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Phishing Alert: Fraudulent Domain Expiry Email Citing ICANN and Webnames

Julianna — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:33:48 +0000

We’ve witnessed an increase in sophisticated phishing emails concerning domain names over the past few weeks. We want to bring your attention to a recent specific email that has been reported to us by vigilant customers. The email purports to be from ‘ICANN’, with the subject line “ACTION REQUIRED: Your domain name will be expired…

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.INCorporate Your Business Online

Webnames.ca Staff — Fri, 31 May 2013 15:51:54 +0000

The arrival of the new .INC domain extension may (or may not) be imminent, the ability to create a name that stands out among the millions of other domains out there certainly sounds appealing. While this news is good news for large businesses, this is even better for small businesses. A domain under the new…

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Webnames.ca Launches Trademark Clearinghouse Validation Process for Trademark Holders

Webnames.ca Staff — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:48:38 +0000

On March 26, 2013, Webnames.ca implemented a Trademark Clearinghouse validation page for all Trademark holders. This is in anticipation of the release of new generic top level domains (gTLDs). What is the Trademark Clearinghouse? The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) is a database of trademarks established by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in…

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Domain Name News – March 4, 2013

John Demco — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:30:09 +0000

ICANN Publishes New gTLD Program Contention Sets – ICANN has completed the contention sets for the New gTLD Program. A contention set is a group of two or more gTLD applications containing identical or visually similar gTLD strings. In addition to 230 exact match contention sets, ICANN has published two non-exact match contention sets in…

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New Cybele Negris Article: Get Ready for an Explosion in Domain Names

Webnames.ca Staff — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:15:51 +0000

Webnames.ca President and Co-founder, Cybele Negris’s new article in PROFIT magazine is out and she talks about how to Get Ready for an Explosion in Domain Names. Hundreds of new domain name extensions are about to be launched in 2013, creating the largest land rush for domain names. A few years ago, the Internet Corporation…

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New gTLD Highlight: What is .BUSINESS?

Webnames.ca Staff — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:25:40 +0000

Webnames.ca is now accepting pre-registrations for upcoming new generic Top Level Domain Names (like .web, .hotel, .blog, .home, .tech etc.) and we’re getting a lot of great feedback from our customers! These new extensions are a huge opportunity for businesses and individuals. Think of the possibilities! You can be creative (YourNameAt.home), you can be industry…

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New gTLDs: Pre-Register Now at Webnames.ca

Webnames.ca Staff — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:09:46 +0000

You can now Pre-register new gTLDs (generic Top Level Domains) with Webnames.ca! Earlier this year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that they are releasing hundreds to over a thousand new generic Top Level domains (gTLDs) in 2013. Webnames.ca has launched a system to let you pre-register for domain name extensions…

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ICANN Takes On The Largest Expansion of gTLD Applications

Neil Lim — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:00:38 +0000

A Snapshot of The gTLD Expansion On January 12, 2012 ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned names and Numbers) started accepting applications for generic top-level domains (gTLDs) and closed its application period on May 30, 2012. Presently, there are 22 gTLDs including .com, .org, and .net. Out of the several applications, some of the biggest…

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ICANN Starts Accepting Applications for New gTLDs

Cybele Negris — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:23:25 +0000

Today, January 12, 2012 marks the day ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) starts accepting applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). This process has been heavily debated amongst the internet community at large as well as within the ICANN board but was approved by ICANN in 2011 at its meeting in…

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CIRA implements revised CDRP Policy and Rules

Garrett Saundry — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:40:53 +0000

The CIRA Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (CDRP), which has been in effect since 2002, is a forum which is intended to provide quick, out-of-court arbitrations at relatively low cost for .CA domain names registered in bad faith Last summer, CIRA (The Canadian Internet Registration Authority), held a public consultation on it’s CDRP to gather…

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ICANN Approves New gTLD Program – A New Domain Landscape is on the Horizon

Garrett Saundry — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:29:35 +0000

New Domain Names are Coming in 2012 Part of the mandate of ICANN is to make the internet representative and inclusive. Over the last ten years they have tried to pick new top level domain names that would best serve the internet and this centralized process saw the introduction of new domain extensions such as…

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First Internationalized Domain Applications Pass Critical Stage

Julianna — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:22:13 +0000

ICANN has approved the first four internationalized top-level domain names (IDNs) for Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. In a statement released yesterday, ICANN president and CEO Rod Beckstrom called it “a pivotal moment in the history of Internet domain names.” Why exactly is the support of internationalized top-level domain names so significant? For starters, the exclusivity…

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Good News For Trademark Holders

Garrett Saundry — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:54:44 +0000

As most trandemark owners know, it can be costly to defensively register domains for all of your trademarks, especially considering the fact that for some types of businesses, pharmaceutical companies for example, this can mean hundreds of domains. With the imminent introduction of new TLD’s, ICANN is considering introducing a trademark database. It’s already quite costly if you’re…

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Spam-fighting Organization Names Top 10 “Spam Friendly” Registrars

Julianna — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:37:30 +0000

Spam-fighting organization KnujOn, or “no junk” spelled backwards, has released a report on the top 10 registrars it has linked to spam and other illicit activity. Founded in 2005, the KnujOn project targets spam at its root by collecting spam samples from the public, not to build better filters or blacklists, but to terminate illicite…

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ICANN Posts gTLD Video Update

Julianna — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:42:57 +0000

ICANN has posted video updates on the Applicant Guidebook and New gTLD Process http://www.icann.org/video/. CEO Paul Twomey, COO Doug Brent and Sr. VP Kurt Pritz talk about the status of the process for introducing new generic top-level domains. They also summarize comments received in the1st round of public comment on the Applicant Guidebook and what…

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ICANN Publishes 2008 Annual Report

Cybele Negris — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:31:50 +0000

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has published their 2008 Annual Report. The report details ICANN’s achievements in 2008. Highlights include their three 2008 major initiatives: 1. Process for introducing new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to the Internet; 2. Introduction of internationalized domain names (IDNs); and 3. Extensive consultations on Improving Institutional…

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ICANN Approves Afilias (.INFO) Proposed Abusive Use Policy

Nick Caristinos — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:42:11 +0000

After a preliminary determination of Afilias’ request to introduce an Abusive Use Policy, ICANN has approved the request. This allows Afilias to implement the proposed policy as of July 3rd 2008. Afilias (the .INFO registry) proposed to ICANN that they have complete control over the decisions regarding .INFO domain abuse. The new Abusive Use Policy …

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The Lowdown on the Upcoming New gTLD’s

Garrett Saundry — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:11:55 +0000

ICANN’s announcement about opening the registration of new generic top level domains (gTLD) has created significant buzz in ‘Internetland’ and the domain industry. Industry insiders speculate that it will generate a new gold rush of activity on domain names, like was last seen in the mid 90’s. ICANN also announced that for the first time…

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ICANN Approves Overhaul of Top-Level Domains

Julianna — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:29:30 +0000

Big news out of the ICANN meetings taking place today in Paris, France. ICANN has unanimously approved the introduction of new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD’s) – and the decision is expected significantly impact the Internet as we know it. Soon any public or private organization from anywhere in the world will be able to register…

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