According to several reports, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Jon Leibowitz said said today that a proposal to allow for an unlimited number of new Internet addresses could be a “disaster” for consumers and businesses. The proposal would allow for almost any new top-level domain name, which is the suffix that comes to the right of the dot, such as .Law or .coke or .NYC. In … [Read more...]
Will End Users Buy New gTLD Domains? New Survey Says Yes
According to new research out today which asked end users if they would have interest in registering generic new gTLD's found there is a lot of interest in end users to register domain names in a new gTLD that matches their vertical such as .shop for stores or .law for lawyers. Commissioned by ARI Registry Services, the new study was led by Dr. David Neal, director of Empirica Research, and … [Read more...]
The Opposition To the New gTLD Program Is Looking Like The FSC Vs .XXX More Everyday
Well the news yesterday that 87 "major national and international business associations and companies have joined forces with the ANA (Association of National Advertisers), forming the Coalition for Responsible Internet Domain Oversight (CRIDO) to oppose the rollout of ICANN's top-level domain expansion program." The announcement got a lot of press, yet the whole thing seems puzzling to … [Read more...]
Afilias To Apply For IDN gTLD’s For Simplified and Traditional Chinese Language Equivalents of .INFO
Afilias Limited, the ICANN-designated registry operator for the .INFO top level domain (TLD) today announced that it will apply for the Simplified and Traditional Chinese language equivalents of .INFO under ICANN’s new gTLD program. ICANN will only accept applications for new gTLDs between January 12, 2012, and April 12, 2012. Since it will likely be several years before anyone can again apply … [Read more...]
CADNA Goes From Opposing New gTLD Program To Demanding A Time Frame For Opening The 2nd Round
The Collation Against Domain Abuse (CADNA) has appearently gone from being a vocal opponent of the new gTLD program to demanding a timeline for opening of the second round. In a press release it sent out today, Josh Bourne President of CADNA in his closing remarks at the "What's at Stake: The Reality of ICANN's New gTLD Program for Brands" conference at the Institute of International … [Read more...]
3,500 New gTLD’s?
According to a story on CircleId.com, entitled "what will be the Magic number for the new gTLD Applications?, the number might be as high as 3,500. I personally have had conversations with repected people in the space that thought there would be 1,500-2,000 applications filed. The significance of the number of application is that is going to bear a direct relationship to when a second round … [Read more...]
National Retail Federation Asks Commerce Dept To Delay New gTLD Plan But Its PR Is Full Of Inaccuracies
Today according to a press release, The National Retail Federation (NRF) asked the Commerce Department to delay implementation of the new gTLD program "The single comment we are hearing most often from retailers is that they wish they had more time," NRF Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mallory Duncan said. "Whether they're for it or against it, everybody agrees that there has been … [Read more...]