Entrepreneur and Verisign assembled a ranking that measures the top sites on the web with the .net domain extension. Ranking is based on quantitative factors (traffic and social metrics) and the feedback and votes from …
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.xxx registry sells Tube.xxx and Tubes.xxx for $750,000
ICM Registry, the .xxx registry operator, just announced today the sale of Tube.xxx and Tubes.xxx for $750,000 combined. ICM has been offering a lot of premium .xxx domain names for sale and has made quite …
Read More ».org whois server changes from PIR
I am using Watch My Domains ISP to manage my domain names. This is a great tool for all domainers and I highly recommend it. I was using it checking whois for about 500 of …
Read More »Registered agent service and corporate filing company launches Incorporate.ME
The .ME Registry announced today that Northwest Registered Agent, LLC, a registered agent service and a corporate filing company, has chosen a .ME domain for the launch of a uniquely new way to incorporate your …
Read More »Nominet defends claim by Cartier over 12 domain names – Cartier uses the .uk registry as a test case
Nominet has filed a defense against a high court injunction claim by Cartier International AG. The claim centres around 12 websites which contain content Cartier believes infringe their intellectual property (IP) rights. If successful, the …
Read More »Nominet issues warning over misleading .uk registration offers
Nominet is warning registrars and registrants to be vigilant regarding misleading offers to secure the .uk version of their existing .co.uk domain name. It would be very useful if a list of the known misleading …
Read More »16 more New gTLDs went live: .CLUB, .PHOTO, .GIFT, .RED, .LINK, etc.
ICANN announced that on January 18th, 16 more New gTLDs were delegated for a total of 107 new gTLD strings. The 16 new gTLDs are: .CLUB, .BUILD, .PICS, .PINK, .LUXURY, .PHOTO, .GIFT,.网络 (xn--io0a7i) – Chinese …
Read More »Sedo: “Zournas.guru” – Zournas: “No.thanks!”
Sedo just send me an email with the personalized subject: “Zournas.guru – New Domain Extensions are here” Well, all I could say when I saw the email was: “No.thanks!” Yesterday I posted my New gTLD …
Read More »Cybertonic, owner of Domaining.com, launches a free anonymous email service at Discretion.com
Cybertonic, owner of Domaining.com, launched today an anonymous email service at Discretion.com. Francois Carrillo is the owner of Cybertonic. I had the opportunity to see an early version of the the service a few months …
Read More ».eu dispute resolution fees discount of 50% continues in 2014
The fee for a basic .eu Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedure will be cut by a further 50%, according to the .eu registry EURid and the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC), the institution appointed to rule …
Read More »Domain Name Q&A – January 21st 2014 (broccoli belly rub, dynadot, .net, stockphoto.com and Go Daddy)
I am using the search terms that visitors of my blog are using at Google and other search engines to find my website. Some of the search terms are in the form of a question …
Read More »Domain Registrar NameSilo Now Accepting Bitcoins
NameSilo, one of the fastest growing and most popular domain registrars in the world, jumped on to the Bitcoin bandwagon. It announced that it was offering Bitcoin as a new method of payment on its …
Read More »New gTLD Ranking – Domain name registrations and overall domain investing potential
I created a ranking system for all gTLDs, old and new, so I can place the new gTLDs in this ranking system as they come out. This way I can have a reference as to …
Read More »Trademark Clearinghouse: 23.024 marks submitted from 82 countries
The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) created a dedicated page on which monthly updates on the statistics of the Clearinghouse will be published. So far 23.024 marks have been submitted from 82 countries and 108 jurisdictions. 88,7% …
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