Sedo Holding AG just issued its Annual Report for 2013 and revenues overall were up by 5.5% to €140.0 million (previous year: €132.7 million). But the growth was driven by the Affiliate Marketing segment, "although it performed significantly more weakly than expected". The Domain Marketing segment continued to face the challenges presented by the falling domain parking market accompanied by … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2014
Twitter Files UDRP On Twıtter.com (Its An IDN)
Twitter.com filed a UDRP on the domain name twıtter.com Twıtter.com is an IDN; xn--twtter-4ja12b.com and goes to a page that has a picture of what appears to be someone in the armed forces somewhere by the name of RUHUNUZ ŞÂD OLSUN ÖCÜNÜZ ALINDI There is no advertising or other monetization on the domain nor is there any reference to Twitter. The domain does not appear to be for sale or … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Punts Denying Google’s UDRP On Androidtv.com
Google Inc. (“Complainant”) just lost a UDRP on the domain anem androidtv.com and xbmcandroidtv.com Its a pretty interesting case in which the Panel winds up punting saying the dispute is outside of scope of the UDRP but I think having read all the facts and findings of the panel and the argument of the respondent, this UDRP should not have been dismissed on its merits not as being outside the … [Read more...]
ICANN Acts: .VG; .ZM; Collision Issue, Approves Studies For 2 Round; Get’s Ready For US Exit
ICANN Board passed some resolutions last night on the last day of the ICANN Meeting in Singapore: 1. ICANN re-delegate the .VG country-code top-level domain to the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of the British Virgin Islands. You might remember there was a "dispute within AdamsNames Ltd., the listed technical contact for .VG which is currently responsible for operating the name … [Read more...]
After 1st Day Of Availability .Email Has12K Registrations & Becomes 7th Most Popular New gtTLD
.Email is stilling just short of 12,000 registrations after its first full day of General Availability. According to ntldstats.com .Email zoomed past .Company to become the 7th most registered new gTLD to date. The 2nd most popular new gTLD released this week after the first day of registrations is .Solutions which got just short of 7,000 registrations. There are now over 386,000 new gTLD … [Read more...]
King.com opens to Stock Crush Saga – Dropping 16% on First Day of Trading
King.com the maker of Candy Crush Saga could have titled their first day of trading as Stock Crush Saga. The stock had a very poor performance on its first day of trading. Perhaps people were looking at King and thinking it was going to be another Zynga, wildly popular before the IPO but as soon as it went public it could not make any gains in the public market. Zynga had Farmville and King has … [Read more...]
Who Should Oversee The Web ?
Who Should Oversee The Web ? PBS covered the topic of just who should oversee ICANN and what part government should have in that role. Host Judy Woodruff sat down with Vint Cerf from Google and Randolph May of the Free State Foundation. There is a full transcript on the site if you do not wish to watch the video. Cerf and May discuss their concerns with how the process may turn out, I … [Read more...]