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The Rise of Cyrillic Domain Names
June 3, 2013 @ 3:09 AMThis week, on a cruise ship navigating Russia’s Neva river, around 250 domain registrars and resellers are gathered for the RU-CENTER annual domain conference. RU-CENTER is the largest Russian registrar in a market that is dominated by three companies. RU-CENTER and competitor Reg.Ru both manage around 28% of domains registered in the country’s national suffix… RU-CENTER is also a figurehead for Russia’s drive to make Internet use more palatable for those who are not natural ASCII writers.
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Famous Four Applicant for New gTLD .rugby Launches .rugby Council
June 3, 2013 @ 2:51 AMDot Rugby Limited, which has submitted its application to ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to operate the .Rugby top-level domain (gTLD), today announced the launch of the .Rugby Governance Council. Worldwide rugby stakeholders are being invited to contribute their perspective on the direction of the .Rugby gTLD, including advice on best practices for the sport’s premier domain…
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Famous Four Applicant for New gTLD .rugby Launches .rugby Council
June 3, 2013 @ 2:51 AMDot Rugby Limited, which has submitted its application to ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to operate the .Rugby top-level domain (gTLD), today announced the launch of the .Rugby Governance Council. Worldwide rugby stakeholders are being invited to contribute their perspective on the direction of the .Rugby gTLD, including advice on best practices for the sport’s premier domain…
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Directi’s t.co? Single-letter .pw sold to Upworthy
June 3, 2013 @ 2:29 AMDirecti has sold u.pw to social media linking service Upworthy for what is likely to be a five-figure sum. Upworthy will use the domain for its custom link-shorteners. It’s the third announced single-character .pw sale to be announced. The first two, w.pw and p.pw were sold to a hosting company for $8,000 each. I expect […]
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IAB: Internet Ad Revenue Hits All Time High of $9.6 Billion in 1st Q
June 3, 2013 @ 1:41 AMAccording to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) 1st quarter 2013 Internet Ad revenue hit an all time record with $9.6 billion in sales representing a 15.6% increase over the $8.3 billion figure reported in the first quarter 2012. “Internet advertising revenue continues to exhibit double-digit growth, even as the business matures,” said Sherrill Mane, Senior Vice President, Research, Analytics & Measurement, IAB. “This is an accomplishment that can be attributed to growing recognition by marketers that digital advertising is a critical part of all marketing in today’s world.”…
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Sedo is removing non-resolving (but registered) domain names from it’s database
June 3, 2013 @ 1:14 AMSedo send me an email with the subject “Removal of domains with inactive DNS entries from Sedo” telling me that it will remove 486 domains from my account within 7 days unless I use active nameservers: “To ensure that you …
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Upworthy.com Buys U.pw As Url Shortener
June 3, 2013 @ 1:06 AMAccording to a post on the company blog, Upworthy.com which bills itself as “social media with a mission” that appeals to the The Daily Show” generation”, has just bought the domain name U.pw to use at a URL shortener…
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Samsung News Site Can Keep Its Domain Name Despite Adsense Ads
June 3, 2013 @ 12:36 AMSite with Google Adsense ads still may qualify for “non-commercial”, UDRP panel rules. The owner of SamsungHub.com can keep his domain name, a WIPO panel has ruled in a UDRP brought by tech giant Samsung. Kunal Gangar began using the domain name in 2006. In 2011 Samsung released an app called SamsungHub, so Gangar registered […]
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German Court Limits Use of Berlin.com & Requires Disclaimers On Site
June 2, 2013 @ 11:36 PMA German Appellate court has ruled that World Media Group LLC (World.com) which owns the domain name Berlin.com has to cease using the domain name in connection with a website providing information on Berlin because such use constitutes an infringement of the rights of the state Berlin in the name under Sec. 12 of the German Civil Code…
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TLDH Raises $10 Million for New TLDs
June 2, 2013 @ 11:23 PMNew TLD applicant issues new shares to raise money, also confirms possibility of participating in private new TLD auctions. Top Level Domain Holdings Limited, parent company of Minds + Machines, has conditionally raised $10 million. The company today conditionally placed 110,375,276 new ordinary shares at 6p per share. The money will be used as additional […]
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