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Domain Name Wire
This simple visualization illustrates the reality of brand protection in new TLDs
A visualization of reality for brand protection costs and new top level domain names. One thing that’s clear from talking to various people at ICANN 50 this week is that they are surprised by the low level of defensive trademark registrations i...
Discussion
This simple visualization illustrates the reality of brand protection in new TLDs
A visualization of reality for brand protection costs and new top level domain names. One thing that’s clear from talking to various people at ICANN 50 this week is that they are surprised by the low level of defensive trademark registrations i...
Discussion
June 25, 2014, 4:47 pm
The Domains
Google Releases Data to Help With Adwords Confusion
Google has released a couple pieces of data over the last two days that are worth reviewing for those who use the Google Adwords product. Google released a white paper to try to dispel some myths when it comes to the subject of quality score. As Ginn...
Discussion
Google Releases Data to Help With Adwords Confusion
Google has released a couple pieces of data over the last two days that are worth reviewing for those who use the Google Adwords product. Google released a white paper to try to dispel some myths when it comes to the subject of quality score. As Ginn...
Discussion
June 25, 2014, 3:23 pm
The Domains
DomainNameSales; Maybe You Should Put Filters On Offers, I Just Got One For $5,433,464,834
We love the folks over at DomainNameSales.com but guys you do have to put some filters in place. We got an offer overnight on the domain name nudelive.com for $5,433,464,834. The offer went through the DomainNameSales.com system and generated an emai...
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DomainNameSales; Maybe You Should Put Filters On Offers, I Just Got One For $5,433,464,834
We love the folks over at DomainNameSales.com but guys you do have to put some filters in place. We got an offer overnight on the domain name nudelive.com for $5,433,464,834. The offer went through the DomainNameSales.com system and generated an emai...
Discussion
June 25, 2014, 2:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
The Great Courses loses two UDRPs on the same day
Company that owns TheGreatcourses.com loses two cases in one day. The Teaching Company, LLC, d/b/a The Great Courses, lost two UDRPs on the same day this week. The company lost a case filed against Marchex for GreatCourses.com and against Michael Ber...
Discussion
The Great Courses loses two UDRPs on the same day
Company that owns TheGreatcourses.com loses two cases in one day. The Teaching Company, LLC, d/b/a The Great Courses, lost two UDRPs on the same day this week. The company lost a case filed against Marchex for GreatCourses.com and against Michael Ber...
Discussion
June 25, 2014, 1:19 pm
The Domains
Sci.Technology Suspended in URS “Sci” is not a Generic Term but Rather the Trademark”
The new gTLD domain name sci.technology was ordered suspended by a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) examiner. The Complainant SANMINA CORPORATION of San Jose, California filed the URS complaint based on its U.S. Trademark Registration issued June 2, 19...
Discussion
Sci.Technology Suspended in URS “Sci” is not a Generic Term but Rather the Trademark”
The new gTLD domain name sci.technology was ordered suspended by a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) examiner. The Complainant SANMINA CORPORATION of San Jose, California filed the URS complaint based on its U.S. Trademark Registration issued June 2, 19...
Discussion
June 25, 2014, 12:50 pm
The Domains
Forget.me Is Launched To Help European Citizens Enforce Their Right To Be Forgotten
SearchEngineLand.com just covered the launch of another great .Me domain name, Forget.me which is an online service which acts “as a middleman between an individual and Google…catering to individuals who want to exercise the...
Discussion
Forget.me Is Launched To Help European Citizens Enforce Their Right To Be Forgotten
SearchEngineLand.com just covered the launch of another great .Me domain name, Forget.me which is an online service which acts “as a middleman between an individual and Google…catering to individuals who want to exercise the...
Discussion
June 25, 2014, 12:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Impressive results from .Global domain name auction
.Global auction sells 35 domain names for a total of $63,780. .Global held a live domain name auction in London yesterday afternoon, and the results were quite impressive. The $63,780 in sales across 35 of 82 domain names far surpassed those I asked ...
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Impressive results from .Global domain name auction
.Global auction sells 35 domain names for a total of $63,780. .Global held a live domain name auction in London yesterday afternoon, and the results were quite impressive. The $63,780 in sales across 35 of 82 domain names far surpassed those I asked ...
Discussion
June 25, 2014, 11:50 am
The Domains
New gTLD’s Break The 1.3 Million Mark; .XYZ Tops Over 200K; .Berlin Tops 140K & .Club Over 75K
The total number of new domain extension (gTLD) registrations topped 1.3 Million overnight at ntldstats.com. According to ntldstats.com there are just about 1,310,000 new gTLD registered .XYZ is now also topped 200,000 registrations sitting at 208,79...
Discussion
New gTLD’s Break The 1.3 Million Mark; .XYZ Tops Over 200K; .Berlin Tops 140K & .Club Over 75K
The total number of new domain extension (gTLD) registrations topped 1.3 Million overnight at ntldstats.com. According to ntldstats.com there are just about 1,310,000 new gTLD registered .XYZ is now also topped 200,000 registrations sitting at 208,79...
Discussion
June 25, 2014, 11:37 am
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 25th, 2014
Yesterday, Sedo released the results of a survey of 1150 people regarding new gTLDs. The results weren’t all too unexpected except for a few things. It turns out that among the US, China, Germany, and the UK, the US respondents were leas...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 25th, 2014
Yesterday, Sedo released the results of a survey of 1150 people regarding new gTLDs. The results weren’t all too unexpected except for a few things. It turns out that among the US, China, Germany, and the UK, the US respondents were leas...
Discussion
June 25, 2014, 11:05 am
The Domains
Victim’s Of Terrorists Holding a Billion Dollars+ In Judgements Seeks Seizure of .IR Registry By ICANN
According to a press release, A lawyer representing a “group of American victims of terror and family members of those who have been injured or killed in attacks sponsored by the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) have moved to attach and seize th...
Discussion
Victim’s Of Terrorists Holding a Billion Dollars+ In Judgements Seeks Seizure of .IR Registry By ICANN
According to a press release, A lawyer representing a “group of American victims of terror and family members of those who have been injured or killed in attacks sponsored by the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) have moved to attach and seize th...
Discussion
June 24, 2014, 8:58 pm
