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Domain Shane
DSAD: Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday 7/29
Over the last two months I’ve been saving for a NNN.com Unfortunately the prices are climbing faster than I can raise money. It’s crazy to think that you can buy a new Porsche or a non 4 NNN.com. But your Porsche goes d...
Discussion
DSAD: Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday 7/29
Over the last two months I’ve been saving for a NNN.com Unfortunately the prices are climbing faster than I can raise money. It’s crazy to think that you can buy a new Porsche or a non 4 NNN.com. But your Porsche goes d...
Discussion
July 29, 2014, 11:22 am
The Domains
Spain Passes The “Google” Tax – How it will work no one is really sure
Spain Passes The Google Tax Spain passed a law that will give Spanish newspaper publishers the right to get paid from any site that links to them with what they deem a ” meaningful ” description of the content. It is important to note tha...
Discussion
Spain Passes The “Google” Tax – How it will work no one is really sure
Spain Passes The Google Tax Spain passed a law that will give Spanish newspaper publishers the right to get paid from any site that links to them with what they deem a ” meaningful ” description of the content. It is important to note tha...
Discussion
July 29, 2014, 9:26 am
The Domains
Captain Kirk is not high on the new Celebrity only Facebook App
William Shatner of Star Trek and Priceline fame, is a big social media user, Shatner runs a popular blog on Tumblr and is active in a lot of places. He recently put together a review of the new Facebook Mentions app, our readers probably have not bee...
Discussion
Captain Kirk is not high on the new Celebrity only Facebook App
William Shatner of Star Trek and Priceline fame, is a big social media user, Shatner runs a popular blog on Tumblr and is active in a lot of places. He recently put together a review of the new Facebook Mentions app, our readers probably have not bee...
Discussion
July 29, 2014, 5:23 am
Domain Name Wire
Heritage Auctions Video about premium domain names
Video explains some of the benefits of a good domain name. Heritage Auctions had another solid domain name auction last week, selling about $775k in domain names during bidding. The company is doing a good job educating collectibles investors and bus...
Discussion
Heritage Auctions Video about premium domain names
Video explains some of the benefits of a good domain name. Heritage Auctions had another solid domain name auction last week, selling about $775k in domain names during bidding. The company is doing a good job educating collectibles investors and bus...
Discussion
July 28, 2014, 11:52 pm
The Domains
The other Click Fraud
Krebs On Security took a look at the practice of click fraud that depletes a competitors ad budget. The practice is to run up the costs and maybe get them to blow their wad early in the day. I have spoken to people over the years who certainly felt t...
Discussion
The other Click Fraud
Krebs On Security took a look at the practice of click fraud that depletes a competitors ad budget. The practice is to run up the costs and maybe get them to blow their wad early in the day. I have spoken to people over the years who certainly felt t...
Discussion
July 28, 2014, 9:05 pm
The Domains
Vertical Axis Hit With UDRP on 8 Year Old Domain GlobeWay.com
Vertical Axis has just been Hit With a UDRP on the domain name GlobeWay.com The domain according to DomainTools.com has been owned since at least 2007 and possibly 2006 by Vertical Axis. The domain name is parked to a very generic parking page....
Discussion
Vertical Axis Hit With UDRP on 8 Year Old Domain GlobeWay.com
Vertical Axis has just been Hit With a UDRP on the domain name GlobeWay.com The domain according to DomainTools.com has been owned since at least 2007 and possibly 2006 by Vertical Axis. The domain name is parked to a very generic parking page....
Discussion
July 28, 2014, 8:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
27 of top 50 websites protecting their brands on new Donuts domain names
How are brands protecting themselves with new top level domain names? Many are, but there are some surprises. I just checked how the top 50 websites are protecting their brands on Donuts top level domain names. I took the top 50 (public) sites from Q...
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27 of top 50 websites protecting their brands on new Donuts domain names
How are brands protecting themselves with new top level domain names? Many are, but there are some surprises. I just checked how the top 50 websites are protecting their brands on Donuts top level domain names. I took the top 50 (public) sites from Q...
Discussion
July 28, 2014, 4:31 pm
The Domains
As Rightside (futures) Starts Trading Its Market Cap Is 260M Of Demand’s $465M
Rightside, the spin off of Demand Media which begins formal trading on August 1, started to trade on Friday on a pre-issue basis on the symbol NAMEV. Although shares are lightly traded the price is $14.30 which is up from an opening of $14 a share. I...
Discussion
As Rightside (futures) Starts Trading Its Market Cap Is 260M Of Demand’s $465M
Rightside, the spin off of Demand Media which begins formal trading on August 1, started to trade on Friday on a pre-issue basis on the symbol NAMEV. Although shares are lightly traded the price is $14.30 which is up from an opening of $14 a share. I...
Discussion
July 28, 2014, 3:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
A “slow” week for new TLD launches
More Donuts, but not much else. There’s not much on the docket this week for new top level domain name launches. According to the Calzone.org calendar, the only TLDs hitting general availability this week are a handful from Donuts on Wednesday....
Discussion
A “slow” week for new TLD launches
More Donuts, but not much else. There’s not much on the docket this week for new top level domain name launches. According to the Calzone.org calendar, the only TLDs hitting general availability this week are a handful from Donuts on Wednesday....
Discussion
July 28, 2014, 2:47 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD: Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday 7/28
Yesterday I added my first names to Brand Bucket. At first I was like everyone else and thought I could do my own version of Brand Bucket. But the more and more I thought about it I realized that they have built a business that startups and dom...
Discussion
DSAD: Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday 7/28
Yesterday I added my first names to Brand Bucket. At first I was like everyone else and thought I could do my own version of Brand Bucket. But the more and more I thought about it I realized that they have built a business that startups and dom...
Discussion
July 28, 2014, 11:31 am
