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Mike Robertson joins DirectNic as Business Development Director
Australian who co-founded Domain Guardians to move to U.S. for role. DNC Holdings (DirectNic) announced today that it has hired Mike Robertson as Business Development Director. A familiar face (and Australian accent) at domain conferences, Robertson ...
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Mike Robertson joins DirectNic as Business Development Director
Australian who co-founded Domain Guardians to move to U.S. for role. DNC Holdings (DirectNic) announced today that it has hired Mike Robertson as Business Development Director. A familiar face (and Australian accent) at domain conferences, Robertson ...
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September 25, 2014, 4:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Apple iOS 8 tip #10: selecting TLDs from the keyboard
Millions of iOS 8 users are being reminded about how to quickly insert .com using the iOS keyboard. I made the switch from Android to iOS last week with the iPhone 6. iOS 8 has a “tips” app that pushes a new usage tip to you every few day...
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Apple iOS 8 tip #10: selecting TLDs from the keyboard
Millions of iOS 8 users are being reminded about how to quickly insert .com using the iOS keyboard. I made the switch from Android to iOS last week with the iPhone 6. iOS 8 has a “tips” app that pushes a new usage tip to you every few day...
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September 25, 2014, 12:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Spamhaus wins Spamhaus.com in UDRP, but it won’t get the domain right away
Domain name is part of Ondova portfolio tied up in courts. A UDRP panel has awarded anti-spam group The Spamhaus Project the domain name Spamhaus.com, but the group won’t be able to use the domain any time soon. The domain name is registered to...
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Spamhaus wins Spamhaus.com in UDRP, but it won’t get the domain right away
Domain name is part of Ondova portfolio tied up in courts. A UDRP panel has awarded anti-spam group The Spamhaus Project the domain name Spamhaus.com, but the group won’t be able to use the domain any time soon. The domain name is registered to...
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September 25, 2014, 12:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
SEO’s say expired domains are being targeted by Google
Some people think Google is using expired domain info to track down so-called “Private Blog Networks”. About ten years ago I made a mint from expired domains. These weren’t good expired domains. They were just domains that had been ...
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SEO’s say expired domains are being targeted by Google
Some people think Google is using expired domain info to track down so-called “Private Blog Networks”. About ten years ago I made a mint from expired domains. These weren’t good expired domains. They were just domains that had been ...
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September 24, 2014, 8:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is Verisign’s plan for a standards group part of its patent play?
Company’s CEO disclosed creating an industry group as part of monetizing its patent portfolio. Verisign recently announced plans to organize a group called Registration Operations Association (ROA) to discuss technical aspects of domain name re...
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Is Verisign’s plan for a standards group part of its patent play?
Company’s CEO disclosed creating an industry group as part of monetizing its patent portfolio. Verisign recently announced plans to organize a group called Registration Operations Association (ROA) to discuss technical aspects of domain name re...
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September 24, 2014, 2:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines’ numbers show new TLD auctions are getting out of control
Highly contested new TLD auctions are likely ending well above $10 million. Minds + Machines put out a press release today about winning the .law and .vip domain names at auction, and the numbers in it provide hints about how much companies are payin...
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Minds + Machines’ numbers show new TLD auctions are getting out of control
Highly contested new TLD auctions are likely ending well above $10 million. Minds + Machines put out a press release today about winning the .law and .vip domain names at auction, and the numbers in it provide hints about how much companies are payin...
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September 24, 2014, 1:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
I don’t understand this new TLD ad
Google ad for new TLDs just links to an end user website using a new TLD. I came across this contextual Google ad today: The ad text itself seems like something a new TLD seller would use. And marina.equipment is certainly a new TLD. But what do mari...
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I don’t understand this new TLD ad
Google ad for new TLDs just links to an end user website using a new TLD. I came across this contextual Google ad today: The ad text itself seems like something a new TLD seller would use. And marina.equipment is certainly a new TLD. But what do mari...
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September 24, 2014, 12:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sun City Casino Gambles On UDRP And Loses
A confusing set of circumstance, but panel rules it certainly isn’t cybersquatting. Sun International Limited, operator of hotels and casinos in Africa and Latin America, has lost a UDRP for SunBet.com. The company failed to prove that the resp...
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Sun City Casino Gambles On UDRP And Loses
A confusing set of circumstance, but panel rules it certainly isn’t cybersquatting. Sun International Limited, operator of hotels and casinos in Africa and Latin America, has lost a UDRP for SunBet.com. The company failed to prove that the resp...
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September 23, 2014, 4:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latest domain name scam spoofs ICANN, worse than domain renewal scam
Scammer send fake renewal notices with goal of getting your credit card information. ICANN may have shut down Domain Registry of America for now, but new scams pop up just about every day. Joseph Peterson sent one example to me today that I haven&rsq...
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Latest domain name scam spoofs ICANN, worse than domain renewal scam
Scammer send fake renewal notices with goal of getting your credit card information. ICANN may have shut down Domain Registry of America for now, but new scams pop up just about every day. Joseph Peterson sent one example to me today that I haven&rsq...
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September 23, 2014, 2:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLD rollout to slow down as Donuts runs low on domains
Boxes of uncontested Donuts running low. The number of new top level domain names hitting the market each week is about to slow down. Every week since the beginning of February, Donuts has released at least one top level domain name. Most weeks it ha...
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New TLD rollout to slow down as Donuts runs low on domains
Boxes of uncontested Donuts running low. The number of new top level domain names hitting the market each week is about to slow down. Every week since the beginning of February, Donuts has released at least one top level domain name. Most weeks it ha...
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September 23, 2014, 1:42 pm
