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The Domains
Record Number of Companies Sponsor DomainFest2014
Domain Fest which is slated to begin on March 31, 2014 put out a press release a few moments ago that they have a record number of sponsors this year for the event. Along with the usual conference festivities and panels, they will be hosting a privat...
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Record Number of Companies Sponsor DomainFest2014
Domain Fest which is slated to begin on March 31, 2014 put out a press release a few moments ago that they have a record number of sponsors this year for the event. Along with the usual conference festivities and panels, they will be hosting a privat...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 5:40 pm
The Domains
Strickling Refines Last Weeks Announcement On ICANN: No Government-Led Solution WIll Be Accepted
Lawrence E. Strickling the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator seem to back off hie statement that the US was ready to let ICANN go out of United States control. In another announcement he made today Sticklin...
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Strickling Refines Last Weeks Announcement On ICANN: No Government-Led Solution WIll Be Accepted
Lawrence E. Strickling the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator seem to back off hie statement that the US was ready to let ICANN go out of United States control. In another announcement he made today Sticklin...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 4:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
NTIA: U.S. won’t abandon its role in the internet until it’s satisfied with the alternative
Strickling makes it clear that IANA contract won’t be transitioned until it is happy with the alternative. Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information Lawrence E. Strickling penned a blog post today to try to clarify some of the misi...
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NTIA: U.S. won’t abandon its role in the internet until it’s satisfied with the alternative
Strickling makes it clear that IANA contract won’t be transitioned until it is happy with the alternative. Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information Lawrence E. Strickling penned a blog post today to try to clarify some of the misi...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 3:51 pm
The Domains
Marchex, Endurance Added To NASDAQ Internet Index
NASDAQ (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced the addition and deletion of companies to the NASDAQ Internet Index® (Nasdaq:QNET), which will become effective prior to market open on Monday, March 24, 2014. The Index is designed to track the performance of a set...
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Marchex, Endurance Added To NASDAQ Internet Index
NASDAQ (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced the addition and deletion of companies to the NASDAQ Internet Index® (Nasdaq:QNET), which will become effective prior to market open on Monday, March 24, 2014. The Index is designed to track the performance of a set...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 2:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Berlin scores 30,000+ registrations in good news for city TLDs
City domain name rockets out of the starting gate. The .Berlin top level domain name has quickly racked up over 30,000 domain name registrations according to the latest published zone file. A lot of domain industry insiders think .city domain names h...
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.Berlin scores 30,000+ registrations in good news for city TLDs
City domain name rockets out of the starting gate. The .Berlin top level domain name has quickly racked up over 30,000 domain name registrations according to the latest published zone file. A lot of domain industry insiders think .city domain names h...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 2:22 pm
The Domains
Well We Just Told You These IDN’s Are Hot: Chinese Goverment Buys 20,500 Domains
We published a post earlier this morning about the TLD Registry Ltd, and its two new Chinese IDN new gTLD’s Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网). We interviewed A representative of the registry who predicted...
Discussion
Well We Just Told You These IDN’s Are Hot: Chinese Goverment Buys 20,500 Domains
We published a post earlier this morning about the TLD Registry Ltd, and its two new Chinese IDN new gTLD’s Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网). We interviewed A representative of the registry who predicted...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 2:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Registrar suspends all domain names transferred from terminated registrar
EnCirca finds that domains were used for nefarious purposes. ICANN terminated the accreditation of domain name registrar ABSYSTEMS INC (dba yournamemonkey.com) in December for multiple contract breaches. ICANN transferred the domain names to another ...
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Registrar suspends all domain names transferred from terminated registrar
EnCirca finds that domains were used for nefarious purposes. ICANN terminated the accreditation of domain name registrar ABSYSTEMS INC (dba yournamemonkey.com) in December for multiple contract breaches. ICANN transferred the domain names to another ...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 2:00 pm
The Domains
Godaddy Loses 5% Market Share of New gTLD’s As .Berlin Changes The Game
Godaddy.com share of the new gTLD market dropped 5% overnight after the domain extension for .Berlin launched getting almost 32,000 registrations German based registrar, InterNetX said they were able to secure 81% of all preregistrations for its clie...
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Godaddy Loses 5% Market Share of New gTLD’s As .Berlin Changes The Game
Godaddy.com share of the new gTLD market dropped 5% overnight after the domain extension for .Berlin launched getting almost 32,000 registrations German based registrar, InterNetX said they were able to secure 81% of all preregistrations for its clie...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 1:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Chinese government buys 20,000 new IDN domain names
TLD Registry inks deal with Chinese government for over 10,000 domains in each of its new TLDs. TLD Registry Ltd, which is launching the new top level domain names Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网), has inked a deal wi...
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Chinese government buys 20,000 new IDN domain names
TLD Registry inks deal with Chinese government for over 10,000 domains in each of its new TLDs. TLD Registry Ltd, which is launching the new top level domain names Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网), has inked a deal wi...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 1:39 pm
The Domains
UDRP Filed On 17 Year Old Domain HoldOn.com By Owners Of Holdon.Info
A UDRP has just been filed against the domain name HoldOn.com The domain name has an original registration according DomainTools.com of March 18th 1997 making the domain 14 years old. However Screenshots has results for HoldOn.com going back to 1994....
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UDRP Filed On 17 Year Old Domain HoldOn.com By Owners Of Holdon.Info
A UDRP has just been filed against the domain name HoldOn.com The domain name has an original registration according DomainTools.com of March 18th 1997 making the domain 14 years old. However Screenshots has results for HoldOn.com going back to 1994....
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March 19, 2014, 1:30 pm
