In the domain name space The Olympics have been given the strongest protections including ICANN prohibiting the registration any new gTLD containing the word Olympics in it. However in the rest of cyberspace the Olympics enjoys no such protection. CNN just covered the "Selfie Olympics" that has been trending on Twitter. Not only is the word Olympics being used in a way on Twitter and … [Read more...]
Washington Post’s 2014 In and Out List: .Com’s are Out, .EverythingElse is in
The Washington Post published its 2014 In and Out list for 2014 a few days ago and one entry hit the domain industry right in the heart. On the In and Out list along with over 60 items, people and products; .Com is out and ".EverythingElse" is in. Other tech related in and outs for 2014 include Out In Bitcoin … [Read more...]
Can A Three Letter Domain Really Be Worth $2.8 Million; Maybe ioT.com (Internet of Things) Is
After reading a lot of article in the tech world, 2013 was the year of Big Data, 2014 is looking to be the year of the Internet of Things (iot). The Internet of Things as short and concise as I have seen it described in VentureBeat.com, is: ""A new era of ubiquitous computing is taking root and is a game changer. " "Clearly, the Internet of Things (IoT) is no longer a buzzword but now … [Read more...]
Fallout From New gTLD’s: What If Everyone Loses?
After years of debating the topic of how successful the new gTLD program will be and what the effect of new gTLD's will have on the value of existing extensions including .com. Mostly every post has wound up with people arguing whether .com's will win or the new gTLD's will win. Other including myself has voiced the opinion that many new gTLD's can become quite profitable without any hugely … [Read more...]
SeekingAlpha: “New gTLD’s Pose No Threat To Verisign”
Stock site SeekingAlpha.com just published a blog post entitled New gTLD's Pose No Threat To Verisign. Verisign (VRSN) is the registry for the .com and .net registry The author of the post is stock analyst Zeus Kerravala, is the founder and principal analyst with ZK Research. Prior to ZK Research, Zeus Kerravala spent 10 years as an analyst at Yankee Group. Here is part of his post which … [Read more...]
Before Launching Its New Home For Tech, Wall Street Journal Quietly Acquires WSJD.com
We often call out companies for a acquiring bang on domain name before launching a new product or service, so we have to give some Kudos to Dow Jones & Company, Inc. the publishers of the Wall Street Journal for buying the domain name WSJD.com before launching WSJD on January 1, which it described as follows: "Happy New Year! Today we are launching a new home for the Journal's technology … [Read more...]
Aio Quitely Acquires AIO.com But Bucks The Trend & Uses The Longer AioWireless.com
Aio Wireless, a prepaid cell phone company headquartered in Washington DC, has been running television commercial in heavy rotation on several cable channels including CNN. The company's domain name is AioWireless.com which they registered 6 years ago back in 2007. The company quietly acquired the domain name Aio.com around May of 2013. The domain was owned by a a large China … [Read more...]