Minds + Machines raises another £9.0 million or approximately $14.2 million for new gTlds. Placing to raise approximately £9.0 million February 10, 2012 The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), the only publicly traded company focused exclusively on acquiring and operating new generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”), are delighted to announce that the Company […]
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Using the Internet to better the planet, an interview with Annalisa Roger CEO Dot Green
As the new gTLD program rolls out, we took some time to have a chat with Annalisa Roger. Annalisa Roger founded DotGreen in 2007, and continues to be its CEO. She is also the co-Founder and co-Chair of San Francisco’s regional chapter of ISOC. Annalisa is also a NARALO liaison and has previously worked in […]
Continue ReadingRod Beckstrom and Dan Jaffe on PBS Newshour debating new gTlds
ICANN, the company that assigns what are called domain names for the Web is making a big change and rolling out a program to dramatically increase the number and kind of names available. However, that could prove to be a costly endeavor for some businesses. Ray Suarez leads a debate over the effects of the […]
Continue ReadingICANN: The Next Big .thing: New Top-Level Domains
Fora.tv hosted a video with Rod Beckstrom and others about the new tlds. ICANN: The Next Big .thing: New Top-Level Domains from on FORA.tv
Continue ReadingVerisign wishes they could copy the ICM Registry model
Now that .XXX is up and running we see all the registrations that were purely defensive. Take this story from the Edmonton Journal: Many domain-name buyers that include the University of Alberta and Grant MacEwan University have no intention of using the sites they have acquired, such as “UniversityofAlberta.xxx” and “MacEwanUniversity.xxx.” “We have registered five […]
Continue ReadingIt all comes down to new versus old
Written by: RH It all comes down to new and old. I had a woman I have known for years tell me that her boyfriend of three years cheated on her. She told me that the woman was nowhere near as pretty as she was, and that she was not being arrogant. She was getting […]
Continue ReadingCould be the biggest moneymaker you ever have in domaining
Maybe instead of buying and selling domains, domainers should get together to start the .sucks extension. Not that there would be a need for the extension, but you could sure get a lot of companies to needlessly protect their brand .xxx style. The .xxx extension closed their sunrise period with over 80,000 applications. Since then […]
Continue ReadingMatt Cutts talks about new Tlds and how Google will handle them
Matt Cutts of Google did a live video chat on youtube back in September. Its 45 minutes long. I watched the whole thing to see if there was any data interesting for domainers. He does mention domains and how new tlds will be handled. Its worth watching and starts at the 36:27. So if you […]
Continue ReadingNote to ICANN, People want the good stuff
Rod Beckstrom and ICANN have called the new gTld program an opportunity, and that it should increase choice and lower prices. Guess what? People want the good names, not what is left over after “Founders programs” and auctions of all the good domains that were held back. By the time the average person interested in […]
Continue ReadingThey just can’t stop writing about new gTlds
Every day there seems more and more stories on the new gTLD program. Bob Liodice the President and CEO of the ANA penned an article in Forbes. He spoke on how they were unnecessary and how they could do a lot of harm to brands and to those using the net. Read it here. ITbusiness.ca […]
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