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Confused By New gTLDs? Allow This Nominet Infographic to Make Your Brain Explode
August 23, 2016 @ 2:20 AMThere are over 1,000 new gTLDs out there right now, and figuring out what’s going on in the marketplace can be difficult. So what better way to reduce confusion than to plot the 250 most populous TLDs into an infographic that vaguely resembles the iconic London Underground route map? There must be thousands of better…
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Registries Rebel Against ICANN's WHOIS Upgrade Decree
August 23, 2016 @ 1:46 AMRegistry operators are challenging an ICANN decision to force them to launch a new Whois-style service, saying it will cost them too much money. The Registries Stakeholder Group has filed a Request for Reconsideration — a low-level appeal — of a decision asking them to launch RDAP services to complement their existing Whois. RDAP, Registration…
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Namescon Confirms Three More Shows After Being Acquired
August 19, 2016 @ 9:21 AMNamesCon says it has booked the venue for three more years of domain name conferences, following its acquisition this week. The conference organizers said today that it has been acquired by 13-year-old German events outfit WorldHostingDays, which usually focuses on the hosting market, for an undisclosed sum. NamesCon said in a press release that all…
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Afilias Set to Get .hotel Despite Hacking Claims
August 19, 2016 @ 1:42 AMAfilias is back on the path to becoming the registry for .hotel, after ICANN decided claims of hacking by a former employee of the applicant did not warrant a rejection. The ICANN board of directors decided last week that HOTEL Top-Level Domain Sarl, which was recently taken over by Afilias, did not gain any benefit…
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"Dave" Becomes First .blog Blogger
August 19, 2016 @ 12:38 AMBlogging pioneer Dave Winer has become the first person to start blogging at a .blog domain name. His new site, dave.blog, went live yesterday as a beneficiary of registry Knock Knock Whois There’s pioneer program. The site is one of two pioneer .blog domains — the other being design.blog — highlighted by KKWT yesterday in…
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Franklin Covey's The Leader in Me On The Defensive (With Domain Names)
August 17, 2016 @ 5:53 AMDomains related to criticisms of school program are registered. I bet that if you look at any corporation’s domain name portfolio, you’ll find that 95%-99% of the domain names it owns are for defensive purposes. Yesterday, someone registered at least 66 domain names related to Franklin Covey’s The Leader In Me Program for schools…
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Escrow.com Expands With Acquisition of Escrow Angel - Company Also Wins a Stevie International Business Award
August 16, 2016 @ 11:50 PMEscrow.com just got bigger. The company, that has handled over $3 billion worth of transactions (a big chunk of that coming from domain sales), announced today that they have acquired Australian online escrow service Escrow Angel and that company’s automotive brand, Protecti.
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Ename is Now a Public Company
August 16, 2016 @ 10:45 AMChinese domain name company goes public. Four months ago I wrote that Chinese domain name company eName was going public. As of yesterday, the company is now publicly traded. China consultancy Allegravita has translated eName’s press release about going public. You can read the translation in full here (pdf). Some highlights include: – at year-end…
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Registrar CEO Faces Terrorism Charges
August 16, 2016 @ 6:56 AMThe CEO of Turkey’s largest registrar is facing terrorism charges in the wake of last month’s coup attempt in the country, according to reports. Abdullah Büyük of Istanbul-based FBS was deported from Bulgaria last Wednesday, according to local reports, having overstayed his visa. Büyük went to Bulgaria last year and Turkey had unsuccessfully tried to…
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Web.com Paid $1.3 Million for About 100 Enom Registrars
August 16, 2016 @ 5:41 AMDeal was part of partnership to chase expired domain names. In April, NameJet and SnapNames announced a partnership to combine forces to go after pending delete domain names. NameJet is a 50/50 partnership between Rightside and Web.com, while SnapNames is 100% owned by Web.com. As part of the partnership, Rightside sold its dropcatching registrar accreditations…
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