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Things Heating Up for New gTLDs

ICANN issued some great news today sharing progress on the new GTLDs.  Highlights of the “Information Paper” (see the actual document for full details; link is below): As of November 13, 2012, there are 13 requests for withdrawal of applications. … Continue reading

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Do Not Miss the Cramton Associates Applicant Auction Workshop

Note/Update: (I have no affiliation with Cramton Associates and do not mean in any way to discount other auction providers offering services. Please feel free to send me links if you provide similar services; I’ll post them here.) I attended … Continue reading

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6 Agencies Plan Toyota’s Tagline; What About Their New gTLD?

The Importance of Business Naming – Toyota Introduces ‘Let’s Go Places’ The article didn’t state how much, but I suspect that Toyota spent millions of dollars coming up with their new tagline, “Let’s Go Places”. I’m sure they had focus … Continue reading

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Four New gTLD Applications Withdrawn

Doug Isenberg reported on four new gTLD applications that have been withdrawn. Three of them were applied for by Google. I can see why they changed their mind; they don’t really seem sensible for use as a top level domain. … Continue reading

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