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The Domains
ICM Operator of .XXX Counter Sues Manwin For $120 Million
ICM the operator of the .XXX Top Level Domain (TLD) just filed a counterclaim again Manwin Licensing International the company that owns YouPorn.com and Digital Playground, Inc . The counter claim arises from the anti-trust lawsuit filed by Man...
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ICM Operator of .XXX Counter Sues Manwin For $120 Million
ICM the operator of the .XXX Top Level Domain (TLD) just filed a counterclaim again Manwin Licensing International the company that owns YouPorn.com and Digital Playground, Inc . The counter claim arises from the anti-trust lawsuit filed by Man...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 6:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Amazon’s Quidsi lauches Vine.com for natural products
Quidsi’s latest generic domain store: Vine.com. I’ve scooped a number of Quidsi store openings based on generic domains they’ve bought — from Afterschool.com to Casa.com. But I missed this one: Quidsi just launched Vine.com, a...
Discussion
Amazon’s Quidsi lauches Vine.com for natural products
Quidsi’s latest generic domain store: Vine.com. I’ve scooped a number of Quidsi store openings based on generic domains they’ve bought — from Afterschool.com to Casa.com. But I missed this one: Quidsi just launched Vine.com, a...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 2:25 pm
Elliot's Blog
Quidsi Acquires Vine.com, One Of The First Domain Names Registered
Quidsi is the new registrant of Vine.com, and a beta website has already been launched by the company. Vine.com is now home to a completely “green” website. According to the about us page: “At Vine.com, everything’s green...
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Quidsi Acquires Vine.com, One Of The First Domain Names Registered
Quidsi is the new registrant of Vine.com, and a beta website has already been launched by the company. Vine.com is now home to a completely “green” website. According to the about us page: “At Vine.com, everything’s green...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 2:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Print media is alive and well
I could quote Mark Twain… Last week I attended the Niche Digital Conference in Chicago for Media.net. The conference is designed primarily for print publishers who are trying to enhance their online revenues, be that from tablets, mobile, or j...
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Print media is alive and well
I could quote Mark Twain… Last week I attended the Niche Digital Conference in Chicago for Media.net. The conference is designed primarily for print publishers who are trying to enhance their online revenues, be that from tablets, mobile, or j...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 12:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top 5 domain name stories of September 2012
Patents, the Go Daddy outage, and the French. Here are the top five stories from Domain Name Wire last month, ranked based on page views. Go Daddy patents “announcing a domain name registration on a social website” – Go Daddy got a ...
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Top 5 domain name stories of September 2012
Patents, the Go Daddy outage, and the French. Here are the top five stories from Domain Name Wire last month, ranked based on page views. Go Daddy patents “announcing a domain name registration on a social website” – Go Daddy got a ...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 11:58 am
Elliot's Blog
Sedo Great Domains Auction Results
Sedo’s Great Domains September auction closed last week, and I have posted the results blow. The six figure sale of Fahrrad.com was the highest value sale. According to Wikipedia, fahrrad means “bicycle” in German. In total, th...
Discussion
Sedo Great Domains Auction Results
Sedo’s Great Domains September auction closed last week, and I have posted the results blow. The six figure sale of Fahrrad.com was the highest value sale. According to Wikipedia, fahrrad means “bicycle” in German. In total, th...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 11:53 am
Domain Name Wire
A new Afternic on the way this week
A completely refreshed Afternic.com will be released this week. On Friday Afternic sent a notice to its registered users that the site is getting a major overhaul sometime this week. When I was at Afternic’s office back in July they gave me a s...
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A new Afternic on the way this week
A completely refreshed Afternic.com will be released this week. On Friday Afternic sent a notice to its registered users that the site is getting a major overhaul sometime this week. When I was at Afternic’s office back in July they gave me a s...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 9:47 am
The Domains
After Raising Over $4.5 Million Selling 1 & 2 Letter .Co.Uk Domains, Nominet Proposes .UK Domains
Nominet, the non-profit company that runs the Internet domain system for the United Kindgom ccTLD .Uk said today that they are looking at issuing second level .Uk domains names one’s that do not require the use of the .co first. The proposal is...
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After Raising Over $4.5 Million Selling 1 & 2 Letter .Co.Uk Domains, Nominet Proposes .UK Domains
Nominet, the non-profit company that runs the Internet domain system for the United Kindgom ccTLD .Uk said today that they are looking at issuing second level .Uk domains names one’s that do not require the use of the .co first. The proposal is...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 9:28 am
Domain Name Wire
Nominet proposes second level .uk domain names
Shorter .uk domain names may be on the horizon. .UK domain name registry Nominet wants to allow businesses to register shorter .uk domain names. The group has opened a three month consultation period for what it’s calling direct.uk — whic...
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Nominet proposes second level .uk domain names
Shorter .uk domain names may be on the horizon. .UK domain name registry Nominet wants to allow businesses to register shorter .uk domain names. The group has opened a three month consultation period for what it’s calling direct.uk — whic...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 9:18 am
Elliot's Blog
Service Magic Rebrands As Home Advisor
In what may be deemed a risky move by changing domain names after already having been established, IAC has announced that its ServiceMagic brand will now be known as HomeAdvisor. The company did not discuss why the name change was deemed necessa...
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Service Magic Rebrands As Home Advisor
In what may be deemed a risky move by changing domain names after already having been established, IAC has announced that its ServiceMagic brand will now be known as HomeAdvisor. The company did not discuss why the name change was deemed necessa...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 9:07 am
