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Google Does The Right Thing Opening Several Closed Generic Applications

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Over the last few months one of the areas of attention in the new TLD project has been "closed generics". I've written about this several times in the past and I've also raised the issue in as many fora as possible. Yesterday ICANN published a letter they'd received from Google with respect to several of their new TLD applications. Whereas Google had made it clear … [Read more...] about Google Does The Right Thing Opening Several Closed Generic Applications

ICANN Launch New WHOIS Inaccuracy System

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ICANN's Compliance team put the new WHOIS inaccuracy reporting system live earlier today. (Oddly enough Google alerts picked up on the new page!). The new system should make reporting issues easier for all parties involved ie. reporters, ICANN and the affected registrars. They're also including generic information on how registrants may update their own domain … [Read more...] about ICANN Launch New WHOIS Inaccuracy System

Domain Guardians Confirm 7 Figure Offer On Australian City Domains

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A couple of weeks back Domain Guardians announced they were brokering the sale of several Australian city domains. These weren't the domains associated with small little towns that nobody would have heard of, but a set of high value premium domains including Sydney.com.au, Brisbane.com.au and Melbourne.com.au. Australian media is now reporting that they've received an offer … [Read more...] about Domain Guardians Confirm 7 Figure Offer On Australian City Domains

New Domain Association Site Launched

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During the regional ICANN meeting in Amsterdam earlier this year there was a "side meeting" held by several companies in the domain name industry. The objective? To work on some form of strategy for marketing and education around the domain name industry and domains in general. The meeting was organised by Google's new TLD team, but there was a broad cross-section of both … [Read more...] about New Domain Association Site Launched

Google Bows To Pressure On Closed Generics

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The debate surrounding "closed generics", which we've covered several times in the past, has attracted a lot of attention in recent weeks. At the centre of the debate were a number of new TLD applications from large companies including Google, Amazon and others. Google had stated that they planned to establish a number of domain extensions and operate them as "walled … [Read more...] about Google Bows To Pressure On Closed Generics

ICANN Terminates Two More Registrars

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In the last couple of days ICANN has terminated two more registrars for breaching their contracts - CI Host (PDF) and Power Brand Center (PDF). CI Host seems to have vanished. Their listed website no longer works and the contact details that ICANN had for them are no longer valid - the offices are now occupied by another company! Using archive.org I was able to grab a … [Read more...] about ICANN Terminates Two More Registrars

ICANN Sets Firm Launch Date For New TLDs

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ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé has announced a firm date for new TLD launch. In a video interview, with Brad White, Fadi Chehadé put April 23rd as a date when the first new TLD could be delegated. He admits, however, that the date may "slip", though this time the "slippage" should be days or weeks and not months. You can watch the full video interview below:   Kevin … [Read more...] about ICANN Sets Firm Launch Date For New TLDs

ICANN Terminates Lime Labs, DomainMonger & DomainsToBeSeen

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ICANN's compliance team has been busy of late. Earlier today they followed through on 3 previous breach notices and terminated 3 registrars: Lime Labs LLC Central Registrar Inc DBA DomainMonger.com R. Lee Chambers Company LLC d/b/a DomainsToBeSeen.com All three registrars appear to have failed to comply with their contractual obligations or to satisfy ICANN that … [Read more...] about ICANN Terminates Lime Labs, DomainMonger & DomainsToBeSeen