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3 domain companies team up to give away 4,000 domains at Webfest
Giveaway includes ten domain names per person. Above.com, Rook Media and ParkingCrew are teaming up for a unique promotion during next week’s Webfest: they’re giving away 4,000 domain names. The promotion lets up to 400 people get an acco...
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3 domain companies team up to give away 4,000 domains at Webfest
Giveaway includes ten domain names per person. Above.com, Rook Media and ParkingCrew are teaming up for a unique promotion during next week’s Webfest: they’re giving away 4,000 domain names. The promotion lets up to 400 people get an acco...
Discussion
January 29, 2013, 12:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Which Webfest auction domains are best?
Webfest auction is small but packed with great domains. Last week I previewed some of the domains that were added to the Webfest auction taking place next week in Santa Monica. Now that the list is finalized, let’s take a look. The first piece ...
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Which Webfest auction domains are best?
Webfest auction is small but packed with great domains. Last week I previewed some of the domains that were added to the Webfest auction taking place next week in Santa Monica. Now that the list is finalized, let’s take a look. The first piece ...
Discussion
January 29, 2013, 11:47 am
Domain Name Wire
Verisign’s patents: who will the company go after?
Company’s patent portfolio isn’t limited to domain name industry. Last week Verisign said it would consider ways to monetize its patent portfolio. The company’s patent portfolio is quite broad. In addition to covering domain names, ...
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Verisign’s patents: who will the company go after?
Company’s patent portfolio isn’t limited to domain name industry. Last week Verisign said it would consider ways to monetize its patent portfolio. The company’s patent portfolio is quite broad. In addition to covering domain names, ...
Discussion
January 28, 2013, 2:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Now this is cool: LDS Domain Trends
See what’s hot in domain name registrations with this neat tool. Matt Mazur just released a killer tool on his Lean Domain Search: Domain Trends. The tool lets you type in any keyword and it will pull up domain registrations by date that includ...
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Now this is cool: LDS Domain Trends
See what’s hot in domain name registrations with this neat tool. Matt Mazur just released a killer tool on his Lean Domain Search: Domain Trends. The tool lets you type in any keyword and it will pull up domain registrations by date that includ...
Discussion
January 28, 2013, 10:37 am
Domain Name Wire
When Chanel takes over a domain name, it sends a warning to others
Domains used to warn others that Chanel will pursue them. French fashion house Chanel has aggressively pursued counterfeiters and cybersquatters over the year. But what it does with many of the names it recovers is rather unique: it sends a warning t...
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When Chanel takes over a domain name, it sends a warning to others
Domains used to warn others that Chanel will pursue them. French fashion house Chanel has aggressively pursued counterfeiters and cybersquatters over the year. But what it does with many of the names it recovers is rather unique: it sends a warning t...
Discussion
January 28, 2013, 9:57 am
Domain Name Wire
Heads up, competing registries: Verisign might start asserting its patents
Verisign evaluating how to make money from its patent portfolio. Competing domain registries, watch out. Much of yesterday’s Verisign investor conference call was focus on patents and Verisign figuring out how to profit from them. While saying ...
Discussion
Heads up, competing registries: Verisign might start asserting its patents
Verisign evaluating how to make money from its patent portfolio. Competing domain registries, watch out. Much of yesterday’s Verisign investor conference call was focus on patents and Verisign figuring out how to profit from them. While saying ...
Discussion
January 25, 2013, 2:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy finally offers a CDN, but it’s limited right now
Website Accelerator makes putting your Go Daddy-hosted site on a CDN simple. People who host their web sites with Go Daddy will finally get access to an integrated content delivery network (CDN) to speed up their sites. Go Daddy this week announced i...
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Go Daddy finally offers a CDN, but it’s limited right now
Website Accelerator makes putting your Go Daddy-hosted site on a CDN simple. People who host their web sites with Go Daddy will finally get access to an integrated content delivery network (CDN) to speed up their sites. Go Daddy this week announced i...
Discussion
January 25, 2013, 12:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy.com .info auction ends today, Social.info over $7,000
Auction of over 100 domain names is led by Social.info. An auction of 135 registry-held .info domain names ends today on GoDaddy.com. The top domain so far is social.info, which has 80 bids and is up to $7,305. (Social.com sold for $2.6 million in 20...
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GoDaddy.com .info auction ends today, Social.info over $7,000
Auction of over 100 domain names is led by Social.info. An auction of 135 registry-held .info domain names ends today on GoDaddy.com. The top domain so far is social.info, which has 80 bids and is up to $7,305. (Social.com sold for $2.6 million in 20...
Discussion
January 25, 2013, 10:58 am
Domain Name Wire
New TLD applicant that misspelled string finally fixes it
Kerry Trading Co. finally fixes a typo in its top level domain application. ICANN has posted 369 updated new top level domain applications, but most of the updates so far have been changes to directors, addresses, etc. But one of the recent changes i...
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New TLD applicant that misspelled string finally fixes it
Kerry Trading Co. finally fixes a typo in its top level domain application. ICANN has posted 369 updated new top level domain applications, but most of the updates so far have been changes to directors, addresses, etc. But one of the recent changes i...
Discussion
January 25, 2013, 10:17 am
Domain Name Wire
The intriguing GoDaddy .co Super Bowl commercial (with a Danica Patrick cameo)
GoDaddy.co Super Bowl commercial is very different from its predecessors. Last night .co tweeted a link to its Super Bowl commercial. I’ve watched it a few times (it’s embedded below) so I can fully grasp what’s going on. The basic ...
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The intriguing GoDaddy .co Super Bowl commercial (with a Danica Patrick cameo)
GoDaddy.co Super Bowl commercial is very different from its predecessors. Last night .co tweeted a link to its Super Bowl commercial. I’ve watched it a few times (it’s embedded below) so I can fully grasp what’s going on. The basic ...
Discussion
January 25, 2013, 9:33 am
