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The Domains
Can New gTLDs Save Demand Media ?
Scott Hopkins wrote a piece on Seeking Alpha today stating that the new gtlds were the last chance for Demand Media. Demand Media has been languishing in the stock market for awhile now. The stock is down 25 % this year and is down 46 % over a one ye...
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Can New gTLDs Save Demand Media ?
Scott Hopkins wrote a piece on Seeking Alpha today stating that the new gtlds were the last chance for Demand Media. Demand Media has been languishing in the stock market for awhile now. The stock is down 25 % this year and is down 46 % over a one ye...
Discussion
April 15, 2014, 6:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy.com account management Goes Down
Site won’t let users log in. GoDaddy appears to be having technical difficulties right now. Users trying to log in are greeted with a message like this: Service Unavailable The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try ag...
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GoDaddy.com account management Goes Down
Site won’t let users log in. GoDaddy appears to be having technical difficulties right now. Users trying to log in are greeted with a message like this: Service Unavailable The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try ag...
Discussion
April 15, 2014, 6:39 pm
The Domains
.Buzz May Have The Strangest List Of 100 Reserved Domains Of All New gTLD’s
.Buzz goes live today and like all new gTLD registries they are entitled to keep 100 domains for their own use for marketing and other purposes, but going through the list of .Buzz reserved domains it maybe the strangest list of 100 (actually 85 by m...
Discussion
.Buzz May Have The Strangest List Of 100 Reserved Domains Of All New gTLD’s
.Buzz goes live today and like all new gTLD registries they are entitled to keep 100 domains for their own use for marketing and other purposes, but going through the list of .Buzz reserved domains it maybe the strangest list of 100 (actually 85 by m...
Discussion
April 15, 2014, 5:36 pm
The Domains
Go Daddy Going To Court in India over Copyright/Trademark Infringement
Go Daddy is going to have to go to court in India regarding a claim by the National Stock Exchange and their online trading platform. It is hard to see how Go Daddy has liability in this case as they are not profiting from the sales of software, but ...
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Go Daddy Going To Court in India over Copyright/Trademark Infringement
Go Daddy is going to have to go to court in India regarding a claim by the National Stock Exchange and their online trading platform. It is hard to see how Go Daddy has liability in this case as they are not profiting from the sales of software, but ...
Discussion
April 15, 2014, 5:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
I finally registered a new TLD. Here is the (long) story.
I registered four new TLDs today. It took two hours. Today was the day. I finally registered a domain in a new TLD. Actually it looks like I ended up with four registrations, all in .link. Here is my story. Genre: horror. When I got to the office thi...
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I finally registered a new TLD. Here is the (long) story.
I registered four new TLDs today. It took two hours. Today was the day. I finally registered a domain in a new TLD. Actually it looks like I ended up with four registrations, all in .link. Here is my story. Genre: horror. When I got to the office thi...
Discussion
April 15, 2014, 4:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
The smartest domainers of the past decade
Rather than complain about outside forces destroying their business, they grabbed the bull by the horns. The past decade has been one of ups and downs for domain name investors. Domain parking busted around the same time the overall economy imploded....
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The smartest domainers of the past decade
Rather than complain about outside forces destroying their business, they grabbed the bull by the horns. The past decade has been one of ups and downs for domain name investors. Domain parking busted around the same time the overall economy imploded....
Discussion
April 15, 2014, 3:45 pm
The Domains
Y8.net Lost in UDRP
Web Entertainment, LLC of Las Vegas, Nevada, just won a UDRP on the domain name y8.net The Respondent did not reply to the UDRP The complainant has a trademark on the term Y8 that was filed in 2012 and has a gambling website at Y8.com The domain name...
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Y8.net Lost in UDRP
Web Entertainment, LLC of Las Vegas, Nevada, just won a UDRP on the domain name y8.net The Respondent did not reply to the UDRP The complainant has a trademark on the term Y8 that was filed in 2012 and has a gambling website at Y8.com The domain name...
Discussion
April 15, 2014, 3:38 pm
The Domains
Google Explains How It Reads Your Email
Google has changed its terms of service when it comes to Gmail. Reuters is out with the news, (Reuters) – Google Inc updated its terms of service on Monday, informing users that their incoming and outgoing emails are automatically analyzed by s...
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Google Explains How It Reads Your Email
Google has changed its terms of service when it comes to Gmail. Reuters is out with the news, (Reuters) – Google Inc updated its terms of service on Monday, informing users that their incoming and outgoing emails are automatically analyzed by s...
Discussion
April 15, 2014, 3:30 pm
The Domains
25 Plaintiffs Filed Federal Suit Over 231 Domains; 26 of Which Are No Longer Registered
A federal lawsuit was filed last week in the New Jersey District Court for trademark infringement against the owners of 231 domain names some of which are pretty generic and 26 of which are no longer registered. Besides the 26 that are no longe...
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25 Plaintiffs Filed Federal Suit Over 231 Domains; 26 of Which Are No Longer Registered
A federal lawsuit was filed last week in the New Jersey District Court for trademark infringement against the owners of 231 domain names some of which are pretty generic and 26 of which are no longer registered. Besides the 26 that are no longe...
Discussion
April 15, 2014, 12:28 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on April 15th, 2014
They say you can’t control the weather but I disagree. You certainly can move to a place that has weather to your liking. If you like 24 degree lows and 40 degree highs in April I would like to invite you to Illinois. 78 degre...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on April 15th, 2014
They say you can’t control the weather but I disagree. You certainly can move to a place that has weather to your liking. If you like 24 degree lows and 40 degree highs in April I would like to invite you to Illinois. 78 degre...
Discussion
April 15, 2014, 11:11 am
