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The Domains
The .Show Goes On As Donuts Wins Rights to New gTLD Beating Google & Amazon
The old saying is the .show must go on and Donuts has won the rights to operate the new gTLD .Show beating out Google and Amazon. The fourth applicant, Zodiac Aries Limited of Hong Kong also withdrew their applications for .Show. There will some othe...
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The .Show Goes On As Donuts Wins Rights to New gTLD Beating Google & Amazon
The old saying is the .show must go on and Donuts has won the rights to operate the new gTLD .Show beating out Google and Amazon. The fourth applicant, Zodiac Aries Limited of Hong Kong also withdrew their applications for .Show. There will some othe...
Discussion
February 15, 2015, 4:41 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, Feb 15th, 2015
I hope you guys buy at least $100 of this list today because I’m writing this in flight and have to pay for wifi. I’m also surrounded by kids, one of which seems to want to count down from 17 to 1, over and over and over again. I fe...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, Feb 15th, 2015
I hope you guys buy at least $100 of this list today because I’m writing this in flight and have to pay for wifi. I’m also surrounded by kids, one of which seems to want to count down from 17 to 1, over and over and over again. I fe...
Discussion
February 15, 2015, 12:20 pm
The Domains
Facebook Reveals Relevance Scores To Improve Ad Quality
Facebook is now going to reveal relevance scores to marketers in the hopes it will improve ad quality. Google has been using a quality score for years. They explain it like this: The 1-10 Quality Score reported for each keyword in your account is an ...
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Facebook Reveals Relevance Scores To Improve Ad Quality
Facebook is now going to reveal relevance scores to marketers in the hopes it will improve ad quality. Google has been using a quality score for years. They explain it like this: The 1-10 Quality Score reported for each keyword in your account is an ...
Discussion
February 15, 2015, 11:20 am
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: 100.com, 0060.com, WebMeeting.com, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. 100.com for $950,000 Developed as a Chinese-language online education portal. Owned by YY Inc., a publicly traded company with a market cap ne...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: 100.com, 0060.com, WebMeeting.com, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. 100.com for $950,000 Developed as a Chinese-language online education portal. Owned by YY Inc., a publicly traded company with a market cap ne...
Discussion
February 14, 2015, 6:16 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, Feb 14th, 2015
It’s Valentines Day here in the states. The made up holiday that forces people to buy things for people they care about to avoid the repercussions if you don’t. I probably should have pushed gift certificates at the nursery a ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, Feb 14th, 2015
It’s Valentines Day here in the states. The made up holiday that forces people to buy things for people they care about to avoid the repercussions if you don’t. I probably should have pushed gift certificates at the nursery a ...
Discussion
February 14, 2015, 11:55 am
The Domains
Minnesota Appellate Court Rules Domain Names Are Property
Cincinnati.com published an article on a Minnesota court case that domain names are property and subject to garnishment. (TIP of the Cap to George Kirikos who tweeted out the story From the article: A Minnesota Appellate Court recently weighed in on ...
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Minnesota Appellate Court Rules Domain Names Are Property
Cincinnati.com published an article on a Minnesota court case that domain names are property and subject to garnishment. (TIP of the Cap to George Kirikos who tweeted out the story From the article: A Minnesota Appellate Court recently weighed in on ...
Discussion
February 14, 2015, 11:29 am
The Domains
Larry Page and Sergey Brin To Sell $4.4Billion Worth of Google Shares
Business Insider published a piece tonight that Larry Page and Sergey Brin are going to be selling $4.4billion worth of their holdings in Google. This was supposedly in place as part of a liquidation plan that expired in January. In 2014 Google did p...
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Larry Page and Sergey Brin To Sell $4.4Billion Worth of Google Shares
Business Insider published a piece tonight that Larry Page and Sergey Brin are going to be selling $4.4billion worth of their holdings in Google. This was supposedly in place as part of a liquidation plan that expired in January. In 2014 Google did p...
Discussion
February 14, 2015, 5:44 am
The Domains
Sedo Publishes Its Biggest Public Sales Of 2014
Sedo just sent out an press release announcing its Top 10 Highest Domain Name Sales in 2014 that were not under privacy Leading the list is mm.com, which closed at $1.2 million True.com was teh second highest sale at $350,000. On the ccTLDs front kaf...
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Sedo Publishes Its Biggest Public Sales Of 2014
Sedo just sent out an press release announcing its Top 10 Highest Domain Name Sales in 2014 that were not under privacy Leading the list is mm.com, which closed at $1.2 million True.com was teh second highest sale at $350,000. On the ccTLDs front kaf...
Discussion
February 13, 2015, 5:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
A recap of NameJet’s record month
NameJet set a record during January with the most sales over $2k it has ever reported – 148 domain auctions in all. Its previous record was 131 sales back in December 2013. To put that in perspective, NameJet’s top month during all o...
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A recap of NameJet’s record month
NameJet set a record during January with the most sales over $2k it has ever reported – 148 domain auctions in all. Its previous record was 131 sales back in December 2013. To put that in perspective, NameJet’s top month during all o...
Discussion
February 13, 2015, 5:10 pm
The Domains
Minds + Machines Pockets $3.5+ Million By Losing .Blog & .Store: Now Has $48 Million In the Bank
Minds + Machines (LON:MMX) announced today that it added £2.3 Million, which is over $3.5 Million In USD, by withdrawing its applications for .Blog and .Store to settle those new gTLD’s in private auctions Minds + Machines’ cash hol...
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Minds + Machines Pockets $3.5+ Million By Losing .Blog & .Store: Now Has $48 Million In the Bank
Minds + Machines (LON:MMX) announced today that it added £2.3 Million, which is over $3.5 Million In USD, by withdrawing its applications for .Blog and .Store to settle those new gTLD’s in private auctions Minds + Machines’ cash hol...
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February 13, 2015, 2:59 pm
