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Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines pockets $1.68 from three more auction losses
Company gets cash for losing auctions. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines has added $1.68 million to its bank account after losing three more contention set auctions. The money primarily comes from losing .beauty and .soccer, both of ...
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Minds + Machines pockets $1.68 from three more auction losses
Company gets cash for losing auctions. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines has added $1.68 million to its bank account after losing three more contention set auctions. The money primarily comes from losing .beauty and .soccer, both of ...
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March 6, 2015, 3:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
ASOP gets Tucows named in U.S. Government “Notorious” List
Registrar blamed for domain names used for fake online pharmacies. The U.S. government just released its “2014 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets” report (pdf), which calls out markets in which there is apparent widespread counterfe...
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ASOP gets Tucows named in U.S. Government “Notorious” List
Registrar blamed for domain names used for fake online pharmacies. The U.S. government just released its “2014 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets” report (pdf), which calls out markets in which there is apparent widespread counterfe...
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March 6, 2015, 2:56 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Friday, March 6th, 2015
You have to be impressed with how well the aftermarket sales have gone. One word, 5N.com, CCC.com all increasing higher each month. Names like Wildly hitting several thousand dollars. Past tense and future tense verbs as well. ...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Friday, March 6th, 2015
You have to be impressed with how well the aftermarket sales have gone. One word, 5N.com, CCC.com all increasing higher each month. Names like Wildly hitting several thousand dollars. Past tense and future tense verbs as well. ...
Discussion
March 6, 2015, 11:55 am
DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: March 6 Week in Review
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news that is hand-picked for you.• Domain Sales Data Website Similarsales.com Launches, Shows Domain Flips and Flops• Neustar Set to Lose Contract That Provides Half Its Revenue• Mo...
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Domain Name News: March 6 Week in Review
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news that is hand-picked for you.• Domain Sales Data Website Similarsales.com Launches, Shows Domain Flips and Flops• Neustar Set to Lose Contract That Provides Half Its Revenue• Mo...
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March 6, 2015, 10:30 am
The Domains
Facebook Warns Page Owners Their Number of Likes May Drop on March 12
Venture Beat post an article that Facebook will be removing inactive accounts from a Facebook pages’ like stats and that page owners will see a dip in the number of likes on their page. From the article: In a blog post this morning, Facebook sa...
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Facebook Warns Page Owners Their Number of Likes May Drop on March 12
Venture Beat post an article that Facebook will be removing inactive accounts from a Facebook pages’ like stats and that page owners will see a dip in the number of likes on their page. From the article: In a blog post this morning, Facebook sa...
Discussion
March 5, 2015, 10:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google Domains joins Afternic
Domains listed on Afternic will show up for searches on Google Domains. Google’s new domain name registrar is now part of AfternicDLS and its fast transfer network, according to an announcement on the Afternic.com website: Google Domains has jo...
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Google Domains joins Afternic
Domains listed on Afternic will show up for searches on Google Domains. Google’s new domain name registrar is now part of AfternicDLS and its fast transfer network, according to an announcement on the Afternic.com website: Google Domains has jo...
Discussion
March 5, 2015, 9:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy names Chief Customer Officer, new CMO
One of GoDaddy’s original employees moves to new position. GoDaddy announced today that long time Chief Marketing Office Barb Rechterman will be the company’s Chief Customer Officer, a newly-formed position. According to a press release, ...
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GoDaddy names Chief Customer Officer, new CMO
One of GoDaddy’s original employees moves to new position. GoDaddy announced today that long time Chief Marketing Office Barb Rechterman will be the company’s Chief Customer Officer, a newly-formed position. According to a press release, ...
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March 5, 2015, 6:50 pm
The Domains
OpenDNS Working On A System To Quickly Detect Cyber Crime
Interesting article on ComputerWorld.com about a new system for detecting domain names and websites used for cyber crime. The company OpenDNS has been around since 2005 and has created something they call Natural Processing Language. From the article...
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OpenDNS Working On A System To Quickly Detect Cyber Crime
Interesting article on ComputerWorld.com about a new system for detecting domain names and websites used for cyber crime. The company OpenDNS has been around since 2005 and has created something they call Natural Processing Language. From the article...
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March 5, 2015, 6:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Password Managers can save you from phishing attempts
Software makes it difficult to enter passwords on illegitimate sites. Domain theft is rampant, and a key way domain names get stolen is when domain name registrar login credentials are phished. I’m vigilant about monitoring emails for suspiciou...
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Password Managers can save you from phishing attempts
Software makes it difficult to enter passwords on illegitimate sites. Domain theft is rampant, and a key way domain names get stolen is when domain name registrar login credentials are phished. I’m vigilant about monitoring emails for suspiciou...
Discussion
March 5, 2015, 4:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Survey: domain name registrars must focus on security and price
Domain name registrars must offer strong security and price to attract customers. There are some questions I’ve asked on the Domain Name Wire Survey over the past ten years that have predictable answers year after year. One of these is “R...
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Survey: domain name registrars must focus on security and price
Domain name registrars must offer strong security and price to attract customers. There are some questions I’ve asked on the Domain Name Wire Survey over the past ten years that have predictable answers year after year. One of these is “R...
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March 5, 2015, 3:24 pm
