Frederic Lardinois wrote a piece on Tech Crunch tonight about Microsoft and their plan for their entity engine. The entity engine is Microsoft’s answer to the Google Knowledge Graph. These products are not the most desirable from a web develope...
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Microsoft and the Bing Entity Engine
Frederic Lardinois wrote a piece on Tech Crunch tonight about Microsoft and their plan for their entity engine. The entity engine is Microsoft’s answer to the Google Knowledge Graph. These products are not the most desirable from a web develope...
Discussion
March 31, 2014, 5:49 am
The Domains
After 10 Days Frank Schilling Registrar, Uniregistry Has 108 New gTLD Registrations
Frank Schillings Registrar Uniregistry launched 10 days ago and we reviewed it in a detailed post. To date Uniregistry, has only managed to get 108 domain registration for new gTLD’s which gives it a market share of the new gTLD registr...
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After 10 Days Frank Schilling Registrar, Uniregistry Has 108 New gTLD Registrations
Frank Schillings Registrar Uniregistry launched 10 days ago and we reviewed it in a detailed post. To date Uniregistry, has only managed to get 108 domain registration for new gTLD’s which gives it a market share of the new gTLD registr...
Discussion
March 30, 2014, 6:22 pm
