Domain Name News: “Google wants to expand the internet domain space, exploring new gTLD’s” plus 1 more

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Google wants to expand the internet domain space, exploring new gTLD’s Posted: 01 Jun 2012 04:08 PM PDT Chief internet evangelist at Google, Vint Cerf, yesterday made an official announcement confirming Google’s bid for various new gTLD’s. According to a number of sources, there may be as many as 50 new gTLD’s that the company will be trying to secure. The new details released on the official Google blog shed a light on Google ‘s already submitted applications for a number of new tgeneric TLDs which they hope to operate as early as 2013. The new gTLD’s that Google hopes to lock-down and operate basically fall into four categories: Google’s trademarks, like .Google Domains related to Google’s core businesses, like .Docs Domains that will improve user experience, such as .YouTube, which can increase the ease with which YouTube channels and genres can be identified Domains Google thinks will have interesting and creative potential, such as .LOL Google wants to make the introduction of new generic top level domains a “good experience for web users” and webmasters. They have outlined the following plans below, with more to be announced in the near future we are sure as things play out. Security and abuse prevention will be a high priority Work with all ICANN accredited registrars (currently approximately 1,050 total) Work with brand owners to develop sensible rights protection mechanisms that build upon ICANN's rules and requirements It will be interesting to see what other short term and long term goals Google puts out there as far as new gTLD’s are concerned. Having Google a supporter and active participant of the new gTLD’s wave is a huge boost to the domaining industry and the tech world overall. Vint Cerf wrapped up the blog post by saying: “We're just beginning to explore this potential source of innovation on the web, and we are curious to see how these proposed new TLDs will fare in the existing TLD environment. By opening up more choices for Internet domain names, we hope people will find options for more diverse—and perhaps shorter—signposts in cyberspace.” ICANN has confirmed that it has received more than 1,900 applications for new gTLD’s, which would bring in an estimated 350 million dollars in application fees alone. Certain applications may be for the same new gTLD string and will be contested, causing a delay in the actual roll out of the generic top level domain names. Vint Cerf served as chairman of the board of the ICANN from 2000-2007. Cerf also served as founding president of the Internet Society from 1992-1995 and in 1999 served a term as chairman of the Board. Cerf joined Google as Internet Evangelist and Vice President in 2005 . Related posts: Survey For Registry Service Providers (new gTLDs) Google Introduces Public DNS Service ICANN nixes Expression of Interest for new gTLDs Minds + Machines Parents Posts Loss While Waiting for new gTLDs ICA Refused to Sign Letter Urging Initiation of New gTLDs

EURid releases Q1 progress report, growth continues in .eu space Posted: 01 Jun 2012 05:54 AM PDT According to the latest progress report from the .eu top-level domain registry, EURid, .eu domain name registrations grew by 6.1% year over year. This represents the best annual growth in .eu registrations since Q3 2010. The first quarter also saw 9% more new .eu registrations than at the same time one year ago. Lithuania recorded the highest annual growth, with a 31% increase of .eu registrations compared with Q1 2011, followed by Austria (22%) and Slovakia (18%). During the same period, registrations in a further seven European Union countries – Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Malta, Poland and Slovenia – grew by 10% or more. The .eu ccTLD ended the first quarter of 2012 with close to 3.6 million registered domains. During this quarter, .eu registrations increased in 23 of the 27 EU nations. Malta, Slovenia and Finland all saw quarterly growth of over 4% according to the report. The latest EURid quarterly report which is 26 pages long is available for download right here. Related posts: Verisign Releases Domain Industry Brief More Than 215 Million Domain Names Registered World Wide VeriSign Releases December Industry Brief More Than 196.3m Domain Names Registered Worldwide GNSO releases Initial Report on Domain Tasting This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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