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…
Category: New gTLD’s
FTC Chairman Comes Out Swinging Against ICANN’s New gTLD Plan
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…