Of the over new gTLD 1,900 applications received by ICANN, Google's application for .Search has gotten arguably the most attention of the mainstream media (neck and neck with Amazon's .Amazon TLD) Google originally filed its application for .Search to operate on a closed basis, meaning that the registry generally would not be open to registrations by third parties, but amended its application … [Read more...]
Domainer Marc Ostrofsky Author Of Get Rich Click, New Book: Word of Mouse: 101+ Trends in How We Buy, Sell, Live, Learn, Work, and Play
Domain name inverstor and author, Marc Ostrofsky new book Word of Mouse: 101+ Trends in How We Buy, Sell, Live, Learn, Work, and Play is coming out on September 10th. Marc a domain-name investor best known for selling the name Business.com for $7.5 million. Marc's current holdings include; eTickets.com, CuffLinks.com, SummerCamps.com MutualFunds.com, Photographer.com, Consulting.com, … [Read more...]
NY Times Covers New gTLD’s: “Like Derivatives on Wall Street, They Have No Value”
The New Tork Times just covered the coming new gTLD's and quotes a number of sources which give some juicy quotes like the one in the title which came from Esther Dyson Some of the new gTLD's getting a mention in the article were: .bible, .blog, .family, .game, .gay and .pizza. The article quotes Akram Atallah, from ICANN who says: “With .com and .net, if you wanted a nice name, it’s … [Read more...]
Vice.com Sold By Anything.com In 2010 Gets $70 Million Dollar Investment From 21st Century Fox
According to a report in the Financial Times, Century Fox has invested $70 million in media company Vice Media, giving Fox a 5 percent stake in the company and valuing Vice at $1.4 billion. Vice Media official site is Vice.com Vice Media bought the domain name Vice.com in 2010 from the large domain investor Anything.com. A recent profile in The New Yorker said that in 2012, the company … [Read more...]
Brand Protection Fail: This Weeks TM Domains Brands Let Drop & Get Registered Boeing; NCAA; ESPN Google AP & More
We have written over the years about brands, brand protection companies and dropping domain names which both brands and brand protection companies continue to miss. Not only do they miss grabbing them but they don't even seem to try. Its pretty interesting sitting on the sidelines every week seeing companies spending $1,500 a pop to file a UDRP on a single domain name (plus attorneys fees) … [Read more...]
95 New gTLD Pass ICANN IE: .Visa; .College; .Casino; .Poker; .Hamburg; . Cologne; .Kia; .Playstation; .Sina
95 new gTLD's passed ICANN Initial Evaluation today. Two Geographic applications passed today both a large German cities; .Cologne and .Hamburg Some generic applications passing today include .College; .Earth; .World; .Golf; .Poker; .Casino; .Taxi;. .Yoga; .Tickets; .Foundation and .Gives and Amazon's application for .Kids and .Author. Some of the .Brand applications passing today was … [Read more...]
ICANN New gTLD Committee Kills Off Dotless Domains
The new gTLD Committee of ICANN just killed off Dotless Domains according to a resolution published last night. Google notified ICANN that it modified its application to operate .Search new gTLD from a closed model to an open model operating it as a Dotless Domain. Here is the resolution: Whereas, dotless domains consist of a single label and require the inclusion of, for example, an A, … [Read more...]