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The Domains
Cnet: Google Plans to Penalize ‘Overly Optimized’ Sites
According to Cnet.com, Google is planning to penalize sites that overuse search-engine-optimization techniques. Google engineer Matt Cutts discussed the plan at South by Southwest (SXSW) and Search Engine Land posted an audio clip from a panel discus...
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Cnet: Google Plans to Penalize ‘Overly Optimized’ Sites
According to Cnet.com, Google is planning to penalize sites that overuse search-engine-optimization techniques. Google engineer Matt Cutts discussed the plan at South by Southwest (SXSW) and Search Engine Land posted an audio clip from a panel discus...
Discussion
March 18, 2012, 7:25 pm
The Domains
Quick Poll: How Many New gTLD Apps Will Be Submitted?
We are now less than one month from April 12th, the last day an application for a new gTLD can be submitted. We now know that 294 people have paid $5K to put in an App of course each registered user can file 49 apps so the number of actually apps sub...
Discussion
Quick Poll: How Many New gTLD Apps Will Be Submitted?
We are now less than one month from April 12th, the last day an application for a new gTLD can be submitted. We now know that 294 people have paid $5K to put in an App of course each registered user can file 49 apps so the number of actually apps sub...
Discussion
March 18, 2012, 12:10 pm
Elliot's Blog
NameJet Bidding: I Wish There Was a Reminder Email
I was outbid on the NameJet auction for VisitSouthAfrica.com, and I didn’t want to bid higher until the final moments of the auction. I figured that I would end up having a better chance to get the name at a better price if I was bidding increm...
Discussion
NameJet Bidding: I Wish There Was a Reminder Email
I was outbid on the NameJet auction for VisitSouthAfrica.com, and I didn’t want to bid higher until the final moments of the auction. I figured that I would end up having a better chance to get the name at a better price if I was bidding increm...
Discussion
March 17, 2012, 2:48 pm
The Domains
Hey Rick Maybe You Should Re-Join The ICA
Rick Schwartz has ferociously been on the attack since getting hit with a UDRP on the domain name Saveme.com. As I’m sure all of you have read by now, Rick registered the domain name Saveme.com in 1996 and now based on a domain name registered ...
Discussion
Hey Rick Maybe You Should Re-Join The ICA
Rick Schwartz has ferociously been on the attack since getting hit with a UDRP on the domain name Saveme.com. As I’m sure all of you have read by now, Rick registered the domain name Saveme.com in 1996 and now based on a domain name registered ...
Discussion
March 17, 2012, 1:32 pm
Elliot's Blog
Rick Schwartz Sends Email Regarding SaveMe.com UDRP
I read about the recent UDRP filing for SaveMe.com, a domain name Rick Schwartz bought over 10 years ago. The company that filed the UDRP owns a ccTLD version of the domain, which appears to have been registered just in 2010. In my opinion, this look...
Discussion
Rick Schwartz Sends Email Regarding SaveMe.com UDRP
I read about the recent UDRP filing for SaveMe.com, a domain name Rick Schwartz bought over 10 years ago. The company that filed the UDRP owns a ccTLD version of the domain, which appears to have been registered just in 2010. In my opinion, this look...
Discussion
March 17, 2012, 12:20 pm
The Domains
The Inside Story Of The Fastest Growing TLD .TK Adding 1M Registrations Per Month It’s Free & Soon #1
Over the last couple of Verisign Domain Industry Brief (March 2012 here, December 2011 here) one ccTLD has seemingly come out of nowhere to become the third largest ccTLD in terms of registration. The extension is is .TK and its the ccTLD of th...
Discussion
The Inside Story Of The Fastest Growing TLD .TK Adding 1M Registrations Per Month It’s Free & Soon #1
Over the last couple of Verisign Domain Industry Brief (March 2012 here, December 2011 here) one ccTLD has seemingly come out of nowhere to become the third largest ccTLD in terms of registration. The extension is is .TK and its the ccTLD of th...
Discussion
March 17, 2012, 8:30 am
Elliot's Blog
Sedo: “We Will be Compensating You For The Parking Decrease”
Last Friday, Sedo informed its parking customers about a malicious Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack the company was facing, which impacted its parked domain names. Apparently, Sedo techs were able to alleviate most of the affects of the at...
Discussion
Sedo: “We Will be Compensating You For The Parking Decrease”
Last Friday, Sedo informed its parking customers about a malicious Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack the company was facing, which impacted its parked domain names. Apparently, Sedo techs were able to alleviate most of the affects of the at...
Discussion
March 16, 2012, 2:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Uk domain hits 10 million milestone
10 million .uk domain names currently registered. Today .uk domain registry Nominet announced that the .uk domain crossed the 10 million domain milestone this week. The domain name swarvemagazine.co.uk, registered on March 12, represented the 10 mill...
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.Uk domain hits 10 million milestone
10 million .uk domain names currently registered. Today .uk domain registry Nominet announced that the .uk domain crossed the 10 million domain milestone this week. The domain name swarvemagazine.co.uk, registered on March 12, represented the 10 mill...
Discussion
March 16, 2012, 11:06 am
Domain Name Wire
New TLD proprietors should not rely on domainers for much revenue
Sorry new TLD operators, but domainers don’t have much money to give you. Launching a new TLD? I hope you don’t have a big line item for revenue you’ll make from domainers registering your domains. I’ve written about this befo...
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New TLD proprietors should not rely on domainers for much revenue
Sorry new TLD operators, but domainers don’t have much money to give you. Launching a new TLD? I hope you don’t have a big line item for revenue you’ll make from domainers registering your domains. I’ve written about this befo...
Discussion
March 16, 2012, 9:55 am
Domain Shane
Friday’s Big List of Domains At Auction, Dropping, or For Sale Around the Internets 3-16-12
I’d like to tell you that I made a fortune today betting college basketball but then the IRS guys read my blog every day so I will say that I didn’t. I’ll only say that there are going to be a few college basketball players with som...
Discussion
Friday’s Big List of Domains At Auction, Dropping, or For Sale Around the Internets 3-16-12
I’d like to tell you that I made a fortune today betting college basketball but then the IRS guys read my blog every day so I will say that I didn’t. I’ll only say that there are going to be a few college basketball players with som...
Discussion
March 16, 2012, 4:59 am
