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| 09-05-19 |
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1 and 2 character domains coming to .TRAVEL
Tralliance, the .TRAVEL registry, submitted a registry service request to ICANN yesterday (May 18). It wants to offer 1 and 2 character domain names before the year is out..
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| 09-05-14 |
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GOVERNANCE |
China says no to endless IGF
At the Internet Governance Forum consultations currently going on in Geneva, the Chinese delegation has voiced its opposition to a 5 year extension of the IGF.
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| 09-05-12 |
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Internationalized Domain Names |
China wants a Dot China in Chinese
According to Chinese media, a nationwide campaign has been launched to promote the use of a .CHINA extension in local characters (.中国). Chinese registry officials are quoted as saying that developing this TLD would boost Internet use and popularity in China.
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| 09-05-12 |
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Dot TK reaches 15th million name… for real?
The .TK registry claims to have notched up its 15th million domain name yesterday! Now that's quite an achievement. If true, it means .TK is second only to .COM but ahead of .CN (China) our .DE (Germany).
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| 09-05-12 |
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ICANN |
ICANN confirms Q1 2010 for new gTLDs
As I explained after last week's GNSO Council meeting, ICANN is planning to publish a 3rd version of its Draft Applicant Guidebook (DAG) and then the final version before the year is out.
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| 09-05-07 |
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ICANN |
New gTLDs: final guidebook expected before the end of 2009
During today's GNSO Council teleconference, ICANN Senior VP Kurt Pritz outlined the timetable he and the rest of the ICANN's new gTLD team are working on. In short, there is to be a 3rd version of the Draft Applicant Guidebook (DAG) in September and a final version before the end of the year.
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| 09-05-04 |
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GOVERNANCE |
EU to US government: let go of ICANN by the end of the year!
In a video message posted on her website this morning, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media Viviane Reding asks the US government to cut ICANN loose at the end of the current JPA.
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| 09-04-27 |
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Governments want extra protection for geographic names
In a letter dated April 24 and sent to ICANN CEO Paul Twomey, GAC (Governmental Advisory Committee) Chairman Janis Karklins requests increased protection for geographic names under ICANN's new gTLD program.
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| 09-04-20 |
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Yes, some people actually want new TLDs!
It sometimes seems as though ICANN's plan to open up the Internet's top level to an unlimited number of new suffixes is coming under constant criticism. That's partly because those sending the loudest "don’t do it" messages would have us believe that they speak for an overwhelming majority.
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| 09-04-14 |
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Country code operators tell ICANN: we don't want geographic gTLDs!
In a statement posted on ICANN's new gTLD program comment page by the ccNSO, ICANN's policy setting body for country code Top Level Domains requests that geographic names not be launched as gTLDs.
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| 09-04-10 |
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Olympic Committee's strong arm tactics on new gTLDs
In a threatening letter posted as a comment on ICANN's Draft Applicant Guidebook V2 comment page, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) says that "it reserves its right to take action against ICANN for damages resulting to the IOC or the Olympic Movement from the implementation of the gTLD proposal."
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| 09-04-09 |
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.NL confirms plans to open up to non-Dutch registrants
In January, I gave kudos to the Dutch registry SIDN for coming up with a clever solution to open up .NL to registrants that don't have an address in Holland.
Yesterday, the DomainesInfo editorial team got confirmation from SIDN that the plan is going ahead.
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| 09-03-26 |
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The IRT black box
The noise that I'm hearing about the IRT – the Implementation Recommendation Team that the ICANN Board at its Mexico meeting requested be set up to give trademark holders sufficient protection as new gTLDs are introduced – has me slightly worried.
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| 09-03-24 |
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Auction.com sells for $1.7 million
Real Estate auction specialist REDC has made domain name headlines by shelling out $1.7 million for the domain Auction.com.
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| 09-03-06 |
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Al Gore backs .ECO
I met the .ECO guys here in Mexico during the ICANN conference just as they'd been given a huge boost by Al Gore. The former US vice president has come out in favour of the environmental new TLD proposal.
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| 09-03-05 |
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Classes and timelines, the new gTLD debate
Two of the most talked about points at this week's 34th ICANN meeting in Mexico are the new gTLD program's timeline and the possibility of having different classes for different types of new gTLD applicants.
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| 09-03-05 |
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Cities take the lead on new TLD proposals
DotCities spokesperson Dirk Krischenowski has just given a presentation on a group of City TLD projects that have banded together to form a new GNSO constituency during the GNSO Council meeting here in Mexico.
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| 09-03-03 |
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Goodbye Paul Twomey
Paul Twomey will be stepping down at the end of 2009 after 6 years as ICANN's President and CEO. Twomey explained the reasons for his desire to leave ICANN during today's Mexico City meeting opening ceremony.
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| 09-02-24 |
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.NYC gets official support
Last week, on February 12th, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn made it clear that New Yorkers are serious about getting their own TLD. During the State of the City speech, Quinn said that New York would soon have its own place on the web with .NYC.
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| 09-02-19 |
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ICANN |
New gTLDs: 2nd Draft Applicant Guidebook now online!
As anticipated, the 2nd version of the DAG has now been released by ICANN, and it is indeed a redline of the first document.
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| 09-02-18 |
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ICANN |
More delays for new gTLDs?
I have learned that although the final version of the new gTLD DAG had been scheduled for release in May 2009, this now seems unlikely. Instead, a 3rd draft would be published prior to the 2nd ICANN meeting of the year, scheduled for Sydney at the end of the June.
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| 09-02-12 |
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ICANN |
Question ICANN's chairman on the web!
For its upcoming meeting in Mexico, ICANN is making sure there's plenty of opportunity for people to participate. Not only will there be more public forum time than at any meeting since Vancouver 2005, with at least one session being moderated by ICANN chair Peter Dengate Thrush, but a new online "question box" has also been opened to allow people to ask questions remotely at those sessions.
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| 09-02-12 |
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Is the IDN ccTLDs fast-track really needed?
Last year, ICANN sent 252 letters to the governments and ccTLD managers of the world to let them know that they would soon be able to request an IDN national suffix and asking them if they were interested in obtaining one.
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| 09-02-10 |
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.BERLIN |
.BERLIN is already in people's heads!
The first major City TLD project, .BERLIN has now been in the works for several years. We discuss the advantages of a City TLD with DotBerlin CEO Dirk Krischenowski.
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| 09-02-09 |
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ABUSE |
The registrar black list
Last year, a site called KnujOn published a list of registrars who have the most domains linked to abuse (spam, etc.) under management. A 2009 version of that list has just been published.
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| 09-02-05 |
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Confirmed: new gTLD fees will be changed
In a new video posted on the ICANN website yesterday, confirmation is given that the next version of the Draft Applicant Guidebook (DAG) will feature several changes, including "changes in fees paid by gTLD registry operators".
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| 09-02-03 |
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.NL |
Holland's innovative take on local presence
Country code TLDs often have some kind of local presence requirement. To be eligible for a .FR domain for example, you need an address in France. Local presence rules may be seen by some as an unnecessary hurdle but on the other hand, is it really that unreasonable to expect that a country's TLD be truly representative of that country?
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| 09-02-02 |
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DotMobi giving away 1 and 2 character domains!
Stéphane Van Gelder met Francesco Cetraro Francesco the new Manager of Business Development and Sales for the .MOBI registry DotMobi in Rome last week, during the ICANN registrars and registries regional conference.
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| 09-01-30 |
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.NL |
Holland's innovative take on local presence
Holland's SIDN, the registry for .NL, has a new system for balancing their local presence requirement with the desire of non-Dutch registrants to get a .NL domain name.
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| 09-01-30 |
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.MOBI |
DotMobi giving away 1 and 2 character domains!
A look at DotMobi's method for releasing its 1 and 2 character domain names without charging for them.
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