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ICANN Loses Control of Its Own Domain Names (AterSlash)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:50:54 GMT

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/04/icann-pwned.html Anyone else think the URL is hilarious?

Domain names for SALE !!! (SignalBlog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:27:47 GMT

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Would You Buy Other Domain Names If You Were Me? [Amanda Hamilton] (Ecademy: user blogs)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:15:21 GMT

It has been suggested to me that one way of directing more traffic to my website would be to buy domain names with key search terms in the name and forward these to http://www.casa-la-celada.com ... Does anyone have a thought about that? Bed and Breakfast La Celada Iznájar Córdoba Spain Quirky Watercolour Paintings Website Living the Dream in Spain Blog Casa La Celada Blog...

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[aabusiness] Reach for the Goldmine-Picking Up Those Money-making Expired Domain Names (Business mailings)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:00:00 GMT

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Looking in at Iowa: Go Daddy hits milestone: 30 million domain names (BlogNetNews.com/Iowa)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:46:16 GMT

From AZ Central: Go Daddy says it registers, renews or transfers domain names at the rate of one per second. That adds up to 1 million new domain names a month and 45 percent of new registrations worldwide, [Bob] Parsons said. The company’s workforce now tops 2,000 employees, up 33 percent from [...]

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Go Daddy milestone: 30 million domain names (Arizona Republic)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:20:55 GMT

Go Daddy says it registers, renews or transfers domain names at the rate of one per second.

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Preparing to Hoard New Top Level Domain Names? (Search Engine Roundtable)

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:25:01 GMT

Last week there was a lot of buzz generated by the ICANN announcement that they would open up the web to allow for an "unlimited number" of new Top-Level-Domains (aka TLDs such as .com or .org or .info, for example)...

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Internet Board Paves Way for New Domain Names (Red Orbit )

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:00:21 GMT

By ANICK JESDANUN NEW YORK -- The Internet's key oversight agency relaxed rules Thursday to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join ".com," making the first sweeping changes in the network's 25-year-old address system.

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Premium Geographic Domain Names Available at Upcoming Moniker Auction at GeoDomain Expo in July (PR News Wire )

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:58:00 GMT

Names Include HollywoodCalifornia.net, Brazil.tv, OysterBay.com, ChicagoHotelReservations.com, and MalibuCalifornia.com POMPANO BEACH, Fla., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Moniker.com (), an Oversee.net company and provider of Domain Asset Management(R) services, today announced an initial list of premium contenders for a live and online domain name auction at the GeoDomain Expo, the world's largest geo...

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Internet domain names being reviewed - RTÉ News (Irish Blogs)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:41:06 GMT

Internet domain names being reviewed - RTÉ News: Web regulators are poised to usher in one of the biggest shake-ups in the Internet’s brief history in a vote on allowing millions of new domain names, from .paris to .Pepsi.... Bertie Ahern’s €200,000 office Irish Election ICANN loses marbles notmyopinion See 0 more posts on this topic: Rté News, Domain Names, Opw Spent, Needed...

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Generic Domain names - Lease or Create a Portal? [David Festenstein] (Ecademy: user blogs)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:08:18 GMT

Years ago, virtually before the internet was heard of, I went to a presentation at The City University about the internet and how certain domains would be used to channel specific elements of commerce. I thought this was a great idea, so I registered a number of key domains eg telesales.co.uk. turkishproperty.com, cement.co.uk etc. The first one I use for my business but the others we...

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New Domain Names May Cause Net Confusion (pocketnow.com)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:59:19 GMT

According to USA Today , the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the group that is responsible for managing domain names and addresses on the internet, is ready to open up domain registry for all domain names. Instead of having a limit for what addresses can be named with .net, .com, .org, etc, you can name things anything you want...

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ICANN Makes Some Sweeping Changes To Domain Names (SEOCentro - SEO News)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:23:23 GMT

ICANN has voted to make some interesting changes to domain names and the management of those names. WebProNews has a fairly comprehensive post on the topic. One of the areas that I do find interesting and worth reporting is the proposed end to domain name tasting. To quote from the post: It passed a resolution to eliminate domain tasting, a practice...

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Domain Names for Bloggers (9) (Blogsessive)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:03:28 GMT

Friends, relationships, family, these are today's topics in the Domain Names for Bloggers series.

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ICANN Opens Door For Crazy Domain Names Like Crap.Crap [Domain Names] (Gizmodo)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:40:30 GMT

ICANN has just made a decision that goes beyond allowing .xxx to be a top level domain; they're allowing all words to be top level domains. That means you're going to see domains like fuck.shit,...

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Lots More Domain Names (OpenMarket)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:56:22 GMT

The San Jose Mercury News reports that ICANN, the internet’s main governing body, relaxed its rules to allow hundreds or thousands more domain extensions (like .com, .net, .org, and .edu). Suffixes may now also use non-English words. This may reduce domain shortages and is an important step for the growth of the internet, particularly internationally. [...]

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Tons of new domain names to hit the web - a .disaster waiting to .happen? (TechDigest)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:59:00 GMT

The internet regulator, ICANN, has given the thumbs up to a massive overhaul of domain names, a move that may dramatically change the way people surf the internet. The agency voted unanimously to relax its stance on top-level domain names, throwing the floodgates open for a near infinite number of new addresses, many likely to be centred around your favourite internet activities:...

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Icann approves new domain names structure (Telecompaper)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:41:00 GMT

(Telecompaper) The Board of the global internet domain registrar Icann approved a recommendation that could see a whole range of new names introduced to the internet's addressing system. A final version of the implementation plan must be approved by the Icann Board before the new process is launched. It is intended that the final version will be published in early 2009. Presently, users...

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Domain names may go .wild (Seattle Times)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:27:56 GMT

ICANN officials said any applications for the new domains would have to go through an independent review process. Third parties will be able to challenge applications on the grounds that a particular suffix could threaten "morality and public order." And companies will have the first priority when it comes to claiming their brand names.

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New domain names will be added to Internet (Boston Globe)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

PARIS - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers backed the introduction of an unlimited number of Web-address suffixes, responding to public officials and marketers who want to expand beyond current names such as .com.

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