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According to Adage.com Google has applied for 50 new gTLD’s altogether, including those reported by other media outlets. .Google, .Youtube, .Lol and .Docs are the only 4 new gTLD’s that Google announced on its blog today, so they have 46 more they aren’t releasing information on today. You can check out the full Adage.com story [...] Continue reading
In a blog post today, Google's Chief Internet Evangelist, Vint Cerf, has revealed various new Top-Level Domains (TLDs) which the company has submitted applications to ICANN for. Vint Cerf writes: "Given this [TLD] expansion process, we decided to submit applications for new TLDs, which generally fall into four categories: Our trademarks, like .google; Domains related [...] Continue reading
Sedo’s auction in conjunction with the .ME Registry ended this afternoon, and the auction netted $154,178. largest sale was for Cruise.ME, which sold for $28,500, and it was followed by Air.ME, which sold for $10,099. Almost 100 domain names were sold in the auction, which is a pretty stellar sell through rate of just under 50%. [...] Continue reading
Radix, a Directi company, makes big investment in top level domains. Directi Group (see disclosure) announced today that is has applied for 31 top level domain names through its new company Radix. I believe this makes it one of the biggest “portfolio” applicants for new TLDs. The company has committed over $30 million to the [...] Continue reading
The Premium .ME Auction ended on Sedo.com today and the unofficial results are in thanks to .ME Of Course! The top sale was Cruise.me, which sold for $28,500. The only other sale cracking the $10k barrier was Air.me which ended with a high bid of $10,099. Other notable sales include: Legal.me $8,100 Malta.me $8,100 Restaurant.me [...] Continue reading
Even though ICANN is moving full steam ahead with the New gTLD Program, many of the program's specifics are still being finalized. Many important questions related to the Trademark Clearinghouse and the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) still remain unanswered at this point. However, ICANN has recently provided additional details around Application Reveal and Batching and [...] Continue reading
Vint Cerf releases some details about company’s new TLD strategy. Google today announced limited details about some of its top level domain applications. The announcement fittingly came from former ICANN Chairman and current Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf. Cerf said the TLDs the company applied for fall into four categories: 1. Trademarks, e.g. .google [...] Continue reading