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Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from A Year Ago This Week: MathGames.com, Ed.co, HJX.com, KT.org, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. MathGames.com for $725,000 A big purchase by Bill Kara, domainer and developer extraordinaire. Traffic leader for the week, with an Alexa rank...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from A Year Ago This Week: MathGames.com, Ed.co, HJX.com, KT.org, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. MathGames.com for $725,000 A big purchase by Bill Kara, domainer and developer extraordinaire. Traffic leader for the week, with an Alexa rank...
Discussion
July 25, 2014, 10:42 pm

The Domains
It’s All About Branding
Nathan Safran wrote a piece on Search Engine Land that had to do with the branding benefits of search. In his piece entitled, It’s Time For Marketers To Attend To The Branding Benefits Of Search, Safran cited a Google study that concluded, &ldq...
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It’s All About Branding
Nathan Safran wrote a piece on Search Engine Land that had to do with the branding benefits of search. In his piece entitled, It’s Time For Marketers To Attend To The Branding Benefits Of Search, Safran cited a Google study that concluded, &ldq...
Discussion
July 25, 2014, 8:58 pm

The Domains
Minds + Machines Issues 350K Shares To Employee at 9P Stock trading At 11.50P
According to a regulatory filing, Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), the publicly quoted owner and operator of Internet top-level domains, announces that it has issued 350,000 new Ordinary Shares following exercise by an employee of 350,000 sh...
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Minds + Machines Issues 350K Shares To Employee at 9P Stock trading At 11.50P
According to a regulatory filing, Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), the publicly quoted owner and operator of Internet top-level domains, announces that it has issued 350,000 new Ordinary Shares following exercise by an employee of 350,000 sh...
Discussion
July 25, 2014, 5:56 pm

Domain Name Wire
Verisign stock jumps after earnings report
Stock investors still think .com is king. Verisign reported earnings yesterday and shares in the company are up 12% in trading so far today. Why the jump in share price after a dismal quarter for net domain name adds? Well, Citigroup upgraded the com...
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Verisign stock jumps after earnings report
Stock investors still think .com is king. Verisign reported earnings yesterday and shares in the company are up 12% in trading so far today. Why the jump in share price after a dismal quarter for net domain name adds? Well, Citigroup upgraded the com...
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July 25, 2014, 4:15 pm

The Domains
.Broadway Resolved as 2 of 3 Apps are Withdrawn
Another new gTLD string has apparently been resolved, .Broadway The surviving applicant is Celebrate Broadway, Inc which is a Minds + Machines backed applicant. Those withdrawing their applications are broadwayacrossamerica.com and Donuts. We do not ...
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.Broadway Resolved as 2 of 3 Apps are Withdrawn
Another new gTLD string has apparently been resolved, .Broadway The surviving applicant is Celebrate Broadway, Inc which is a Minds + Machines backed applicant. Those withdrawing their applications are broadwayacrossamerica.com and Donuts. We do not ...
Discussion
July 25, 2014, 4:01 pm

Domain Name Wire
Paula Deen spends $27,900 on domain name for new venture (end user sales)
Celebrity chef among end users who bought domain names last week. Celebrity chef Paula Deen, who experienced a spectacular fall from grace last year over her prior use of racial slurs, is making a comeback with Paul Deen Ventures. She’s launchi...
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Paula Deen spends $27,900 on domain name for new venture (end user sales)
Celebrity chef among end users who bought domain names last week. Celebrity chef Paula Deen, who experienced a spectacular fall from grace last year over her prior use of racial slurs, is making a comeback with Paul Deen Ventures. She’s launchi...
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July 25, 2014, 3:11 pm

DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: July 26 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: July 26, 2014.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Is The U.S. Lagging Behind..., How Donuts Became The World's..., Verisign Goes Rouge: New gTLD's:..., Verisign Reports Slowing Growth, ..., Veri...
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Domain Name News: July 26 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: July 26, 2014.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Is The U.S. Lagging Behind..., How Donuts Became The World's..., Verisign Goes Rouge: New gTLD's:..., Verisign Reports Slowing Growth, ..., Veri...
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July 25, 2014, 2:00 pm

Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 24th
If you hadn’t read Mark’s article yesterday about Donuts not refunding his money for a mistake they made then you need to. These are the types of things that Registries can not get away with. Mistakes will be made by plenty. &...
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THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 24th
If you hadn’t read Mark’s article yesterday about Donuts not refunding his money for a mistake they made then you need to. These are the types of things that Registries can not get away with. Mistakes will be made by plenty. &...
Discussion
July 25, 2014, 11:14 am

The Domains
Is The U.S. Lagging Behind China in Domain Savvy ?
Kathy Nielsen did an article for Wired that took a look at the U.S. lagging behind China when it comes to gTLD awareness. From the article: The IDN movement is significant in China, which has 21.97% of the world’s Internet users, compared to ju...
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Is The U.S. Lagging Behind China in Domain Savvy ?
Kathy Nielsen did an article for Wired that took a look at the U.S. lagging behind China when it comes to gTLD awareness. From the article: The IDN movement is significant in China, which has 21.97% of the world’s Internet users, compared to ju...
Discussion
July 25, 2014, 10:47 am

Domain Shane
DS + AD : Book of 10… HDMovies.info, Lawyers.cc, 50Y.com, RNR.com
Here is this weeks 10 names up for sale or at auction. HDMovies.info (auction) The sale of Movie.info for $24,000 shows the value of this one. In the last two years, monthly searches for HD movies has gone 49K...
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DS + AD : Book of 10… HDMovies.info, Lawyers.cc, 50Y.com, RNR.com
Here is this weeks 10 names up for sale or at auction. HDMovies.info (auction) The sale of Movie.info for $24,000 shows the value of this one. In the last two years, monthly searches for HD movies has gone 49K...
Discussion
July 25, 2014, 2:47 am