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Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons spends $1M on Christine Jones’ run for governor
Parsons paying for attack ads against former employee’s competition for Governor. GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons is lending a helping hand to his former employee Christine Jones. Jones, who was GoDaddy’s general counsel, is now running for g...
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GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons spends $1M on Christine Jones’ run for governor
Parsons paying for attack ads against former employee’s competition for Governor. GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons is lending a helping hand to his former employee Christine Jones. Jones, who was GoDaddy’s general counsel, is now running for g...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 1:54 pm
The Domains
Very Troubling: 19 Year Old SouthPaw.com Lost in UDRP
Southpaw Enterprises, Inc. just won the rights to the domain name southpaw.com in a UDRP As a term, Southpaw refers to someone who is left handed. The domain name was registered on April 18, 1995. The Respondent bought the domain name in 2002. The Co...
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Very Troubling: 19 Year Old SouthPaw.com Lost in UDRP
Southpaw Enterprises, Inc. just won the rights to the domain name southpaw.com in a UDRP As a term, Southpaw refers to someone who is left handed. The domain name was registered on April 18, 1995. The Respondent bought the domain name in 2002. The Co...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 1:53 pm
The Domains
Principal Financial Loses URS On Principal.Guru
Principal Financial Services,just lost a Uniform Resolution Proceeding on the domain name Principal.Guru The company filed a separate URS on the domain names principal.services principal.center Which case has not been decided yet but I would not expe...
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Principal Financial Loses URS On Principal.Guru
Principal Financial Services,just lost a Uniform Resolution Proceeding on the domain name Principal.Guru The company filed a separate URS on the domain names principal.services principal.center Which case has not been decided yet but I would not expe...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 1:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Picking a baby name based on domain name availability
Site generates list of available domain names for naming a baby. A lot of domain name registrars have pushed out PR in recent years about parents snapping up a domain name for their newborn babies. I have one matching my daughter’s name, and ev...
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Picking a baby name based on domain name availability
Site generates list of available domain names for naming a baby. A lot of domain name registrars have pushed out PR in recent years about parents snapping up a domain name for their newborn babies. I have one matching my daughter’s name, and ev...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 1:22 pm
The Domains
.Rocks The New gTLD With Over 5K Registrations. .Limited 1,100; .WTF 973; .Financial 751
.Rocks led this weeks new gTLD’s that went into general availability yesterday finishing off its first day with 5,191 registrations which includes domains taken in Sunrise and through the Early Access Program (EAP). .Limited finished it f...
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.Rocks The New gTLD With Over 5K Registrations. .Limited 1,100; .WTF 973; .Financial 751
.Rocks led this weeks new gTLD’s that went into general availability yesterday finishing off its first day with 5,191 registrations which includes domains taken in Sunrise and through the Early Access Program (EAP). .Limited finished it f...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 1:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Use HTTPS? Google will give you a bump in search rankings.
Search ranking change should be good news for domain name registrars. Google announced this morning that it’s starting to give extra credit in search results to companies offering websites secured by SSL. That means sites where you see httpS://...
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Use HTTPS? Google will give you a bump in search rankings.
Search ranking change should be good news for domain name registrars. Google announced this morning that it’s starting to give extra credit in search results to companies offering websites secured by SSL. That means sites where you see httpS://...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 1:04 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 8/7
I stated a couple of times in the last few weeks that I am looking for a NNN.com. I don’t quite have six figures for the best of the best but I have friend in high places that may want to ride along. I work with 4.cn and they point...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 8/7
I stated a couple of times in the last few weeks that I am looking for a NNN.com. I don’t quite have six figures for the best of the best but I have friend in high places that may want to ride along. I work with 4.cn and they point...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 11:15 am
The Domains
When Searches for Bitcoin Go Up, The Price Goes Down according to a recent study
A group of Swiss computer scientists conducted a study that took a look at web activity and social media chat around Bitcoin. They concluded when there is a surge in chatter around Bitcoin that the cryptocurrency is bound for a fall. The BBC took a l...
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When Searches for Bitcoin Go Up, The Price Goes Down according to a recent study
A group of Swiss computer scientists conducted a study that took a look at web activity and social media chat around Bitcoin. They concluded when there is a surge in chatter around Bitcoin that the cryptocurrency is bound for a fall. The BBC took a l...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 8:22 am
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Discussion: Fail.WTF?; Visa Drops V.me; Google Domains Preview; DomainTools Competitor…
This is the show where we discuss domain name industry news with a panel of veterans and thought leaders.In this DomainSherpa Discussion:* Did the new TLDs .Fail this week? .Reise, .Limited, .Financial, .WTF, .Rocks, .Actor* What we can learn from co...
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DomainSherpa Discussion: Fail.WTF?; Visa Drops V.me; Google Domains Preview; DomainTools Competitor…
This is the show where we discuss domain name industry news with a panel of veterans and thought leaders.In this DomainSherpa Discussion:* Did the new TLDs .Fail this week? .Reise, .Limited, .Financial, .WTF, .Rocks, .Actor* What we can learn from co...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 7:03 am
Domain Shane
Flippa Recap: RHK.com, Bidable.com, Task.io, DrunkDrivingAttorney & Lawyer.com
Listed below are some notable domain and website sales last week at Flippa, as well as a list of a few domains with bids that didn’t sell. Some domains that sold RHK.com – $9,975 Task.io – $5,550 Bidable.com – $3,555 – ...
Discussion
Flippa Recap: RHK.com, Bidable.com, Task.io, DrunkDrivingAttorney & Lawyer.com
Listed below are some notable domain and website sales last week at Flippa, as well as a list of a few domains with bids that didn’t sell. Some domains that sold RHK.com – $9,975 Task.io – $5,550 Bidable.com – $3,555 – ...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 3:34 am
