Tag: Digital Brand Protection

An illustration highlights ICANN's latest expansion of the domain name system, featuring proposed extensions such as .facebook, .salesforce, .tiktok, .meow and .stupid among 1,615 applications submitted for new Internet domain endings. Alteration of licensed image by dizain.

October 10, 2026

ICANN: 1,615 Domain Applications Including .Facebook, .TikTok, .Meow, and .Stupid

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has revealed 1,615 applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), potentially introducing hundreds of additional Internet address

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John Colascione is Chief Executive Officer of SEARCHEN®, a digital marketing and technology company founded in 2001. An entrepreneur, author, and digital publisher with more than 25 years of experience, he specializes in search engine marketing, Website Monetization, domain names, and online business development. He is the author of Mastering Your Website. Read more about John at JohnColascione.com.

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The domain name is equivalent to Gold. It is the only packaged item which is globally tax-free, portable, with value that is universal across different cultures. – Frank Schilling
Domains have and will continue to go up in value faster than any other commodity ever known to man. – Rick Schwartz
Google knows you, your friends, your likes, what entertains you, where you are in the world at any given time. Google will soon predict your next action, your next thought, based on a collaboration of thoughts past. – John Colascione