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The Domains
Quick Poll: How Many Domain Names Will Exist By The End of 2016?
Yesterday we published a blog post about Pinky Brand’s prediction for how many domain names will be in existence by the end of 2016 Pinky’s prediction was 403.5 Million domain names in the zone files by the end of 2016 including 73 millio...
Discussion
Quick Poll: How Many Domain Names Will Exist By The End of 2016?
Yesterday we published a blog post about Pinky Brand’s prediction for how many domain names will be in existence by the end of 2016 Pinky’s prediction was 403.5 Million domain names in the zone files by the end of 2016 including 73 millio...
Discussion
May 11, 2013, 9:41 am
Elliot's Blog
Pope Francis Using PopeFrancis.com
You probably heard about a Chicago man who registered PopeFrancis.com back in 2010. Shortly after Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina was elected Pope, the lawyer who registered PopeFrancis.com offered to donate the domain name to the ...
Discussion
Pope Francis Using PopeFrancis.com
You probably heard about a Chicago man who registered PopeFrancis.com back in 2010. Shortly after Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina was elected Pope, the lawyer who registered PopeFrancis.com offered to donate the domain name to the ...
Discussion
May 11, 2013, 9:08 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 11th
It was nice to see that Rick and Richard talked and worked out the Water School party yesterday. I said that the only thing that seemed to be lacking was communication and evidently that was solved. Good job to both of them. I&rsquo...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 11th
It was nice to see that Rick and Richard talked and worked out the Water School party yesterday. I said that the only thing that seemed to be lacking was communication and evidently that was solved. Good job to both of them. I&rsquo...
Discussion
May 11, 2013, 7:03 am
The Domains
Panel Hands Over Stolen Domain GVP.com In UDRP To Global Village Publishing
Global Village Publishing, Inc. just won the rights to the three letter domain name gvp.com, in a one member panel UDRP decision, a domain which is owned for many years until their Godaddy account was hacked and the domain transferred. Here is what ...
Discussion
Panel Hands Over Stolen Domain GVP.com In UDRP To Global Village Publishing
Global Village Publishing, Inc. just won the rights to the three letter domain name gvp.com, in a one member panel UDRP decision, a domain which is owned for many years until their Godaddy account was hacked and the domain transferred. Here is what ...
Discussion
May 10, 2013, 9:45 pm
The Domains
Office of Medical & Scientific Justice Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Office of Medical & Scientific Justice, Inc. represented by Matthew H. Swyers of The Trademark Company, LLC, Virginia, USA. was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) in attempted theft of the domain names hivinnocencegrouptrut...
Discussion
Office of Medical & Scientific Justice Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Office of Medical & Scientific Justice, Inc. represented by Matthew H. Swyers of The Trademark Company, LLC, Virginia, USA. was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) in attempted theft of the domain names hivinnocencegrouptrut...
Discussion
May 10, 2013, 9:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
An explanation of Demand Media’s deal with Donuts
SEC filing sheds (some) light on relationship for new top level domains. A lot of fuss has been made about the connection between Demand Media and Donuts and the new TLD program. What exactly is the relationship between the two companies? Demand Medi...
Discussion
An explanation of Demand Media’s deal with Donuts
SEC filing sheds (some) light on relationship for new top level domains. A lot of fuss has been made about the connection between Demand Media and Donuts and the new TLD program. What exactly is the relationship between the two companies? Demand Medi...
Discussion
May 10, 2013, 5:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
WaterNight becomes official TRAFFIC party
Party moved back one night and becomes official sponsored event. The WaterNight event to take place in Las Vegas during this month’s TRAFFIC show is now the conference’s official Thursday night party. The event was going to be held on Wed...
Discussion
WaterNight becomes official TRAFFIC party
Party moved back one night and becomes official sponsored event. The WaterNight event to take place in Las Vegas during this month’s TRAFFIC show is now the conference’s official Thursday night party. The event was going to be held on Wed...
Discussion
May 10, 2013, 4:30 pm
The Domains
38 More New gTLD Pass IE: .Paris; .Forex; .Cpa; .Airforce, .Guide, .Melbourne
38 More new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation Today. Heading the list are the Geo’s of .Paris (which had been earlier passed over on its turn) .Melbourne and .Durban Other generics passing IE include Amazon’s applica...
Discussion
38 More New gTLD Pass IE: .Paris; .Forex; .Cpa; .Airforce, .Guide, .Melbourne
38 More new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation Today. Heading the list are the Geo’s of .Paris (which had been earlier passed over on its turn) .Melbourne and .Durban Other generics passing IE include Amazon’s applica...
Discussion
May 10, 2013, 1:30 pm
The Domains
.Sexy Is Just For The Sexy People
Unregistry in a Press Release put everyone on notice that the new gTLD .Sexy will be for only the Sexy people: “”Uniregistry, the Cayman based new gTLD applicant, has announced new registration requirements to improve quality and combat a...
Discussion
.Sexy Is Just For The Sexy People
Unregistry in a Press Release put everyone on notice that the new gTLD .Sexy will be for only the Sexy people: “”Uniregistry, the Cayman based new gTLD applicant, has announced new registration requirements to improve quality and combat a...
Discussion
May 10, 2013, 1:13 pm
The Domains
Pinky Brand Predicts 408.5 Million Domains By The End Of 2016, 73.6M New gTLD’s
Pinky Brand just published some bold predictions for the number of domain names that will exist in 2016 including registrations from new gTLD’s. For those that don’t know Pinky is one of the founders of .mobi, which is “today ranked...
Discussion
Pinky Brand Predicts 408.5 Million Domains By The End Of 2016, 73.6M New gTLD’s
Pinky Brand just published some bold predictions for the number of domain names that will exist in 2016 including registrations from new gTLD’s. For those that don’t know Pinky is one of the founders of .mobi, which is “today ranked...
Discussion
May 10, 2013, 12:12 pm
