"Glitch" filled system gets Domain Dunce honors in 2012. ICANN's new top level domain program is the most watched initiative in the non-profit's entire history. So you'd think ICANN would have double and triple checked all of the technology ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Sayonara, Digital Archery
· Policy & LawWe hardly knew ye. Resolved (2012.06.27.NG06), the New gTLD Program Committee directs the President and CEO to terminate the Digital Archery process as approved in Resolutions 2011.12.08.04-2011.12.08.07. Rationale for Resolution ... Continue Reading5 Comments
If you play the ICANN game, expect to get burned
· Policy & LawMore wasted money and resources. Get used to it. It's never pretty seeing the sausage get made. It hasn't been pretty seeing the new TLD program launch. A handful of companies invested a lot of money early on as they worked to help form ICANN's ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Did a digital archery company put the final nail in the coffin of doomed scheme?
· Policy & LawCompany claims it reported issue to ICANN earlier this week. So ICANN has "suspended" digital archery, a way to divide up new top level domain applicants into batches. This was the right move, albeit a couple weeks late. Now 20% of applications ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Another digital archery service launches. Here’s how you should pay for one of these services.
· ServicesDigital archery services are a no lose proposition -- for the service provider. I just got a press release from an outfit called Digital Archery Hotshots, the latest company to offer digital archery solutions for ICANN's batching process. I don't ... Continue Reading7 Comments
TLDH: Digital archery may have technical bugs
· UncategorizedBig new top level domain applicant finds odd results with digital archery system. Digital archery, which creates a secondary timestamp for new TLD applications that will determine how they are batched, is run through ICANN's TLD Application System ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Economist on Digital Archery: “Frankly, anything is better than this”
· UncategorizedThies Lindenthal finds fault with ICANN's digital archery. Plenty of people have come out against ICANN's digital archery plan for new top level domains. Digital archery will determine the batch in which a new TLD application is reviewed and ultimately ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Fate of new TLD order determined by click of a button and location
· Policy & LawICANN reveals more details about its digital archery game. The smart money would have set up their registry in Africa... ICANN has provided more details about its so-called digital archery solution that will determine in which batch a new TLD ... Continue Reading4 Comments
ICANN announces new TLD reveal date, digital archery schedule, 500 unfinished applications
· Policy & LawDates are finalized and a lot of applicants have work to do before tomorrow. ICANN just provided a timeline for the new top level domain application process going forward. The "big reveal" date, when ICANN releases the full list of applicants and ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Should ICANN can digital archery?
· Policy & LawGiven the latest data, ICANN should consider changing how it batches new TLDs. With 1,268 registered users for ICANN's new top level domain application system, it's clear there will be over 1,000 unique top level domains going through the new TLD ... Continue Reading6 Comments