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The Domains
Are 35 Million Domains/Sites Hosted On Godaddy Down?
According to DailyChanges.com there are almost 34 million domain names hosted on Godaddy’s DomainControl.com servers. In addition another 1.2 million are hosted on Godaddy’s CashParking.com servers which also appear down. I did a spot che...
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Are 35 Million Domains/Sites Hosted On Godaddy Down?
According to DailyChanges.com there are almost 34 million domain names hosted on Godaddy’s DomainControl.com servers. In addition another 1.2 million are hosted on Godaddy’s CashParking.com servers which also appear down. I did a spot che...
Discussion
September 10, 2012, 4:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Q&A: Aron Meystedt launches March.com
Owner of the world’s oldest .com domain name launches a new web site. Aron Meystedt and his company domain investment company XF.com investments just launched a new web site builder tool on March.com. You may have heard of XF.com because it own...
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Q&A: Aron Meystedt launches March.com
Owner of the world’s oldest .com domain name launches a new web site. Aron Meystedt and his company domain investment company XF.com investments just launched a new web site builder tool on March.com. You may have heard of XF.com because it own...
Discussion
September 10, 2012, 2:44 pm
The Domains
Breaking: Down Goes Godaddy, Taking Millions Of Sites Including A Lot Of Domain Blogs Offline
Godaddy.com seems to be having a major outage at the time of publication. Not only is Godaddy.com down but many of the sites hosted on their servers, including many popular domain industry blogs. Again as of time of publication, Elliotsblog.com, Doma...
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Breaking: Down Goes Godaddy, Taking Millions Of Sites Including A Lot Of Domain Blogs Offline
Godaddy.com seems to be having a major outage at the time of publication. Not only is Godaddy.com down but many of the sites hosted on their servers, including many popular domain industry blogs. Again as of time of publication, Elliotsblog.com, Doma...
Discussion
September 10, 2012, 2:33 pm
Domain Name News
DNS Denial of Service Attack takes down Go Daddy and their customer’s sites
As reported by a number of sources and experienced by ourselves, Go Daddy appears to be experiencing a Denial of Service Attack on their nameservers, taking down customers websites as well. TechCrunch reported on the issue and according to rumours th...
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DNS Denial of Service Attack takes down Go Daddy and their customer’s sites
As reported by a number of sources and experienced by ourselves, Go Daddy appears to be experiencing a Denial of Service Attack on their nameservers, taking down customers websites as well. TechCrunch reported on the issue and according to rumours th...
Discussion
September 10, 2012, 2:29 pm
The Domains
2 Days Before Apple Event the Domain Name MiniiPaid.com Hits eBay.com
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the new Apple Mini i Pad which is rumored to be called the ipad mini and noted that Apple had not secured the matching domain names. A reader noticed that the domain name MiniiPad.com has hit the auction block at ...
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2 Days Before Apple Event the Domain Name MiniiPaid.com Hits eBay.com
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the new Apple Mini i Pad which is rumored to be called the ipad mini and noted that Apple had not secured the matching domain names. A reader noticed that the domain name MiniiPad.com has hit the auction block at ...
Discussion
September 10, 2012, 11:59 am
Domain Name Wire
GEICO wins GEIC.com domain name dispute
Insurance company wins control of domain name that leaves off the ‘o’. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has awarded the four letter domain name GEIC.com to insurance giant GEICO. The owner of the domain name did not respon...
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GEICO wins GEIC.com domain name dispute
Insurance company wins control of domain name that leaves off the ‘o’. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has awarded the four letter domain name GEIC.com to insurance giant GEICO. The owner of the domain name did not respon...
Discussion
September 10, 2012, 11:26 am
Elliot's Blog
Selling Some Domain Names
I am offering several domain names for sale. If we haven’t done business before, deals will be finalized using Escrow.com, splitting the fee. Please don’t comment unless you are buying a name. Post “sold” to agree to purchase ...
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Selling Some Domain Names
I am offering several domain names for sale. If we haven’t done business before, deals will be finalized using Escrow.com, splitting the fee. Please don’t comment unless you are buying a name. Post “sold” to agree to purchase ...
Discussion
September 10, 2012, 10:16 am
Domain Name Wire
Adrian Peterson needs a new lawyer
Mistake ridden domain name complaints cost the player his online identity. Minnesota Vikings player Adrian Peterson needs to get a new lawyer — and not for his criminal issues. He needs new intellectual property lawyers. If your lawyers make a ...
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Adrian Peterson needs a new lawyer
Mistake ridden domain name complaints cost the player his online identity. Minnesota Vikings player Adrian Peterson needs to get a new lawyer — and not for his criminal issues. He needs new intellectual property lawyers. If your lawyers make a ...
Discussion
September 10, 2012, 9:52 am
The Domains
Fairwinds Partners Leader of CADNA Hires CEO
FairWinds Partners which leads the Collation Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) announced today that it has hired Nao Matsukata, as CEO. Mr. Matsukata has “most recently served as the managing director for Six Trees Partners, working on global t...
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Fairwinds Partners Leader of CADNA Hires CEO
FairWinds Partners which leads the Collation Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) announced today that it has hired Nao Matsukata, as CEO. Mr. Matsukata has “most recently served as the managing director for Six Trees Partners, working on global t...
Discussion
September 10, 2012, 9:47 am
The Domains
Nuts.com: Direct Navigation Traffic up 105% & Google Orgainc Traffic Up 32% Since Acquisition Of Domain
The head of Marketing at Nuts.com just published some facts and figures to combat the negative stories here company received after spending “six figures” to acquire the domain name nuts.com earlier this year and re-brand nutsonline....
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Nuts.com: Direct Navigation Traffic up 105% & Google Orgainc Traffic Up 32% Since Acquisition Of Domain
The head of Marketing at Nuts.com just published some facts and figures to combat the negative stories here company received after spending “six figures” to acquire the domain name nuts.com earlier this year and re-brand nutsonline....
Discussion
September 10, 2012, 8:49 am
