According to a press release issued today, Minds + Machines which is owned by Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), has been chosen by the City of Miami to apply for the .MIAMI top-level domain. "On 7 March 2012, the Commissioners of the City of Miami voted 4-0 to accept the proposal from Minds + Machines and requested Minds + Machines to begin work on the application for .MIAMI … [Read more...]
New York Said To Be Guaranteed $3.6 Million For .NYC TLD
According to an article in the New York Times, the city of New York is on the verge of making a deal with a "Virgina based company" that would apply for and operate the gTLD .NYC. According to the story the city would be guaranteed a to received $3.6 Million over the first 5 years. "The Virgina based company would pay all costs of the application and the operation of the registry." The … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: How Many New gTLD Applications Will Be Submitted?
We are now less than one month from April 12th, the last day an application for a new gTLD can be submitted. We now know that 294 people have paid $5K to put in an App of course each registered user can file 49 apps so the number of actually apps submitted to ICANN is higher but ICANN for some reason refuses to release the number of apps received just the number of registered users. With the … [Read more...]
New Study: Almost Half of Major Consumer Brands Set to Apply for a Dot Brand Top-Level Domain (gTLD)
According to a study commission by Afilias, almost Half of Major Consumer Brands Set to Apply for a dot Brand Top-Level Domains. The USA / UK survey, was conducted by Vanson Bourne, and found that 82% of major brands are aware of the opportunity to apply for a dot Brand TLD, and that of those “aware” 54% of those companies intend to apply for a dot Brand TLD. The survey of 200 … [Read more...]
Adrian Kinderis: Why Google Will Rank New gTLD’s Higher Than .Com’s
In a blog post today Adrian Kinderis of ARI Registry Services makes the argument that new gTLD's will rank higher .com domain names on Google. In full disclosure Mr. Kinderis company ARI is providing backend services for new gTLD's, but that doesn't mean his comments are wrong or his argument is flawed Here are some of his comments from his post: ""Will a new TLD web address … [Read more...]
Beckstrom: 254 Registered Users In TAS For New gTLD’s
In his remarks from the opening ceremony of the ICANN conference, the CEO Rod Beckstrom said that as of last night there are now "254 registered users in the on-line application system." "Each user can submit multiple gtld applications, so when the registration period closes later this month on the 29th of March, in just 17 days, we will know the total number of users, but we will still have … [Read more...]
Perth Based Telco iiNet Going After Its Own gTLD: “”Relatively Cheap Way To Secure A Part Of The Internet”,
A PERTH based Telcom company, iiNet announced plans to apply for the gTLD .iiNet "iiNet's operations manager Roger Yerramsetti is quoted saying: The $200,000 cost for .iiNet was a ''relatively cheap way to secure a part of the internet'' The company apparently has selected ARI Registry Services which according to the article discussing the application, charges $50,000 for the application … [Read more...]