A consumer group, citing concerns about the creation of a new, private Internet, has asked a senior U.S. senator to help block Google and Amazon.com from buying dozens of generic top-level domains (gTLDs) from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The top 10 proposed new top-level domains so far Consumer Watchdog, a [...]
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Group asks senator to oppose Google, Amazon gTLD purchases
Saturday, October 6th, 20124 steps to prepare for the new gTLD expansion
Monday, July 2nd, 2012The internet is about to expand on a massive scale in 2013, and we can see the possible contours of that expansion with the recent release of the list of more than 1,900 applications for new generic top-level domains. When you consider that, currently, there are only 22 top-level domains — the portion of a [...]
Amazon.com’s domain power play: We want to control them all
Sunday, June 24th, 2012If Amazon.com gets its way — and that’s still a big “if” — it will soon control 76 new domain extensions on the Internet. Most observers had expected the company to apply for .amazon and .kindle, but it seems that was just for starters: Amazon’s ambitions also include a host of generic terms, including the [...]
The Top 10 Proposed New Top-Level Domains So Far
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012The Internet is about to undergo a radical change that will soon fill it with LOLs, YouTubes, and, of course, lots and lots of porn. No I’m not describing the Web as you know it, but a stream of new generic top-level domains that promise new Website names such as “drama.Youtube” or “funny.LOL” instead of [...]
.blog, .lol, .foo: Google, Amazon top list of global TLD applications
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012The great Internet name rush has begun. By this time next year, more than a thousand new top-level domains—such as .blog, .cloud, .lol, and .foo—could be added to the Internet’s name space. And companies and individuals could be rushing to snap up domain names to either extend their Web presence or—in the case of domain [...]
Who is Charleston Road Registry? The Leading gTLD Applicant
Saturday, June 16th, 2012From the ‘Google’s New Company’ files: If you look at the list of new gTLD applicants, the name Charleston Road Registry is very prominent. The new gTLD nameswere revealed this week, and there are over 1,900 applications in total. The Charleston Road Registry applied for 101 new top level domains including .web, .tech, .search, .cloud [...]
Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains
Thursday, June 14th, 2012The hottest domain start-up around, Donuts Inc, spent over $56 million in application fees alone with ICANN to try and secure 307 new gTLD’s. Donuts (a play on Domain Nuts) has applied for more gTLD’s than Google, Amazon and Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry Corp combined. Donuts Inc is backed by a whole lot of capital, which [...]
New gTLDs: A sneak peek before the ICANN gTLD Big Reveal Day
Monday, June 11th, 2012ICANN’s big reveal day is almost here. On Wednesday, we will find out exactly which companies applied for what new gTLD’s. If you haven’t been “keeping score”, here is a roundup of what we know in regards to who is applying for how many new extensions, which ones exactly, and more. FairWinds Partners has applied [...]
How Many of the New gTLDs Will Fail?
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012I was just asked the question: How many of the new Top-Level Domains (TLDs) will fail? This poor listener might have hoped for one sentence as response, but that subject is too interesting to be brief. In this scenario you can’t look to historical data to measure or predict the success rate of the new [...]
CloudNames Announces Application For gTLDs: .Cloud and .Global.
Friday, June 1st, 2012CloudNames.com just announced it has applied for two new gTLDs, .cloud and .global. “In applying for these two unrestricted gTLDs we want to give businesses and individuals the chance to secure new and highly relevant domains. We believe that .cloud and .global will be valuable additions to the new top level domains structure,” says Rolf [...]
2000 dot-word bids rocket ICANN onto $350m cash pile
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012The upcoming expansion of the internet’s domain name system could see more than 2,000 new top-level domains come into existence, according to policy overseer ICANN. The organisation revealed at the weekend that it has received 2,091 applications for its controversial new gTLD programme, and could see up to 214 more before it shuts the door [...]
105 Top Level Domain applicants had info exposed
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012105 Top Level Domain applicants had info exposed By William Jackson May 03, 2012 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has begun notifying 105 applicants for new generic Top Level Domains that some of their information was exposed through a glitch in the online application system. The system was taken offline April 12, [...]
Minds + Machines Will Host New dot Rugby gTLD
Thursday, April 26th, 2012Minds + Machines was chosen by the International Rugby Board (IRB) to be the registry services provider for the new dot Rugby gTLD. TLDH, our parent company, will work with ROAR Domains to help with the administration of the gTLD, while Minds + Machines will provide backend registry services on its Espresso platform. The IRB [...]
A new, more customer-friendly type of web address is coming – what it will cost
Sunday, April 22nd, 2012The word “dotcom” has always been synonymous with the internet and domain names. But, despite being the most popular, the .com domain has for a long time been only one of many top level domains, and a new programme from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will see the number of available [...]
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Melbourne IT Urges Brands to Swiftly Evaluate New Internet Domain Application …
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–With fewer than four weeks of ICANN’s official public-comment period for the 1,930 new Top Level Domain applications remaining, online brand specialist Melbourne IT Digital Brand Services (DBS) today urged brands to prioritize the assessment of potential risks and promptly respond before the comment window closes on August 12th. “It is not [...]