This morning ICANN announced which applicants threw their names in the hat for gTLDs. Given the breadth of news on the topic, I thought I’d round up some of the stories that caught my eye today. ICANN Reveal Day: Who Applied for What [dotYOU] – Our friends at dotYOU did a great job of crunching [...]
#gTLDChat: Branding Opportunities and Challenges of the New Top-Level Domains
On October 5th, we hosted the first Twitter Chat, #gTLDChat. Thank you to everyone who participated by sharing a wealth of ideas about what the new gTLD’s can do for a brand, as well as some of the challenges marketers encounter when socializing ideas for new gTLDs within their organizations. As promised, below is a [...]

New gTLDS: Why Ignoring Them Could be a Career-Limiting Move for Chief Marketing Officers
Join the #gTLDChat Twitter chat on Wednesday, October 5th, at 12:30 p.m. EDT as seasoned marketers and Internet experts discuss the marketing and branding opportunities that ICANN’s new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) program has to offer. This is your opportunity to ask questions, contribute to the conversation and find out more about why many marketers [...]
Commentary: Say No to WIPO’s Proposal to Amend the PDDRP to Create New Law
This comment is being presented in my personal capacity and does not necessarily represent the views of my employer (Neustar, Inc.) and its subsidiaries or affiliates. — Jeff Neuman A number of comments to ICANN’s proposed Post Delegation Dispute Resolution Process for new gTLD Registry Operators support a proposal by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to hold a registry operator accountable for trademark infringement that occurs within a TLD if it “knowingly…
DNSSEC and Neustar: The Long and Winding Road
Late last year, Neustar received approval to implement Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) in the .us registry. In the interim, Neustar has signed the .us zone and is preparing to sign the .biz zone. With a signed root coming in July 2010, Tim Switzer, Neustar’s vice president of Domain Name Registry Services, assesses the landscape.What is DNSSEC? Tim Switzer: DNSSEC is a set of extensions to the Domain Name System (DNS). It provides an authenticated DNS query response…
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