Archive | June, 2011

Blacknight Warn Consumers Against New gTLD Pre-Registration

By on June 30, 2011 in Domains, icann, newtlds, Press Releases

June 30, 2011 – Carlow Ireland -Blacknight (http://www.blacknight.com) warn domain registrants to beware of companies offering pre-registrations in New gTLDs. Last week in Singapore, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), announced that it would launch a program to include new generic top-level domains.  For those unfamiliar with the terminology, gTLD is an acronym [...]

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New TLDs Explained In Plain English

By on June 26, 2011 in Domains, icann, IDN, newtlds

ICANN has released a video which explains in simple terms what new TLDs are all about and what is going to happen: Related articles ICANN Board Votes in Favour of New TLDs (internetnews.me) Blacknight Welcomes the Approval of New gTLDs (blacknight.com) George Sadowsky’s Explanation of His No Vote (internetnews.me)

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Blacknight Welcomes the Approval of New gTLDs

By on June 20, 2011 in Domains, newtlds, Press Releases

This morning in Singapore, the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved a program that will change the Internet, as we know it. Blacknight (http://www.blacknight.com) welcome  ICANN’ s decision to launch new generic top-level domains. A top-level domain includes extensions (as in after the dot) such as .com, .net, .org. The New gTLD [...]

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New TLDs – Big Decision Monday .. . Maybe ..

By on June 18, 2011 in Domains, icann, newtlds

This week I’m attending the ICANN meeting in Singapore.The hottest topic of the meeting is whether or not ICANN’s board of directors will make a decision on new TLDs. If new TLDs are given a green light this week then it will signal the beginning of a whole new era in the domain name industry [...]

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ICANN 41 Singapore Next Week

By on June 16, 2011 in Domains, Events, icann

Later today I’ll be starting my journey to the 41st public ICANN meeting which is being held in Singapore. As usual the official meeting doesn’t start until Monday, but the timetable for the weekend is pretty full! I’ll be speaking on several panels and sessions throughout the week on a range of topics ranging from [...]

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Stuck For Father’s Day Inspiration? Try a .me Domain!

By on June 15, 2011 in Domains, dotme, Marketing, Promotions

It’s that time of year again – Father’s Day is just around the corner again .. With that in mind James has given our special Father’s Day site a fresh coat of paint (virtually speaking) and we have a new offer. Get a .me domain name for only €4.99 – just use coupon code “whosyourdaddy” [...]

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Get Your IPv6 On

By on June 8, 2011 in Ipv6

Today is World IPv6 Day. It’s geektastic! So what is actually happening today? A lot of content providers from the four corners of the globe are “switching on” IPv6 for their websites today. That means that if your ISP is giving you an IPv6 connection you’ll be able to connect to the content via v6 [...]

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Co Breaks 1 Million Domain Mark

By on June 7, 2011 in Domains

The .co story is pretty inspiring. In just over a year .co has managed to get domain registrations up to a very respectable number: 1 million Over 1 million .co domain names have been registered That is impressive. If you want to get a .co domain name for your business or personal project then now [...]

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