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After months of speculation, it’s confirmed that Facebook has acquired the domain name FB.com from American Farm Bureau.
In addition to FB.com, Facebook purchased FB.biz during two letter domain auction put on by Neustar, the .biz registry. The company registered the name under DNStination Inc, …
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As we reported in February, Affilias, who operates the .info Registry, asked ICANN for approval to sell one and two character .info domain names. ICANN approved this request at it’s board meeting last Thursday, 4/22/10.
Affilias plans to distribute the new one and two character domain names in a similar …
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.Info Registry Affilias has asked ICANN to approve their plan to offer one and two character domain names. ICANN originally reserves all one and two character domains from being registered with all newer TLDs.
.biz Registry Neustar recently launched one and two character domain names for registration and Affilias plans …
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Back in February, Neustar proposed the sale of one and two character .biz domain names. The new domains were supposed to be up for vote at ICANNs April 23, 2009 meeting, but the vote was shelved when the meaning ran out of time. Neustar, the .biz Registry, has expressed its …
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After struggling to gain a foothold in the domain industry after launching their .biz TLD in 2001, NeuStar has launched a new marketing campaign “to increase competition in the marketplace and to raise awareness of the .biz brand,” said Tim Switzer, NeuStar vice president or registry services.
Despite being available …
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.Biz Registry has been forced to change the way they hand out popular domains. Last year, thousands of generic .biz domains were frozen after a lawsuit alleged that the company handed out the domains in an illegal lottery. All who applied for the frozen domains had their fees refunded and …
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The new .name TLD, which rolled out this week, has gotten off to a slow start with 60,000 domains registered. These numbers are below the initial estimates and below the roll-outs for the .biz and .info TLDs, which each had upwards of 200,000 registrations during their opening. Administrators expect registrations …
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New.net, Inc. announced that they have a new partner in Europe, Europe’s Tiscali, which will begin acknowledging the company’s non-ICANN endorsed TLDs, including .biz, .info, and .aero.…
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Despite ICANN hyping the new .biz and .info TLDs, business has been slow for both new extensions. The domains that have been registered generally are to companies who are registering the new TLD version of their main .com domain. According to most, while the new TLDs are an option, .com …
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NeuLevel, the company managing the new .biz TLD, opens its doors for business on Wednesday, a month after originally planned. The new TLD is marketed towards business related websites. The debut of the new TLD comes a month after the launch of .info, another new TLD, and a year after …
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Registration for new .biz domain names has been pushed back another month in order to allow NeuLevel, the .biz Registry, more time to test their registration system. The launch of .biz has also been delayed due to a lawsuit over claims that the Registry’s process of distributing domain names via …
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While the top three domain extensions, .com, .net, and .org, continue to crowd, new domain options become available to consumers. The first new TLD, .info, was launched on October 1st and the second, .biz, launches next month. According to Afilias Limited, “the market will ultimately decide” how useful each of …
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NeuLevel receives accreditation from ICANN for the .biz TLD, the new extension dedicated to businesses. With the accreditation, NeuLevel is now free to develop international registrar partnerships.…
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The domain Registries for the new top-level domains (TLDs) are preparing for a mad rush when the new Internet addresses are launched. The new ICANN approved TLDs include .info, .pro, .name, .biz, .aero, and .museum.…
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ICANN’s board of directors plan to meet to begin discussing 44 applications for new TLDs, including .kids, .biz, and .sex. The potential for new TLDs has been hampered by trademark infringement lawsuits from companies claiming to own the rights to the potential TLDS.…
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A judge ruled that Economic Solutions, a company who owns .bz, does not have the rights to the .biz TLD in a trademark infringement dispute. The company was seeking to ban ICANN from approving the new TLD.…
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Frustrated with Network Solutions hold on the .com, .net, and .org domains, two companies (Macro Computer Systems and Alternic) have begun creating a series of new TLDs (top-level domain names) and are selling them directly to users. Only those sold through Network Solutions are officially recognized by InterNIC and the …
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