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Domain Name Wire
YouGov research: most UK businesses aware of new top level domains?
Really? .uk registry Nominet recently worked with YouGov to poll businesses in the UK about new top level domain names. The press release headline read “British businesses largely unprepared for new gTLDs”. The headline number: 41% of Bri...
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YouGov research: most UK businesses aware of new top level domains?
Really? .uk registry Nominet recently worked with YouGov to poll businesses in the UK about new top level domain names. The press release headline read “British businesses largely unprepared for new gTLDs”. The headline number: 41% of Bri...
Discussion
September 18, 2012, 10:35 am
The Domains
ICANN New CEO Interview With WSJ: “Beauty of the Process Is That ICANN Is Not Deciding the Outcome Of Objected Strings”
WSJ.com just published an interview with the new CEO of ICANN Akram Atallah, on how the new gTLD program was going. There were a few Q&A’s that caught my eye “”WSJ: You have had a lot of complaints and objections. Was this expec...
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ICANN New CEO Interview With WSJ: “Beauty of the Process Is That ICANN Is Not Deciding the Outcome Of Objected Strings”
WSJ.com just published an interview with the new CEO of ICANN Akram Atallah, on how the new gTLD program was going. There were a few Q&A’s that caught my eye “”WSJ: You have had a lot of complaints and objections. Was this expec...
Discussion
September 18, 2012, 10:30 am
The Domains
Twitter Rolls Out Design Enhancements To Profile Pages Including Header Images
According to a post on their Blog, Twitter.com today announced, “design enhancement to profile pages that will give all Twitter users a richer canvas to showcase themselves and drive stronger engagement across platforms.” The new desi...
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Twitter Rolls Out Design Enhancements To Profile Pages Including Header Images
According to a post on their Blog, Twitter.com today announced, “design enhancement to profile pages that will give all Twitter users a richer canvas to showcase themselves and drive stronger engagement across platforms.” The new desi...
Discussion
September 18, 2012, 10:12 am
Domain Name Wire
Two more .com license plates
X13.com from Colorado and ATU2COM from Washington state. I’ve previously written about two .com license plates in Texas, one of which is mine. A couple readers sent in their own license plates from different states. First is X13.com from Scott ...
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Two more .com license plates
X13.com from Colorado and ATU2COM from Washington state. I’ve previously written about two .com license plates in Texas, one of which is mine. A couple readers sent in their own license plates from different states. First is X13.com from Scott ...
Discussion
September 18, 2012, 9:42 am
The Domains
Lawsuit Over The $1.4 M Ad.com TRAFFIC Auction Domain Purchase Is Over: AOL.com Is The New Owner
The long running dispute over the domain name Ad.com is over and AOL.com has possession of the domain. It was back in April 2009 when the domain name ad.com was bought at the Moniker.com TRAFFIC domain auction for $1.4 Million dollars by Directi. How...
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Lawsuit Over The $1.4 M Ad.com TRAFFIC Auction Domain Purchase Is Over: AOL.com Is The New Owner
The long running dispute over the domain name Ad.com is over and AOL.com has possession of the domain. It was back in April 2009 when the domain name ad.com was bought at the Moniker.com TRAFFIC domain auction for $1.4 Million dollars by Directi. How...
Discussion
September 18, 2012, 9:09 am
The Domains
.Eu Domain Names Pass 3.6 Million Registrations & Has An 85% Renewal Rate
.Eu’s domain name registrations grew 7.6% in the 2nd Quarter of of 2012 compared with one year ago, according to the latest progress report from the .eu top-level domain registry, EURid .Eu passed 3.6 million registrations during the quarter...
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.Eu Domain Names Pass 3.6 Million Registrations & Has An 85% Renewal Rate
.Eu’s domain name registrations grew 7.6% in the 2nd Quarter of of 2012 compared with one year ago, according to the latest progress report from the .eu top-level domain registry, EURid .Eu passed 3.6 million registrations during the quarter...
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September 18, 2012, 8:32 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 18th
The quality of names at Godaddy have been dwindling in the last month. It probably is just pure chance but it could be the fact that more names are getting renewed each year. Today’s poor Namejet list I know is just chance. Th...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 18th
The quality of names at Godaddy have been dwindling in the last month. It probably is just pure chance but it could be the fact that more names are getting renewed each year. Today’s poor Namejet list I know is just chance. Th...
Discussion
September 18, 2012, 6:35 am
Elliot's Blog
LifeHacker Vote: Five Best Domain Name Registrars
LifeHacker is currently running a poll, asking readers to vote for their favorite domain name registrar. When the poll was last run in 2010, the winning domain registrar was Namecheap. The poll will close this year at 6am on Tuesday, so you should vo...
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LifeHacker Vote: Five Best Domain Name Registrars
LifeHacker is currently running a poll, asking readers to vote for their favorite domain name registrar. When the poll was last run in 2010, the winning domain registrar was Namecheap. The poll will close this year at 6am on Tuesday, so you should vo...
Discussion
September 17, 2012, 7:43 pm
The Domains
Catching Up With NameJet.com: DramaQueen.com Sells For $9,500 + 8 LLL.com Domain Sales
We haven’t caught up with some Namejet.com sales in a few weeks. Here are some of the auctions we were watching, including DramaQueen.com, AdForce.com and 8 LLL.com’s DomainName MaxBid dramaqueen.com $9,650 adforce.com $...
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Catching Up With NameJet.com: DramaQueen.com Sells For $9,500 + 8 LLL.com Domain Sales
We haven’t caught up with some Namejet.com sales in a few weeks. Here are some of the auctions we were watching, including DramaQueen.com, AdForce.com and 8 LLL.com’s DomainName MaxBid dramaqueen.com $9,650 adforce.com $...
Discussion
September 17, 2012, 6:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Patrick Carleton and Josh Metnick plan conference for geo TLD applicants
Conference aims to help .city and .country operators hit the ground running. Two familiar faces in the geodomaining world have teamed up to create a new conference catering to GeoTLD and Geodomain owners. Patrick Carleton and Josh Metnick just announ...
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Patrick Carleton and Josh Metnick plan conference for geo TLD applicants
Conference aims to help .city and .country operators hit the ground running. Two familiar faces in the geodomaining world have teamed up to create a new conference catering to GeoTLD and Geodomain owners. Patrick Carleton and Josh Metnick just announ...
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September 17, 2012, 4:50 pm
