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Google announces .Dev domain launch dates

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.Dev will be released in early 2019.

Google has announced launch plans for the .dev top level domain name.

Sunrise will start in January 2019. A Dutch auction early access period will take place in February, with general availability beginning February 28.

As with Google’s other recent top level domain launches, SSL will be required for .dev domains.

The closest comparison for this domain within Google’s TLDs is .app, which has well over 300,000 registrations at this point. Other Google domains haven’t done as well; they all have fewer than 10,000 registrations. I suspect .dev will land somewhere between the laggards and .app.

More information is available at Get.Dev.

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Talking .New on This Week in Google

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I had a short cameo on TWiG yesterday to discuss .New.

I had an unexpected cameo on This Week in Google yesterday to talk about how Google is using the .New top level domain.

If you missed it, Google has created shortcuts using the .new domain that create documents within Google’s apps. For example, type doc.new and it will open a new Google Doc.

This video is set to start playing at the moment I discussed this on the show yesterday:

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Google uses .New TLD to create shortcuts for Google Docs

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Type “Doc.New” to easily create a new Google Doc.

Google is using its .New top level domain name in a unique (and perhaps unprecedented) way.

People can now type certain .new domains in their browsers to instantly create Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Sites and Forms.

If you are logged into your Google account, try going to one of these domains:

doc.new
form.new
sheet.new
slide.new
site.new

This is an interesting idea. It goes beyond the typical URL forward by taking you to an action-based URL.

Here’s a tweet from Google that lists more domains you can use.

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Larry.Page coming soon as Google launches .Page domain names

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Larry.Page and other domains ending in .page are coming soon.

Google released the .Page top level domain name today in Sunrise, meaning trademark owners who have registered their marks with the Trademark Clearinghouse can register domains ending in .page.

And no, Google didn’t select .page because it’s the surname of its co-founder Larry Page. On its website, Google says “.page is for anyone who wants to create a new website online, including entrepreneurs, publishers, developers, businesses, and students.”

The Sunrise period will end on October 2, at which point an Early Access Dutch auction runs for seven days. This is similar to the model used to launch the .App domain earlier this year.

After Early Access, the domain will be open to everyone at regular prices on October 9.

The domain name will be affordably priced. The registrars I checked are offering the domain for $13 once general availability begins.

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Groups tell U.S. Gov what its internet priorities should be

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Companies weigh in on IANA transition, Whois access and more.

Last month, the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) asked stakeholders to comment on the government’s internet policy priorities for 2018 and beyond.

The NTIA has now published the responses.

87 companies, organizations and individuals submitted responses.

Most of the comments are not surprising. For example, groups including GoDaddy (pdf), Google (pdf) and even CIRA (pdf) (in Canada) expressed support for the NTIA removing its role in the IANA functions two years ago.

Internet Commerce Association (pdf) weighed in with concerns about the NTIA’s Cooperative Agreement with Verisign and what this could mean for .com pricing.

Lots of copyright and trademark groups lobbied the government to push for access to Whois records in light of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Oh, and Planet.ECO still wants .eco (pdf).

You can view all of the submissions here.

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