By: RH Looking for one concise visual look at the new tld program ? The people at .NXT put together the best infographic or written piece for that matter imo on the new tlds. Certainly worth a look. Courtesy of .NXT
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What does the Small Domainer Do ?
By: RH What does the small domainer do ? Over the last month we have heard a lot about the new tld program. We have seen which companies have applied for which strings. We have heard who is pro new tlds and who is anti new tlds. Frank Schilling's blog post entitled, "Lady Gaga and […]
Continue ReadingFrank Schilling: “Every major brand will have it’s own TLD in a decade”
By: RH Frank Schilling came out with a blog post that talked about Google and their interest in the new tld program. Frank laid out what plans Google might have if they win such extensions as .web. What I thought was even more interesting than the post was his comments. Frank is very good about […]
Continue ReadingMaybe We Should Think Of New Tlds As Hamburger Joints
By: RH There is a new burger joint opening in my city that has spent a lot of money on getting a good location and a lot on advertising. I was getting a hair cut a few weeks back and my barber commented that he did not see the need for another burger joint. The […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times article on Donuts and their new tld plans
By: RH The Los Angeles Times did an interview with Los Angeles based Donuts,Inc. They interviewed Dan Schindler about the upcoming new tld program. Schlindler told the Times how they picked their own name. From the article: These name experts actually spent months, even years, pondering that company name. They finally settled on Donuts, for […]
Continue ReadingAn eventful week and a time for domainers to analyze their portfolio
By: RH It was an eventful week with the "big reveal" by ICANN. Applications for a .mango, a .apple and a .orange. I am surprised there was no .banana,(although there was one for bananarepublic) because it certainly was bananas this week in the domain industry. People are already getting hyped up about the situation. People […]
Continue ReadingBatch Wars the next thing in reality tv
By: RH Batch Wars may not become a reality tv show, but it would be entertaining if it happened. MiKe Berkens wrote a post about conflicting strings. Tlds that cover the same topic but with different keywords. So we have .car,.cars,.auto and .autos for example. So next this will become batch wars, because if an […]
Continue Reading“We’re at this point where the dot-com name space — the entire name space — is exhausted.”
By: RH That quote was from Frank Schilling, in the article on Cnet. Brad Mugford gave what was the best quote of all the conversation imo. He did it here on thedomains.com Now its a meme
Continue ReadingGoogle getting into the new tld ring with extensions like .LOL
By: RH Google came out with a blog post today that seems to be the theme of the day, "NEW TLD APPLICATIONS" TheDomains.com, DomainNameNews and DomainNameWire have all been writing about who is applying for what. Google posted: In 2008, ICANN announced a program to expand the number of generic TLDs (think .com, .org, .edu), […]
Continue ReadingDot Sucks could be a reality
By: RH Thedomains.com wrote a post today about Momentous Corp and their plans to apply for a .sucks extension. Here is the link to the .sucks post on thedomains We wrote in the past how the .sucks extension could make the .xxx pay to block your name registrations look small. What company would not want […]
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