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DAG4 Released

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ICANN have published the 4th version of the DAG. The DAG - Draft Applicant Guidebook - is like the "bible" for anyone aspiring to run a new TLD. Unfortunately the new TLD launch cannot take place until the DAG has been finalised - a point that seems to be always just over the horizon. … [Read more...] about DAG4 Released

ICANN Board Meets in Nairobi – EOI Is Dead

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This morning the ICANN board is meeting in Nairobi On the menu this morning are a number of topics, but only a couple of them are attracting any serious attention. One of them, EOI (Expressions of Interest), was hoped, by some, to be a way to move the new TLD project forward. The board looks set to completely reject the EOI concept this morning. At present board members are … [Read more...] about ICANN Board Meets in Nairobi – EOI Is Dead

ICANN Nairobi Kicks Off This Weekend – So What Is Cooking? .xxx , new TLDs and more

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The ICANN meeting in Nairobi starts officially next Monday. However, as is normally the case, by the time Monday rolls around people will already have been working since Saturday morning (if not earlier). All ICANN meetings seem to be surrounded by some bit of controversy and excitement, but the Nairobi meeting is possibly more dramatic than many others. The last attempt to … [Read more...] about ICANN Nairobi Kicks Off This Weekend – So What Is Cooking? .xxx , new TLDs and more

Informal Working Group Publish Report On New TLDs

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In an interesting move several members of the ICANN community formed an "informal" Working Group to discuss the concept of "expressions of interest" in new TLDs. This all happened very quickly, which is more or less the opposite to how most ICANN related activities progress.Earlier this evening the group submitted its report / paper to ICANNThe report, which runs to about 11 … [Read more...] about Informal Working Group Publish Report On New TLDs

New TLDs – Progress? Or Just More Chaos?

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During the ICANN meeting in Seoul it became very clear that new TLDs were not going to progress on schedule (which schedule doesn't matter).It also became clear that:ICANN still wants them to go aheadICANN wants to make everyone happyThere's an obvious flaw there.You cannot appease all interest groups AND move forward with new TLDs.The "overarching issues" need to be addressed … [Read more...] about New TLDs – Progress? Or Just More Chaos?

Food Fight Anyone?

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Image via WikipediaAh the joy of it all.First we had the quite public squabbling over .eco that I mentioned recently, now it looks like we're going to have a full on "food fight".If nothing else the new TLD process is going to be great fun for anyone who likes a bit of word play!So what's happening this time?Remember Wolfgang Puck joining forces with Minds and Machines to … [Read more...] about Food Fight Anyone?

Doteco Bids Heat Up – Catfight Anyone?

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The new TLD process is occupying a lot of people in the domain name industry at present.While some people are obviously very much against the entire concept of new TLDs, there are plenty of people and organisations who support the project.But what happens when you have more than one organisation vying for the same namespace?While the ICANN new TLD application process itself has … [Read more...] about Doteco Bids Heat Up – Catfight Anyone?