Google published a post today on how will Google rank new gTLD's. ""With the coming of many new generic top level domains (gTLDs), we'd like to give some insight into how these are handled in Google's search. We’ve heard and seen questions and misconceptions about the way we treat new top level domains (TLDs), like .guru, .how, or any of the .BRAND gTLDs, for example: Q: How will new gTLDs … [Read more...]
Owner of e-renter.com Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on erenter.com
E-Renter USA Ltd. of Bellingham, Washington, represented by Brownlie Evans Wolf & Lee, LLP, was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name erenter.com which is owned by Vertical Axis Inc.and was represented by ESQwire.com The three member UDRP panel of Nicholas Smith, Debra J. Stanek and The Hon Neil Brown Q.C. found that since the domain name registrations are … [Read more...]
.Sucks Tops 6,000 Registrations: Will It Be The Most Profitable New gTLD?
.Sucks has now passed 6,000 registered domain names. According to ntldstats.com .Sucks has 6,153 domain name registered. We know that around 3,400 domain names were registered in Sunrise for up to $2,000 wholesale. That is almost $7 Million dollars if they were all at $2K, which they should be since the Sunrise period was only opened to those in the Trademark Clearinghouse (THCH) … [Read more...]
Want TO Be The Next CEO Of ICANN? Here’s How To Apply
ICANN just published details regarding how to apply to become the next CEO of ICANN. The CEO of ICANN is currently making close to $900K in Salary and Bonus plus gets to travel at least 3 times a year to ICANN meetings which are usually held in some nice locations. The deadline to submit an application is September 20, 2015 Here is the info: Following the announcement by ICANN CEO Fadi … [Read more...]
UDRP’s and Fan Sites: Outcome is a Roll of the Dice
Like with most gambling, Bally Gaming, Inc. just won a few and lost a couple in a UDRP it filed over 8 gambling related domain names winning the rights to: caribbean-stud-poker-online.com crazy4pokeronline.com let-it-ride-online.com mississippi-stud.com texas-holdem-bonus.com ultimate-texas-holdem-online.com And losing the UDRP on: 3‑cardpokeronline.com 4-cardpokeronline.com The … [Read more...]
Las Vegas Sun Covers .Vegas In A Largely Negative Story On “Lagging Numbers”
The LasVegasSun.com just covered the new gTLD .Vegas in what is largely a negative story on the new gTLD which is "lagging" behind other City new gTLD's The Sun quotes Platinum Web Marketing founder Anthony Carlitto who blasted .Vegas: ""Platinum Web Marketing founder Anthony Carlitto, believes the .Vegas domain is a bad bet and doesn’t advise his clients to buy a .Vegas domain. Not only are … [Read more...]
.CO Turns Five: With 1.8M Domains: 120 .CO Startups Raised $460M In Funding in 2015
Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), sent out a press release today in celebration of the fifth birthday of the .CO web extension and there are released some pretty interesting stats: • Over 1.8 Million .CO domains under currently under management • 120 companies using the .Co domain name extension raised $460 million in funding in 2015 (1st half of year) • Over 55% of .CO registrants are from the … [Read more...]