Choosing a domain name can be a daunting, tiring task for those of you trying to set up an online presence for your brand. What name to choose? Is it easily remembered? What if the domain name that I want is unavailable? Here are a few simple tips in an infographic on how to choose a domain name. If a .COM is unavailable, fret not, there are TONS of creative new TLDs cropping up! You…
The year 2014 was an exciting year for the Internet Industry. With the launch of hundreds of new gTLDs, branding opportunities for marketers around the globe are now convincingly seeming limitless as they can now choose a web address that best describes their business! However, with the introduction of so many New gTLDs, there is an inherent question in all our minds – how will New gTLDs perform against legacy domain extensions for a search…
As the internet space is expanding with an influx of new TLDs, over 4 million new domain names have been registered on these nTLDs. Obviously, clashes over domain names become inevitable and copyright issues follow soon. This may also give way to illegitimate businesses, cyber crimes and other unlawful activities. Understandably, brand protection agencies are having a tough time, although some measures instituted by ICANN have made their lives easier! Let us take a look…
Choosing a domain name, irrespective of the nature of your business, is probably one of the most crucial aspects of creating (and leveraging) your brand identity on the web. You must make sure you choose a domain name that not only depicts your business objective, but is also easy to search for. Search engine ranking plays a vital role in determining the success of a business. Which explains why businesses, be it small or large,…
The Total Registrations of the new gTLDs have reached the huge figure of over 1.7 Million (as of 25th July 2014). .CLUB has continued to grow at a furious pace and .GURU and .TODAY follow in its wake. The addition of generics such as .XYZ and .WEBSITE will be expected to shake things up very soon, but in terms of registrations through our platform the impact is still nascent. The percentage split of the registrations…
Radix is Asia’s largest new gTLD applicant and has invested over $30 Million in securing licenses to operate the new gTLD extensions. Radix has applied for 27 Domain Extensions in ICANN’s new gTLDs program. Radix has executed their agreements with ICANN to operate 4 new gTLDs – .website, .host, .space, and .press and will be launching these later this year. Radix is also the Registry for the repurposed extension .pw – the professional web and…
The Total Registrations of the new gTLDs have reached the huge figure of over 773,056 (as of 16th May 2014). .Guru is still leading the charts with 56,886 registrations. The first city based TLD, .Berlin is second with 47,806 registration closely followed by the recently released .club with 44,355 registrations. It is very obvious that the specific strings that are doing well are because a lot of people are waiting for them to open up…
New trends and strategies seem to be emerging since the new gTLDs have entered the Domain Name Marketplace. The internet as a whole is going to shift into a more organised space and search engines are going to evolve to highlight the advantages of a relevant gTLD Domain Name. We are trying to capture the growth of this new market with monthly reports depicting the market share of the new gTLDs that are popular and…
The phrase ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) seems to have caught Tech World by storm! It has been a topic of serious debate in technology circles and has steadily gathered steam in the past few months! So what is the (IoT) wave all about? Is it just another buzzword or will it really alter the course of the Internet as we know it? Let’s get some perspective… What is the Internet of Things? Imagine that you…
When ICANN opened up applications for new gTLDs several came in for professions and industries in an effort to re-classify the internet by the purpose served by a website. It was only natural that the Web Presence industry was well represented in these applications and one of the new gTLDs that cater to this market entered General Availability just yesterday – .DOMAINS! A .DOMAINS website is a perfect fit for any domain registration service provider…