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The Domains
Wow: NameCheap.com Loses UDRP On 7 Typo’s Including namechea.com & mamecheap.com
NameCheap.com has lost a UDRP on what appear to be 7 typo’s of their domain name. The UDRP was filed on: namechea.com naecheap.com namehceap.com nameceap.com nmecheap.com mamecheap.com namecehap.com 5 of the 7 The domain names were registered i...
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Wow: NameCheap.com Loses UDRP On 7 Typo’s Including namechea.com & mamecheap.com
NameCheap.com has lost a UDRP on what appear to be 7 typo’s of their domain name. The UDRP was filed on: namechea.com naecheap.com namehceap.com nameceap.com nmecheap.com mamecheap.com namecehap.com 5 of the 7 The domain names were registered i...
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July 29, 2013, 5:26 pm
The Domains
16 Year Old Model Esther Heesch Awarded EstherHeesch.com In A UDRP Based On Her Fame
A one member UDRP panel awarded the domain name EstherHeesch.com to what the panel found to be a “a rising star in the fashion and modeling agencies…an international supermodel represented by the prestigious agency, Next Model Mana...
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16 Year Old Model Esther Heesch Awarded EstherHeesch.com In A UDRP Based On Her Fame
A one member UDRP panel awarded the domain name EstherHeesch.com to what the panel found to be a “a rising star in the fashion and modeling agencies…an international supermodel represented by the prestigious agency, Next Model Mana...
Discussion
July 29, 2013, 5:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Oversee.net launches TrafficMatch to pitch domain traffic to advertisers
TrafficMatch promotes domain name traffic to advertisers. Oversee.net, the parent company of DomainSponsor, somewhat quietly launched TrafficMatch last month. TrafficMatch pitches the company’s 300 million monthly visitors direct to advertisers...
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Oversee.net launches TrafficMatch to pitch domain traffic to advertisers
TrafficMatch promotes domain name traffic to advertisers. Oversee.net, the parent company of DomainSponsor, somewhat quietly launched TrafficMatch last month. TrafficMatch pitches the company’s 300 million monthly visitors direct to advertisers...
Discussion
July 29, 2013, 3:03 pm
The Domains
L’Oréal Drops 8th New gTLD Application
L’Oréal has withdrawn its 8th new gTLD application for the closed brand application for .Matrix L’Oréal applied for 14 new gTLD’s. one IDN 8 brand applications and five generic’s to be operated on a closed basis ...
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L’Oréal Drops 8th New gTLD Application
L’Oréal has withdrawn its 8th new gTLD application for the closed brand application for .Matrix L’Oréal applied for 14 new gTLD’s. one IDN 8 brand applications and five generic’s to be operated on a closed basis ...
Discussion
July 29, 2013, 2:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Matt Cutts releases new video about using ccTLDs for generic purposes
Cutts explains when Google decides to make a ccTLD global. Google’s SEO/Webspam leader Matt Cutts has released a new video about using a country code top level domain name for a website not targeted to that country. His message is the same that...
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Matt Cutts releases new video about using ccTLDs for generic purposes
Cutts explains when Google decides to make a ccTLD global. Google’s SEO/Webspam leader Matt Cutts has released a new video about using a country code top level domain name for a website not targeted to that country. His message is the same that...
Discussion
July 29, 2013, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Gmail vs. Snail Mail: Google wins challenge by USPS
USPS’ challenge to Google over .mail top level domain is denied. Last week, a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist delivered some bad news to the The United States Postal Service: its challenge to Amazon.com’s application to ...
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Gmail vs. Snail Mail: Google wins challenge by USPS
USPS’ challenge to Google over .mail top level domain is denied. Last week, a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist delivered some bad news to the The United States Postal Service: its challenge to Amazon.com’s application to ...
Discussion
July 29, 2013, 2:06 pm
Elliot's Blog
Downside to Working Alone
When I was working as a marketing program manager for a large company and investing in domain names on the side, my goal was to turn the domain investment “hobby” into a standalone business. It’s pretty cool to see that come to frui...
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Downside to Working Alone
When I was working as a marketing program manager for a large company and investing in domain names on the side, my goal was to turn the domain investment “hobby” into a standalone business. It’s pretty cool to see that come to frui...
Discussion
July 29, 2013, 2:04 pm
The Domains
Buckingham Palace Doesn’t Want The Domain Of The Royal Baby GeorgeAlexanderLouis.com
After taking a beating in the media for registering the matching .com domain name of the Royal Baby GeorgeAlexanderLouis.com it seems the Royal’s don’t want the domain even for free. In a message sent from Buckingham Palace to Luc B...
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Buckingham Palace Doesn’t Want The Domain Of The Royal Baby GeorgeAlexanderLouis.com
After taking a beating in the media for registering the matching .com domain name of the Royal Baby GeorgeAlexanderLouis.com it seems the Royal’s don’t want the domain even for free. In a message sent from Buckingham Palace to Luc B...
Discussion
July 29, 2013, 1:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
How right-to-left domain names work in practice
Depending on your language, new TLDs might be about new opportunities to the left of the dot. When ICANN unveiled the list of top level domain name applications at a media event in London last summer, some in the community were upset that Arabic IDNs...
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How right-to-left domain names work in practice
Depending on your language, new TLDs might be about new opportunities to the left of the dot. When ICANN unveiled the list of top level domain name applications at a media event in London last summer, some in the community were upset that Arabic IDNs...
Discussion
July 29, 2013, 1:23 pm
The Domains
.PW Becomes First TLD To Adopt Uniform Rapid Suspension
The .pw Registry just announced it is the first TLD to adopt ICANN’s latest rights protection mechanism, the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS). The URS is in the Applicant Gudebook for new gTLD’s. “The URS seeks to provide trademark ho...
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.PW Becomes First TLD To Adopt Uniform Rapid Suspension
The .pw Registry just announced it is the first TLD to adopt ICANN’s latest rights protection mechanism, the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS). The URS is in the Applicant Gudebook for new gTLD’s. “The URS seeks to provide trademark ho...
Discussion
July 29, 2013, 1:04 pm
