According to press release, Radix Registry, operators of the upcoming .host TLD are pleased to announce the launch of pre-registration for .host domain names. .Host is the new TLD created specifically for…
Category: New gTLD’s
Google Withdraws New gTLD Application For Contested Application .Goo
Google has withdrawn its first application since ICANN started releasing Initial Evaluations (IE) dropping its application for .Goo. Google’s application had a prioritization number of 1,814. There is another application for .Goo…
Demand Media Rolls Out Designs.com For New gTLD’s
According to a press release just out, Demand Media(R) (NYSE: DMD), announced the debut of Designs.com, the latest step in the company’s efforts to facilitate the launch of upcoming generic Top Level…
KeySystems’ DomainDiscount24 Releases Top 15 New gTLD Pre-Orders
DomainDiscount24 a registrar owned by KeySystems which is a sister company of SnapNames.com and Moniker has released its top 15 new gTLD pre-orders. The registrar is based in German which probably…
92 New gTLD Apps Pass ICANN: .Capetown; .Lexus; .Toyota; .Macys; .Calvinklein; .Fedex; .DHL; .Sohu
92 new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) on Friday while 4 went to the dreaded extended evaluation. Some of the bigger gTLD names passing this week was the Geo .Capetown…
Fairwinds New Poll Shows Half Of Internet Users Are Willing To Try A New gTLD
According to a public opinion poll of 1,000 Internet users, commissioned in part by Fairwinds Partners, and conducted by InsightsNow! in April, “Internet users are willing to navigate to, use, and trust…
Microsoft & Yahoo Tells ICANN Not To Allow Google’s Dotless .Search App
In its eight part comment to ICANN, Microsoft gave plenty of reasons, actually 7 points, why Google should not be allowed to amend its application to run the .Search registry. Yahoo followed…