The new gTLD info for Tuesday, April 19th

Changing from a new domain name to a new sub-domain is a strange choice but in this case, there is an explanation. Recently, the owner of startup.club received an offer for the acquisition of this domain name. Startup.club was the .CLUB Registry portal for Premium domain names. To keep developing traffic on its portal, content of startup.club has moved to startup.nic.club.

1. The new gTLD lever - The Oprah Winfrey Network to use a .BUZZ domain name for website;
2. Report - New gTLDs related to COMPANIES (update);
3. New gTLD Program Safeguards: 6 days left!
4. Opinion - .AFRICA : the "arrogant and unaccountable ICANN";
5. 30,000 applications for .SWISS domain names;
6. Case figure - 6 Months to migrate website to a .BANK;
7. Join the Live the Adventure Club :-)
8. According to Verisign, also .COM Registry, all signs show that new gTLDs are not necessarily the best for SEO;
9. Good read - New gTLD Report:
1. The number of active .brands and those recently delegated;
2. The highest ranking .brands in the Alexa Top 1M;
3. The number of generic new gTLDs in the Alexa Top 1M;
4. The new gTLDs that trigger suspicion in the Top 10;
5. An alternative look at the Top 10 with our gTLD Utilization Indicator score;
6. The performance of .brands in search.
10. What's in a name on social? Be simple, be memorable;
11. .SUCKS “gag order” dropped, approved;
12. Just created: a .BRAND Observatory;
13. The .HOTEL fight;
14. Associations Offer Innovative Benefits To Consumers, Members Through New gTLD Program:
1. .REALTOR and the National Association of Realtors;
2. .AARP and AARP, Inc. (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons);
3. .BANK and the Financial Services Roundtable;
4. How Associations Can Use gTLDs – Now and in The Future.
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The new gTLD info for Wednesday, March 23rd

There are new gTLDs NEWS today. One thing that I noticed recently is the increasing number of writers and bloggers who add pop-ups to their websites, offering to subscribe to their Newsletter. Many "online communication experts" say that this is now a must-have and it helps readers to come back... I personally don't like it and there is info that I do not add here just because of this reason: these pop-ups are really intrusive, even more when they come back again after they were closed. Oh...if you don't like that pop-up which appears on this blog, you can close it (click on top-right :-)

• Report - New gTLDs related to SPORT (weekly update);
• Do you know what a "Blab" is? Follow this one on new gTLDs;
• Interview - Colin Campbell, Founder, and Chairman/CEO of the .Club registry;
• Interview - the .BERLIN new gTLD: 2 years after;
• Women like and use new domain names;
• 5 new Top Level Domain Start-up Plans;
• Another article on .BMW domain names (already covered in our Newsletter dated 11 of March :-)
• .PARIS : "un URL branché !"
• More coming today.

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The new gTLD info for Tuesday, March 15th

Today, I read that there will be a .MOBILE new domain name extension and this captures my attention because there is a MOBI new gTLD already. It was launched many years ago and there are 725,000 domain names registered in this extension (more or less). There were 3 applicants for this extension (check here for the list: "ICANN new gTLD Application Results").
I wonder...who will buy domain names ending in ".MOBILE"? The question was raised recently at another "Multiple Registry" who applied for domain name extensions that will probably sell very few domain names so...why would someone apply for such domain name extension?
I checked figures and I am now certain that it is worth applying for a new gTLD for a speculation purpose. I mean by this that you can earn more money selling a domain name extension in an auction rather than launching the Registry itself and try to sell domain names. Could it be what we are talking about here?

1. Weekly report - New gTLDs related to Companies;
2. Resolved: the .MOBILE contention set;
3. The Nameshield Group was in Brussels and spoke to .BRUSSELS and .GENT new gTLDs;
4. Launching a Startup? Consider new gTLDs;
5. Direct link to new gTLD contention sets;
6. Mistake in this applicant's new gTLD application,
7. Uber on a bike = now.bike
8. More coming for tonight's Newsletter.

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