Generic top-level domain

Generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are one of the categories of top-level domains (TLDs) maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for use in the Domain Name System of the Internet. A top-level domain is the last label of every fully qualified domain name. They are called generic for historic reasons; initially, they were contrasted with country-specific TLDs in RFC 920.

The core group of generic top-level domains consists of the com, info, net, and org domains. In addition, the domains biz, name, and pro are also considered generic; however, these are designated as restricted, because registrations within them require proof of eligibility within the guidelines set for each.

Historically, the group of generic top-level domains included domains, created in the early development of the domain name system, that are now sponsored by designated agencies or organizations and are restricted to specific types of registrants. Thus, domains edu, gov, int, and mil are now considered sponsored top-level domains, much like the themed top-level domains (e.g., jobs). The entire group of domains that do not have a geographic or country designation (see country-code top-level domain) is still often referred to by the term generic TLDs.

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38th Dot-Brand Bows Out After Acquisition By Equinix

WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2018

Telecity Group has informed ICANN it no longer wishes to run its dot-brand gTLD, Domain Incite reported Wednesday. .telecity becomes the 38th dot-brand gTLD to terminate its registry agreement, the report said.The company, which used to be a major London-based internet collocation facilities operator, had close to £350 million ($445 million) revenue in 2014, Domain Incite reported....

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Five National ccTLDs Top The Most Abusive Top Level Domain List For July 2018

WorldNews.com 30 Jul 2018

Looking for a malware activity monitor to find bad domains spewing out spam for every TLD, ccTLD and gTLD? ... In fairness, the report said, all of these ccTLDs are being used as opportunistic destinations, managed by third parties on behalf of the nations they represent.....

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.BIKE gTLD Never Seemed To Really Get Off The Ground

WorldNews.com 27 Jul 2018

Website MorganLinton reports while some gTLDs are happy to ride under the radar, others like .APP, .CLUB and .XYZ have been in the spotlight forever. One such under-the-radar gTLD is .BIKE, a puzzling gTLD and one not generic enough to likely ever see a critical mass of registrations, the report said.Started earlier in 2018, it garnered 16,500 registrations, but has been unable to raise that total, MorganLinton reports....

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Baidu Gets Chinese Approval For .baidu As A TLD, Report Says

WorldNews.com 25 Jul 2018

The approval was for .baidu, which is currently pre-launch with no launch plan on record, the report said.Without a Specification 13, which contains various carve-outs for single-registrant spaces, DomainIncite reported, the brand match is not technically a dot-brand gTLD.Although Baidu is not particularly well known in the English-speaking world, ......

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Archaeologists Protest 'Televangelist' .bible gTLD, Rules

WorldNews.com 28 Jun 2018

The restrictive registration policies of gTLD .bible and ICANN have been severely criticized by the Biblical Archaeology Society, DomainIncite reported Thursday ... internet’s equivalent of televangelism,” the report said.Operated by the America Bible Society, the gTLD is best know for its “Good News” translation of the book, DomainIncite reported....

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$44-Billion Tata Motors Is Latest Deadbeat gTLD Registry

WorldNews.com 21 Jun 2018

Tata Motors, the Indian car-making giant, has become the latest new gTLD registry to fail to pay its ICANN fees, DomainIncite reported Wednesday ... registry fee, the breach notice said.As part of the Indian conglomerate Tata group, DomainGang reported, the company uses runs .tatamotors as a dot-brand gTLD and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange....

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MMX Could Announce Acquisition, Financial Results This Week

WorldNews.com 02 May 2018

MMX, a new gTLD registry, could announce plans to be acquired as early as this week, a report on the Domain Incite said Wednesday....

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Africa .com For Sale : An Entire Continent Domain Via #Sedo

WorldNews.com 02 May 2018

Registered in 1994, Africa.com is one of only seven continent names, the report said ... Australia.com is owned by the Australian tourism office.In addition, Africa.com is the only continent domain to have a matching gTLD, dot .Africa, Domain Gang reported.Also, Sedo is also selling nambia.com, the report said.– WN.com, Jack Durschlag....

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I See You : New GTLD ICU Ready For Launch

WorldNews.com 22 Mar 2018

A new generic gTLD focusing on global reach and approach called dot .ICU, an obvious acronym for “I See You,” is about to launch, DomainGang reported Thursday. Dot .ICU is a domain extension operated by ShortDot SA, an internet domain registry based in Luxembourg, the report said ... General availability for .ICU begins on May 29.– WN.com, Jack Durschlag....

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A New gTLD Kills Itself Off For The Second Time

WorldNews.com 18 Jan 2018

For the second time, British pharmacy chain Boots has applied to ICANN to terminate its dot-brand contract, Domain Incite reported. In December, the company asked for its .boots Registry Agreement it signed in 2015 to be ended and ICANN opened the request for public comment this week, the report said....

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Domain Incite: Active New gTLD Domains Drop Below 20 Million

WorldNews.com 10 Jan 2018

Starting Jan. 1, the number of domain names recorded in new gTLD zone files dipped below 20 million for the first time in 18 months, Domain Incite reported. Updated data reflecting information gathered through today reveal there are currently 19.8 million domains in zone files, down from the peak of 26 million in March 2017, the report said ... Others may be registered but unused or on hold for various reasons.– WN.com, Jack Durschlag....

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Namecheap To Bring Millions Of Domains In-House Next Week

WorldNews.com 05 Jan 2018

Every domain it sold showed up in official reports as an Enom sale.While it’s been using its own ICANN accreditation to sell gTLD names since around 2015 — and has around four million names on its own credentials — it still had a substantial portion of its customer base on the Enom ticker, the report said.After the two companies’ arrangement ended, Enom was acquired by Tucows, the report said....

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Real Estate Company Files Lawsuit After Failed UDRP

WorldNews.com 21 Nov 2017

... service mark…Finally, the Panel must note that the Complainant’s position is weakened by the fact that it waited more than six years to seek a transfer of the disputed domain name, which is identical to its mark and bears the most common gTLD, “.com”.Under Campbell, the domain name is used for his own personal real estate business, the report said....

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