.Green gets edge on .eco in new TLD priority draw

December 18, 2012 by

.Green draws are better overall, but that doesn’t mean it will come to market first. When ICANN planned “digital archery” to determine the order in which it would review top level domain applications, there was a benefit to applying for a domain other people were applying for: all applications would be moved up in the queue to the top spot in the contention set. You could say the opposite for the prioritization draw that happened yesterday

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Oakley finds that UDRP is not a surefire way to take down a counterfeit web site

August 23, 2012 by

If a domain name says the goods are fake, that’s not confusingly similar. On the face of it, it might seem appealing for a trademark owner to use UDRP to take down a web site selling counterfeit goods

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20 end user domain sales from the past week

July 26, 2012 by

Fox Broadcasting Company among end user buyers this past week. Here’s Domain Name Wire’s weekly wrap of end user domain name purchases from Afternic and Sedo.

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Early .Green backer fights three other applicants for domain name

June 20, 2012 by

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

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New TLD Battle: .Eco vs. .Green

June 1, 2012 by

TLDH hedges its bets with .green bid. On May 7 I tweeted: The answer is “yes”.

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Group Wants to Commercialize .NA But Is Getting Ahead of Itself

September 26, 2011 by

Premature press release discusses re-launch of .na. Could the African country of Namibia be the next to capitalize on a commercialized TLD, a la .tv or .co? A consortium within the country would like to, but it may be getting ahead of itself.

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Tucows Handicaps the Chances of New TLDs Kicking Off In Singapore

May 12, 2011 by

Will the new TLD application process finally get approved next month? For a while it looked assured that the new top level domain name applicant guidebook would get the green light at ICANN’s meeting in Singapore this June. But then Lawrence Strickling, head of the NTIA, said he didn’t think this was possible unless ICANN got on board with government demands. So what does Tucows CEO Elliot Noss think the chances are

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Job Boards Launch Another Attack on .Jobs Registry

May 12, 2011 by

Monster, CareerBuilder, and others write open letter to ICANN. The .Jobs Charter Compliance Coalition, whose membership consists of online job boards, has sent an “open letter” to ICANN regarding Employ Media’s request for arbitration over .jobs.

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22 Pre-Release Domains to Backorder Now

April 20, 2011 by

Some domain names to add to your backorder list. It’s been a while since I’ve published a list of dropping domain names I think are worth backordering.

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Are Niche Domain Stores The Wave of the Future?

August 10, 2010 by

New topical online domain stores try a different tact to sell domain names. Most online domain name marketplaces are generic in nature, letting customers search or navigate to the category of their choosing. Does it make sense to have online marketplaces specific to a particular category, too?

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Sex.com Auction Finally Goes Ahead

May 23, 2010 by

The on-again/off-again sale of the sex.com domain name has been given the green light with creditors reaching an agreement to put one of the most valuable domain names up for sale.

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Sex.com Auction Finally Goes Ahead

May 23, 2010 by

The on-again/off-again sale of the sex.com domain name has been given the green light with creditors reaching an agreement to put one of the most valuable domain names up for sale.

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20 Great Expiring Domain Names To Backorder Now

May 13, 2010 by

Take a look at these 20 pre-release domain names. I don’t usually share expired domain name tips on Domain Name Wire

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ICANN Delays .XXX (Again)

March 12, 2010 by

.XXX decision pushed until next ICANN meeting. Should we really be so surprised? ICANN’s board has decided not to act on the independent review of its decision to deny ICM Registry the .xxx top level domain name. Until further comment. Insert joke about delayed sexual gratification here.

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Google Makes it Easier to Tell Where Results Originate From (WebProNews)

December 2, 2009 by

Google has begun including geographical region information on some search results. The information is used when supplied by webmasters, and appears in the green address line on the results that include it. “Country-code top-level domains (or ccTLDs) can provide people with a quick and valuable clue about the location of a website—for example, “.fr” for France or “.co.jp” for Japan,” explains …

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Green Day Wants AmericanIdiot.com Domain Name

November 24, 2009 by

Green Day show heads to Broadway; rock group wants domain name. Alternative rock band Green Day has filed for arbitration to get the AmericanIdiot.com domain name

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