The number of new gTLD registrations has topped 6 million according to ntldstats.com Lets break down the numbers by looking at the difference from our last report published on April 10th, when new gTLD domain registrations broke the 5 Million mark (Referred to as the April Report or April numbers) .Science owned by Famous Four Media added 200,000 registrations. .Science was launched and … [Read more...]
When Will The 2nd gTLD Round Open? ICANN Puts Out RFP For Study; Final Report July 2017
There has been much discussion on when ICANN would open up a 2nd round of new gTLD's. We at thedomains.com, already went on record last year predicting 2018 would be the earliest and its looking like we were right. ICANN has put out a Request for Proposal (RFP) to conduct a technical study examining the impact of the New gTLD Program (the Program) on the DNS root system. According to … [Read more...]
Want Milk.com? The Owner Might Sell It For $10 Million
Interesting story today in Vice.com about the o domain name Milk.com which is still owned by the original registrant Dan Bornstein who registered the domain way back in July 1994 when domain names were free. In an interview with Mr. Bornstein he revealed he registered Milk.com just to use as a cool email address, never thought it would be worth a lot millions and he would probably sell it for … [Read more...]
ICANN CEO Fadi Writes On Huffington Post “A Critical Moment for the Future of the Internet”
In a story just published by the HuffingtonPost.com, entitled "A Critical Moment for the Future of the Internet" the CEO of ICANN Fadi Chehadé, who has already announced he will be stepping down next year, makes the case for ICANN leaving US oversight: Here are some highlights "The Internet, the greatest invention of our generation -- several generations in fact -- is in many ways a … [Read more...]
Report: Digital.NYC Chief Named Chief Digital Officer of New York City
Fast Company is reporting that New York City will Name Jessica Singleton as its Chief Digital Officer who is currently the city's digital director. ""Singleton, who was a member of President Barack Obama’s digital team during his 2012 campaign and served as digital director for Mayor de Blasio’s run for office, had been leading NYC Digital as digital director since January 2014, taking the lead … [Read more...]
Inc.com Says Guru & Ninja Are 2 of the 12 Worst Things You Can Call Yourself On Linkedin
An interesting post by Inc.com on the worst things you can call (or refer) yourself on Linkedin and out of the 12 words you can use the authors says that two of the words are also new gTLD's. "There are so many terrible words people use to make themselves sound exciting on LinkedIn." Guru and Ninja both make the list. If these words are bad to refer to yourself on linked in by the same … [Read more...]
.Porn Ends Its 1st Day Of With 10,038 Domain Registrations; .Adult 8,277
According to the ICM Registry as of midnight EST, the first day of general availability (GA) the number of registered .porn domain names totaled 10,038. This number includes all domain name registered in Sunrise by trademark holders which numbered around 4,000 and the number of .porn domain names registered in the matching program for .XXX domain holders which was around 3,500 so basically … [Read more...]