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Shield.com Sells for $190,000
Domain broker handles six figure sale with Austin company. An Austin company has sold the domain name Shield.com through domain name broker Sedo for $190,000. The previous whois record for Shield.com shows a north Austin address that appears to be re...
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Shield.com Sells for $190,000
Domain broker handles six figure sale with Austin company. An Austin company has sold the domain name Shield.com through domain name broker Sedo for $190,000. The previous whois record for Shield.com shows a north Austin address that appears to be re...
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March 28, 2011, 7:46 pm
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EzineArticles.com Traffic Dropped 10% to 35% Thanks to Google Changes
User-submitted content site takes a big search engine hit but is still a behemoth. EzineArticles.com definitely lost traffic after Google’s recent algorithm change to go after low quality content. But today the company quantified it. In a blog ...
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EzineArticles.com Traffic Dropped 10% to 35% Thanks to Google Changes
User-submitted content site takes a big search engine hit but is still a behemoth. EzineArticles.com definitely lost traffic after Google’s recent algorithm change to go after low quality content. But today the company quantified it. In a blog ...
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March 28, 2011, 7:35 pm
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Sedo Domain Parking Revenue Down, Sales Up
Domain parking and brokerage company reports mixed results. Last week I reported on Sedo Holding’s revenue drop in 2010 thanks to losing a keep affiliate client. The company’s full annual report (large pdf) fills in the details on its dom...
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Sedo Domain Parking Revenue Down, Sales Up
Domain parking and brokerage company reports mixed results. Last week I reported on Sedo Holding’s revenue drop in 2010 thanks to losing a keep affiliate client. The company’s full annual report (large pdf) fills in the details on its dom...
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March 28, 2011, 5:13 pm
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How to Get Rich in the New TLD Gold Rush (Part Two)
Six more ways to profit form new top level domain names. This is the second in a two part post about ways you can make money from new top level domain names. See part one here. 7. Become a trademark lawyer Startup Cost: Expensive OK, this is really o...
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How to Get Rich in the New TLD Gold Rush (Part Two)
Six more ways to profit form new top level domain names. This is the second in a two part post about ways you can make money from new top level domain names. See part one here. 7. Become a trademark lawyer Startup Cost: Expensive OK, this is really o...
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March 28, 2011, 1:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
12 Ways to Get Rich in the New TLD Gold Rush (Part 1)
Get your creative juices going. A lot of people in the domain name industry are opposed to new top level domain names. But their eventual approval is inevitable. Rather than focusing on what’s wrong with a massive introduction of new top level ...
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12 Ways to Get Rich in the New TLD Gold Rush (Part 1)
Get your creative juices going. A lot of people in the domain name industry are opposed to new top level domain names. But their eventual approval is inevitable. Rather than focusing on what’s wrong with a massive introduction of new top level ...
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March 28, 2011, 10:11 am
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Sorry, You Can’t Boycott a Top Level Domain Name
Some adult operators want to boycott .xxx. Yeah, good luck with that. I understand why some adult web site owners are upset about .xxx. But trying to boycott the new top level domain name is a ridiculous idea. Before its rally at the ICANN meeting in...
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Sorry, You Can’t Boycott a Top Level Domain Name
Some adult operators want to boycott .xxx. Yeah, good luck with that. I understand why some adult web site owners are upset about .xxx. But trying to boycott the new top level domain name is a ridiculous idea. Before its rally at the ICANN meeting in...
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March 28, 2011, 9:15 am
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Norwest-Backed Startup Buys BlueJeans.com for $150,000
Blue Jeans Network pays six figures for ideal domain name. Last week I wrote about how a startup with $41M in backing from venture capital heavyweights Sequoia and Bain Capital bought Color.com for $350,000. Now comes news from old school domain inve...
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Norwest-Backed Startup Buys BlueJeans.com for $150,000
Blue Jeans Network pays six figures for ideal domain name. Last week I wrote about how a startup with $41M in backing from venture capital heavyweights Sequoia and Bain Capital bought Color.com for $350,000. Now comes news from old school domain inve...
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March 27, 2011, 10:33 am
Domain Name Wire
DOMAINfest Goes to Barcelona
Show returns to home of first ever DOMAINfest. DomainSponsor‘s DOMAINfest conference has announced dates for its June conference in Barcelona, the site of the first ever DOMAINfest conference back in 2006. The event will take place June 7-9, 20...
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DOMAINfest Goes to Barcelona
Show returns to home of first ever DOMAINfest. DomainSponsor‘s DOMAINfest conference has announced dates for its June conference in Barcelona, the site of the first ever DOMAINfest conference back in 2006. The event will take place June 7-9, 20...
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March 25, 2011, 12:00 pm
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ICANN Picks Senegal for October Meeting
ICANN heads to western Africa this fall. ICANN’s October 2011 meeting will be held in Dakar, Senegal, the non-profit announced today. Dakar is Senegal’s capital and is home to two million people. The last meeting ICANN held in Africa was ...
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ICANN Picks Senegal for October Meeting
ICANN heads to western Africa this fall. ICANN’s October 2011 meeting will be held in Dakar, Senegal, the non-profit announced today. Dakar is Senegal’s capital and is home to two million people. The last meeting ICANN held in Africa was ...
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March 24, 2011, 11:04 pm
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Former Oversee.net Employee Plans Daily Deals Conference
The “Daily Deals” business is now big enough to have its own conference. You know “daily deals” such as Group are big. But big enough to support an dedicated conference? You bet. Jay Weintraub, who worked at Advertising.com be...
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Former Oversee.net Employee Plans Daily Deals Conference
The “Daily Deals” business is now big enough to have its own conference. You know “daily deals” such as Group are big. But big enough to support an dedicated conference? You bet. Jay Weintraub, who worked at Advertising.com be...
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March 24, 2011, 12:07 pm
