The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA), issued a press release today of its "recommendations" for ICANN, the US Congress and the NTIA for the new gTLD program, and its a pretty long wish list. Here it is in full: """"For ICANN: The ICANN Board should determine and announce when the next round of new gTLD applications will occur. A major source of anxiety that businesses feel around … [Read more...]
WebSiteMagazine.com Thinks The New gTLD Program Started Last Year, As its Places It on its List of Biggest Web Blunders
WebSiteMagazine.com apparently thinks the new gTLD program launched in 2011, as it put it on its list of the "Biggest Web Blunders of 2011. Website writes: ""Vanity Domains" "The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) used 2011 to try to push customized and expensive top-level domains (i.e. Volkswagen buying .vw or Wells Fargo buying .bank). " "This wasn’t a wildly popular … [Read more...]
Sedari Launches “Guess the Numbers Game” For New gTLD Program
Sedari.com a consulting company in the new gTLD space launched today a "Guess the Numbers Games" contest, where you can place you guess on the number of new gTLD applications that will be received by ICANN, during the Application period which opens on January 12th for 3 months. “Enough of the old year, enough of the old Internet, let's have some new year fun” says Sedari’s chief marketing … [Read more...]
Despite Push Backs, ICANN Announces Just 13 More Days Until Applications Are Open For New gTLD’s
Despite last-minute push backs from the FTC and Senator Rockerfeller it looks like ICANN is pushing ahead with the opening of the application period for new gTLD's on January 12th. ICANN announced on its Facebook page today: "In just 13 days, the application window for new generic top-level domains opens! " "Check out the new gTLDs tab on our Facebook page for more details on the … [Read more...]
New York Times Urges ICANN To Roll Out The New gTLD Program Slowly As A Pilot Program
In an editorial published today by the New York Times, it urges ICANN to follow the suggestion of the FTC and roll out the new gTLD plan slowly. ""a plethora of new suffixes is just as likely to cause confusion for consumers and enable malefactors to use the new arenas for deception. Icann expects 500 to 1,000 applications in next year’s 90-day application window. Before it approves any of … [Read more...]
ICANN New gTLD Operators Need To Deposit $18k-$300K To Meet Three Year Reserve Requirement
As part of the new gTLD program, all new gTLD applicants are required to provide for three years of operating expenses, in the way of a cash deposit with a bank that meets ICANN qualifications which is also set out below. ICANN however has not put the pencil to this requirement and the Guidebook does not contain actual numbers or the amount of cash the applicants need to budget for. This … [Read more...]
The Washington Post Says After 6 Years ICANN Is Still Moving Too Fast On New gTLD’s
In an editorial published by The Washington Post entitled "What's The .Rush", the Post says that ICANN is moving too fast on the new gTLD program despite acknowledged that the program has been under consideration for 6 years. The Post's editorial concludes; "Although the plan has been six years in the making, it is not ready for prime time" Here is the full editorial: """For two … [Read more...]