Top Level Domain Holdings (LON:TLDH) said by losing the private auctions for .website and .lawyer, which concluded on Oct. 23, it will add £2.97m ($4.81m) to its cash reserves. The 14 previous new gTLD private auctions held by ApplicantAuction.com, totaled $18.9 in winning bids or around $1.33 million per string. This week ApplicantAuction.com declined to furnish a total amount raised in … [Read more...]
1and1.com New gTLD’s Pre-Reservations Pass 3.5 Million & Top 30 New gTLD List Is Revealed
1and1.com new gTLD pre-registrations just topped the 3.5 million mark and for the first time the domain name registrar is showing the top 30 new gTLD's with the most pre-registrations. 1and1.com had only been showing the top 20 new gTLD based on pre-registration volume. Here is the … [Read more...]
Politico.com Covers .GOP Without Talking About .Republican
Politico.com just covered the .Gop new gTLD which is being run by the Republican State Leadership Committee, a group that focuses on electing Republicans to state-level offices (RSLC) “At the RSLC, we do pride ourselves on trying to look a little further down the road and take a longer view of things,” Chairman Ed Gillespie said in an interview, citing work the committee already does to recruit … [Read more...]
The Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress Returns To New York In March 2014
Momentum events which held its 2nd Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress, just a few weeks ago in London, will again bring together the leaders of the brand and domain community this coming March in New York for two days of advanced learning and real-world launch case studies timed to coincide with the anticipated delegation and launch of the initial wave of new TLDs. The 3rd Digital … [Read more...]
First 4 New gTLD’s (ALL IDN’s) Cleared By ICANN To Go To Delegation
According to an announcement by ICANN, today, the first four domains from ICANN’s New Generic Top-Level Domains Program were cleared to proceed to delegation. These first new gTLDs, or strings, are: شبكة (xn--ngbc5azd) – the Arabic word for “Web” or “Network” Registry : International Domain Registry Pty. Ltd. онлайн (xn--80asehdb) – Russian for “Online” Registry: Core Association сайт … [Read more...]
Guest Post: Newcomer Stymied By ICANN and ICC’s Process
This is a guest post by Christopher R Barron, who is the Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of GOProud. "GOProud is a national organization of gay and straight Americans who seek to promote freedom by supporting free markets, limited government, and a respect for individual rights. We work on the federal … [Read more...]
Google Reports Paid Clicks Up 26%; Cost Per Click Down: Has $56 Billion In The Bank: Shares Up + 7%
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. The market loved the news sending Google shares up over 7% to an all time high in after hours trading of $957 a share, up $68. For the domain name industry the takeaways are that the number of paid clicks are up again. Way up if you measure by the same quarter of 2012 where paid clicks … [Read more...]