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The Domains
Digg.com Sold For “Something In The “Single-Digit Millions” & Buyer Betaworks Is Folding It Into News.Me
According to a blog post on its site, Digg.com was just sold to Betaworks who will be folding Digg.com into News.Me which is also owned by Betaworks and developed in collaboration with The New York Times Company. “We couldn’t be hap...
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Digg.com Sold For “Something In The “Single-Digit Millions” & Buyer Betaworks Is Folding It Into News.Me
According to a blog post on its site, Digg.com was just sold to Betaworks who will be folding Digg.com into News.Me which is also owned by Betaworks and developed in collaboration with The New York Times Company. “We couldn’t be hap...
Discussion
July 13, 2012, 8:06 am
Domain Shane
Big Friday’s Big List of Names at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 7-13-12
Let’s start off the day with thanking the sponsor of this post. Escrow.com. Without them this post wouldn’t have a banner at the top. Seriously, they have made this post worth writing every day. I’m a little ...
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Big Friday’s Big List of Names at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 7-13-12
Let’s start off the day with thanking the sponsor of this post. Escrow.com. Without them this post wouldn’t have a banner at the top. Seriously, they have made this post worth writing every day. I’m a little ...
Discussion
July 13, 2012, 6:36 am
DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: July 13 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: July 13, 2012.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.DomainSherpa is Looking for a..., U.S. Officials Seize 70 Websites, Owners of Firstdibs.com and 1stdibs.com..., Apple Begins Forwarding Ipad3.com to..., C...
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Domain Name News: July 13 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: July 13, 2012.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.DomainSherpa is Looking for a..., U.S. Officials Seize 70 Websites, Owners of Firstdibs.com and 1stdibs.com..., Apple Begins Forwarding Ipad3.com to..., C...
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July 13, 2012, 3:40 am
Domain Name Wire
Intel gets two strikes in Mexico
Company loses two UDRPs for Spanish language domain names. Big brands occasionally lose cybersquatting disputes. But two in a row with similar circumstances? That’s what happened to Intel south of the border. The company just got back-to-back l...
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Intel gets two strikes in Mexico
Company loses two UDRPs for Spanish language domain names. Big brands occasionally lose cybersquatting disputes. But two in a row with similar circumstances? That’s what happened to Intel south of the border. The company just got back-to-back l...
Discussion
July 12, 2012, 10:07 pm
The Domains
ICE Seizes 70 More Domains
According to an announcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) today they “seized 70 websites that were illegally selling counterfeit merchandise”. “The 70 websites seized are part of Project Copy Cat, an ite...
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ICE Seizes 70 More Domains
According to an announcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) today they “seized 70 websites that were illegally selling counterfeit merchandise”. “The 70 websites seized are part of Project Copy Cat, an ite...
Discussion
July 12, 2012, 7:46 pm
Elliot's Blog
Richard Lau Guest Post: RL.com – An Inside View of The Million Dollar Battle
Guest contributor Richard Lau has generated millions in revenue in the domain industry and has a background that includes: forming/managing/buying/selling/brokering over 90 ICANN Registrars, the 2004 “Domainer of the Year” award, DomainMa...
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Richard Lau Guest Post: RL.com – An Inside View of The Million Dollar Battle
Guest contributor Richard Lau has generated millions in revenue in the domain industry and has a background that includes: forming/managing/buying/selling/brokering over 90 ICANN Registrars, the 2004 “Domainer of the Year” award, DomainMa...
Discussion
July 12, 2012, 12:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Owners of FirstDibs.com and 1stDibs.com duke it out in court
1stDibs.com says owner of FirstDibs.com is cybersquatting. The registrants of FirstDibs.com and 1stDibs.com are embroiled in a court battle, with the latter saying that FirstDibs.com infringes its trademarks. The owner of FirstDibs.com is seafood who...
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Owners of FirstDibs.com and 1stDibs.com duke it out in court
1stDibs.com says owner of FirstDibs.com is cybersquatting. The registrants of FirstDibs.com and 1stDibs.com are embroiled in a court battle, with the latter saying that FirstDibs.com infringes its trademarks. The owner of FirstDibs.com is seafood who...
Discussion
July 12, 2012, 10:44 am
Domain Name News
Banks.com, Inc. acquisition by Remark Media completed
Remark Media (Nasdaq:MARK) has completed the acquisition of Banks.com, Inc. (OTCQB:BNNX) as reported in a press release. The company sold look.com in 2011 for $400,000. With this acquisition, Remark Media will expand its online personal finance ecosy...
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Banks.com, Inc. acquisition by Remark Media completed
Remark Media (Nasdaq:MARK) has completed the acquisition of Banks.com, Inc. (OTCQB:BNNX) as reported in a press release. The company sold look.com in 2011 for $400,000. With this acquisition, Remark Media will expand its online personal finance ecosy...
Discussion
July 12, 2012, 10:21 am
Domain Name Wire
Apple begins forwarding iPad3.com to its web site — and it’s tracking it, too
Apple smartly measures traffic to recently recovered domain name. Late last month Apple filed a cybersquatting complaint over the domain name iPad3.com. Shortly after filing the complaint the owner of the domain acquiesced, giving the domain to Apple...
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Apple begins forwarding iPad3.com to its web site — and it’s tracking it, too
Apple smartly measures traffic to recently recovered domain name. Late last month Apple filed a cybersquatting complaint over the domain name iPad3.com. Shortly after filing the complaint the owner of the domain acquiesced, giving the domain to Apple...
Discussion
July 12, 2012, 9:50 am
The Domains
With The Domain Space Only Growing By 17 Million A Year, Where Will All The Registrations For New gTLD’s Come From?
We know that .com/.net registrations as of the last report sits at 116 million registrations is growing at the rate 8 million new registrations a year. We also know including the 116 million .com/.net registrations, there are 225 million domains nam...
Discussion
With The Domain Space Only Growing By 17 Million A Year, Where Will All The Registrations For New gTLD’s Come From?
We know that .com/.net registrations as of the last report sits at 116 million registrations is growing at the rate 8 million new registrations a year. We also know including the 116 million .com/.net registrations, there are 225 million domains nam...
Discussion
July 12, 2012, 9:18 am
