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The Domains
Verisign Reports: Revenue up 4%; .Com/.Net Increase 3.1%: Has 1.9 Billion In The Bank
VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN), today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2015 after the market closed. Verisign Registry Services added 1.51 million net new names during the first quarter, ending with 133.0 million .com and .net domain names ...
Discussion
Verisign Reports: Revenue up 4%; .Com/.Net Increase 3.1%: Has 1.9 Billion In The Bank
VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN), today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2015 after the market closed. Verisign Registry Services added 1.51 million net new names during the first quarter, ending with 133.0 million .com and .net domain names ...
Discussion
April 23, 2015, 8:14 pm
The Domains
Will New gTLDs be to the Internet what Cable was to Television ?
Jennifer Wolfe published an article on ClickZ that used an analogy that I myself have thought about to a certain degree when it comes to the new gtlds. Will the new gtlds be to the Internet what Cable TV was to Television ? There is something there, ...
Discussion
Will New gTLDs be to the Internet what Cable was to Television ?
Jennifer Wolfe published an article on ClickZ that used an analogy that I myself have thought about to a certain degree when it comes to the new gtlds. Will the new gtlds be to the Internet what Cable TV was to Television ? There is something there, ...
Discussion
April 23, 2015, 7:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hockey teams own 9 of 30 NHL team domain names
NHL lags MLB, but teams still own a good number of direct match domain names. In my book, there’s nothing more exciting and intense in sport than NHL playoff hockey. With the playoffs in full swing, I thought it would be interesting to take a l...
Discussion
Hockey teams own 9 of 30 NHL team domain names
NHL lags MLB, but teams still own a good number of direct match domain names. In my book, there’s nothing more exciting and intense in sport than NHL playoff hockey. With the playoffs in full swing, I thought it would be interesting to take a l...
Discussion
April 23, 2015, 5:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Another fake TLD sighting: .Calm
Corona displays .calm on a billboard. .Calm isn’t a top level domain. Marketers have long used dots in marketing, making phrases look like domain names. Consider Sony’s make.believe campaign: Patrick McCleery at Hexonet was strolling arou...
Discussion
Another fake TLD sighting: .Calm
Corona displays .calm on a billboard. .Calm isn’t a top level domain. Marketers have long used dots in marketing, making phrases look like domain names. Consider Sony’s make.believe campaign: Patrick McCleery at Hexonet was strolling arou...
Discussion
April 23, 2015, 2:13 pm
The Domains
14 Year Old 4 Letter .Com Lost in UDRP To Trademark Filed in 2012: GECU.com
A one member UDRP panel has just handed over a 14 year old, four letter .com domain, GECU.com to GECU of Texas The domain holder registered the domain gecu.com on June 29, 2001. Terry F. Peppard the Panelist found the credit union had common law trad...
Discussion
14 Year Old 4 Letter .Com Lost in UDRP To Trademark Filed in 2012: GECU.com
A one member UDRP panel has just handed over a 14 year old, four letter .com domain, GECU.com to GECU of Texas The domain holder registered the domain gecu.com on June 29, 2001. Terry F. Peppard the Panelist found the credit union had common law trad...
Discussion
April 23, 2015, 2:01 pm
The Domains
Domain Movers: Blocker.com, MaxGrip.com and More
Large companies are acquiring, registering and moving domain name all the time but these domains often go undetected until I do the deep digging and find them! In Domain Movers, I present you what I find!
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Domain Movers: Blocker.com, MaxGrip.com and More
Large companies are acquiring, registering and moving domain name all the time but these domains often go undetected until I do the deep digging and find them! In Domain Movers, I present you what I find!
Discussion
April 23, 2015, 1:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
More Amazon new TLD reg’s and Google’s odd domain names
I don’t understand what Amazon is doing with these new TLDs, and some curious Google domain registrations. Earlier this week I wrote about Amazon.com’s many generic/descriptive domains registered under new TLDs that it is forwarding to pa...
Discussion
More Amazon new TLD reg’s and Google’s odd domain names
I don’t understand what Amazon is doing with these new TLDs, and some curious Google domain registrations. Earlier this week I wrote about Amazon.com’s many generic/descriptive domains registered under new TLDs that it is forwarding to pa...
Discussion
April 23, 2015, 1:40 pm
The Domains
Controversial Bill To Fight Piracy Passes in Florida Senate
The Florida state Senate has passed a bill that would require websites who distribute commercial movies and music to give out the identity of their owners. Bradenton.com posted the news from the Associated Press: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Websites th...
Discussion
Controversial Bill To Fight Piracy Passes in Florida Senate
The Florida state Senate has passed a bill that would require websites who distribute commercial movies and music to give out the identity of their owners. Bradenton.com posted the news from the Associated Press: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Websites th...
Discussion
April 23, 2015, 11:59 am
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
Man, there are some great names on the list today. Now that I have your attention I’ll admit today is a good list but I’ve had better. I noticed that yesterday I had my day wrong on my title for the 455th time. I copy and paste the ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
Man, there are some great names on the list today. Now that I have your attention I’ll admit today is a good list but I’ve had better. I noticed that yesterday I had my day wrong on my title for the 455th time. I copy and paste the ...
Discussion
April 23, 2015, 11:05 am
The Domains
Domains.com Moving To A Couple New Web Addresses
Domains.com is moving to a new name, not a .domains name or a .website, but rather to a .net, for existing customers and GetYour.com for new customers. When going to Domains.com you will see the following: It will be interesting to see what happens w...
Discussion
Domains.com Moving To A Couple New Web Addresses
Domains.com is moving to a new name, not a .domains name or a .website, but rather to a .net, for existing customers and GetYour.com for new customers. When going to Domains.com you will see the following: It will be interesting to see what happens w...
Discussion
April 23, 2015, 9:02 am
