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Domain Shane
Happens Every Day: Guy Buys Two Domains From Me on Sedo for $1400 and Lets Them Expire
Things like this don’t surprise me any more but I still have to shake my head. I was doing my daily run through of the expiring auctions at Godaddy and noticed two domains that looked familiar. Wuby and Vuby.com. They were two names that I sold...
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Happens Every Day: Guy Buys Two Domains From Me on Sedo for $1400 and Lets Them Expire
Things like this don’t surprise me any more but I still have to shake my head. I was doing my daily run through of the expiring auctions at Godaddy and noticed two domains that looked familiar. Wuby and Vuby.com. They were two names that I sold...
Discussion
May 11, 2012, 8:11 pm
The Domains
Whois Review Team Issues Scathing Report On ICANN: “ICANN The Corporation Has Failed To Meet Expectations”
The WHOIS Review Team just issued a 92 page report “to review the extent to which ICANN’s WHOIS policy and to see whether ICANN’s implementation are effective, meet the legitimate needs of law enforcement and promote consumer...
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Whois Review Team Issues Scathing Report On ICANN: “ICANN The Corporation Has Failed To Meet Expectations”
The WHOIS Review Team just issued a 92 page report “to review the extent to which ICANN’s WHOIS policy and to see whether ICANN’s implementation are effective, meet the legitimate needs of law enforcement and promote consumer...
Discussion
May 11, 2012, 5:28 pm
The Domains
BusinessWeek Asks “When Should Domain Names Match Company Names” & You Will Hate What George Tierney Has To Say
Businessweek.comjust publish an post entitled: “When Should Domain Names Match Company Names?” The post is actually an answer to a question posed by a reader: “When is it necessary or advisable for a startup to have a matching...
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BusinessWeek Asks “When Should Domain Names Match Company Names” & You Will Hate What George Tierney Has To Say
Businessweek.comjust publish an post entitled: “When Should Domain Names Match Company Names?” The post is actually an answer to a question posed by a reader: “When is it necessary or advisable for a startup to have a matching...
Discussion
May 11, 2012, 3:39 pm
Domain Name News
Public Interest Registry (.ORG) Soliciting Nominations For Advisory Council
The operator of the .ORG domain extension, PIR (Public Interest Registry), is looking for nominations to the advisory council to fill seats that are opening up. They are specifically looking for individuals with significant internet leadership experi...
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Public Interest Registry (.ORG) Soliciting Nominations For Advisory Council
The operator of the .ORG domain extension, PIR (Public Interest Registry), is looking for nominations to the advisory council to fill seats that are opening up. They are specifically looking for individuals with significant internet leadership experi...
Discussion
May 11, 2012, 2:25 pm
The Domains
CIRA CEO Says Half Of All New gTLD’s Will Fail
In an article published by itbusiness.ca, the CEO of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), Byron Holland said that 50 percent of all new gTLD’s will go out of business in 2-3 years. “It’s going to dramatically impact ...
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CIRA CEO Says Half Of All New gTLD’s Will Fail
In an article published by itbusiness.ca, the CEO of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), Byron Holland said that 50 percent of all new gTLD’s will go out of business in 2-3 years. “It’s going to dramatically impact ...
Discussion
May 11, 2012, 12:19 pm
The Domains
Bing Redesign Is On The Way
According to a story in MediaPost.com today, Bing.com has been redesigned and new ad models are on the way “Microsoft introduced a new version of the search engine with a three-column design combining traditional Web search and social. The...
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Bing Redesign Is On The Way
According to a story in MediaPost.com today, Bing.com has been redesigned and new ad models are on the way “Microsoft introduced a new version of the search engine with a three-column design combining traditional Web search and social. The...
Discussion
May 11, 2012, 11:35 am
The Domains
Marchex Wins UDRP On Norcross.com
A few weeks ago we told you a UDRP had been filed on the domain name Norcross.com. Norcross is a city in Georgia Today Marchex the domain holder represented by John Berryhill won a three member panel UDRP decision on the domain name. At the time we d...
Discussion
Marchex Wins UDRP On Norcross.com
A few weeks ago we told you a UDRP had been filed on the domain name Norcross.com. Norcross is a city in Georgia Today Marchex the domain holder represented by John Berryhill won a three member panel UDRP decision on the domain name. At the time we d...
Discussion
May 11, 2012, 11:22 am
Domain Name Wire
VeriSign releases more traffic data about unregistered domains
.com and .net registry provides added detail about NXD traffic. VeriSign has enhanced its DomainScore tool to provide more insight into the traffic unregistered domains receive. DomainScore provides a relative score for the amount of traffic an unreg...
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VeriSign releases more traffic data about unregistered domains
.com and .net registry provides added detail about NXD traffic. VeriSign has enhanced its DomainScore tool to provide more insight into the traffic unregistered domains receive. DomainScore provides a relative score for the amount of traffic an unreg...
Discussion
May 11, 2012, 11:10 am
Domain Name Wire
Marchex successfully defends geo domain name in UDRP
Panel rules company can keep Norcross.com domain name. Marchex has successfully defended the domain name Norcross.com in a UDRP with the help of domain name attorney John Berryhill. Marchex acquired the domain when it bought Yun Ye’s Ultimate S...
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Marchex successfully defends geo domain name in UDRP
Panel rules company can keep Norcross.com domain name. Marchex has successfully defended the domain name Norcross.com in a UDRP with the help of domain name attorney John Berryhill. Marchex acquired the domain when it bought Yun Ye’s Ultimate S...
Discussion
May 11, 2012, 10:48 am
Domain Name Wire
Overstock.com: We’d still really like O.com
Overstock.com pleads for single letter .com domains in VeriSign contract renewal. For many years Overstock.com has had an obsession. An obsession with getting the domain name O.com. As you may know, there are only three one letter .com domains ever r...
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Overstock.com: We’d still really like O.com
Overstock.com pleads for single letter .com domains in VeriSign contract renewal. For many years Overstock.com has had an obsession. An obsession with getting the domain name O.com. As you may know, there are only three one letter .com domains ever r...
Discussion
May 11, 2012, 10:34 am
