We wrote earlier today about the comment filed by the global law firm of Winston & Strawn LLP to ICANN saying that Radix's applications for new gTLD should be denied by ICANN based on the activity of Directi. I just received this response from Radix, which applied for 31 new gTLD's including .Ping, to the comment posted by the law firm, which represents the Ping golf equipment maker, … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2012
Directi’s Media.net Teams Up With Yahoo To Launch Yahoo! Bing Network Contextual Ads
Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) and Media.net announced today "a long-term agreement to launch Yahoo! Bing Network Contextual Ads, powered by Media.net." "The program aims to provide web publishers with a powerful and effective new solution for earning advertising revenue." "Publishers can now use the Media.net platform to create and customize ad units that display relevant text ads from across the Yahoo! … [Read more...]
Inc.com: Inside The New Domain Gold Rush
Inc.com published an interesting story last night entitled Inside the New Domain-Suffix Gold Rush. The story starts out by saying: "Before 2005, who'd ever heard of an "etsy?" Etsy, Tumblr, and Pinterest are just a few examples of the curious and previously unheard names that have cropped up in recent years. Those names weren't necessarily the entrepreneurs' first choice, but rather, … [Read more...]
Lawyers Attack Directi (Radix) New gTLD Applications: “They Should Be Disqualified”
We told you the other day about a Boston Law Firm filing comments with ICANN asking them to disqualify Donuts and Demand Media application for new gTLD's Today another law firm Winston & Strawn LLP which has offices in North America, Europe and Asia, in a comment written by Paul McGrady, Esq, to ICANN said that Directi should be disqualified as an applicant under the new gTLD … [Read more...]
Sedo Launches “Last Chance Auctions” Starting At “Under $99”
Sedo.com announced today a new auction offering, Sedo’s Last Chance Auctions Sedo’s Last Chance Auctions, "offer domain owners a perfect venue to sell domain names that would otherwise be sitting idle in their portfolios. Domains listed in Sedo’s Last Chance Auctions start under $99, and all names have low reserve prices". Liesbeth Mack-de Boer, Sedo’s Chief Sales Officer. “Our Last Chance … [Read more...]
One of The Best Domains In The World Goes Up For Sale: Music.com
According to a press release out this morning, the domain name Music.com is up for sale exclusively with DomainAdvisors.com Beyond being in what is in my opinion one of the top 10 generic .com domain names, there are 8 applicants for the new gTLD .Music, including Google and Amazon. According to the press release , Music.com gets "approximately One Million visits per month". Here is what … [Read more...]
Search.XXX The First 100% Adult Search Engine Goes Live
ICM announced that its search engine, Search.XXX is now live. According to a Press release sent to us tonight, ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top-level domain name (TLD) for online adult entertainment, "launched a search engine dedicated to making millions of pages of adult content accessible, organized, and more enjoyable". Search.XXX bills itself as "the search engine for … [Read more...]