100 Million .Com Domains Registered
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:44:12 -0800

by Adam Strong in Categories: Registries - 3 Comments According to Domain Tools.com, a provider of domain name research and whois information, the number of .com domains under management by the registry has eclipsed 100 million domains .

Activision grabs 'Skylanders Giants' domains
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:10:35 -0800

by Ben Gilbert on Jan 24th 2012 8:00AM The land of Skylanders may be getting giant-sized in the coming months, as a smattering of domain registrations bearing the name "Skylanders Giants" recently popped up. A few of said domains even go as far as to ...

Pool.com Top Deleting Domain List For Friday : 26 Out of 30 Are Facebook.com ...
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:23:00 -0800

The fact is that there people still trying to get a hold of these typo domains . Is there someone here who has a large set of typo domains ? I would love to hear how much money these generate and how many you lose etc. Just an overall view of how the ...

Domain Name Prices Cut in Half by 34SP.com
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:09:59 -0800

Manchester, united kingdom, Jan 10, 2012 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Addressing the state of both the current British and European economic situations, 34SP.com has cut all new domain name prices in half during the month of January 2012.

Facebook registers domains for 'FB Origin'
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:03:50 -0800

By Emil Protalinski | January 19, 2012, 12:54pm PST Summary: Why has Facebook registered domains for 'FB Origin'? Why did the company not register domain names for 'Facebook Origin'? Will Facebook users ever see Origin or is it just for internal use?

Newspapers.com Hits The Sales Block
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:29:25 -0800

by Michael H. Berkens According to a press release today the owners of Newspapers.com has put the domain up for sale and according to a Seller's broker the owners are looking for something close to $1 Million for the domain . Internet Express Inc.

Sedari Working On .Moscow Application
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:01:57 -0800

MOCKBA (in Cyrillic) top-level domain names. The implementation of the new top-level domains will make possible websites with addresses such as WWW.COMPANY.MOSCOW and for museums MUZIe I.MOSKVA. Russia, though cautious in their approach to IDNs in the ...

NCC Group and Ari Registry Services Announce Strategic Alliance for New TLD ...
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:26:50 -0800

27, 2012 /PRNewswire-i Reach/ -- Following the opening of applications for new Top-Level Domains on 12 January, NCC Group (LSE: NCC.L), the world's largest IT assurance/software and data escrow company, and ARI Registry Services, a leading provider of ...

Tucows Joins Afternic DLS
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:02:32 -0800

I read a press release this afternoon, and it should come as good news for Tucows domain registrants who are looking to sell their domain names. The company has been added to Afternic's Domain Listing Service (DLS) Premium Promotion network, ...

ANA on ICANN's Expansion of Top-Level Domains : Reckless and Premature
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:47:02 -0800

As Web Pro News previously reported, the organization made the historical decision last year to expand the number of generic top-level domain (g TLD) names to an unlimited number. What this means is that the 22 domain name endings, including .com, .org, ...

UK buying up .xxx domains to avoid pornography affiliation
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:37:57 -0800

By Arion Wright Pornography websites can now register domain names of .xxx instead of .com, which creates a conflict for university websites. This domain name will differentiate erotic material from other websites, but it can be a problem because a ...

115 Top level domain trademarks and their current status
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:45:43 -0800

Register your domain names with Searchen Networks Inc., Check domain name availability. Search for domain names. Domain Name Wire is the Domain Name Industry's News Source. I've made plenty of commotion about companies filing for trademarks on future ...

QE.com hits reserve and other Moniker auction insights
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:01:23 -0800

Register your domain names with Searchen Networks Inc., Check domain name availability. Search for domain names. Domain Name Wire is the Domain Name Industry's News Source. Three domains have already hit reserve ahead of auction, and CA lists five ...

What are the top domains used for spam?
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:35:37 -0800

By Ed Oswald It's likely that most will expect domains belonging to popular web-based e-mail services are at the top of the list for the mountains of spam we receive everyday. That's not the case: the most common spam domains according to Chelmsford, ...

USPTO to Karsten: not so fast with .PING
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:17:04 -0800

Register your domain names with Searchen Networks Inc., Check domain name availability. Search for domain names. Domain Name Wire is the Domain Name Industry's News Source. Trademark office sends office action to PING Golf brand owner.

ICANN says it has 25 registrants for new top-level domain names
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:50:26 -0800

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, says it has approved 25 successful registrants since it began accepting applications for new generic top-level domain names a week ago. The number of actual applications for domains ...

How to profit from new domain name rules
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:17:53 -0800

By Dirk AD Smith, Network World A new era in Web site naming has begun, providing a golden opportunity for savvy IT professionals to go on the offensive with new domains that can capture additional Web traffic and generate new revenue.

Turkey, GCC tout economic, financial cooperation
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:47:56 -0800

ISTANBUL, Jan 28 (KUNA) -- The Fourth Ministerial meeting for Turkish-GCC Strategic Dialogue concluded here Saturday with a number of decisions to buttress bilateral cooperation in all domains , particularly economy and investment.

.ORG, The Public Interest Registry Welcomes Nancy Gofus As Chief Operating Officer
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:02:09 -0800

ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR) - manager of the world's third largest generic top-level domain - today named Nancy Gofus as chief operating officer. A long-time veteran of the telecommunications industry, Ms. Gofus will oversee the marketing, ...

Logic Boxes Partners with Yovole
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:22:49 -0800

Partnership allows Yovole to leverage on ICANN Accreditation branding and provides access to 45+ domain name extensions from the company. Logic Boxes, a Registrar software and consulting company, yesterday announced that it has partnered with Yovole ...