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	<dc:date>2026-04-20T19:32:00+00:00</dc:date>

	
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		<title> .PARIS : Can the Backend Registry Help Sales? (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/postsparis-can-the-backend-registry-help-sales</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As published on June 24, 2025, it is with no surprise that the AFNIC was renewed as the backend registry provider of the .PARIS new generic Top-Level Domain. What caught my attention in the announcement was this paragraph: “Afnic’s remit will also be expanded to include communication and promotion of the .paris TLD, as well as the development of initiatives designed to increase its adoption by businesses and private individuals.” <a href="https://circleid.com/postsparis-can-the-backend-registry-help-sales">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-20T12:32:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Reasons Why You Should NOT Apply for a .BRAND New gTLD (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20200822-why-you-should-not-apply-for-a-dot-brand-new-gtld</link>
		<description><![CDATA[There are two kinds of new domain name extensions: those dedicated to selling domain names through the network of accredited Registrars and those dedicated to a personnel use. I call these "dotBRANDs" or ".brand" new gTLDs since they are used - most of the time - by Trademarks for their own benefit. This article focuses on .BRAND new generic Top-Level Domains. In the ICANN vocabulary, these are "Registry Agreements with Specification 13". <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20200822-why-you-should-not-apply-for-a-dot-brand-new-gtld">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-20T12:32:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Round Two of New gTLDs: No Crap (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20190629_round_2_of_new_gtlds_no_crap</link>
		<description><![CDATA[So you're still lost, wondering where to start and what to do to submit your application in the next round of new top-level domain application? Well, you can attend webinars and listen to service providers telling you what you have to do with them "to be prepared"... but please... pay no one for this. Here is why. There are two things to know and one thing to do first. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20190629_round_2_of_new_gtlds_no_crap">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-20T12:32:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> March 2019: Which New gTLDs Are Becoming Mainstream? (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20190408_march_2019_which_new_gtlds_are_becoming_mainstream</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I went through the exciting exercise of checking all March 2019 new gTLD reports to extract which domain name extension shows an interesting learning curve (or something strange happening). This is what I noticed for the 20 categories of TLDs... In the list of new gTLDs for Politics, the first new gTLD to have been delegated from the ICANN new gTLD program -  .GURU (63,000) - lost 2,000 registrations since January 2018 (not 2019). <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20190408_march_2019_which_new_gtlds_are_becoming_mainstream">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-20T12:32:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Community New gTLD Applications: The Wrong Choice (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20190306_community_new_gtld_applications_the_wrong_choice</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Community new gTLD applications were one of the three options offered by version one of ICANN new gTLD applicant guidebook. It was also possible to submit a "generic" or a "geographic application." I dug the ICANN website and found out that, in the end - and according to me only - it was a bad choice to submit such application... 
I went through the 52 delegated applications to investigate which ones have lots of domain name registrations and which ones don't. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20190306_community_new_gtld_applications_the_wrong_choice">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-20T12:32:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> The .BEST Brand Protection (Interview) (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/poststhe_best_brand_protection_interview</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Launching a social network based on a single domain name extension is seriously innovative, but such a concept also implies to give Trademarks a chance to protect themselves. I recently interviewed Cyril Fremont, the new operator of the .BEST Registry and also CEO of "THE.BEST Social Network" on his plan to allow Trademarks to protect their assets prior to the launching of the review network. <a href="https://circleid.com/poststhe_best_brand_protection_interview">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-20T12:32:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Why ".brands" Domains Make Sense (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20190114_why_dot_brands_domains_make_sense</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I receive spam on a daily basis from various Banks... as well as mine. None are legitimate but actually, that is not what is catching my attention receiving spam. There is something else and it deals with stealing information from me. Creating a personalized ".brand" domain name extension allows avoiding all that. Many are familiar with receiving spam through phishing attempts to have you answering an email and providing personal information such as login and passwords... <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20190114_why_dot_brands_domains_make_sense">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-20T12:32:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Political New gTLDs: One Year in Review (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20190108_political_new_gtlds_one_year_in_review</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Once a month, at the end of the month, a snapshot of domain name registration volumes is taken according to categories of new gTLDs. Twenty categories are covered and this article covers Political new gTLDs. These snapshots allow having a global overview of which extensions increase their volume of domain names registered from a month to the other, in a period of 12 months. Below is what I noticed from January 2018 to December 2018 for domain name extensions related to politics. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20190108_political_new_gtlds_one_year_in_review">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-20T12:32:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> The .BEST Acquisition: 3 Months After (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The .BEST new gTLD Registry was acquired 3 months ago by Cyril Fremont, a French Entrepreneur from Paris, and a team of investors. I took the time to meet with Cyril in the latest ICANN63 meeting in Barcelona to ask him a few questions about his future new gTLD project, three months after it was acquired from the previous owner... .best has just released the MVP (Minimum Viable Product) of the social network. The ".best" social network will be officially present at the next Namescon... <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20181105_the_dot_best_acquisition_3_months_after">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-20T12:32:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Law Enforcement Agencies Will Have Authority on Registries and Registrars (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20181026_law_enforcement_will_have_authority_on_registries_registrars</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Accessing Whois information and acting on a litigious domain name is becoming a nightmare for law enforcement agencies. Law enforcement agencies must have an access to the information provided by registrants in the Whois database and, in specific cases, have authority to act FAST on a domain name. The EU has a solution for this and it's coming in 2020. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20181026_law_enforcement_will_have_authority_on_registries_registrars">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-20T12:32:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> The .BEST New gTLD: Second Interview (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20180920_the_dot_best_new_gtld_second_interview</link>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a one hour podcast giving all details about what the .BEST social network is going to be and how users will be able to generate an income from it... Cyril Fremont gives lots of details on how his social network, focusing on reviews, is going to be different from Google Reviews, Facebook, Yelp and TripAdvisors. If one would be tempted to think that ... well, "that's just going to be another social network", then, I strongly suggest to listen carefully the part of the interview on the decentralization of this network. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20180920_the_dot_best_new_gtld_second_interview">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-20T12:32:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> New gTLDs: Are You Rich? (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20180816_new_gtlds_are_you_rich</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know about these new domain name extensions which focus on wellness, wealth and ego? Well, I listed them and there is an interesting one... which really is unique... Many want to be famous and some industries should have a look at this list of extensions since they are keywords dedicated to very powerful industries: Gold and Diamonds, for example, have their own new gTLD for domain names ending in ".gold" and ".diamonds". <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20180816_new_gtlds_are_you_rich">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-20T12:32:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> French Acquire the .Best New gTLD - Interview with the New Owner (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20180719_french_acquire_dot_best_new_gtld_interview_with_new_owner</link>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an interview with Cyril Fremont, the first French entrepreneur to have acquired a new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD). We long waited for innovation in the new gTLD industry and reading between the lines of this interview, one will understand that the reason behind this acquisition is "not" to sell domain names - the way registries do it in 2018. If ".Best" domains remain open to all here, this registry is planning to create innovative projects that will be launched in the near future with some possibly big surprises. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20180719_french_acquire_dot_best_new_gtld_interview_with_new_owner">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-20T12:32:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> When the Backend Domain Name Registry Is Too Expensive (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20180627_when_the_backend_domain_registry_is_too_expensive</link>
		<description><![CDATA[What we call a "backend registry" is the mandatory technical platform to operate a domain name extension and all registries have one. It is the backend registry that allows accredited registrars to technically sell domain names for each top-level domain (TLD). The question here is: what happens to a registry, who sells domain names to accredited registrars when his backend registry solution provider is too expensive? <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20180627_when_the_backend_domain_registry_is_too_expensive">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-20T12:32:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> What Happens If Two Applications for a New gTLD Are a City and a Family Name? (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20180604_if_two_applications_for_a_new_gtld_are_a_city_and_a_family_name</link>
		<description><![CDATA[When applying for a new gTLD, what happens if two applications for the same extension are a city and a family name? Which one wins? Let's imagine that a person whose family name is "Marseille" applied for the .MARSEILLE new gTLD in the next round of the ICANN new gTLD program. What if there was a .MARSEILLE new gTLD too but as the name of the French city? <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20180604_if_two_applications_for_a_new_gtld_are_a_city_and_a_family_name">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-20T12:32:00-07:00</dc:date>
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