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Neustar Leading The New gTLD Back
March 25, 2013 @ 2:45 AMNew gTLD applications backed by registry service provider Neustar scored the highest results in the first batch of Initial Evaluation results. All 27 of the applications that have had their IE results revealed by ICANN so far have easily passed the 22 out of 30 points threshold required for a passing score on the technical […]
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ICANN approves .shabaka top-level domain name
March 25, 2013 @ 1:18 AMArabic businesses and internet users are set for a paradigm shift in their online behaviour as Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the global regulator of web addresses, has officially approved شبكة. (.shabaka in Arabic – translates to .web in English).
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With 3 Days to Go, Ts.org Leads 1-2 character .org auction at $2,475
March 25, 2013 @ 12:57 AMGo Daddy’s auction of one and two character .org domain names ends on Thursday, and plenty of the lower priced domains are seeing action. As of the time of posting, TS.org has the highest bid at $2,475 with 5 bidders and 16 bids. Other two character domains, including b3.org, e3.org and c2.org, have also attracted […]
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Directi Sells 4,000 .pw Domains in First Half Hour
March 25, 2013 @ 12:26 AMPW Registry, the Direci unit looking after the .pw registry, said it received orders for 4,000 domain names in its first 30 minutes of general availability today. Disappointing? It’s certainly not up to the standard of, say, .co, which was well into six figures in the same period when it launched a few years ago. […]
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Chehade to Play Hard
March 24, 2013 @ 11:56 PMICANN CEO Fadi Chehade has reportedly indicated that the unilateral right to amend powers ICANN wants to put in its registry and registrar contracts are non-negotiable. Speaking at a meeting of the Association of National Advertisers last week, Chehade is reported to have said: “I’m not going to back off this one.” He is understood […]
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Pinterest Files Its First UDRP
March 24, 2013 @ 11:35 PMCompany targets Pinterest.info, and I bet it will be filing a lot more domain disputes soon. Image-based social networking service Pinterest has filed its first domain name dispute under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The case was filed against the domain Pinterest.info, which was registered in May 2011 by someone in Los […]
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Five Interesting Nuggets From The First Batch of gTLD Evaluations
March 24, 2013 @ 4:43 PMICANN gave many in the industry cause for celebration on Friday when it released its first batch of 27 new gTLD applications that have passed Initial Evaluation. The plan is to release 30 per week, ramping up to 100 at some point in future, but three applications in the first 30 still have change requests […]
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First Signs of Google’s New Domain Parking Client Identification Program…
March 22, 2013 @ 6:11 AMInternet Traffic asks customers to identify themselves as part of new Google initiative. One of the topics discussed extensively in the hallways at Webfest this year was changes Google is making to its parking program. Although I don’t have all of the details, the bottom line is that Google is making an effort to better […]
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ICANN Clears 27 New Domain Name Suffixes in Non-english Languages (WaPo)
March 22, 2013 @ 5:54 AMThe agency in charge of Internet addresses says it’s given preliminary approval for 27 new suffixes — all in Chinese, Arabic and other languages besides English. They are the first approved out of nearly 2,000 bids submitted last year. The Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers previously said it was reviewing the non-English bids first. ICANN expects additional approvals in the coming weeks.
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27 New Tlds Have Passed Their Initial Evaluation
March 22, 2013 @ 3:45 AMFirst batch of new TLDs have passed initial evaluation. Today was a big milestone in the new top level domain name process. ICANN’s new top level domain application status page is now showing the first top level domain names to pass Initial Evaluation. As of the time of writing, 27 domains have passed initial evaluation. […]
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