Seems like everyone is talking about domain names this week, the New York Times ran a story on Google and their new Alphabet brand. The story highlights concerns of other small businesses using Alphabet as a brand. They wonder how this will affect them, whether there would be legal action one contributor wondered aloud, "Who is going to sue Google ?" Of course there is a big company with an … [Read more...]
Has .XYZ Forever Changed the Name Game ?
Lexi Pandell of Wired wrote a very interesting headline for a story on Google using ABC.xyz, "Thanks to Google’s Alphabet, .Xyz Will End .Com Dominance" Lexi mentioned that she interviewed Daniel Negari earlier in the year and he gave his vision on .XYZ. “We end the alphabet in ‘xyz’ and we should end domain names the same way.” It turns out someone agrees with him. Yesterday, Google’s new … [Read more...]
BMW is Reviewing The Possibility of TM Infringement as related Alphabet
BMW is apparently not too thrilled about Google deciding to go with the name Alphabet, and they have some concerns according to several news outlets. FleetNews.co.uk wrote: Vehicle leasing company Alphabet is investigating whether Google has infringed its trademark after the tech giant gave its new parent company the same name. Following a restructure, Google has created a new parent … [Read more...]
Did Google Buy Alphabet.Xyz for $3,800
GTLD.link is a forum that focuses solely on new gtlds. Last night at 8:28 a member posted he owned Alphabet.xyz and sold it. Sold too cheap :( Yesterday, 08:28 PM So, I received a $2,500 Sedo offer last week for alphabet.xyz. I didn't think much of the domain, so I countered with $3,800, and the buyer accepted.And then, this today: … [Read more...]
Google’s Alphabet Fires Up .Com/.Net Registrations Too Including Some of Google’s
As we noted earlier today over 6,000 .XYZ new gTLD domain names were registered yesterday, after Google Inc. announced it's holding company Alphabet Inc., using the domain name ABC.XYZ. It is interesting though, as Mike pointed out that of the 6,000 newly registered .xyz domains registered yesterday hundreds of them related to ABC, Alphabet and XYZ. I wanted to compare that to .com / .net … [Read more...]
Meet Google New Parent’s Company Alphabet Whose Domain Name is ABC.XYZ
Google announced today on its company's blog, its forming a new parent company to see all of its businesses calling it Alphabet. The domain name of the holding company is not going to be Alphabet.com but the new gTLD abc.xyz. "What is Alphabet? Alphabet is mostly a collection of companies. The largest of which, of course, is Google" "Alphabet Inc. will replace Google Inc. as the … [Read more...]
Google Making Changes To Google +
In a blog post today Google announced some changes upcoming to Google + and how users can use just a Google account to create accounts and share info. There have been complaints over the last couple of years that you needed a Google + profile to act as your identity. Your Google + profile for example if public, is searchable. Not everyone likes that aspect of Google + and now it looks like just a … [Read more...]