Wednesday, January 11, 2012

New Domain Names Blog Posting

Tomorrow the non-profit responsible for overseeing new top level domain names used on the Internet will open applications to the public for new names. Remember that top level domain names are: .com, .gov, .edu, etc.

Research the Internet to find out:
  • the name of the non-profit
  • how much will companies for new domains
  • some of the expected new domains
  • how the application process works
  • why is it so important to certain companies and organizations to have total domain name control - discuss in detail the reasons and why they are important
  • what makes tomorrow such a BIG deal as far as the Internet is concered
In addition, research the non-profit company. When did the company start, what exactly are they responsible for with regards to the Internet, where is the company located, are there other companies like this one.

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21 comments:

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  2. Zack Carter
    January 11, 2012
    The Non Profit is called ICANN.
    It will cost 185000 to publish their domain.
    Some of the new domains are .name .biz .xxx .aero and .cat
    You have to present your domain, then pay, then if its approved, you are responsible for managing it. Also you have to pay more for the service providers to make sure the domain is accessible through their service.
    I think it is important because it makes the company look like they are in total control, and from a person’s point of view they would rather deal with a business that manages all of their own stuff.
    Tomorrow is such a big deal as far as the internet is concerned because that is when all of the new domain names will be released, along with that’s when people will be able to start presenting their own domain names.
    ICANN was formed in 1998. ICANN does not play a role in the content of the internet, but it is there to help make it operable to everyone and keep it a global internet. It focuses primarily on the expansion and evolution of the internet as a whole.

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  3. ICANN is the non-profit company. Some companies pay millions of dollars for new domain names but right now they are going for $185,000 for registration. The most expensive domain was bought for 7.5 million dollars. New and expected domains are things such as .biz and .web as well as .nom. The application process isn’t very difficult. You select what domain you want and then check the availability, register for an account using username and password, tell how many years you want to keep it for, check your contact information, enter the DNS, confirm that all the information is correct, and lastly pay with a credit card or debit card. Companies want total domain name control because it cannot be transferred and it protects your domain from unauthorized transfers and/or theft. Tomorrow is going to be a big deal because they are listing a bunch of new domain names. ICANN is the non-profit company; it was created in 1998 to organize everything on the internet because if they didn’t, we wouldn’t have one world-wide internet. The company is located everywhere across the whole world. For as far as I looked, there is no other company that organizes the Internet like ICANN does, it is all just one world-wide non-profit organization.

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  4. ICANN is the non profit domain name. It cost $185000 for a new domain. The application process works by updating the DNS, trust infrastructural, group policy and the STNs. It is a multistage process which updates the directory. If a company pays enough money it could have its own domain name like .Google, .microsoft and so on. It is important for companies to have total domain control because they could do more than they could and have more control. The things that make tomorrow a big deal is that the internet will be different and some of the sites that we use everyday will be changed. It will be different tomorrow. The non profit company started in January 1985. They where responsible for letting internet sites become sites for free and not charging them. There are about 8 million domain names like org but org is the 3rd most popular. Org is located all over the world.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.org
    technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738208(v=ws.10).aspx

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  5. Kayla Chmiel
    1/11/12

    The group of people in charge of the domain names is called ICANN. The companies will have to pay an 185,000 evaluation fee. Some of the expected new domain names will be .biz and .info. To apply you first have to answer 50 questions about what purpose the new suffix will have and questions about the financial backing of the company. The time they get to fill this out is from late March to April 12. It is important to companies and organizations to have total domain name control because other organizations would have to apply to them to be able to use their domain name. Thursday is a big deal on the internet because it is changing the way the internet works. ICANN is located in Marina Del Rey, California. It is responsible for ensuring a stable and secure operation on the internet. It coordinates internet protocol address spaces, assignment of blocks to regional internet registries, and manages top level -domain names.
    Sources:
    •http://www.icann.org/
    •http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2387274,00.asp
    •http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/10/2583123/how-the-internet-will-get-new.html

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  6. The Non Profit is called ICANN.
    It will cost 185000 to publish their domain.
    Some of the new domains are .name .biz .xxx .
    You would have to show the domain, then pay a fee, then if its accepted, you are going to be held responsible for managing it. Also you have to pay a increased amount more for the service providers to make sure the domain is being able to be viewed through their service.
    I think that it would help a lot to make sure the company looks like it’s the big one and can do a lot more then other company’s can.
    ICNN doesn’t do anything in the content of the internet. Its main accomplishment it is treying to do is make the internet better has a whole

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  7. Ryan Cousino

    the non-profit organization is called ICANN (I think) and ICANN's Board has set aside USD$2,000,000 to assist the applicants. The reason this is such a big deal is because this will give applicants a chance to get their name across the internet. rather it be normal people or governing countries. It is important to have total domain control because the company will be able to actually own the domain name for their own use.

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  8. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is who handles the domain names. There are businesses similar to this one that deal with other web issues because ICANN is only responsible for managing the Domain Name System (DNS) and for accrediting the domain name registers. ICANN opened in 1997, but they are changing things up this year. They are adding new domain names such as ‘.movies’ ‘.gossip’ and ‘.xxx’. If you want a new domain name you must register and send in an application and they will review it and see why you want a domain name and either approve or deny it. If you want one you have to pay $185,000, businesses want new domain names so that they have control and other businesses can’t post or advertise on their website.

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  9. Adrianna Martinez

    Some names for domain names are ICANN or Domain.com typically nonprofit organizations are .org sometimes but very rarely they are .com
    A domain name can cost from $2 to $5,000. They say that the organizations will pay a huge amount just to get a few responses to the domain name that they have chosen.
    There are a few new domain names to come out into the market such as .de, .mx, .jp, .shop, .oh, .atl, and .nyc (etc.)
    It is quite easy and simple to register a new domain name. Enom is a web site that allows people to register for new domain names, along with giving you different domain names that already exsist, Enom only charges around $15 for a new domain name registry.
    It is very important to have total control over what is happening with the domain name you have registered because after recently reading in an article that one way for somebody to get scammed is that a company that has the same domain name such as a “scamming party” would simply think that they both have the same domain name, but it would not just be that they would have more access than the people getting scammed thought.
    Tomorrow is such a big deal involving the Internet because it is always progressing, and has a never ending transformation. The more the world gets reliable on technology the more we will depend on the Internet. Companies that are providing the domain names are going to get more involved with the evolving need for the Internet, because the more websites that are being created, the more domain names are going to be created more often.

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  10. The name of the non-profit is ICANN, Companies will spend thousands of dollars for new domain names. Some expected names include: .biz or business, .web for general websites, .I for individuals. An application domain is the CLR, same as an operation system’s process. An application domain is used to isolate applications from one another. This is the same way an operating system process works. The separation is required so that applications do not affect one another. This separation is achieved by making sure than any given unique virtual address space runs exactly one application and scopes the resources for the process or application domain using that address space. It’s important for companies to have total domain control because if it’s there domain they don’t want people telling them how to do it. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is responsible for managing and coordinating the Domain Name System (DNS) to ensure that every address is unique and that all users of the Internet can find all valid addresses. It does this by overseeing the distribution of unique IP addresses and domain names. It also ensures that each domain name maps to the correct IP address. Each year, ICANN holds three International Public Meetings in different regions around the world. Currently, the ICANN Bylaws define the five geographic regions as Africa; Asia/Australia/Pacific; Europe; Latin America/Caribbean; and North America. ICANN sets the dates and regions in which it will hold its meetings.

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  11. If a company wants to buy a new domain name it will cost them about $.99 every year. Many domain names may become cheaper to buy, as if there are many more domain names available, simple supply and demand brings the price down, as there is a more diverse supply of domain names, therefore the price should in theory come down. People are predicting in the future of domain names they will be able to do any word in any language. They can do literally anything such as “.anything”. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has decided to vote in favor of increasing the number of domain name suffixes available. ICANN will begin taking applications from all kinds of different organizations for their preferences over what new domain name suffixes are to be created. Pretty soon People will be able to be able to choose to be much more specific URL’s for their website. This could help improve URL description. For example, if the domain suffix .blog was opened up, you would no longer need to have the domain ‘pastablog.com’ as the .blog domain would give away the fact that the site is a blog, so this particular domain name could be shortened to ‘anything.blog’ This is a much simpler and easier way to remember a system.

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  12. Ashley Colston

    The name of the non-profit is called ICANN.
    These companies will spend as much as $185,000.
    Some of the new expected new domains are .law, .coke, and .nyc.All you have to do is click the domain that you want and then see if it is still available. It is important that the domains isn't used so that people don't use yours. Tomorrow is important because they are releasing a ton of new domain names. ICANN was created in 1998.They are located all around the world. There are none to very little other companies like this one.

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  13. January 11, 2012
    The name of the non-profit is called ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). The company started on September 18, 1998. It is located Marina del Rey, California. They are in charge of coordinating the internet’s system of identifying, and they also ensure its safe operation. Some expected domain names could be .union, .museum, .biz, .nom, or .coop. The companies will have to pay 185,000 to put in an application, and 5,000 dollars to get started. They answer 50 questions of how the suffixes will be used and what kind of financial support the company has. When a suffix gets approved, they have to set up procedures for putting names under the suffix and computers so that they know where find them. Once they have the suffix they have to pay an annual fee of 25,000, then the suffix become ready to use. This could take months to days. It is important for companies to have total control of a domain name because they can build up your business which gives you more power. It makes you look like you’re forward-thinking which helps getting costumers. It gives credibility to small businesses which help them get noticed. Tomorrow is a big deal in internet because it’s growing in technology.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN
    http://news.yahoo.com/internet-domain-name-suffixes-221812144.html
    http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=119298&page=1
    http://www.goyugi.com/index.php/component/content/article/4-around-site/1-the-importance-of-a-domain-name

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  14. Corey Rupert
    1-11-12
    The non-profit is ICANN. Brad White, the spokesman for ICANN, hopes that allowing the top level domains to be available for purchase that it will open up a more dynamic Internet. He also stated that it is essential to have the domains available because the Internet is at a booming stage. The beginning fee for these companies applying for the names is $185,000 and the annual fee is 25,000. This is almost double the price of 2000, the last time the big domains were up for sale. ICANN predicts that the sale will turn into an auction because of the high demand. They also believe that the big companies like Nike and Coke will be the heads of their domains to ensure that they are kept safe and secure in their own name.
    Of the hundreds of new domain names that are going to be out there the top 10 that people are preregistering for are .web, .shop, .site, .hotel, .nyc, .music, .film, .eco, .berlin, and .bank. As of 8:00 on this Wednesday morning there are nearly half a million preregistered names that are awaiting tomorrow’s “auction”. With these new domain names ICANN wants to keep these individuals and companies out there on web known for them. An example of this is: If a business that is about taking care of the environment and are doing things to make the Earth more “green” then they would want to register for a .green domain name.
    The application process is going to be a long one, but they hope to have everything done in about a year. The application window is January 12, 2012 to April 12, 2012.To have complete authority of their domain they are to fill out a complete application form which consists of 50 questions about their financial and technical operational capability. Based the on answers provided, ICANN will decide who the TLDs go to.
    Tomorrow is such a big deal for these companies because having a top level domain name means that they have control. Having control over their company name means that they can continue developing and growing. Without the domain name they have to ask permission from the top levels which is inconvenient. Making the Internet better for everybody means users like me will be able to have greater access and be more knowledgeable about more subjects.

    http://cloudnames.com/faq/how-do-i-do-this
    http://www.uniteddomains.com/ntld/pre-register-new-domains
    http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/story/2012-01-10/domain-names-icann/52486436/1

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  15. Cara Stang-January 11, 2012
    ICANN, or Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is the non-profit organization that will be overseeing new top level domain names used on the Internet. This organization was created on September 18, 1998, and was assigned to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks performed directly on behalf of the U.S. government on September 30, 1998. More specifically, they are responsible for ensuring the Internet’s stable and secure operation, like coordinating the Internet Protocol. The headquarters of ICANN are located in Marina del Rey, California. Another organization that is similar to ICANN but also run by ICANN is called the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority or IANA. Companies are expected to pay $185,000 up front to have their domain name evaluated. Some of the new domains that we can expect are .sfo, .berlin, .nyc, .web, .eco, .shop, .gay, .xxx, .hotel, .film, .radio, .green, .site, .sport, and .music. ICANN is planning a histrionic rewriting of the rules that will change the importance of .com. These new generic top level domains are officially called gTLDs. Groups and organizations are able to apply for new Internet extensions that will show their purpose. There is a site that I found that allows you to apply for a gTLD easily. It’s important that each company has total domain control because if say, one company had a domain name like “.green” and another site used that name, it would not be unique to that one company that bought the name. People would start to think that the site that stole the domain name was environmentally friendly when maybe they aren’t. Tomorrow is such a big deal to the Internet because these new gTLDs could open up new top level domains for a wider variety of brands, organizations, and services. Somewhere between 300 and 1,000 new gTLDs could be created!

    http://takien.com/877/72-new-top-level-domains-will-be-available-by-october-2012.php
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN
    http://mashable.com/2011/06/20/new-gtld-faq/

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  16. The name of the non-profit organization responsible for this is ICANN, or International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
    The fee for new domain names is $185,000 with $5,000 upfront. The application form is 360 pages long.
    Along with the current 22 existing domain names, new domain names expected to show up can range anywhere from .shop to .xxx. Domain name holders will have the ability to personalize their own suffixes, such as .coke or .music. There will also be the capability to have names with foreign scripts such as Mandarin and Arabic. With this new feature, there could be hundreds of new domain names.
    ICANN is currently expecting 50 to 100 applicants to come to Australia – especially the financial and IT sector – and compete against each other for domain names. If two companies want the same domain name, it will be auctioned off and sold to the highest buyer, all of the proceeds going directly to ICANN. Any company that purchases a new domain name will be expected to fill out an application form that is 360 pages long. However, they can only do this from the months of January to April. Once the window is closed, there will be no more opportunities to register for a new domain name.
    It’s important for certain companies and organizations to have total control over domain names so they could use it as an “opportunity for brands to carve their slice of the market,” according to Brad White, ICANN’s spokesman. It would be a new way for brands to promote their product (i.e. Canon is considering using .canon to endorse their products).
    Tomorrow will be a big deal concerning the Internet because it will change the way people see it. These new domain names are seen as an opportunity for creativity and innovation. According to ICANN’s chairman, Peter Dengate Thrush, the decision will “usher in a new Internet age. [ICANN] has provided a platform for the next generation of creativity and inspiration.” As true as that may be, it’s also creating a higher risk for phishing sites because they could use a confusing domain names that look similar to the new ones, thus catching people’s attention. The new domain names aren’t expected to launch until 2013, however, so there will be some time to find a way around this problem.
    ICANN was created September of 1998 and its headquarters are located in Marina del Ray, California. Before ICANN, the US government controlled all of the domain names. ICANN is responsible for .com, which was introduced to the Internet twenty-six years ago.
    Sources: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/20/icann-domains-expansion-annnounced http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/story/2012-01-10/domain-names-icann/52486436/1

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  17. Taylor Potrzebowski
    A non-profit corporation is ICANN. ICANN is responsible for the coordination of the internet’s systems of unique identifiers and ensuing safe and secure operations. Its primary principals are to help preserve the stability of this internet, promote competition, and develop policies. The cost for these domains is very high. The application fee is $185,000, and the annual fee is $25,000.
    Many new domain names are being used in the New Year. A few of the new domains include .XXX for pornographic sites, .kids of children focused sites, .biz for business websites, .air for traveling industries, .i for individuals, and many others.
    The application process causes you to complete many steps. One must provide information on at least two servers who will be responsible for handling all DNS inquiries concerning your domain on the Internet. One also has to pay a small fee, and have the domain approved.
    It’s important that each company has total domain control because if one company had a certain domain name and another site used that name, it would not be unique to that one company that bought the name.
    Tomorrow is such a big deal to the Internet because these new gTLDs could open up new top level domains for a wider variety of brands, organizations, and services. Somewhere between 300 and 1,000 new gTLDs could be created.
    http://www.hostsearch.com/domain_general.asp
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN

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  18. Tomorrow is going to be Internet history, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is going to be releasing new domain names tomorrow (1.12.12). Some of these domains will be .coke (for the Coca Cola Company), .phone (for phone providers) .car (For car companies and dealerships), and .green (for organizations that help the earth). As great as this is, It comes with a big price tag. The application fee for these new domains will be $185,000 and the annual fee is $25,000. Though, companies are already at auctions for these new domains for their company.

    For ICANN, they have a pretty basic application process. You first, must have your forms sent in before the due date. If you do that, then you start the process. The first step is the go through an Administrative Completeness Check, where all they do is make sure you have answered all questions properly and completely, and you have all additional paper work. The second step is the Initial Evaluation. Here, they look at your application and decide whether or not to pass is. Next, is the Objection Filling, followed by the Extended Evaluation, if you did not pass the initial evaluation. If they are any disputes, it goes to the next step to be solved, the Dispute Resolution. Lastly, there is the Transition to Delegation. The final steps before you complete your registration.

    Companies want total control of their domain names. This way, they can change settings and no one can steal the name from them. There are several other companies like ICANN. Some of them are godaddy.com, register.com, and networksolutions.com.

    ICANN was created on September 18, 1998. Out of Marina del Rey, California, it was founded for the coordination of the global Internet's systems of unique identifiers. Also, to ensure its stable and secure operation. This work includes coordination of the Internet Protocol address spaces and assignment of address blocks to regional Internet registries, for maintaining registries of Internet protocol identifiers, and for the management of the top-level domain name space, which includes the operation of root nameservers.

    •http://www.webhostingreport.com/learn/the-best-companies-to-register-your-domain-name.html
    •http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN
    •http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/20/icann-to-expand-top-level-domain-names-applications-start-jan-12-2012/
    •http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-rfp-24oct08-en.pdf

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  19. 1. The name of the non-profit domain name is ICANN.
    2. Companies will pay 185,000
    3. Some of the expected new domain names are .biz .xxx and .cat
    4. The application process works by you representing a domain name then buying it.
    5. To certain companies and organizations to have total domain name control is important because, they would more domain control.
    6. Tomorrow is such a big deal for the internet because; ICANN is listing a whole bunch of new domain names.
    7. ICANN appeared in 1998. ICANN is a non-profit organization that focuses on the expansion of the internet as a whole.

    http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8212

    http://www.crn.com/blogs-op-ed/the-channel-wire/208801176/icann-expands-top-level-domain-name-options.htm

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  20. The name of the nonprofit is ICANN. The cost of publishing the domain will be about 185,000 dollars. ICANN is forming new domains this year such as .xxx, .biz, .name, .movie, etc. ICANN was established in California by Jon Postel, who was one of the founders of ICANN and was going to be its first Cto until his unexpected death. ICANN is responsible for the coordination of the global Internet's systems of unique identifiers and, in particular, ensuring it’s stable and secures operation. On September 29, 2006, ICANN signed a new agreement with the United States Department of commerce (DOC) that made the private organization go towards full management of the Internet's system of identifiers through the multi-stakeholder model of consultation that ICANN represents.

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  21. ICANN is the name of the non-profit organization that will allow websites to change their domain levels. Companies will have to pay $185,000 plus a $25,000 annual charge to change this domain level and they will have to fill out the application form which is 360 pages long. Some of these new domains are going to be .asia, .aero, .biz, .cap, .coop, .info, .jobs, .mobi, .museum, .name, .post, .name, .post, .pro, .tel, .travel, .xxx. It works by allowing companies, businesses, cities, organizations and even single people to put an extension on their website that will make it easier to categorize and find. It is important to companies because they can actually have their domain level be .phone or for named after certain brands, like Coca Cola can have their domain be .coke if they want to pay for it. Tomorrow is such a big deal for the future of the internet because this change could change the way we find everything on the internet and it can change how businesses find other business partners depending on their domain level and extensions. Everything is going to become a lot clearer after this change since similar website will most likely have similar domain levels. Like car websites can have .car instead of just .com since you cannot tell what the contents of a site will be just by .com. I could not find any non-profit organizations that are similar to ICANN, so it looks like ICANN will be receiving all the traffic from those who want to change their domain level.

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