Alex Kehr wrote an article on his personal blog, titled "Why .COM will probably get Netflixed by New TLDs" The article is about the relationship of .com and new gtlds being analogous to Blockbuster and NetFlix. I think he is misguided in his interpretation. The other thing missing from the article is that Alex works for Name.com who is owned by Rightside. It helps the reader know where you are … [Read more...]
ICANN Really .Sucks By Saying They Don’t Regulate Content: Anyone Remember .XXX?
After collecting over 1/3 of a billion dollars in application fees, ICANN attempted to pass off the whole .Sucks issue to law enforcement this week, asking them for an opinion, which is very unlikely to come, of whether the .sucks roll-out violates US or Canadian federal law. ICANN is quoted as saying it was “concerned about the contentions of illicit actions” by Vox Populi but that it lacks … [Read more...]
New gTLD’s Registrations Top 5 Million; .Science & .Link Break 100K: We Break Down the Numbers
The number of new gTLD domain name registrations have topped 5 Million for the first time, according to ntldstats.com Here are the top 30 most registered new gTLDs: Domain Total Reg % of all Reg .xyz 867,598 17.33% .网址 … [Read more...]
SnapNames Is Holding Auction of 36 Registry Owned .Yoga Domain Names
SnapNames.com is holding an auction of 36 .Yoga domain names. About 1/2 the domain names have a reserve range price of $1k or less. Many are at no reserve and only one domain has a high range reserve of $2,500 All of the 36 .Yoga domain names are owned by the registry, Minds + Machines (LSE: MMX). The auction closes on May 4th at 3:15pm EST in accordance with Snapnames.com normal … [Read more...]
Namejet.com Holding No Reserve Auction Of Over 250 Short .BUZZ Domain Names
Namejet.com is holding no reserve auction of over 250.short Buzz domains. All of the domains are short, most are 4 letters (5 letters is the longest) as well as some 3 letter words. The domain have to be back-ordered by dates starting as soon as April 16th but they are staggered, with the last one's needing to be back-ordered by May 3rd. Here is the list of domain names, which all … [Read more...]
.Wedding Winds Up With 1,254 Domain Registrations After It’s First Day Of General Availability
Minds + Machines launched .Wedding into general availability yesterday where domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including domain names registered by trademark holders in the Sunrise period, .Wedding ended its first day of GA with 1,254 registrations according to ntldstats.com 1and1.com and Godaddy.com were the top two domain name registrars where .Wedding … [Read more...]
Study of 10K People: 49% of Consumers Are Uncomfortable With Vising A Site Using A New gTLD
Global information assurance firm, NCC Group released the results of The New Internet Study, today of 10,000 people. NCC Group questioned 10,000 consumers across the US and UK regarding their attitudes to these new gTLDs. 49% of respondents said they felt uncomfortable visiting a web site using a new gTLD domain. 42% of web users reported feeling less secure online since their … [Read more...]