A couple of Dropping domains worth noting. A truly great domain name is on the drop list for tomorrow, Tv.Org The domain was owned by TSL of Panama which seemed to have acquired the domain in 2009. The original registrant of the domain seems to be the late Igal Lichtman who owned the domain back in 2004 then it went under privacy until 2007 where is showed NetrinoUK Limited of London as … [Read more...]
.Org Registrations up 13.6% in 1st Half of 2013 to 10.3 Million
Public Interest Registry – the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain – today released the results of its bi-annual domain name report, "The Dashboard," detailing the international and domestic growth of .ORG from January to July 2013. Specifically, the report revealed that new .ORG registrations increased by 13.6 percent in the first half of 2013. Other findings from "The Dashboard" … [Read more...]
PCadvisor.co.uk Open Poll On Whether People Are Aware / Interested In New gTLD’s
PCadvisor.co.uk, just opened a poll today on what readers think about the new gTLD domain name program. Its one of the first open polls I have seen on the subject in a non-domainer publication. The poll asks: With the launch of new domain names are you: Planning to buy one Already on the pre-registration list Never heard of them Not interested It will be interesting to see … [Read more...]
The NewYorker Mag Covers New gTLDs: “The Great Internet Land Grab” & Calls Mr. Schilling A Squatter
The New Yorker Magazine just did a cover story on the new gTLD program entitled "The Great Internet Land Grab" "Suddenly reorganizing the way we navigate the web with new strings like .guru, .club, or .google might seem frivolous or strange, but entities like ICANN and its stakeholders insist that they will make the Web more intuitive and user-friendly; an address like AdoptA.dog is slightly … [Read more...]
Looks Like A New Parking Company Just Launched & They Are Spamming The Hell Out of Me: AceAds.com
There appears to be a new parking company in town and they are spamming the hell out of me. The emails started coming in a late yesterday and I'm already up to over 30 and counting. As I own around 75,000 domains I could have a really long way to go. The pitch for the parking company named AceAds.com is pretty creative, at least one I have never heard before Basically park your domain … [Read more...]
Internet.org Acquired By Zuckberberg From Domain Investor After He Owned It For Just One Month
Domain name investor Daniel Thralow may have made one of the great flips of all time on the domain name Internet.org which Facebook Founder Mark Zuckberberg announced last night was the name of his project to bring the Internet to the 5 billion people who don't have access. The domain was sold by Andrew Rosener of Media Options Inc in July who just acquired it back in April. The domain was … [Read more...]
Facebook’s Zuckberberg Plans To Connect The World Using Internet.Org; Owned By Andrew Rosener Until July
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg late Tuesday announced on his Facebook page, the formation of a partnership with Samsung Electronics, Nokia, Qualcomm Ericsson, MediaTek and Opera to develop joint projects, share knowledge, and mobilize industry and governments to bring the world online,and to make Internet access available to everyone on Earth. The group is rolling this program out under the … [Read more...]