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Yahoo! Inc. Sells 2 Letter Domain Name Av.com
August 14, 2015 @ 2:51 AMYahoo! Inc. has sold the premium 2 letter domain name AV.com to Jack Shen from China.
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Larry Page was held back by Google execs from flooding world with new dot-word domains
August 14, 2015 @ 1:02 AMGoogle’s new mom, Alphabet, has sent the domain name world into a frenzy following its decision to set up home at the online address abc.xyz. But behind the decision lies a deeper truth: Larry Page, as Google CEO, wanted his search giant to go big on new dot-word domain names – like .book or .computer – but was stymied by suits who didn’t want to invest the money.
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Another New gTLD for Google: Buys/Registered Premium Domain Abc.global
August 13, 2015 @ 6:48 AMGoogle has bought another new gTLD for its Alphabet brand which is using the domain name abc.xyz Google registered/bought the premium domain name ABC.Global yesterday though its registrar Mark Monitor. .Global has around 4,000 domain names that are priced with premium registration fees through the domain name registrar channel (however many registrars will not be…
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Google Alphabet News Causes CentralNic Shares to Jump 50%
August 13, 2015 @ 4:34 AMShares in .xyz services company are up big this week. Shares in domain name registry company CentralNic have jumped about 50% since Monday afternoon. The company thinks this is due to Google’s selection of the domain name abc.xyz for its new company Alphabet. CentralNic is the backend registry provider for .xyz domain names. Shares on…
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Merlin Kauffman's Soothe.com Startup Picks Up $10.6M in New Funding
August 12, 2015 @ 10:59 AMSoothe, which sends massage therapists to clients’ homes, is smoothing its expansion with $10.6 million in new funding. The startup’s new round was led by The Riverside Company and will be used to hire key employees, improve its platform’s technology, and acquire new users with the goal of turning Soothe into a ”trusted household name,” says founder and CEO Merlin Kauffman.
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New gTLD .lol Has Just 772 Domain Registrations After Its 1st Day: Trump.lol; Obama.lol
August 12, 2015 @ 7:59 AM.LOL launched into general availability yesterday by Uniregistry and wound with just 772 registrations including some 70 domain names registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders. Uniregistry is charging $6.88 for a .LOL registration. Uniregistry beat out Google for rights to operate .LOL in a private auction. There are several domain names registered of…
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.xyz Sees Nearly 20k New Domain Registrations in 2 Days Since Abc.xyz Announcement
August 12, 2015 @ 5:59 AM.xyz registry is smiling all the way to the bank after Google announced Alphabet Inc. and the domain name used, ABC.XYZ with nearly 20,000 newly registered .xyz domain names since the announcement.
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BMW is Reviewing The Possibility of Trademark Infringement As Related Alphabet
August 11, 2015 @ 11:49 AMBMW is apparently not too thrilled about Google deciding to go with the name Alphabet, and they have some concerns according to several news outlets. FleetNews.co.uk wrote: Vehicle leasing company Alphabet is investigating whether Google has infringed its trademark after the tech giant gave its new parent company the same name. Following a restructure, Google has…
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Verisign's Lawsuit Against .xyz Continues, Pesters Donuts & ICANN As Well
August 11, 2015 @ 8:10 AMLawsuit marches on, creating legal headaches for many of Verisign’s competitors. Why did Verisign sue .XYZ for disparaging .com and allegedly falsely inflating the company’s success? It’s pretty clear that Verisign thinks new top level domain names pose a threat to .Com, otherwise it wouldn’t have bothered. This goes beyond .XYZ. The lawsuit is surely…
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Google, Abc.xyz, and The Growing Awareness of New Domain Names
August 11, 2015 @ 6:27 AMAwareness is growing, one domain at a time. When new top level domain names started rolling out over a year ago, basically no one outside of the insular domain name business had heard of them. They started with zero awareness. The good thing about that is there’s only one way to go: Up. New TLD…
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