Domain Name News

Part 1 Let’s say a New gTLD domain name (Domainname.Newgtld) is registered, developed and becomes pretty popular. Which .com domain name(s) get to benefit from the traffic leakage? It helps if you have a certain …

Owning a .Vegas digital address will soon be a reality for anyone in the world with the recent finalization of the contract between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and Dot Vegas, …

The domain namess ibm.ventures and ibm.guru were suspended yesterday after the URS complaint by IBM. That is just 6 days after the URS complaint by IBM at the National Arbitration Forum on the 6th of …

ICANN announced that on February 11th, 10 more New gTLDs were delegated for a total of 144 new gTLD strings. The 10 new gTLDs are: .CARDS, .FOUNDATION, .REVIEWS, .FUTBOL, .VISION, .CONDOS, .VILLAS, .PARTS, .PRODUCTIONS, .MAISON. …

Experts will throw light on generic top level domains (GTLDs) – which represent the biggest revolution since the inception of the Internet – at a one-day seminar titled ‘Dot Dubai & Expo 2020’ (www.azna.com) to …

Donuts entered general availability for the following 7 New gTLDs today: .construction, .contractors, .directory, .kitchen, .land, .technology and .today. You can register a (.construction, .contractors, .directory, .kitchen, .land, .technology and .today) domain name using the …

IBM filed a URS complaint at the National Arbitration Forum on the 6th of February for 2 domain names: ibm.ventures ibm.guru This was the first URS complaint filled for any New gTLD domain name. Through …

ICM Registry, the .xxx registry, has revised prices on 238 .xxx domain names at its reserved/premium domain name list. Most of the domains (229) got a large increase in price and only 8 domains were …

Guru.com, a freelance marketplace, is the big winner from the first New gTLDs roll out in the past couple of weeks that included the .guru New gTLD. Up until now .guru is by far the …

European Commission Commission to pursue role as honest broker in future global negotiations on Internet Governance The European Commission has published its waited for Communication on Internet Governance. In the wake of large-scale Internet surveillance …

Sedo, the world’s largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, and .CLUB Domains have partnered to offer a Winter Sports Auction of never before released .CLUB domain names. Taking place February 19-26, this auction will include …

I am having an argument with Go Daddy about this so called blog DigiInno (.com) that steals all the posts from domaining.com. I know that this domain is not hosted with Go Daddy but they …

The first ever UDRP complaint for a New gTLD domain name was filed today, February 11th, at WIPO. The UDRP complaint with WIPO Case Number D2014-0206 was filed by Canyon Bicycles GmbH, a German bicycle …

ICANN opened a comment period today, 11 February 2014, and until 11 March 2014 to solicit community input regarding a proposed review mechanism to address perceived inconsistent Expert Determinations in the String Confusion Objection process …