Web.com Group, Inc. (WWWW), which owns the top 10 domain name registrars, NetworkSolutions.com and Register.com announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 on Thursday night. After reporting results shares of the company hit an all time high on Friday Here are the highlights: Added 21,000 net new subscribers, ending the quarter at 3.03 million subscribers Average … [Read more...]
30 More gTLD Pass: .xBox, .Merck, .Thai, .Fire; .Cloud; .News; .Gripe; .Virgin; .Cars
30 more new gTLD applications passed Initial Evaluation (IE) today by ICANN. In all 245 new gTLD applications out of the first 300 reviewed have passed IE. Some of the applications passing IE today included Microsoft's application for .xBox; Amazon's application for .Cloud, .Fire, .Deal and .Room; .Thai, the brand application for one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies .Merck; … [Read more...]
.XXX 1st Year Renewal Rate Tops 80%
According to figures released by ICANN tonight it looks like the .XXX registry had a renewal rate for its first year of over 80% The ICANN transaction report for January for the .XXX extension show the registry having 113,773 domain names registered by the end of January 2013. In the December report ICM Registry operator of the .XXX TLD filed with ICANN they reported 140,121 domain names … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel In Bangz.com: You Do Really Need To Present Evidence
Bangz, Inc. just lost its bid to grab the domain name bangz.com in a one person UDRP decision. First problem Bangz doesn't own a trademark on the term. Second problem Bangz didn't provide the panel any evidence of a common law trademark. Third problem Bangz didn't present any evidence to the Panel any evidence. They seemed to just file the complaint Matter of fact the complainant … [Read more...]
Neustar Reports: Revenue Up 8%; Sets $250 Million Repurchase Plan
Neustar, Inc. (NSR), announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 and affirmed its guidance for 2013. Neustar is the backend provider for several TLD's including .Us and .Co and hundreds of new gTLD's and is going to operate the .NYC extension on behalf of the city of New York The company also announced that it plans to purchase up to $250 million of its Class A common shares … [Read more...]
The 20 ccTLD’s That Google Treats As Generic TLD’s
According to the Seroundtable.com, Google has been updating their indexing systems to treat more ccTLDs, country-level top level domains, as generic TLDs. As we already know some of the favorite ccTLD's of domainers like .Co, .Me and .Tv made the list. If your using a ccTLD domain name and if its on the list Google will rank your site as a generic site, .com, .net and .org included. If … [Read more...]
Guest Post: Has ICANN Already Taken the GAC’s Advice on “Closed Generic” gTLDs?
This is a guest post By Philip S. Corwin, Esq, Founding Principal, Virtualaw LLC; Of Counsel, Greenberg & Lieberman; and Strategic Advisor, ICANN Sherpa TheDomains.com publishes Guest Posts from time to time, by well known leaders and authorities in the domain industry. As always Guest Posts are posted in their entirety … [Read more...]