Other Assets
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Other Assets
Other Assets
     
Other long term assets consisted of the following:
 
 
December 31,
2011
 
September 30,
2012
Payments for gTLD applications
$

 
$
18,202

Other
2,524

 
3,151

Other assets
$
2,524

 
$
21,353



During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company paid $18.2 million for certain gTLD applications under the New gTLD Program. Payments for gTLD applications represent amounts paid directly to ICANN or third parties in the pursuit of gTLD operator rights, the majority of which was paid to Donuts Inc. as described in Note 8 - Commitments and Contingencies.

Other assets also includes $855 of restricted cash comprising a collateralized letter of credit connected with the Company's applications under the New gTLD Program. The restrictions require the cash to be maintained in a bank account for a minimum of five years from the delegation of the gTLDs.