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The Domains
1&1 Takes a Stand Against SOPA & PIPA & Asks Customers To Join The Fight
1 and 1, one of the largest hosting companies in the world, this morning sent an email to it current customers telling them why they oppose both the Protect-IP (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and why customers should join the fight...
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1&1 Takes a Stand Against SOPA & PIPA & Asks Customers To Join The Fight
1 and 1, one of the largest hosting companies in the world, this morning sent an email to it current customers telling them why they oppose both the Protect-IP (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and why customers should join the fight...
Discussion
December 29, 2011, 9:48 am
Domain Name Wire
Google bats .740 against YouTube typosquatter
Google wins 37 of 50 typo domain names. Google has won rights to 37 typo domain names of its YouTube brand, but it won’t be happy with the results. That’s because the National Arbitration Forum panelist who decided the case also determine...
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Google bats .740 against YouTube typosquatter
Google wins 37 of 50 typo domain names. Google has won rights to 37 typo domain names of its YouTube brand, but it won’t be happy with the results. That’s because the National Arbitration Forum panelist who decided the case also determine...
Discussion
December 29, 2011, 8:51 am
Domain Shane
Thursday’s Big Nasty List of Domains At Auction and Dropping Today On the Internets 12/29/11
Got a mention on TechCrunch yesterday and nothing too exciting but I will say that TechCrunch gets the hell scraped out of it. The links came in like crazy from all the sites that scrape their content. I realize that in the SEO world thos...
Discussion
Thursday’s Big Nasty List of Domains At Auction and Dropping Today On the Internets 12/29/11
Got a mention on TechCrunch yesterday and nothing too exciting but I will say that TechCrunch gets the hell scraped out of it. The links came in like crazy from all the sites that scrape their content. I realize that in the SEO world thos...
Discussion
December 29, 2011, 3:31 am
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $1.1 Million In Domain Names, $430K of Those Owned & Operated Domains
Afternic.com just posted its sales for the week selling just short of $1.1 Million Afternic.com changed its report of reportable sales this week and broke out the sales of BuyDomains.com owned and operated domains from those domain owned by oth...
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Afternic.com Sells $1.1 Million In Domain Names, $430K of Those Owned & Operated Domains
Afternic.com just posted its sales for the week selling just short of $1.1 Million Afternic.com changed its report of reportable sales this week and broke out the sales of BuyDomains.com owned and operated domains from those domain owned by oth...
Discussion
December 28, 2011, 9:28 pm
The Domains
PCWorld Puts Demand Media On Its “Top 10 Dumbest Tech Moves Of 2011″ & Marchex Hits 52 Week Low
Two public companies in the domain space are in the news today PCWorld.com put out a story entitled “The 10 Dumbest Tech Moves Of 2011“. The story starts out: “”I like to look back with a Grinch-like smile at the dumbest moves...
Discussion
PCWorld Puts Demand Media On Its “Top 10 Dumbest Tech Moves Of 2011″ & Marchex Hits 52 Week Low
Two public companies in the domain space are in the news today PCWorld.com put out a story entitled “The 10 Dumbest Tech Moves Of 2011“. The story starts out: “”I like to look back with a Grinch-like smile at the dumbest moves...
Discussion
December 28, 2011, 6:12 pm
Elliot's Blog
Domain Industry: Predictions for 2012
I don’t really enjoy making predictions for the new year, so I thought I would get off easy this year and do the asking this time. I asked a number of domain industry colleagues and professionals if they would be willing to share a prediction (...
Discussion
Domain Industry: Predictions for 2012
I don’t really enjoy making predictions for the new year, so I thought I would get off easy this year and do the asking this time. I asked a number of domain industry colleagues and professionals if they would be willing to share a prediction (...
Discussion
December 28, 2011, 2:36 pm
Domain Shane
You Find Some Pretty Interesting Things When You Open Up Your Domains’ Email
Recently I started getting curious. What would I see if I set up a catch all email account for a bunch of my domains? If you don’t know what a catch all is, it’s that little button that says “have this email catch all em...
Discussion
You Find Some Pretty Interesting Things When You Open Up Your Domains’ Email
Recently I started getting curious. What would I see if I set up a catch all email account for a bunch of my domains? If you don’t know what a catch all is, it’s that little button that says “have this email catch all em...
Discussion
December 28, 2011, 2:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
DOMAINfest discount ends Saturday
Ticket price increases $100 on January 1. The price of admission to Oversee.net’s DOMAINfest conference next month increases on Sunday. Tickets are currently $1,195 and the price increases to $1,295 Sunday. DOMAINfest kicks off January 31, 2012...
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DOMAINfest discount ends Saturday
Ticket price increases $100 on January 1. The price of admission to Oversee.net’s DOMAINfest conference next month increases on Sunday. Tickets are currently $1,195 and the price increases to $1,295 Sunday. DOMAINfest kicks off January 31, 2012...
Discussion
December 28, 2011, 11:56 am
Domain Name Wire
Top 10 Domain Name Wire stories of 2011
What a year in domaining. Here’s a look back. Here’s a look back at the top stories on Domain Name Wire for all of 2011. These are ranked by number of pageviews. 1. Apple gets control over porn domain names – apparently Apple + Porn...
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Top 10 Domain Name Wire stories of 2011
What a year in domaining. Here’s a look back. Here’s a look back at the top stories on Domain Name Wire for all of 2011. These are ranked by number of pageviews. 1. Apple gets control over porn domain names – apparently Apple + Porn...
Discussion
December 28, 2011, 11:09 am
Domain Shane
That Name GeneticScreening.com That Just Sold for $2200 at Sedo? Sergey Brin’s Wife Anne Wojcicki Just Bought It
If you’re not familiar with 23andMe, it’s a DNA testing/screening company that was founded by the wife of Google owner Sergey Brin. Anne Wojcicki is more than just the wife of a billionaire, she is pioneering genetic screening and t...
Discussion
That Name GeneticScreening.com That Just Sold for $2200 at Sedo? Sergey Brin’s Wife Anne Wojcicki Just Bought It
If you’re not familiar with 23andMe, it’s a DNA testing/screening company that was founded by the wife of Google owner Sergey Brin. Anne Wojcicki is more than just the wife of a billionaire, she is pioneering genetic screening and t...
Discussion
December 28, 2011, 10:44 am
