- Nominet Gives Second Level .UK Domains Another Less Complicated Whirl
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:00:22 +0000
It died a slow death with the first proposal, but Nominet is having another stab at allowing registrations for second level for .uk domain names, aiming them at UK-based businesses and people. In the proposal announced today, Nominet unveiled a new programme that includes: a revised proposal for opening up registrations at the second level [...] - ICANN: Community Priority Election: Now Open for Early Election
Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:19:43 +0000
At the request of New gTLD applicants, ICANN is offering a means to indicate their intent to elect for Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) prior to the launch of CPE operations. Starting today, applicants that have applied as a community and are in string contention may signal their intention to pursue CPE. These applicants will be [...] - ICANN: Initial Report on Protection of IGO and INGO Identifiers in All gTLDs
Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:09:06 +0000
Purpose (Brief): The Generic Names Supporting Organization (“GNSO“) Policy Development Process Working Group tasked with addressing the issue of Protecting the identifiers of certain International Government Organizations (“IGOs”) and International Non-Governmental Organizations (“INGOs”) in all gTLDs has published its Initial Report for public comment. Current Status: The GNSO Policy Development Process Working Group (“PDP WG“) [...] - ICANN: NGPC Progress on Addressing GAC Beijing Advice on New gTLDs
Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:03:08 +0000
The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) met on 11 June 2013 to discuss the GAC Beijing advice regarding singular and plural versions of the same string as a New gTLD. The discussion followed the NGPC’s decision on 4 June 2013 to accept the GAC‘s advice to consider this issue. The NGPC made considerable [...] - ICANN Webinar: Internationalized Domain Name Variant TLD Program Update
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:15:55 +0000
Below is an ICANN invitation to join the IDN Variant TLD Program webinar indented to provide a status update of the Program and current IDN Variant TLD Projects, as well as to address questions around the prerequisites for implementation of IDN Variant TLDs and upcoming community involvement. Following a general overview of the IDN Variant [...] - .NZ Moves One Step Closer To Second Level Registrations
Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:22:12 +0000
New Zealanders are being encouraged to comment on the proposed change to allow registrations at the second level. Currently under .NZ, registrants can only register domain names at the third level, such as .co.nz. The Domain Name Commission Limited (DNCL) is conducting the consultation with the Chair Joy Liddicoat saying that there are both potential [...] - London gets go ahead for new ‘.london’ TLD
Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:34:03 +0000
[news release] The Mayor Boris Johnson has welcomed news that London has been given the green light to develop a top level internet domain – .london – to boost the city’s online identity and create a valuable revenue stream. Cities around the world such as New York, Berlin and Paris are currently applying for the [...] - Seven Week Run Of Six-Figure Sales Comes To Abrupt End
Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:24:30 +0000
It had to come to an end eventually, and the seven week run of six-figure sales to top the Domain Name Journal sales chart abruptly ended in the week ending 19 May with the top seller, globaloffice.com, going for a comparatively measly $32,500 in a sale brokered by Afternic. Second for the week was 3dcity.com, [...] - .CO Registry Lists 1100 Two-Character Premium Domains for Sale
Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:12:02 +0000
[news release] Effective immediately, the .CO Registry is listing its portfolio of two-character premium .CO domain names for sale with GoDaddy. The two-character .CO domain names are now available through GoDaddy’s Aftermarket, and soon-to-be via the domain availability check on the front of the website, making these premium digital assets widely available to GoDaddy’s customer [...] - DNS.be Announces 3000 .BE IDN Domains Registered In First 30 Minutes
Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:42:47 +0000
[news release] This morning (11 June) at 10:00 CEST, the IDN functionality was added to the .be domain, allowing anybody to register .be domain names with accented letters. The launch started strong with already more than 3,000 registered IDN domain names in the first half hour. This also meant that the .be registration system received [...] - DotConnectAfrica Suffers Final Blow In Bid For .AFRICA
Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:27:55 +0000
The .africa bid by ZA Central Registry received a boost this week when a controversial rival application from DotConnectAfrica (DCA) was rejected by the Governmental Advisory Committee, with DCA being invited to withdraw its application, reports MyBroadband.co.za. The bid by DCA was always seen as being unlikely to succeed for several reasons, one of the [...] - Select.com Tops Weekly Sales Chart In Another Six-Figure Sale
Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:24:41 +0000
Select.com topped the Domain Name Journal list of top reported sales in the week ending 12 May, selling for $120,000 in a sale that was part private sale, part brokered by Domain Holdings. The sale marked the seventh week in a row a six-figure sale has topped the charts. The domain name was originally purchased [...] - ICANN Ombudsman Decides Slightly Late gTLD Objections Are OK
Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:52:32 +0000
The ICANN Ombudsman has said that allowing complaints that are up to five minutes late about the objection process to the new gTLD Programme are OK. In a complaint lodged with the Ombudsman, it was decided an objection filed one minute after the closing time for complaints. The issue for the party that faced the [...] - DNS Belgium security policy producing results
Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:32:57 +0000
[news release] .be domain names just keep on scoring better in terms of security. That much can be seen from the six-monthly phishing report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). The table shows how Belgium performed alongside a number of other extensions, from the second half of 2008 to 2012 (see apwg.org). Belgium’s good [...] - ICA Seconds Call for Strengthened Registrant Rights Statement by Philip Corwin, Internet Commerce Association
Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:52:50 +0000
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has endorsed and suggested additional improvements to the alternate statement of Registrants’ Rights and Responsibilities (RRR) proposed by ICANN’s Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG). ICA’s comment was filed in regard to the “Proposed Final 2013 RAA” (Registrar Accreditation Agreement); the RRR is one component of the RAA and all ICANN-accredited registrars [...]
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