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Domain Name News
Burson-Marsteller wants to help brands navigate new gTLDs
Burson-Marsteller, a leading public relations and communications firm, announced today that it has formed a consulting group dedicated to advising clients on the introduction of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). B-M currently operates 67 wholly ...
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Burson-Marsteller wants to help brands navigate new gTLDs
Burson-Marsteller, a leading public relations and communications firm, announced today that it has formed a consulting group dedicated to advising clients on the introduction of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). B-M currently operates 67 wholly ...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 4:16 pm
The Domains
Google & Amazon Compete on 21 new gTLD’s
In our continuing review of the list of applicants for new gTLD’s, there are 21 gTLD that both Google and Amazon applied for: .music .play .movie .map .mail .game .free .dev .cloud .book .search .app .shop .store .wow .you .buy .drive .show .sp...
Discussion
Google & Amazon Compete on 21 new gTLD’s
In our continuing review of the list of applicants for new gTLD’s, there are 21 gTLD that both Google and Amazon applied for: .music .play .movie .map .mail .game .free .dev .cloud .book .search .app .shop .store .wow .you .buy .drive .show .sp...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 4:04 pm
Domain Name News
Pool.com introduces new gTLD Discovery Labs; a wealth of new top-level domain applicants data is readily available
Ottawa based Pool.com has just announced the launch of a specialized search and filter tool of the new gTLDs database which was unveiled earlier today. The search tool helps to make sense of newly released ICANN data for applicants, media and th...
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Pool.com introduces new gTLD Discovery Labs; a wealth of new top-level domain applicants data is readily available
Ottawa based Pool.com has just announced the launch of a specialized search and filter tool of the new gTLDs database which was unveiled earlier today. The search tool helps to make sense of newly released ICANN data for applicants, media and th...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 3:22 pm
Domain Name News
Big European cities such as Paris, Moscow and London want big presence on the internet with their own branded .city top-level domains
Many of Europe’s biggest cities will soon have their very own space on the web, right to the dot, to be exact. This means that very soon you will be able to have your website hosted at johnsrestaurant.PARIS for example, or BikeStore.MOSCOW. The...
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Big European cities such as Paris, Moscow and London want big presence on the internet with their own branded .city top-level domains
Many of Europe’s biggest cities will soon have their very own space on the web, right to the dot, to be exact. This means that very soon you will be able to have your website hosted at johnsrestaurant.PARIS for example, or BikeStore.MOSCOW. The...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 2:51 pm
The Domains
Domainer Daniel Negari Throws His Hat In The Ring & Applies For 3 New gTLD’s
Domainer Daniel Negari has applied for three new gTLD’s His company, XYZ.com applied for .College, .Now and .XYZ Mr. Negari is going to have serious competitors for .Now Amazon.com, the principal’s of the .Asia registry, and One.com ...
Discussion
Domainer Daniel Negari Throws His Hat In The Ring & Applies For 3 New gTLD’s
Domainer Daniel Negari has applied for three new gTLD’s His company, XYZ.com applied for .College, .Now and .XYZ Mr. Negari is going to have serious competitors for .Now Amazon.com, the principal’s of the .Asia registry, and One.com ...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 2:49 pm
Elliot's Blog
My gTLD Predictions
I’ve been investing in domain names for almost ten years, and I don’t believe we’ve yet seen anything that is going to have as big of an impact on our business as gTLDs. Hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent on these new dom...
Discussion
My gTLD Predictions
I’ve been investing in domain names for almost ten years, and I don’t believe we’ve yet seen anything that is going to have as big of an impact on our business as gTLDs. Hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent on these new dom...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 2:05 pm
Domain Name News
Valideus and Com Laude help Amazon, Yahoo and other big brands apply for their own TLDs
London based Valideus, a gTLD consulting & registry management company, and it’s sister company Com Laude (boutique domain registrar) announced today that they assisted 19 clients, all of them brand owners — to apply for 121 new top-l...
Discussion
Valideus and Com Laude help Amazon, Yahoo and other big brands apply for their own TLDs
London based Valideus, a gTLD consulting & registry management company, and it’s sister company Com Laude (boutique domain registrar) announced today that they assisted 19 clients, all of them brand owners — to apply for 121 new top-l...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 1:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Uniregistry to offer single trademark block across all its top level domains
Uniregistry tries a different approach. Frank Schilling is definitely trying to shake things up with his new TLD play Uniregistry. Here are some interesting sections of his applications: On defensive registrations: “Our financial projections do...
Discussion
Uniregistry to offer single trademark block across all its top level domains
Uniregistry tries a different approach. Frank Schilling is definitely trying to shake things up with his new TLD play Uniregistry. Here are some interesting sections of his applications: On defensive registrations: “Our financial projections do...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 1:51 pm
Domain Shane
10 Reasons Why the New TLDs Will Fail: A Reader’s Response
The following was a reader’s response to the article yesterday about my feelings regarding Frank Schillings new registry and TLDs he’s applied for. I think they are all very valid points and lay out pretty succinctly the problems al...
Discussion
10 Reasons Why the New TLDs Will Fail: A Reader’s Response
The following was a reader’s response to the article yesterday about my feelings regarding Frank Schillings new registry and TLDs he’s applied for. I think they are all very valid points and lay out pretty succinctly the problems al...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 1:26 pm
IDN Blog
What Will Happen to the Variant of Verisign’s Hebrew Application?
Verisign applied for 12 IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) transliterations of .COM, but it was Verisign’s Hebrew application that stood out. Verisign applied for: קוֹם. (punycode: xn--hdb9cza1b). Some natives hoped for a Verisign applicat...
Discussion
What Will Happen to the Variant of Verisign’s Hebrew Application?
Verisign applied for 12 IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) transliterations of .COM, but it was Verisign’s Hebrew application that stood out. Verisign applied for: קוֹם. (punycode: xn--hdb9cza1b). Some natives hoped for a Verisign applicat...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 1:23 pm
