Difference between revisions of ".blog"

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|status = Proposed
 
|status = Proposed
|manager  = [[Primer Nivel]] <br> [[Radix]]
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|stringcontention = Yes
 
|stringcontention = Yes
|registryprovider  = [[Qinetics]] for Primer Nivel <br> [[ARI Registry Services]] for Radix
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|type  = [[gTLD|Generic TLD]]
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|type  = IT
 
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|keypeople  = [[Gerardo Aristizabal]], Manager of [[My.co]] <br> [[Bhavin Turakhia]], CEO of Radix
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'''.blog''' is a new generic top level domain name ([[gTLD]]) proposal to [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD expansion program]] by [[Primer Nivel]] in partnership with [[My.co]] (Central Comercializadora de Internet, an ICANN accredited registrar and [[Radix]], a subsidiary business of [[Directi]], a company based in Dubai which own various registrar and web hosting businesses. <ref>
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'''.blog''' is a proposed new [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD expansion program]]; the .blog TLD is expected to be one of the most contested new TLDs.
[http://domainincite.com/first-blog-new-gtld-applicant-revealed/ First .blog new gTLD applicant revealed]</ref> <ref>[http://my.co/#section3 Projects .Blog]</ref> <ref>
 
[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/05/31/directi-invest-over-30-million-applies-for-31-new-gtlds-including-law-web-bank-shop/ Directi Invest Over $30 Million & Applies For 31 New gTLD’s: Including: .Law, .Web, .Bank, .Shop]</ref>
 
  
Primer Nivel aims to use the .blog TLD to provide a unique address for bloggers worldwide and to use it as an internet space for freedom of speech and information. [[Qinetics]] will provide back-end registry solutions while [[CommunityDNS]] will provide DNS services and data escrow provider for the .blog string will be the NCC Group.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/first-blog-new-gtld-applicant-revealed/ First .blog new gTLD applicant revealed]</ref> <ref>[http://my.co/#section3 Projects .Blog]</ref>
 
  
On the other hand, [[ARI Registry Services]] will serve as the back-end registry service provider for [[Radix]].<ref>[http://www.radixregistry.com/technology.php Technology]</ref>
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===Current Applicants===
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* [[Primer Nivel]], partnering with [[Qinetics]] for registry services, [[CommunityDNS]] for [[DNS]] services, and [[NCC Group]] for data escrow<ref>[http://domainincite.com/first-blog-new-gtld-applicant-revealed/ First .blog new gTLD applicant revealed]</ref> <ref>[http://my.co/#section3 Projects .Blog]</ref>
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* [[Radix]], partnering with [[ARI Registry Services for backend registry functioning]]<ref>
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[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/05/31/directi-invest-over-30-million-applies-for-31-new-gtlds-including-law-web-bank-shop/ Directi Invest Over $30 Million & Applies For 31 New gTLD’s: Including: .Law, .Web, .Bank, .Shop]</ref><ref>[http://www.radixregistry.com/technology.php Technology]</ref>
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* [[Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd.]], using its own [[Minds + Machines]] subsidiary
  
The .blog TLD is expected as one the most contested domain name string.
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 03:44, 6 June 2012


Status: Proposed
Registry: Knock Knock WHOIS There, LLC
Registry Backend: CentralNic
Type: IT

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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


References