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The Domains
Dish Network Set to be the largest company in the world that accepts Bitcoin
In a piece on Reason.com, Paul Best took a look at some recent news related to companies who are now embracing Bitcoin. From Apple to Facebook to Dish Networks. From the article: As government agencies have started assessing ways to regulate Bitcoin,...
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Dish Network Set to be the largest company in the world that accepts Bitcoin
In a piece on Reason.com, Paul Best took a look at some recent news related to companies who are now embracing Bitcoin. From Apple to Facebook to Dish Networks. From the article: As government agencies have started assessing ways to regulate Bitcoin,...
Discussion
June 7, 2014, 7:13 pm
The Domains
New gTLD Domain Name Registrations Top 1 Million (With some Caveats)
New gTLD Domain Name Registrations has just passed the 1 Million domain name mark according to ntldstats.com. The official ntldstats count is 1,001,461. Of course thedomains as well and other blogs have pointed out there should be some caveats to the...
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New gTLD Domain Name Registrations Top 1 Million (With some Caveats)
New gTLD Domain Name Registrations has just passed the 1 Million domain name mark according to ntldstats.com. The official ntldstats count is 1,001,461. Of course thedomains as well and other blogs have pointed out there should be some caveats to the...
Discussion
June 7, 2014, 3:36 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 7th, 2014
We’ve been getting quite a few newsletter signups over the last month (top right hand corner). Don’t worry if you haven’t received anything yet because we haven’t sent anything. Aaron and I wanted to make sure we h...
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THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 7th, 2014
We’ve been getting quite a few newsletter signups over the last month (top right hand corner). Don’t worry if you haven’t received anything yet because we haven’t sent anything. Aaron and I wanted to make sure we h...
Discussion
June 7, 2014, 11:20 am
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from A Year Ago This Week: Forks.com, WBM.com, Games.info, Quif.com, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. WBM.com for $35,877 An upgrade from the lengthy WillowBendMortgage.com, a mortgage company based in Plano, Texas and founded in 1993. Alexa rank near...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from A Year Ago This Week: Forks.com, WBM.com, Games.info, Quif.com, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. WBM.com for $35,877 An upgrade from the lengthy WillowBendMortgage.com, a mortgage company based in Plano, Texas and founded in 1993. Alexa rank near...
Discussion
June 6, 2014, 11:43 pm
The Domains
.Club Asks & Answers “How do You Define Succcess”
A very interesting, well written post by Jeff Sass, DOT CLUB’s Chief Marketing Officer, was posted on their company blog today entitled “How do You Define Success” I assume most of you do not subscribe to the .Club blog and would ot...
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.Club Asks & Answers “How do You Define Succcess”
A very interesting, well written post by Jeff Sass, DOT CLUB’s Chief Marketing Officer, was posted on their company blog today entitled “How do You Define Success” I assume most of you do not subscribe to the .Club blog and would ot...
Discussion
June 6, 2014, 8:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Malaysian company guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for Spritzer.com
Bottled water company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Chuan Sin Sdn. Bhd of Taiping, Perak, Malaysia has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in its attempt to get the domain name Spritzer.com through a UDRP. The complainant op...
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Malaysian company guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for Spritzer.com
Bottled water company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Chuan Sin Sdn. Bhd of Taiping, Perak, Malaysia has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in its attempt to get the domain name Spritzer.com through a UDRP. The complainant op...
Discussion
June 6, 2014, 5:35 pm
The Domains
Google Says Keywords In Domain Are Not Needed To Be Successful
Barry Schwartz on SERoundtable.com put up a quick blurb about a comment from Google’s John Mueller. Mueller was apparently responding to a Google Webmaster help question on whether the user needed the keyword in their domain. You don’t ne...
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Google Says Keywords In Domain Are Not Needed To Be Successful
Barry Schwartz on SERoundtable.com put up a quick blurb about a comment from Google’s John Mueller. Mueller was apparently responding to a Google Webmaster help question on whether the user needed the keyword in their domain. You don’t ne...
Discussion
June 6, 2014, 4:44 pm
The Domains
eBay: Search Ads Have No Measurable Benefit
eBay study warns search ads have ‘no measurable benefit The Guardian did a story on the efficacy of paid search based on a study conducted by eBay From the article: Customers are just as likely to click on natural search results as paid ads, a ...
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eBay: Search Ads Have No Measurable Benefit
eBay study warns search ads have ‘no measurable benefit The Guardian did a story on the efficacy of paid search based on a study conducted by eBay From the article: Customers are just as likely to click on natural search results as paid ads, a ...
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June 6, 2014, 4:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
By the Numbers: .XYZ, .Reviews lead this week’s new TLD launches
.XYZ clocks in at over 10,000 registrations and results from eight other new TLD launches. I count nine new top level domain names that launched this week, as I previewed on Monday. The top domain in terms of registrations was .xyz, although I’...
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By the Numbers: .XYZ, .Reviews lead this week’s new TLD launches
.XYZ clocks in at over 10,000 registrations and results from eight other new TLD launches. I count nine new top level domain names that launched this week, as I previewed on Monday. The top domain in terms of registrations was .xyz, although I’...
Discussion
June 6, 2014, 2:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top 5 Domain Name Wire Stories from May
Sex sells. For millions. Here’s a look back at the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month: 1. Sex.xxx domain name sells as part of $5 million deal – ICM Registry sold Sex.com for $3 million as part of a $5 million package of doma...
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Top 5 Domain Name Wire Stories from May
Sex sells. For millions. Here’s a look back at the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month: 1. Sex.xxx domain name sells as part of $5 million deal – ICM Registry sold Sex.com for $3 million as part of a $5 million package of doma...
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June 6, 2014, 1:36 pm
