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Google Backs Off On Closed Generic Strings Including .Search So Does L’OreĢal
It looks like Google has given up operating new gTLD generic stings as a close registry, even for .Search which at one point it wanted to operate as a Dotless Domain. According to an ICANN announcement tonight Google d/b/a Charleston Road...
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Google Backs Off On Closed Generic Strings Including .Search So Does L’OreĢal
It looks like Google has given up operating new gTLD generic stings as a close registry, even for .Search which at one point it wanted to operate as a Dotless Domain. According to an ICANN announcement tonight Google d/b/a Charleston Road...
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October 10, 2013, 1:01 am
The Domains
Brazilian Senate Formally Opposes Amazon’s Application For .Amazon
In a letter sent from the BRAZILIAN EMBASSY in Washington today to ICANN, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and National Defense of the Brazilian Senate formally opposed the application of Amazon to the new gTLD .Amazon I would love to know the number...
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Brazilian Senate Formally Opposes Amazon’s Application For .Amazon
In a letter sent from the BRAZILIAN EMBASSY in Washington today to ICANN, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and National Defense of the Brazilian Senate formally opposed the application of Amazon to the new gTLD .Amazon I would love to know the number...
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October 9, 2013, 11:02 pm
The Domains
CEO Of ICANN Seems To Have Thrown Himself Into the Snowden/NSA Mess With Brazil
According to Mercopress.com, Bhe President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff announced today that Brazil will host a global summit on Internet governance in April 2014 The announcement was made after conferring the CEO of ICANN Fadi Chehade. &ldq...
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CEO Of ICANN Seems To Have Thrown Himself Into the Snowden/NSA Mess With Brazil
According to Mercopress.com, Bhe President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff announced today that Brazil will host a global summit on Internet governance in April 2014 The announcement was made after conferring the CEO of ICANN Fadi Chehade. &ldq...
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October 9, 2013, 9:11 pm
The Domains
Internet Advertising Blows Past $20 Billion In 1st Half Of 2013; Up 18%; Check Out This Crazy Chart Starting From 1996
According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau, Internet advertising revenue surged past $20 billion for an all time record in the first half of this year. Leading the way was an “explosion in mobile ads shown by companies including Face...
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Internet Advertising Blows Past $20 Billion In 1st Half Of 2013; Up 18%; Check Out This Crazy Chart Starting From 1996
According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau, Internet advertising revenue surged past $20 billion for an all time record in the first half of this year. Leading the way was an “explosion in mobile ads shown by companies including Face...
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October 9, 2013, 7:38 pm
The Domains
In A UDRP With Wide Implications In New gTLD’s Domains, Panel Awards Tes.co to Tesco
In a very interesting case having implication for the new gTLD’s domain names, Tesco Stores Limited of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, UK was just awarded the domain name Tes.co on the basis of having a trademark on the term Tesco. The panel com...
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In A UDRP With Wide Implications In New gTLD’s Domains, Panel Awards Tes.co to Tesco
In a very interesting case having implication for the new gTLD’s domain names, Tesco Stores Limited of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, UK was just awarded the domain name Tes.co on the basis of having a trademark on the term Tesco. The panel com...
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October 9, 2013, 2:03 pm
The Domains
Verisign: Over 150 Domains Registered Over Government ShutDown
Verisign the registry for the .com and .net registry just released a graph showing a lot of activity with people registering domain names involving the Government Shutdown. It appears from the graph there have been over 150 domain names registe...
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Verisign: Over 150 Domains Registered Over Government ShutDown
Verisign the registry for the .com and .net registry just released a graph showing a lot of activity with people registering domain names involving the Government Shutdown. It appears from the graph there have been over 150 domain names registe...
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October 9, 2013, 11:45 am
The Domains
Scott Day Gets Hit With UDRP On 16 Year Old GoldCoast.com By Owners Of VisiGoldCoast.com
Gold Coast Tourism Corporation Ltd just filed a UDRP against legendary domain investor Scott Day and his company Digimedia on the domain name GoldCoast.com This is certainly a UDRP that will be put up on the HallofShame.com watch list. It appe...
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Scott Day Gets Hit With UDRP On 16 Year Old GoldCoast.com By Owners Of VisiGoldCoast.com
Gold Coast Tourism Corporation Ltd just filed a UDRP against legendary domain investor Scott Day and his company Digimedia on the domain name GoldCoast.com This is certainly a UDRP that will be put up on the HallofShame.com watch list. It appe...
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October 9, 2013, 10:29 am
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Key Systems Publishes Graph Showing Time Line For Each New gTLD Roll Out
Key-Systems GmbH which operates domain name registrars, domaindiscount24.com, rrpproxy.net, and brand protection company, BrandShelter.com released a graph today on new the date that each new gTLD is expected to launch. Of course with eac...
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Key Systems Publishes Graph Showing Time Line For Each New gTLD Roll Out
Key-Systems GmbH which operates domain name registrars, domaindiscount24.com, rrpproxy.net, and brand protection company, BrandShelter.com released a graph today on new the date that each new gTLD is expected to launch. Of course with eac...
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October 9, 2013, 9:36 am
The Domains
Dot Latin LLC which announced on Wednesday, September 11, that it had formally entered into an agreement with ICANN to operate the .UNO, the new generic top-level domain (gTLD) .Uno today issued a press release to lay out its plans for the extension...
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Dot Latin LLC which announced on Wednesday, September 11, that it had formally entered into an agreement with ICANN to operate the .UNO, the new generic top-level domain (gTLD) .Uno today issued a press release to lay out its plans for the extension...
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October 9, 2013, 8:53 am
The Domains
Jennifer Wolfe On How Brand Could Use Their New gTLD’s
In a post on Clickz.com, Jennifer Wolfe is founder and president of Wolfe Domain, a gTLD digital brand strategy advisory firm providing comprehensive guidance to global brands, in...
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Jennifer Wolfe On How Brand Could Use Their New gTLD’s
In a post on Clickz.com, Jennifer Wolfe is founder and president of Wolfe Domain, a gTLD digital brand strategy advisory firm providing comprehensive guidance to global brands, in...
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October 9, 2013, 8:29 am
