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Web.com Changing Ticker Symbol From WWWW to Web
November 9, 2015 @ 7:36 AM10 years after listing, Web.com gets matching ticker symbol. Web.com is ringing the closing bell on the NASDAQ today to celebrate its 10 year listing anniversary. The company is also making a big change to its stock — its changing its ticker symbol from WWWW to WEB. The symbol change will be effective tomorrow morning…
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ICANN Opens Blog to Comments, Immediately Trolled
November 9, 2015 @ 3:22 AMWelcome to my world, ICANN. The organization on Friday opened its blog to commenters for the first time in years, allowing any registered user of the ICANN site to submit comments on its posts. The switch appears to be retroactive on all previous posts on the platform. The post announcing the move was immediately commented…
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Farmers Bank & Trust Switches From .com to .bank Domain
November 8, 2015 @ 9:51 AMFarmers Bank & Trust which has branches in Arkansas and Texas and approximately $1.2 billion in assets has changed its domain name from .com to a .bank Farmers Bank which was using myfbtbank.com at it’s website has switched to myfarmers.bank. At this time, visitors can still access the Farmers Bank & Trust website through the…
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Trans-pacific Partnership Treaty Addresses Cybersquatting, WHOIS
November 5, 2015 @ 10:00 AMCountries would need a UDRP-like system for ccTLDs and online access to an accurate Whois. The text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty has been released, and it has a couple requirements related to the countries’ country code domain names. Article 18.28 addresses domain names (pdf). Each country that is a party to the treaty must…
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GoDaddy May Be The World's Largest Domain Registrar But Not for New gTLD's
November 4, 2015 @ 7:33 PMGodaddy.com, which is the world’s largest domain name registrar (having the most domain names under management) is no longer the number 1 domain name registrar for new gTLD domains. According to ntldstats.com, Godaddy.com has fallen into the 2nd position worldwide when it comes to domain registered with new domain extensions, known as new gTLD’s. A…
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GoDaddy Shares Jump After Hours On Earnings, Guidance
November 4, 2015 @ 2:58 PMWall Street applauds GoDaddy’s Q3 results. Shares in GoDaddy are up sharply after the company reported earnings this afternoon. GoDaddy shares are trading at $30.00 per share in after hours trading, up around 10% from its closing price today. The company reported a 15% jump in revenue year-over-year for the third quarter, while adjusted EBITDA…
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Forget .sucks, .feedback Will Drive Trademark Owners Nuts All Over Again
November 4, 2015 @ 1:22 PMTop Level Spectrum, the new gTLD registry behind .feedback, plans to give domains matching 5,000 of the world’s top brands to a third party that does not own the trademarks. That’s one novel element of a .feedback business model that is guaranteed to drive the intellectual property community crazy in much the same way as…
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.sex is Live
November 4, 2015 @ 9:30 AMICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, .ADULT and .SEX top-level domains (TLDs), announces the launch of its general availability period for .SEX. Domain names in all of ICM Registry’s extensions are now available for public purchase. Retail prices vary by registrar but Godaddy is charging $72 for a .sex domain name. According…
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Pro-.com Analyst "Sponsored" By Verisign. Is This a Big Deal?
November 4, 2015 @ 7:47 AMVerisign has admitted it “sponsors” an analyst who has written more than a dozen articles singing the praises of .com and questioning the value of new gTLDs over the last few years. Zeus Kerravala is the founder and principal analyst at ZK Research. He writes a regular column for Network World called Network Intelligence. Last…
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3 Applicants for New gTLD .radio File for Independent Review Process
November 4, 2015 @ 5:12 AMAccording to a press release out today, BRS Media, has filed, in conjunction with two other applicants, an Independent Review Process in accordance with Article IV, section 3 of the ICANN Bylaws re: The .RADIO gTLD and .RADIO Community Priority Evaluation Results. Although not mentioned in the press release the other two applicants are Afilias…
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