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Elliot's Blog
Get a Free Copy of Lisa Bloom’s Best Selling “Swagger”
I want to share some nice news that isn’t exactly related to the domain industry, but it does involve someone within the business. Lisa Bloom is an accomplished attorney and legal commentator, and she is well-known for her television appea...
Discussion
Get a Free Copy of Lisa Bloom’s Best Selling “Swagger”
I want to share some nice news that isn’t exactly related to the domain industry, but it does involve someone within the business. Lisa Bloom is an accomplished attorney and legal commentator, and she is well-known for her television appea...
Discussion
May 6, 2012, 10:17 am
The Domains
.XXX Adds Only 12,500 Registrations In January
The ICANN monthly reports are out for January and .XXX now has 119K registered domain names. In December, the ICANN report showed .XXX 106,500 registrations. In the January report the total number of pure registered .XXX domain names is 119,029. Thes...
Discussion
.XXX Adds Only 12,500 Registrations In January
The ICANN monthly reports are out for January and .XXX now has 119K registered domain names. In December, the ICANN report showed .XXX 106,500 registrations. In the January report the total number of pure registered .XXX domain names is 119,029. Thes...
Discussion
May 6, 2012, 9:39 am
Domain Shane
Sunday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 5-6-12
I think I got this right. Yesterday I posted the picks to the long day. You can tell its May. My last day off was October 8th and occasionally it shows and yesterday it did. To make up for it the nursery had perfect weather an...
Discussion
Sunday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 5-6-12
I think I got this right. Yesterday I posted the picks to the long day. You can tell its May. My last day off was October 8th and occasionally it shows and yesterday it did. To make up for it the nursery had perfect weather an...
Discussion
May 6, 2012, 5:52 am
Domain Name News
The right “domain name strategy” generates millions for Verizon
Washington DC based FairWinds Partners announced on Friday that a custom domain name strategy designed for Verizon, the telecom and internet giant, which has been implemented since mid-2008 has now generated 31 million visitors per year on average to...
Discussion
The right “domain name strategy” generates millions for Verizon
Washington DC based FairWinds Partners announced on Friday that a custom domain name strategy designed for Verizon, the telecom and internet giant, which has been implemented since mid-2008 has now generated 31 million visitors per year on average to...
Discussion
May 6, 2012, 3:40 am
Domain Shane
Saturday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 5-5-12
Oops. Put the publish date as yesterday. Some have already gone off. No more drinking and posting. One of my shorter lists but not a lot of quality names. I knew I was in trouble when the top name is a trademark typo. To make up for the short lists I...
Discussion
Saturday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 5-5-12
Oops. Put the publish date as yesterday. Some have already gone off. No more drinking and posting. One of my shorter lists but not a lot of quality names. I knew I was in trouble when the top name is a trademark typo. To make up for the short lists I...
Discussion
May 5, 2012, 5:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google wants to patent related links functionality
Lookout, YARPP. Are you a blogger that uses Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP)? There are a lot of similar plugins (hence the funny name). But Google apparently thinks it’s novel, as the company has filed a patent application (pdf) for pr...
Discussion
Google wants to patent related links functionality
Lookout, YARPP. Are you a blogger that uses Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP)? There are a lot of similar plugins (hence the funny name). But Google apparently thinks it’s novel, as the company has filed a patent application (pdf) for pr...
Discussion
May 5, 2012, 3:29 pm
The Domains
Namecheap.com Hits The 3 Million Domain Mark
Namecheap.com just hit the 3 million domain under management milestone. In celebration of the 3 millionth domain name, NameCheap.com gave away $3,000 to the 3 millionth domain registration/transfer and I guess they will be making an announcement shor...
Discussion
Namecheap.com Hits The 3 Million Domain Mark
Namecheap.com just hit the 3 million domain under management milestone. In celebration of the 3 millionth domain name, NameCheap.com gave away $3,000 to the 3 millionth domain registration/transfer and I guess they will be making an announcement shor...
Discussion
May 5, 2012, 2:43 pm
The Domains
GirlsGoneWild Loses Its 1st UDRP On GirlsGoneWild.name & The Domain Holder Didn’t Even Defend It
Path Media Holdings, LLC (“Complainant”) just suffered what appears to be its 1st loss on a UDRP on its Girls Gone Wild Trademark on the domain name girlsgonewild.name And here’s the best part, the domain holder did not even respond...
Discussion
GirlsGoneWild Loses Its 1st UDRP On GirlsGoneWild.name & The Domain Holder Didn’t Even Defend It
Path Media Holdings, LLC (“Complainant”) just suffered what appears to be its 1st loss on a UDRP on its Girls Gone Wild Trademark on the domain name girlsgonewild.name And here’s the best part, the domain holder did not even respond...
Discussion
May 5, 2012, 12:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN’s $350 million windfall
ICANN has already collected $350 million in new TLD application fees. And that number will grow. One of the mysteries of ICANN’s new top level domain process is why it’s been so shy about releasing the total number of applications receive...
Discussion
ICANN’s $350 million windfall
ICANN has already collected $350 million in new TLD application fees. And that number will grow. One of the mysteries of ICANN’s new top level domain process is why it’s been so shy about releasing the total number of applications receive...
Discussion
May 5, 2012, 9:57 am
Domain Name Wire
And…we’re back!
I just switched hosting providers over the past 48 hours. Transferring the Domain Name Wire database from one host to another, plus the propagation of the new name servers, caused some lag time between sites. As a result, a handful of comments submit...
Discussion
And…we’re back!
I just switched hosting providers over the past 48 hours. Transferring the Domain Name Wire database from one host to another, plus the propagation of the new name servers, caused some lag time between sites. As a result, a handful of comments submit...
Discussion
May 5, 2012, 9:47 am
