RabbitsReviews.com Acquired Three .XXX Cam-Related Domain Names for $88,000
RabbitsReviews.com has recently acquired three .XXX Cam-related domain names – LiveCams.xxx, .AmateurCams.xxx and ShemaleCams.xxx for $88,000.
You can read the press release after the jump:
” RabbitsReviews.com has picked up three .xxx websites — LiveCams.xxx, AmateurCams.xxx. and ShemaleCams.xxx.
The $88,000 deal for the three premium .xxx domain, according to ICM Registry, is just the latest high-profile announcement for the .xxx operator, which has seen keen interest as of late with adult webcam-related names.
“We have had a rush of interest in names since the Sex.xxx announcement and hope to report some more five- and six-figure sales soon,” ICM Registry CEO Stuart Lawley told XBIZ. “The amount of cam-related names sold from the list of generally available names has rocketed in last few days also. Cam names seem to be the thing right now. “
The Sex.xxx domain recently was acquired by Barron Innovations, the operator of PussyCash.com, WebcamWiz.com and ImLive.com as part of a $5 million, multiyear deal, which also included more than 40 other premium domains, including Cam.xxx, Phone.xxx and Black.xxx, as well as Web.xxx, Market.xxx, Mate.xxx and Education.xxx.
In a breakdown of pricing, RabbitsReview acquired LiveCams.xxx for $60,000, AmateurCams.xxx for $17,000 and ShemaleCams.xxx for $11,000.
Montreal-based RabbitsReviews ranks sites by niche, based on nine criteria, including the number of pictures and movies, content quality and its originality, frequency of updates, pricing, whether content is available for download, ease of navigation and overall design and impression of the site. The company and its team of 20 has reviewed 10,000 adult sites since 2003.
RabbitsReviews also holds the annual RISE (Rabbits Innovation and Site Excellence) Awards, honoring the top adult sites.
Owner Mantas M, aka rabbit, told XBIZ on Wednesday that the .xxx acquisitions represents the company’s initiative to expand its adult offerings, particularly white-label products.
“Acquiring these premium cam domains is part of our ongoing strategy to diversify our revenue stream through our various cam projects,” Mantas M said. “We’ve had great success promoting our white label rabbitscams.com; we run a cam community on ReviewMyCam.com and are gearing up to relaunch TweetMyCam.com.
“The new acquisitions will be added to our ever increasing white label portfolio.”
General Availability for Five Other New gTLDs Starts This Week
Five other new gTLDs will be out of the EAP pricing and into the real general availability starting this week.
The five new gTLDs are: .Report, .Vision, .Fish and .Services.
The General Availability period will start July 2,2014 for all the five new gTLDs.
Interested organizations, businesse and individuals can register domain names on a first-come ,first served non-restricted basis in the general availability phase.
Afilias Announced Sunrise Start Date for .BLACK
Afilias announced recently that July 222,2014 is the sunrise start date for its newest generic top-level domain name, .Black.
You can read the press release after the jump:
“Global registry services provider Afilias today announced that July 22, 2014, is the sunrise start date for its newest generic top-level domain (gTLD): .BLACK.
Black is always in style because it is associated with sophistication, elegance and understated authority. Consequently, an address in the .BLACK domain adds this element of style to every website. Like the classic style of a little black dress, a .BLACK domain instantly gives a site effortless chic.
The color black is commonly used to categorize a product or service as the best of the best, and a .BLACK website or email address easily identifies premier products and high-tier, exclusive services. For example, diamond.BLACK, limo.BLACK, tuxedo.BLACK or even drink.BLACK for top-shelf spirits.
.BLACK is also simple, serious and authoritative. Much like a judge’s black robe, a .BLACK Web address illustrates that you are an authoritative source on a topic or issue and that your website or email content is thought provoking and significant.
“Afilias is proud to release this new domain name extension,” said Roland LaPlante, Senior Vice President and CMO, Afilias. “We’re proud of our tradition of offering creative and innovative new Internet addresses, and the .BLACK domain continues that tradition. Addresses in .BLACK will help businesses and individuals achieve an instant aura of style and authority in their Web presence. For the Internet, .BLACK is the new black.”
Get your new .BLACK domain
The notice period for the .BLACK domain Start Date sunrise began on June 22, 2014. During sunrise, domains will be awarded in a “first come, first served” manner; however, eligibility during this period is limited strictly to trademark holders whose marks are registered in the Trademark Clearinghouse. The .BLACK sunrise period starts on July 22, 2014, and ends on August 21, 2014. Following the close of sunrise, general availability is scheduled to commence on August 26, 2014.
For more pre-launch information about .BLACK, see http://afilias.info/new-tlds.”
New gTLDs Pass One And A Third Million Registrations
The number of new gTLD registrations passed one and a third million registrations on 25 June as numbers continue to grow, reaching 1,360,646 at the end of 29 June according nTLDstats.com, largely on the back of differing promotions for leading gTLDs .xyz and .berlin.
The .xyz gTLD continues to lead on registration numbers and now has over 227,000 registrations on the back of a controversial promotion run by Network Solutions that gives their .com registrants the equivalent .xyz domain for free unless they specifically opted out.
In second is .berlin that recently ran a very successful promotion that saw almost 90,000 registrations in three days due to a maximum fee charged for each domain of €5.55, and which now has over 136,000 registrations.
Of course, the key to any of these promotions is to ensure that there are a high number of renewals when they become due.
Coming third by registration numbers is .club with over 77,000 registrations and .guru that’s closing in on 64,000 registrations. These are the only four of the 144 gTLDs that have entered General Availability with over 40,000 registrations.
There are 27 gTLDs with over 10,000 registrations, 58 with more than 5,000 and 138 with more than 1,000.
Other numbers include 315 gTLDs that have been delegated, 152 registrars accepting new gTLD registrations and 26 registries for new gTLDs.
Europe Leads With IPv6 Adoption, While DDoS Attacks Decline: Akamai
Europe continues to lead in IPV6 adoption with eight of the top ten countries, the latest Akamai State of the Internet report finds while DDoS attacks decrease by 20 percent quarter-over-quarter, but rise 27 percent year-over-year.
The report, covering the first quarter of 2014, found more than 795 million unique IPv4 addresses from 240 countries/regions connected to the Akamai Intelligent Platform. This was 1.6 percent more than in the fourth quarter of 2013 and 7.8 percent more than a year prior. Quarterly growth was seen in six of the top 10 countries/regions. Brazil was again a standout with 12 percent and 50 percent of quarterly and yearly growth, respectively.
European countries continued to lead in IPv6 adoption, taking eight of the top ten slots. Belgium grew nearly 200 percent quarter-over-quarter, jumping to first place with 14 percent of its traffic over IPv6. The United States and Peru were the only two countries from the Americas within the top 10, while Japan fell out of the top 10, leaving the Asia Pacific region unrepresented within the group.
Looking at attack traffic and security, the report found the concentration of attacks decreased significantly as compared to the fourth quarter of 2013, with the top ten countries/regions originating 75 percent of observed attacks, down from 88 percent in the prior quarter.
On Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack traffic, the report found most regions of the world saw a decline in reported DDoS attacks during the first quarter of 2014. The Americas continued to account for approximately 49 percent (139) of all attacks, followed by the Asia Pacific region with 31 percent (87) of attacks and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) receiving the remaining 20 percent (57) of DDoS traffic. The enterprise sector saw a 49 percent quarter-over-quarter reduction in attack traffic, while public sector attack traffic grew by 34 percent, primarily attributable to attacks against government targets within Singapore.
The report also covers global mobile connectivity (South Korea was fastest with average download speeds of 14.7 Mbps), 4K readiness (globally, 11 percent of connections were at speeds of 15 Mbps or above, fast enough to stream 4K TV, in the first quarter) and global average connection speeds and global broadband connectivity (global average connection speed climbed 1.8 percent to continue its steady growth over recent quarters, and while global average peak connection speeds dropped 8.6 percent in the first quarter of 2014, year-over-year trends remained positive with a 13 percent increase).
For more information, see the Akamai news release below, or follow the link to the Akamai site where there are links to download further information. The news release was sourced from: www.akamai.com/html/about/press/releases/2014/press-062614.html.
Akamai Releases First Quarter 2014 ‘State of the Internet’ Report
- Global average connection speeds up 1.8%, while global average peak connection speeds drop 8.6%
- Europe continues to lead in IPV6 adoption with eight of the top 10 countries
- DDoS attacks decrease by 20% quarter-over-quarter, but rise 27% year-over-year
- 11% of global connections are “4K ready”
Akamai Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of cloud services for delivering, optimizing and securing online content and business applications, today (26 June) released its First Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform™, the report provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds, overall attack traffic, network connectivity/availability issues, and traffic patterns across leading Web properties and digital media providers.
The report also includes insight into NTP reflection and WordPress XML-RPC pingback attacks, the status of IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 adoption, and global 4K readiness.
Data and graphics from the First Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report can be found on the Akamai State of the Internet site and through the Akamai State of the Internet app for iPads and iPhones.
Highlights from Akamai’s First Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report:
Global Average Connection Speeds and Global Broadband Connectivity
The global average connection speed climbed 1.8% to continue its steady growth over recent quarters, and while global average peak connection speeds dropped 8.6% in the first quarter of 2014, year-over-year trends remained positive with a 13% increase.
With the global average connection speed at 3.9 Mbps as of quarter-end, it is expected that the measurement will surpass the 4 Mbps broadband threshold next quarter. In the first quarter, nine of the top 10 countries/regions saw increases in average connection speeds, including an 8% jump for first place South Korea (23.6 Mbps), which is now 9 Mbps ahead of second place Japan (14.6 Mbps). Of the top 10 countries, only the Czech Republic experienced a decrease in average connection speed, remaining in eighth place with a 1.9% drop.
With the global average connection speed at 3.9 Mbps as of quarter-end, it is expected that the measurement will surpass the 4 Mbps broadband threshold next quarter. In the first quarter, nine of the top 10 countries/regions saw increases in average connection speeds, including an 8% jump for first place South Korea (23.6 Mbps), which is now 9 Mbps ahead of second place Japan (14.6 Mbps). Of the top 10 countries, only the Czech Republic experienced a decrease in average connection speed, remaining in eighth place with a 1.9% drop.
Year-over-year, global average connection speeds grew by 24% and increases were seen in all but seven countries/regions. Growth ranged from a low of 0.7% in Panama (2.6 Mbps) to a high of 196% in Sudan (3.2 Mbps). South Korea showed a 145% increase from the first quarter of 2013, a growth rate that nearly tripled Ireland’s 47% increase, which ranked second in year-over-year growth among the top 10.
Increases in global average peak connection speeds during the first quarter of 2014 ranged from 0.2% in Colombia (16.8 Mbps) to 76% in Sudan (13.4 Mbps). A total of 43 qualifying countries/regions saw quarter-over-quarter increases in their average peak connection speeds, whereas 92 qualifying countries/regions saw declines.
The year-over-year story remains positive. Since the first quarter of 2013, global average peak connection speeds increased 13%. Yearly growth rates among the top 10 countries/regions ranged from 0.3% in Hong Kong (66 Mbps) to an impressive 206% in Uruguay (45.4 Mbps).
Global high broadband (>10 Mbps) adoption rates in the first quarter improved by 9.4% quarter-over-quarter, climbing above the 20% mark for the first time, to 21%. Once again, all of the countries/regions in the top 10 had high broadband adoption rates of 30%, with South Korea (77%), Japan (54%) and Switzerland (45%) topping the list. The year-over-year growth rate was 65%, with six of the top 10 countries/regions seeing increases of 50% or more.
The global broadband (>4 Mbps) adoption rate grew a nominal 1.7% from the fourth quarter of 2013 to reach 56% in the first quarter of 2014. Of the countries/regions that qualified, 76 had higher broadband adoption rates this quarter – growth ranged from 0.2% in Canada (82% adoption) to 1,208% in Sudan (21% adoption). Since the first quarter of 2013, global broadband adoption rates grew by 24%, with extremely large year-over-year upticks seen in Kenya (1,100% to 4.9% adoption), Uruguay (3,298% to 34% adoption) and Sudan (5,926%).
“While there continues to be room for improvement in high broadband adoption and average peak connection speeds in some areas of the world, the trends we’re seeing remain very positive,” said David Belson, the author of the report. “Steady year-over-year growth suggests that a strong, global foundation is being built for the enjoyment of next generation content and services like 4K video and increasingly connected homes and offices, and that connectivity will continue to evolve to support the growing demands these emerging technologies will place on the Internet.”
4K Readiness
With 4K (Ultra HD) adaptive bitrate streams generally requiring between 10 – 20 Mbps of bandwidth, the new “4K Readiness” metric presented for the first time in the First Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report highlights the percentage of connections to Akamai at speeds above 15 Mbps, with the goal of identifying candidate geographies most likely to be able to sustain such streams. The findings do not account for other “readiness” factors, including availability of 4K-encoded content or 4K-capable televisions and players.
Globally, 11% of connections were at speeds of 15 Mbps or above in the first quarter. Seven of the top 10 countries/regions on the 4K readiness list overlapped with those on the global high broadband connectivity list. South Korea led the list with 60% 4K readiness while Japan had 32% of its connections at that level in the first quarter. Of the top 10, the Czech Republic had the lowest level of 4K readiness with 17%. Overall, 47 countries/regions qualified for inclusion.
Attack Traffic and Security
Akamai maintains a distributed set of unadvertised agents deployed across the Internet to log connection attempts that the company classifies as attack traffic. Based on the data collected by these agents, Akamai is able to identify the top countries from which attack traffic originates, as well as the top ports targeted by these attacks. It is important to note, however, that the originating country as identified by the source IP address may not represent the nation in which an attacker resides.
During the first quarter of 2014, Akamai observed attack traffic originating from 194 unique countries/regions – six more than the fourth quarter of 2013. China was again responsible for originating the most attacks, but dropped slightly from 43% in the fourth quarter of 2013 to 41% in the first quarter of 2014. The United States followed in second place, but also saw a decline from 19% to 11%, and Indonesia saw a slight uptick from 5.7% to 6.8% to secure third place. Overall, the concentration of attacks decreased significantly as compared to the fourth quarter of 2013, with the top 10 countries/regions originating 75% of observed attacks, down from 88% in the prior quarter.
Port 445 (Microsoft-DS) remained the most targeted port in the first quarter of 2014, but the associated attack traffic volume was down to 14% of observed attack traffic (from 30% in the third quarter of 2013). Conversely, Port 5000 (Universal Plug & Play/UPnP) saw a significant increase during the quarter – from less than a tenth of a percent in the fourth quarter of 2013 to 12% this quarter – an increase of more than 100 times. Port 23 (Telnet) ranked third with 8.7% of observed attack traffic.
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack Traffic
In addition to observations on attack traffic, the State of the Internet Report includes insight into DDoS attacks based on reports from Akamai’s customers. The number of DDoS attacks reported in the first quarter of 2014 declined to 283 from 346 in the last quarter of 2013. This represents a 20% decrease quarter-over-quarter and a 27% increase year-over-year.
Most regions of the world saw a decline in reported DDoS attacks during the first quarter of 2014. The Americas continued to account for approximately 49% (139) of all attacks, followed by the Asia Pacific region with 31% (87) of attacks and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) receiving the remaining 20% (57) of DDoS traffic. The enterprise sector saw a 49% quarter-over-quarter reduction in attack traffic, while public sector attack traffic grew by 34%, primarily attributable to attacks against government targets within Singapore.
IPv4 and IPv6
In the first quarter of 2014, more than 795 million unique IPv4 addresses from 240 countries/regions connected to the Akamai Intelligent Platform. This was 1.6% more than in the fourth quarter of 2013 and 7.8% more than a year prior. Quarterly growth was seen in six of the top 10 countries/regions. Brazil was again a standout with 12% and 50% of quarterly and yearly growth, respectively.
European countries continued to lead in IPv6 adoption, taking eight of the top 10 slots. Belgium grew nearly 200% quarter-over-quarter, jumping to first place with 14% of its traffic over IPv6. The United States and Peru were the only two countries from the Americas within the top 10, while Japan fell out of the top 10, leaving the Asia Pacific region unrepresented within the group.
The report also lists the top 20 network providers based on their number of IPv6 requests made to Akamai during the first quarter. The highest request volumes came from cable and wireless providers in the United States. Verizon Wireless had the highest percentage (45%) of requests over IPv6, while 12 other providers also had more than 10% of their requests to Akamai over IPv6 during the first quarter. European providers were also heavily represented, including three providers from Belgium with strong showings. KDDI (Japan) and Telekom Malaysia were the only two providers to represent the Asia Pacific region, while Telefonica del Peru was the only South American provider on the list.
Mobile Connectivity
In the first quarter of 2014, average mobile connection speeds ranged from 1.0 Mbps in Argentina to 14.7 Mbps in South Korea. Though the latter was the only country/region with average mobile connection speeds above the 10 Mbps high-broadband threshold, 20 countries/regions had average connection speeds above the 4 Mbps threshold. A total of 56 countries/regions qualified for inclusion in the mobile section. Note that starting with the First Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report, mobile connectivity is being aggregated at a country level, rather than at a provider level.
Average peak mobile connection speeds among qualifying countries spanned a broad range, from 114.2 Mbps in Australia down to just 5.0 Mbps in Iran. In total, 43 countries showed average peak connection speeds above 10 Mbps.
The State of the Internet Report now includes a broadband adoption statistic within the Mobile Connectivity section. This quarter, Ukraine had the highest level of mobile broadband adoption, with 89% of mobile connections to Akamai from the country at speeds above 4 Mbps.
About the Akamai State of the Internet Report
Each quarter, Akamai publishes a “State of the Internet” report. This report includes data gathered from across the Akamai Intelligent Platform about attack traffic, broadband adoption, mobile connectivity and other relevant topics concerning the Internet and its usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time. To learn more and to access the archive of past reports, please visit www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet. To download the figures from the First Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report, please visit: wwwns.akamai.com/soti/soti_q114_figures.zip.
About Akamai
Akamai® is the leading provider of cloud services for delivering, optimizing and securing online content and business applications. At the core of the Company’s solutions is the Akamai Intelligent Platform™ providing extensive reach, coupled with first class reliability, security, visibility and expertise. Akamai removes the complexities of connecting the increasingly mobile world, supporting 24/7 consumer demand, and enabling enterprises to securely leverage the cloud. To learn more about how Akamai is accelerating the pace of innovation in a hyperconnected world, please visit www.akamai.com or blogs.akamai.com, and follow @Akamai on Twitter.
