The new gTLD info for Thursday, May 12th

I surfed a bit this morning and went through the major Trademarks who registered their ".gdn" domain name. There are many already:

1. Facebook
2. Instagram
3. Mark Monitor
4. Periscope
5. Twitter
6. Wordpress
7. Microsoft
8. Oculus Rift
9. Amazon
10. Citibank
11. ...

Some of them does not appear in that list. Did you notice which? To my understanding, this is one of the reasons why major Trademarks should pay attention to this domain name extension. Domain names ending in ".gdn" are for investors, not Trademarks, but this does not mean that it should be neglected.

News

1. The .RICHARDLI new gTLD is about to launch: do you know who Richard Li is?
2. Weekly Report - New gTLDs related to FRENCH new gTLD applications;
3. Google plans to ban Payday Loan Ads: do you own ".LOAN" domain names?
4. HIT - .CLOUD & .CLUB domain names are a hit for resellers (out of a total of 500 new gTLDs);
5. HOT - "Sport et Noms de domaine" (in French): des incontournables qui prennent position;
6. The .HOTEL Registry changes hands (well...one of the applications);
7. Cumulative premium name sales for .CLUB = $3,841,271.03;
8. SEO - Does Moving to a New gTLD Domain Name Help Rankings?
9. French - "Pourquoi j’ai osé adopter le .wine pour mon vignoble";
10. .BRANDs - Brand TLDs: five potential benefits;
11. Just added - The new gTLD report related to Religion;
12. As usual, there is more coming during the day before the publication of the Newsletter.

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