Domain Name News

Sorry, But This Round of New TLDs Isn’t Revolutionary

Rules of engagement make this round of new TLDs less than satisfactory. Last week ICANN released the names of the 1,400 some odd top level domains that might be headed to the web in the next year or two. Despite every cliche ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom made about how the web will be changed forever…

Codecademy Beats Code Academy in Domain Dispute

They may know how to code, but they could work on domain name strategy. Here’s an interesting domain name dispute involving hot startup Codecademy. Codecademy, true to its name, helps people learn how to program. The company made quite a splash earlier this year when it got hundreds of thousands of people to “pledge” to…

Afternic Inks Deal With China’s Largest Domain Registrar

Afternic offers domain names through HiChina. Afternic announced a deal today with HiChina, China’s largest domain name registrar. HiChina is the company’s fourth partner in China for AfternicDLS. This means that customers searching for domain names at HiChina will also be able to purchase domain names from the Afternic platform. Sales occur in real time…

Donuts Applies for Way More Than a Dozen Domain Names

Of the 1,930 new domain names submitted to ICANN recently, who had the most applications?

Afternic Announces Partnership With Hichina, The Largest Registrar ...

Afternic, the world’s leading marketplace for premium domain names, announced today that it has partnered with China’s largest registrar, HiChina. HiChina will join the Afternic DLS Reseller Network, listing Afternic’s premium domains for sale on its website, <a href="http://www.net.cn" rel="nofollow">http://www.net.cn</a> . This will add millions of high-quality premium domains to the <a href="http://www.net.cn" rel="nofollow">http://www.net.cn</a> domain offering.

Go Daddy launches operations in India

Go Daddy, the world’s largest provider of web hosting services, domain name registrations and new secure socket layer certificates today, launched operations in India. The company has appointed Rajiv Sodhi as managing director, Go Daddy India.

Information.com For Sale Exclusively with DomainAdvisors

DomainAdvisors, a leading broker of ultra premium domain names, announced today that Information.com has been listed exclusively for sale with their firm. Highly marketable and easy to remember, Information.com offers a unique branding opportunity for a new or established company to capitalize on a universally recognized word included in over 68 million Google searches each month. “A domain name like Information.com offers limitless subdomain possibilities and has a strong and memorable branding association,” said Tessa Holcomb, CEO of DomainAdvisors.

Read more: <a href="http://www.timesunion.com/business/press-releases/article/Information-com-For-Sale-Exclusively-with-3648283.php#ixzz1yNEZdBkw" rel="nofollow">http://www.timesunion.com/business/press-releases/article/Information-com-For-Sale-Exclusively-with-3648283.php#ixzz1yNEZdBkw</a>

A Thousand New Domain Names? Isn't That a Bit .dotty?

The .ketchup domain would seem to have few uses, as would .eurovision. And .earth might need interplanetary colonisation, writes
KARLIN LILLINGTON

Early .green Backer Fights Three Other Applicants for Domain Name

The green domain space gets crowded. Competition to run the top level domain .green is heating up (and heating up is not a word revered by the green community). Four companies have submitted applications to ICANN to run the domain name: DotGreen Community, Inc., Demand Media, Top Level Domain Holdings, and Afilias. DotGreen Community was…

Microsoft Gets Dotbing.com, But What About Other Dot Domains?

Company gets control of dotBing.com domain name, but doesn’t have dot domains related to most other TLD bids. This week Microsoft took control of dotBing.com, a domain that was registered back in 2009. Its interest in the domain is clearly related to the company’s bid for a .bing top level domain name. The company applied…