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The Domains
Google Entering the Domain Business May Have Less of an Impact on Web.com
David Hernandez wrote a piece on Seeking Alpha that Google entering the domain business may not be as bad as thought for competitor Web.com. Web.com owns Register.com and Network Solutions. The stock is down 37.7 % year to date. Here is the summary o...
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Google Entering the Domain Business May Have Less of an Impact on Web.com
David Hernandez wrote a piece on Seeking Alpha that Google entering the domain business may not be as bad as thought for competitor Web.com. Web.com owns Register.com and Network Solutions. The stock is down 37.7 % year to date. Here is the summary o...
Discussion
October 1, 2014, 10:18 pm
The Domains
Results of our Numeric Dot Com Readers Poll
Our poll question for September was where you the reader, saw the value of numeric dot com domains going. We had 188 votes and the majority of voters see prices going higher. Where do you think values are going for Numeric .com domains ? Up (52%, 98 ...
Discussion
Results of our Numeric Dot Com Readers Poll
Our poll question for September was where you the reader, saw the value of numeric dot com domains going. We had 188 votes and the majority of voters see prices going higher. Where do you think values are going for Numeric .com domains ? Up (52%, 98 ...
Discussion
October 1, 2014, 8:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Warning: do you know where your parked domain traffic is going?
Zero click traffic may lead to scam and installer sites. “Zero click” monetization for parked domains, in which domain traffic is forwarded to another site rather than landing on a page full of ads, is nothing new in the domain name indus...
Discussion
Warning: do you know where your parked domain traffic is going?
Zero click traffic may lead to scam and installer sites. “Zero click” monetization for parked domains, in which domain traffic is forwarded to another site rather than landing on a page full of ads, is nothing new in the domain name indus...
Discussion
October 1, 2014, 7:49 pm
The Domains
Frank T. Schilling Registers 12K+ New gTLD In Addition to The 75K Owned By North Sound Names
We noted last week that North Sound Names a company owned and.or controlled by Frank Schilling registered some 31,000 domain names in new gTLD’s extensions owned by another Frank Schilling Company, Uniregistry. About 10,000 domain names were re...
Discussion
Frank T. Schilling Registers 12K+ New gTLD In Addition to The 75K Owned By North Sound Names
We noted last week that North Sound Names a company owned and.or controlled by Frank Schilling registered some 31,000 domain names in new gTLD’s extensions owned by another Frank Schilling Company, Uniregistry. About 10,000 domain names were re...
Discussion
October 1, 2014, 4:26 pm
The Domains
SimpleBank.com Lost in UDRP To Common Law Trademark Holder of The Word “Simple”
Simple Finance Technology Corp (“Complainant”), just won control of the domain name SimpleBank.com which is owned by CDN Properties Incorporated. Simple alleged that it had a common law trademark to the term “Simple” however t...
Discussion
SimpleBank.com Lost in UDRP To Common Law Trademark Holder of The Word “Simple”
Simple Finance Technology Corp (“Complainant”), just won control of the domain name SimpleBank.com which is owned by CDN Properties Incorporated. Simple alleged that it had a common law trademark to the term “Simple” however t...
Discussion
October 1, 2014, 3:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Times have changed: GoDaddy CEO to speak at women in computing event
CEO of company known for sexy commercials to speak on panel at women in computing conference. GoDaddy’s CEO is speaking on the “Male Allies” panel at next week’s Anita Borg Institute Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Comput...
Discussion
Times have changed: GoDaddy CEO to speak at women in computing event
CEO of company known for sexy commercials to speak on panel at women in computing conference. GoDaddy’s CEO is speaking on the “Male Allies” panel at next week’s Anita Borg Institute Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Comput...
Discussion
October 1, 2014, 3:17 pm
The Domains
UDRP On Tasers.com Is Dropped, As Domain Name Is Now Owed By Tasers International
A UDRP was filed on the domain name Tasers.com with WIPO, last month is showing as having been terminated. That means the Complainant of the UDRP, TASER International, Inc dropped the UDRP, however according to the whois record the domain name is now...
Discussion
UDRP On Tasers.com Is Dropped, As Domain Name Is Now Owed By Tasers International
A UDRP was filed on the domain name Tasers.com with WIPO, last month is showing as having been terminated. That means the Complainant of the UDRP, TASER International, Inc dropped the UDRP, however according to the whois record the domain name is now...
Discussion
October 1, 2014, 2:47 pm
The Domains
TheHill.com: Post On 2016 Presidental Domain Names Doesn’t Even Mention New gTLD’s
TheHill.com just published a post entitled “ElectHillary.com? RandPaul.com? Betting on 2016’s hottest Web address” the artcile goes on to chat about “Election-year website squatters have dollar signs in their eyes, scooping up...
Discussion
TheHill.com: Post On 2016 Presidental Domain Names Doesn’t Even Mention New gTLD’s
TheHill.com just published a post entitled “ElectHillary.com? RandPaul.com? Betting on 2016’s hottest Web address” the artcile goes on to chat about “Election-year website squatters have dollar signs in their eyes, scooping up...
Discussion
October 1, 2014, 2:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
20 end user domain name sales
A list of 20 end user domain name sales on Sedo last week. Sedo sold about $1 million worth of domain names last week and many of them were to end users. Some new TLDs changed hands, including .parts and .audio domains. The company that bought a .aud...
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20 end user domain name sales
A list of 20 end user domain name sales on Sedo last week. Sedo sold about $1 million worth of domain names last week and many of them were to end users. Some new TLDs changed hands, including .parts and .audio domains. The company that bought a .aud...
Discussion
October 1, 2014, 2:08 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday 9/30
Just heard we have a case of Ebola here in the US so looks like I have one more thing to watch out for. I’ve kept clean of Polio and Small Pox so I should be OK with Ebola. But I’m headed to bed early as I write this just to m...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday 9/30
Just heard we have a case of Ebola here in the US so looks like I have one more thing to watch out for. I’ve kept clean of Polio and Small Pox so I should be OK with Ebola. But I’m headed to bed early as I write this just to m...
Discussion
October 1, 2014, 11:45 am
