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NIC Mexico Improves .MX Domain Services Offering |
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Monterrey, Mexico - Looking to position Mexico’s name on the Internet through the usage of .MX domains, NIC Mexico is launching a new program for distributors, and it is also releasing tools that will allow a greater number of distributors around the world to market the .MX domains.
With this action, NIC Mexico allows .MX domain holders to have access to a wider offer of Internet-related services, allowing them to choose the supplier that is best suited for them, and that covers their needs in a greater extent. NIC Mexico continues to implement the best practices from the domains industry, now standardizing its processes with the industry at a worldwide level. For that reason, today it is launching the new site www.registry.mx for its service division to Registrars (distributors).
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DNJournal Weekly Sales Report |
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The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Lightning struck twice as we saw not just one rare 6-figure .org sale, but two of them in the same week! In addition to leading our new Top 20 sales chart, those two domains rank among the year's three biggest sales in our Global Contenders category (non .com global TLDs - .net, .org, .info and .biz).
It was also a huge week for the country codes as seven ccTLD domains made the all extension Top 20. The country code charge was led by two big French ccTLD sales, one that ranks among the year's ten biggest country code sales and another that ranks among the top 15.
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ICANN Opens Public Comment Period on Czech Arbitration Court Proposed Pilot Projects |
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ICANN has received a request from the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) to run two pilot projects related to its implementation of UDRP.
Background to Posting
CAC was approved as a UDRP provider at the Board meeting on 23 January 2008.
CAC wishes to run tests of the following two UDRP-related services as part of its implementation of UDRP :
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Legal Update: Domain Name Gold Rush on the Horizon |
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by Michael Park, Senior Associate, Deacons Lawyers, Australia
ICANN recently approved draft proposals that would see the biggest ever expansion of domain name choice.
Under the draft proposals anyone would be allowed to apply for a generic top level domain (gTLD), resulting in an unlimited number of gTLDs. Currently, there are a limited number of gTLDs, including .com, .net and .gov (and .com.au, .net.au and .gov.au in Australia), which are strictly controlled by ICANN and each country’s internet regulatory authority (for example, .au Domain Administration for .au domain names). ICANN has introduced several new gTLDs, such as .biz, .travel and .asia, but the draft proposals could allow gTLDs such as .ebay and .yahoo.
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LACTLD Appoints Erick Iriarte Ahon General Manager |
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LACTLD, the association for ccTLD managers in the Latin American and Caribbean region, has appointed Erick Iriarte Ahon to theposition of their General Manager.
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.GP Two-letter Domain Names Half Price in July |
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Throughout the month of July, two-letter .gp (the Guadeloupe ccTLD)
domain names can be purchased for the same price as a regular .gp
domain name.
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.au Domain Name Auction Site Commences |
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With changes to the .au ccTLD policy that now allow for transfers of domain names and subsequently trading in domain names, Netfleet.com.au have commenced an online domain trading site for auctions and sales of .au domain names.
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RegistryPro Confirms Melbourne IT to Join .Pro TLD Relaunch |
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Melbourne IT, global leader in domain name registrations and related online business solutions, joins RegistryPro in relaunching the .Pro TLD.
RegistryPro, the exclusive operator of the .Pro TLD on the Internet, announced today that Melbourne IT, one of the top 15 global domain name registrars, has agreed to participate in the highly-anticipated .Pro TLD (Top Level Domain) relaunch on September 8, 2008.
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Part 14 - The Journey to Mega-Park |
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This article continues directly on from Part 12 and Part 13 in the series on the domain industry.
This brings up the most important point that we need to never forget, traffic really is king. It's the one unique resource that everyone needs and they're prepared to pay for it. This is why I think that while domains keep on generating traffic then we'll all still be in the game. Someone, somewhere will want to pay for it no matter what Google and Yahoo actually decide in their corporate ivory towers or if parking company mergers happen.
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Web seminar: Internet liberalization: opportunities and challenges for IP owners |
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Register for this event (http://mediazone.brighttalk.com/event/Euromoney/b59a51a3c0-1693-registration)
Date: August 6th, 2008
Time: 10 AM EDT / 3 PM BST / 4 PM CEST
Managing IP will host a free web seminar, in association with Melbourne
IT Digital Brand Services covering Internet liberalization:
opportunities and challenges for IP owners
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Sedo Sales Chart - July 21st |
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Here are the Sedo.com sales results for the week leading up to July 21st:
.coms
everestgames.com 33,333 USD
customtshirt.com 12,000 USD
my5gb.com 10,000 USD
givingkiosk.com 10,000 USD
knu.com 9,450 USD
7y.com 9,000 EUR
rxl.com 8,920 USD
ultrabattery.com 8,700 USD
nuj.com 8,001 USD
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Changes to .tr Registration Requirements |
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Changes have occurred to the eligibility requirements for .tr domain names. The new changes are as follows:
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Hot-or-Not Contest Winners Confirm Global Appeal for .Asia |
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.Asia Auction Reaching US$6 Million, Discover.Asia Displaces Sex.Asia at the Top.
DotAsia Organisation announced today the successful completion of the 5
Weekly Hot or Not Domains AppraisalContests. Winning domains for the 5
weeks were: Resorts.Asia, Careers.Asia, Southeast.Asia, SEO.Asia and
Vodka.Asia. The winners came from 5 different countries: Hong Kong
(China), Australia, US, Israel and Indonesia. Contest entry period
ended July 13th with just under 1,000 submissions. The competition now
moves to its most anticipated round, the Grand Prize with a cash prize
of US$10,000.
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Will Advertisers EVER Get It? |
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If you knew users are searching for you, should you make an effort to help them find you?
It just occur to me we’re light years away from mainstream to remotely get internet traffic. I wrote few times in the past about how we think, from generic terms to specifics (http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/03/02/search-volume-or-search-value/) .
Few minutes ago I visited again Google and typed a number of generic/descriptive terms, terms which apply to many companies. Let’s take few for example here:
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Coverage of the 2008 GeoDomain Expo from Chicago on 10 to 12 July 2008 "Part I" |
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This is Elton Ghee’s
coverage of the 2008 GeoDomain Expo that took place in Chicago from the 10th
through the 12th of July.
Elton known to his friends as “G.” has been involved in the online
world since the 80s, gotten his first domain in 93, and became a Domainer in
2006. He attended the Expo as President
of his firm NexMillenia LLC and provided this exclusive report for
DomainNews.com.
This is the “G. Man’s”
coverage and enjoy!
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NIC Brazil Relaxes Registration Requirements |
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NIC Brazil lifted the ANATEL license requirement for the registration of AM.br, FM.br and TV.br domain names as of July 1, 2008.
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.me Opens With Go Daddy Registration Problems |
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GoDaddy has been having problems with the commencement of .me
registrations this week, with many potential registrants supposedly
successfully going through the registration process only to find they
subsequently receive an email advising them their registration has
failed.
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1.5 Million .it Domain Registrations |
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.it, the Italian ccTLD, has passed 1.5 million registrations. .it is
the fifth ccTLD in Europe and the seventh in the world to reach this
milestone. Today there are more than 1,553,000 names registered.
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Michael Mesure Interviewed LIVE on the Domain Show |
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Michael Mesure, CEO of BigBangNames.com is appearing LIVE today at 2 PM EST on The Domain Show - The Domain Show is the web's only regular live domain name industry show.. BigBangNames.com is an online marketplace where entrepreneurs can cash out on their .com names, websites and digital assets (software intellectual property). Every entrepreneur has a few good domains, shelved concepts or technology pieces in it's closet and Big Bang Names is a dynamic new marketplace to move them. We'll ask Mike questions about the latest trends in the domain industry and Big Bang Names role in it and as always take live questions from our audience. Watch Previous Editions of The Domain Show
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.ME Open Registrations Period at EuroDNS has started! |
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July 18th
- Since yesterday, .ME registry has launched its Open Registration
period, during which domain names will be available on a first-come,
first-served basis on www.eurodns.com (http://www.eurodns.com/), at great rates.
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