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Web.com: New TLDs are not moving the needle
Contribution from new top level domain names isn’t significant, CEO says. Web.com CEO David Brown was asked about new top level domain names on yesterday’s investor conference call. Brown said the company isn’t doing “back fli...
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Web.com: New TLDs are not moving the needle
Contribution from new top level domain names isn’t significant, CEO says. Web.com CEO David Brown was asked about new top level domain names on yesterday’s investor conference call. Brown said the company isn’t doing “back fli...
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October 30, 2015, 12:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Zajo.com: A good 4 letter UDRP decision
Owners of four letter domain names should take note. The owner of Zajo.com, who bought it for its value as a four letter domain name, has successfully defended the domain name in a UDRP. Domain owner Jay Dove of Deep Frontier represented himself. Spo...
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Zajo.com: A good 4 letter UDRP decision
Owners of four letter domain names should take note. The owner of Zajo.com, who bought it for its value as a four letter domain name, has successfully defended the domain name in a UDRP. Domain owner Jay Dove of Deep Frontier represented himself. Spo...
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October 30, 2015, 10:57 am
Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Report: Three Cheers for China!
Once again, China dominates expired domain name buying. And the Chinese feeding frenzy continues. Those who hype have cranked their hype knobs up to 11 in order to take advantage of the moment. Strike while the iron is hot! Oh, but this market d...
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Expired Domain Report: Three Cheers for China!
Once again, China dominates expired domain name buying. And the Chinese feeding frenzy continues. Those who hype have cranked their hype knobs up to 11 in order to take advantage of the moment. Strike while the iron is hot! Oh, but this market d...
Discussion
October 29, 2015, 6:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
IEC.com saved in UDRP
NGO loses attempt to get valuable domain name. International Electrotechnical Commission, a non-governmental organization, has lost a UDRP it filed against the owner of IEC.com. Although the respondent is listed as IEC Communications Ltd., it appears...
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IEC.com saved in UDRP
NGO loses attempt to get valuable domain name. International Electrotechnical Commission, a non-governmental organization, has lost a UDRP it filed against the owner of IEC.com. Although the respondent is listed as IEC Communications Ltd., it appears...
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October 29, 2015, 3:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign gets patent for Domain Name Exchange
Company proposes service in 2010 but abandoned idea. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has granted patent number 9,172,673 (pdf) to Verisign for “Systems and methods for domain name exchange”. The system would allow someone to trade in...
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Verisign gets patent for Domain Name Exchange
Company proposes service in 2010 but abandoned idea. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has granted patent number 9,172,673 (pdf) to Verisign for “Systems and methods for domain name exchange”. The system would allow someone to trade in...
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October 29, 2015, 3:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domains Birchbox and 22 other companies bought last week
Makeup sample subscription service buys a domain name. Birchbox, one of the most successful subscription services, bought a domain name through Sedo this past week. It was just one of many companies buying existing domain names last week, including a...
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What domains Birchbox and 22 other companies bought last week
Makeup sample subscription service buys a domain name. Birchbox, one of the most successful subscription services, bought a domain name through Sedo this past week. It was just one of many companies buying existing domain names last week, including a...
Discussion
October 29, 2015, 1:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign: new TLDs are affecting .Com growth
Company makes admission for first time in latest SEC filing. Verisign made a subtle, but important, change in its risk language in its third quarter 10-Q report filed with the SEC. I picked up on this change using the Intelligize SEC document compari...
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Verisign: new TLDs are affecting .Com growth
Company makes admission for first time in latest SEC filing. Verisign made a subtle, but important, change in its risk language in its third quarter 10-Q report filed with the SEC. I picked up on this change using the Intelligize SEC document compari...
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October 28, 2015, 4:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Twitter and rival Tencent might have to fight over “Moments”
Tencent files trademark applications, presumably in response to Twitter launching new “Moments” feature. On October 6, Twitter launched “Moments” in an effort to attract more users to trending topics. It’s a pretty cool ...
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Twitter and rival Tencent might have to fight over “Moments”
Tencent files trademark applications, presumably in response to Twitter launching new “Moments” feature. On October 6, Twitter launched “Moments” in an effort to attract more users to trending topics. It’s a pretty cool ...
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October 28, 2015, 12:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
SnapNames is promoting an auction at NameJet for LTD.com
Co-branded auction is likely the first of many. NameJet is currently hosting an auction for LTD.com. This is obviously a good domain name. Not only is it three characters, but it’s also a common company ending for “Limited”. With a ...
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SnapNames is promoting an auction at NameJet for LTD.com
Co-branded auction is likely the first of many. NameJet is currently hosting an auction for LTD.com. This is obviously a good domain name. Not only is it three characters, but it’s also a common company ending for “Limited”. With a ...
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October 27, 2015, 8:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain phishing: Why it’s happening & How to protect yourself
Use these tips to avoid being the next victim. Yesterday an unknown perpetrator started a massive spamming campaign against owner of domain names, which is continuing today. The emails told recipients that a specific domain name they owned had been s...
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Domain phishing: Why it’s happening & How to protect yourself
Use these tips to avoid being the next victim. Yesterday an unknown perpetrator started a massive spamming campaign against owner of domain names, which is continuing today. The emails told recipients that a specific domain name they owned had been s...
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October 27, 2015, 4:23 pm
