Features • 1) ICANN New gTLDs' Domain Name Registrations Implode, 2) .NET Registry Agreement, 3) Other ICANN news, 4) Names, Domains & Trademarks: INTA meeting May 20-24, 5) ICYMI, 6) Q1 2017 Earnings Season, 7) Most Popular.
1) ICANN New gTLDs' Domain Name Registrations Implode:
UPDATE May 18, 2017: New gTLDs' Implosion Unabated--almost 2 million decrease in new gTLDs' domain name registrations April 13 - May 17, 2017
ALL 2017 #GTLD registrations WIPED OUT as per graphic below! Dozens of NEW extensions could not overcome the continuing MELTDOWN! #Domains pic.twitter.com/N6PLzfZgC3— Rick Schwartz (@DomainKing) May 10, 2017
Only sector in worse shape than #retail is #GTLD's. I have NEVER seen hemorrhaging like this in what should b time of HUGE GROWTH! #Domains— Rick Schwartz (@DomainKing) May 10, 2017
My tweets about #gtld's can't b popular. Many friends/colleagues work, advertise, buy/sell & have other forms of monetary interest. #Domains— Rick Schwartz (@DomainKing) May 10, 2017
But it will never change the facts or the reality of this ill conceived CLUSTERF*CK. I will always tell it like I see it. #gtld #Domains— Rick Schwartz (@DomainKing) May 10, 2017
[Editor's note: comments close 19 May 2017 23:59 UTC, on the Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team [CCT-RT] Draft Report of Recommendations for New gTLDs. I intend to submit a comment, however I am waiting to receive answers from ICANN to the questions I submitted (pdf)(embed below) on April 26, 2017, in advance of the quarterly ICANN stakeholder call on April 27. At that time I was assured by ICANN staff that my questions would be answered offline "so we can be as thorough as possible to your many questions"]:
I'm still working on a title for my forthcoming comment to CCT-RT, possibilities:
- ICANN's New gTLDs: A New Generation of Ransomware for Domain Name Registrants?
- The Sordid History of ICANN & Its New gTLDs from Beckstrom-Thrush-Pritz (pdf) to Atallah & Chehade;
- ICANN & Its New gTLDs: A Legal Racket or Consumer (registrant) Scam?
- New gTLDs: A Dream Come True for Cybercriminals, Cybersquatters, Spammers, & ICANN?
- ICANN's New gTLDs Program: Greed + Incompetence = Choice & Innovation?
2) .NET Registry Agreement: Page 4 of my questions above concerns the proposed renewal of the .NET Registry Agreement (comments close May 30). Inexplicably, this past Friday evening thru Saturday morning, the open comments page had deleted the .NET Registry Agreement entry, and the ICANN webpage on the "Proposed Renewal of .NET Registry Agreement" was returning a "404"--
3) Other ICANN news
- Consent Agenda: 1) Approval of Minutes; 2) Initiating the Second Review of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC)
- Main Agenda: 1)Approval of the Global Amendment to the Base New gTLD Registry Agreement; 2) Release of Second-Level Country and Territory Names in New gTLDs; 3) AOB
- Executive Session – Confidential
• ICANN59 Community Webinar | ICANN.org: "ICANN will be holding an informational webinar on Tuesday, 16 May 2017, at 1600 UTC."
• The Fourth Middle East Domain Name System (DNS) Forum to Take Place in Cairo, Egypt | ICANN.org 22 and 23 May.
• The Fourth Middle East Domain Name System (DNS) Forum to Take Place in Cairo, Egypt | ICANN.org 22 and 23 May.
• 2016 Reconsideration Requests Status Update – 08 May 2017 | ICANN.org:08 May 2017: reconsideration-requests-status-2016-08may17-en.pdf [138 KB]
4) Names, Domains & Trademarks
- INTA | Barcelona 20-24 May 2017 @INTA #INTA17
- Fake DDoS attack threatening .US domain names | OnlineDomain.com: "... every scammer in the world is using the domain name whois info."
- Ransomware: Global cyber attack slows but experts see risk of fresh strikes | Reuters.com and Factbox: Don't click - What is the 'ransomware' WannaCry worm? | Reuters.com.
- Net Neutrality: Why the Next 10 Days Are Critical to the Internet's Future | blog.mozilla.org re: FCC’s May 18 meeting.
- China Search Engine Market Share Q1 2017 | ChinaInternetWatch.com: "Baidu still leads China's search engine market in Q1 2017 with 75.88% market share by total revenues (including overseas revenues and channel revenues), followed by Google China (10.24%) and Sogou (8.41%)."
- Internet shutdowns: What can the UN do if your country cuts the internet? | Internet | AlJazeera.com: "It has been almost a year since internet access was declared a human right, yet infringements continue. Between January and March 2017, internet in two English-speaking regions of Cameroon was cut off for almost 100 days following protests over an attempt to force the use of French in schools and courtrooms."
- China's Internet: Foreign business groups push for delay in controversial China cyber law | Reuters.com
6) Q1 2017 Earnings Season
• Q1 2017 results this coming week: Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA), May 18 at 7:30 am EDT via DomainMondo.com. This past week: Tucows $TCX and Rightside $NAME.
7) Most popular posts (# of pageviews Sun-Sat) this past week on DomainMondo.com:
- Q1 2017 Results LIVE Webcasts May 9: Rightside $NAME & Tucows $TCX
- News Review: Why New gTLDs Mistakes Don't Matter | NR 2017-05-07
-- John Poole, Editor, Domain Mondo
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