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Google’s Waymo domain strategy and what it says about domain choices
Joseph Peterson takes a look at what domains Waymo registered…and didn’t. Google’s not God. MarkMonitor’s no Moses. Thou shalt not treat Alphabet’s domain registration patterns as the 10 Commandments. Yet it’s int...
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Google’s Waymo domain strategy and what it says about domain choices
Joseph Peterson takes a look at what domains Waymo registered…and didn’t. Google’s not God. MarkMonitor’s no Moses. Thou shalt not treat Alphabet’s domain registration patterns as the 10 Commandments. Yet it’s int...
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December 19, 2016, 1:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domains Tinder and other end users bought last week
Hookup app buys name for its new venture arm, but ccTLDs dominate the charts. Sedo has always been #1 when it comes to country code domain names, and this week is a case in point. Nine of the 16 end user sales I identified were country code domain na...
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What domains Tinder and other end users bought last week
Hookup app buys name for its new venture arm, but ccTLDs dominate the charts. Sedo has always been #1 when it comes to country code domain names, and this week is a case in point. Nine of the 16 end user sales I identified were country code domain na...
Discussion
December 16, 2016, 4:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Powerley.com owner hit for reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed UDRP against domain name registered over a decade before it claims rights to the brand. Insight Energy Ventures, the company that offers home energy management systems at Powerley.com, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain na...
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Powerley.com owner hit for reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed UDRP against domain name registered over a decade before it claims rights to the brand. Insight Energy Ventures, the company that offers home energy management systems at Powerley.com, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain na...
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December 16, 2016, 3:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN wants to return to Puerto Rico, but don’t hold your breath
ICANN reschedules Puerto Rico meeting for March 2018. ICANN plans to return to Puerto Rico for its March 2018 meeting after moving the Fall 2016 meeting due to concerns over the Zika Virus. Whether or not you agree with ICANN’s decision to move...
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ICANN wants to return to Puerto Rico, but don’t hold your breath
ICANN reschedules Puerto Rico meeting for March 2018. ICANN plans to return to Puerto Rico for its March 2018 meeting after moving the Fall 2016 meeting due to concerns over the Zika Virus. Whether or not you agree with ICANN’s decision to move...
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December 16, 2016, 1:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts acquires .Irish top level domain name
Donuts has 198 top level domain names after acquiring .Irish. Back in May, Donuts CEO Paul Stahura told me his company would love to acquire more top level domain names. He was just waiting for TLD operators to have “sane” price expectati...
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Donuts acquires .Irish top level domain name
Donuts has 198 top level domain names after acquiring .Irish. Back in May, Donuts CEO Paul Stahura told me his company would love to acquire more top level domain names. He was just waiting for TLD operators to have “sane” price expectati...
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December 15, 2016, 6:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Q&A with Rich Merdinger, new chairman of The Domain Name Association
Merdinger named interium chairman of the DNA. Rich Merdinger, a longtime GoDaddy employee who is currently VP of Domains for the company, has been named the interim chairman of The Domain Name Association. I reached out to Merdinger to learn more abo...
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Q&A with Rich Merdinger, new chairman of The Domain Name Association
Merdinger named interium chairman of the DNA. Rich Merdinger, a longtime GoDaddy employee who is currently VP of Domains for the company, has been named the interim chairman of The Domain Name Association. I reached out to Merdinger to learn more abo...
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December 15, 2016, 2:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rex Tillerson goes on defensive domain buying spree…a couple days too late
He buys some typos, but someone else snags his name in .com. This week, Donald Trump announced that Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson will be his nominee for Secretary of State. Yesterday, someone acting on behalf of Tillerson registered a number of typos and ...
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Rex Tillerson goes on defensive domain buying spree…a couple days too late
He buys some typos, but someone else snags his name in .com. This week, Donald Trump announced that Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson will be his nominee for Secretary of State. Yesterday, someone acting on behalf of Tillerson registered a number of typos and ...
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December 15, 2016, 1:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
After one year hiatus, GoDaddy is back in the Super Bowl
GoDaddy will advertise in next year’s Super Bowl game to promote a new product. GoDaddy sat out the Super Bowl last NFL season for the first time since 2005. It will be back as an advertiser this season, the company announced today. Instead of ...
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After one year hiatus, GoDaddy is back in the Super Bowl
GoDaddy will advertise in next year’s Super Bowl game to promote a new product. GoDaddy sat out the Super Bowl last NFL season for the first time since 2005. It will be back as an advertiser this season, the company announced today. Instead of ...
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December 15, 2016, 12:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Neustar (NSR) to go private in $2.9 billion deal
Deal comes ahead of revenue plunge due to losing lucrative contract. Domain name and marketing analytics company Neustar (NYSE: NSR) has entered into a deal to be acquired by private equity firm Golden Gate Capital in a transaction valued at approxim...
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Neustar (NSR) to go private in $2.9 billion deal
Deal comes ahead of revenue plunge due to losing lucrative contract. Domain name and marketing analytics company Neustar (NYSE: NSR) has entered into a deal to be acquired by private equity firm Golden Gate Capital in a transaction valued at approxim...
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December 14, 2016, 1:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic closes $4.5 million domain portfolio sale
Year-end deal will help company hit its earnings target. CentralNic (AIM:CNIC) has closed its largest ever premium domain sales contract, the company reported today. The deal is worth $4.5 million. The company didn’t provide details about which...
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CentralNic closes $4.5 million domain portfolio sale
Year-end deal will help company hit its earnings target. CentralNic (AIM:CNIC) has closed its largest ever premium domain sales contract, the company reported today. The deal is worth $4.5 million. The company didn’t provide details about which...
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December 14, 2016, 11:52 am
