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Domain Name Wire
Sedo’s earnings: domain business shrinks 18% as affiliate business grows
Sedo’s domain parking business continues to drag on overall company. Sales of domains are down, too. Sedo Holding released its Annual Report yesterday (pdf), and the numbers for the domain name business are fairly dismal. Sedo Holding has two p...
Discussion
Sedo’s earnings: domain business shrinks 18% as affiliate business grows
Sedo’s domain parking business continues to drag on overall company. Sales of domains are down, too. Sedo Holding released its Annual Report yesterday (pdf), and the numbers for the domain name business are fairly dismal. Sedo Holding has two p...
Discussion
March 21, 2013, 9:44 am
The Domains
Google Updates Adwords To Allow Third Party’s Trademark In Ads Worldwide
Google just posted on its blog, that it is removing all restrictions worldwide regarding use of third party’s trademark as a keyword in ads. “Starting 23 April 2013, keywords that were restricted as a result of a trademark investigation w...
Discussion
Google Updates Adwords To Allow Third Party’s Trademark In Ads Worldwide
Google just posted on its blog, that it is removing all restrictions worldwide regarding use of third party’s trademark as a keyword in ads. “Starting 23 April 2013, keywords that were restricted as a result of a trademark investigation w...
Discussion
March 21, 2013, 9:22 am
The Domains
TheRegister Reports 300 Domains Stolen Last Year From 123-Reg
The theregister.co.uk, is reporting that the theft of 300 domains hosted by 123-Reg last year. “What appears to be a glaringly obvious security hole has been blamed for the snatching…anyone with a hosting package from 123-Reg and h...
Discussion
TheRegister Reports 300 Domains Stolen Last Year From 123-Reg
The theregister.co.uk, is reporting that the theft of 300 domains hosted by 123-Reg last year. “What appears to be a glaringly obvious security hole has been blamed for the snatching…anyone with a hosting package from 123-Reg and h...
Discussion
March 21, 2013, 9:00 am
Elliot's Blog
Name.com Updates Account Management UI
Name.com clients received an email this morning announcing some major changes to its account management user interface (UI). The company said that the changes were a result of customer feedback, and I am wondering if it has anything to do with the fa...
Discussion
Name.com Updates Account Management UI
Name.com clients received an email this morning announcing some major changes to its account management user interface (UI). The company said that the changes were a result of customer feedback, and I am wondering if it has anything to do with the fa...
Discussion
March 21, 2013, 7:29 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 21st
Big improvement in quality of domains today. My money is going to disappear quickly if all these good names keep coming up. Of course they’ll have to lower the reserves. Here are the names and the daily quote “The greate...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 21st
Big improvement in quality of domains today. My money is going to disappear quickly if all these good names keep coming up. Of course they’ll have to lower the reserves. Here are the names and the daily quote “The greate...
Discussion
March 21, 2013, 6:43 am
The Domains
ICANN: Objections To New gTLD’s Will Not Be Fully Posted Until Mid-April
Although the objection period for the new gTLD’s closed on March 13th, tonight ICANN stated that it will post all objections across all Dispute Resolution Service Providers by mid-April “”The period for filing formal objections to n...
Discussion
ICANN: Objections To New gTLD’s Will Not Be Fully Posted Until Mid-April
Although the objection period for the new gTLD’s closed on March 13th, tonight ICANN stated that it will post all objections across all Dispute Resolution Service Providers by mid-April “”The period for filing formal objections to n...
Discussion
March 21, 2013, 12:42 am
Domain Shane
Lesson Number 324: Check to See If the Domain You Are Buying Has Been Whored Out
We all want a virgin domain. A domain that was owned by non domain investor. A domain that has never been offered for sale but has some age. Those domains require a lot of leg work and a lot of time. The reward is the untapped possi...
Discussion
Lesson Number 324: Check to See If the Domain You Are Buying Has Been Whored Out
We all want a virgin domain. A domain that was owned by non domain investor. A domain that has never been offered for sale but has some age. Those domains require a lot of leg work and a lot of time. The reward is the untapped possi...
Discussion
March 20, 2013, 6:59 pm
The Domains
ComicBook.com: “Spider-Man Comic Promotes Domain Name Marvel Doesn’t Own”
The site Comicbook.com just pointed out that a new comic book Superior Spider-Man #6 which is a Marvel publication instruct people to “go to the domain name screwballed.com now.” However the domain name Screwballed.com isn’t owned b...
Discussion
ComicBook.com: “Spider-Man Comic Promotes Domain Name Marvel Doesn’t Own”
The site Comicbook.com just pointed out that a new comic book Superior Spider-Man #6 which is a Marvel publication instruct people to “go to the domain name screwballed.com now.” However the domain name Screwballed.com isn’t owned b...
Discussion
March 20, 2013, 6:20 pm
The Domains
10 New Objections Filed Against Google & Donuts On .Coach. .Goo
10 new Legal Rights Objections to gTLD applications have been filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), hitting Google and Donuts among others. Google was hit with an objection for the new gTLD .Goo by NTT Resonant Inc whi...
Discussion
10 New Objections Filed Against Google & Donuts On .Coach. .Goo
10 new Legal Rights Objections to gTLD applications have been filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), hitting Google and Donuts among others. Google was hit with an objection for the new gTLD .Goo by NTT Resonant Inc whi...
Discussion
March 20, 2013, 5:46 pm
The Domains
SexyJobs.Biz Gets Hits With A UDRP & The Complainant Has A Trademark
Certainly not a landmark case but someone just filed a UDRP on the domain name SexyJobs.biz Infonet Media Group, Inc, applied for a trademark on the term “sexy jobs” in January 2012 which was issued less than a month ago on February...
Discussion
SexyJobs.Biz Gets Hits With A UDRP & The Complainant Has A Trademark
Certainly not a landmark case but someone just filed a UDRP on the domain name SexyJobs.biz Infonet Media Group, Inc, applied for a trademark on the term “sexy jobs” in January 2012 which was issued less than a month ago on February...
Discussion
March 20, 2013, 5:35 pm
