.blog
| Status: | Proposed |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Technology |
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.blog is a proposed new TLD in ICANN's new gTLD expansion program. The .blog TLD is expected to be one of the most contested new TLDs.
Current Applicants[edit | edit source]
- Primer Nivel, partnering with Qinetics for registry services, CommunityDNS for DNS services, and NCC Group for data escrow.[1][2]
- Personals TLD Inc. (Radix), partnering with ARI Registry Services for backend registry functioning. Radix has applied for 31 new gTLDs.[3][4]
- Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., using its own Minds + Machines subsidiary. Blog is one of 68 applications that the company has filed on its own behalf.
- Top Level Design, submitted 10 total applications.
- Afilias, The company applied for a total of 305 new gTLDs. [5]
- BET Inc., [[John Kane] of Afilias is listed as the contact person.
- Charleston Road Registry Inc. (Google), The search engine giant applied for 76 new gTLDs under this company name. [6]
- Donuts (Corn Shadow, LLC), the company applied for .blog under this company name. Donuts applied for a total of 307 new gTLDs and invested $56 million just for application fees. [7]
- Merchant Law Group LLP, Mr. Brendon James Ralfe is the main contact person for the company
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ First .blog new gTLD applicant revealed
- ↑ Projects .Blog
- ↑ Directi Invest Over $30 Million & Applies For 31 New gTLD’s: Including: .Law, .Web, .Bank, .Shop
- ↑ Technology
- ↑ Afilias Bringing Hundreds of New Top Level Domains to the Internet
- ↑ Online Marketing Firm fishbat Inc., Breaks Down the ICANN gTLD Announcement
- ↑ Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains