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Domain Name Wire
How Hall.com picked its name and bought it for $20,000
Company founder has great message about the importance of (domain) names. Brett Hellman of chat and collaboration company Hall.com today posted an intriguing insight into the company’s naming process. It explains how the company’s initial...
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How Hall.com picked its name and bought it for $20,000
Company founder has great message about the importance of (domain) names. Brett Hellman of chat and collaboration company Hall.com today posted an intriguing insight into the company’s naming process. It explains how the company’s initial...
Discussion
December 8, 2011, 9:54 pm
Domain Shane
The Story of How and Why the Guys at Hall.com Got the Domain
The owners of Hall.com had a great article today about how and why they acquired their great domain. I’m going to go ahead and be a spoiler and let you know they paid $20K for it. Something they are extremely proud of (and should be...
Discussion
The Story of How and Why the Guys at Hall.com Got the Domain
The owners of Hall.com had a great article today about how and why they acquired their great domain. I’m going to go ahead and be a spoiler and let you know they paid $20K for it. Something they are extremely proud of (and should be...
Discussion
December 8, 2011, 9:16 pm
Elliot's Blog
Media Options Brokering Rams.com
Anyone involved in the domain investment space for at least a couple of years likely knows the story about Cowboys.com. Briefly explained, the Dallas Cowboys bid on the name at auction, supposedly thinking the price was $275 rather than $275,000. The...
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Media Options Brokering Rams.com
Anyone involved in the domain investment space for at least a couple of years likely knows the story about Cowboys.com. Briefly explained, the Dallas Cowboys bid on the name at auction, supposedly thinking the price was $275 rather than $275,000. The...
Discussion
December 8, 2011, 5:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
VeriSign releases DomainCountdown for expired domains
.Com and .net registry released more data on expiring domain names. VeriSign has just released a beta of DomainCountdown, a source of data on expiring domain names. DomainCountdown provides a wealth of information about domain names in pending delete...
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VeriSign releases DomainCountdown for expired domains
.Com and .net registry released more data on expiring domain names. VeriSign has just released a beta of DomainCountdown, a source of data on expiring domain names. DomainCountdown provides a wealth of information about domain names in pending delete...
Discussion
December 8, 2011, 4:16 pm
Domain Shane
Google Says It Will Treat .XXX Just Like Any Other Website
Back in August Adult Video News questioned Google representatives about how they would treat the new .xxx domains. Below is the abbreviated transcript as provided on AVN. Aug. 31 AVN: We are working on a story about the way in which Google with...
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Google Says It Will Treat .XXX Just Like Any Other Website
Back in August Adult Video News questioned Google representatives about how they would treat the new .xxx domains. Below is the abbreviated transcript as provided on AVN. Aug. 31 AVN: We are working on a story about the way in which Google with...
Discussion
December 8, 2011, 4:02 pm
Domain Name News
Frank Schilling Relaunches DomainNameSales.com
After Frank Schilling shook up the domain parking industry with his release of his own parking company, Internet Traffic, it now appears he’s setting course to enter the race against incumbent domain name marketplaces. Schilling re-launche...
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Frank Schilling Relaunches DomainNameSales.com
After Frank Schilling shook up the domain parking industry with his release of his own parking company, Internet Traffic, it now appears he’s setting course to enter the race against incumbent domain name marketplaces. Schilling re-launche...
Discussion
December 8, 2011, 3:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
New software will connect dots between “rogue web sites”
Company says it will help legal efforts against counterfeit goods sales. As congress debates the Stop Online Piracy Act (STOP) and companies file dozens of lawsuits against counterfeiters, a New York company claims to be developing software to aid in...
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New software will connect dots between “rogue web sites”
Company says it will help legal efforts against counterfeit goods sales. As congress debates the Stop Online Piracy Act (STOP) and companies file dozens of lawsuits against counterfeiters, a New York company claims to be developing software to aid in...
Discussion
December 8, 2011, 3:01 pm
Domain Shane
Ever Wanted to See Easily See Google Results With Your Personalized Results Removed? You Can With This Plugin
If you’re like me, you’re always using Google to look up items but half the results are biased based on Google’s personalization. Most of the time I don’t want that. I want to see what others see. How my sites look to th...
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Ever Wanted to See Easily See Google Results With Your Personalized Results Removed? You Can With This Plugin
If you’re like me, you’re always using Google to look up items but half the results are biased based on Google’s personalization. Most of the time I don’t want that. I want to see what others see. How my sites look to th...
Discussion
December 8, 2011, 1:09 pm
Elliot's Blog
Delicious Now Using D.ME Shortener
A press release was just published by the .ME Registry announcing that Delicious.com is now using D.ME as a url forwarder. People who use Delicious can also use the D.ME domain name as a shortener to reach internal pages within the Delicious.com...
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Delicious Now Using D.ME Shortener
A press release was just published by the .ME Registry announcing that Delicious.com is now using D.ME as a url forwarder. People who use Delicious can also use the D.ME domain name as a shortener to reach internal pages within the Delicious.com...
Discussion
December 8, 2011, 11:41 am
Domain Name Wire
What a disgraceful UDRP decision
UDRP makes it hard for entrepreneur to start his consulting business. UDRP mostly gets it right. It sometimes gets it wrong. Other times it gets it absolutely, disgracefully wrong. Consider the case of a Minnesota man who wants to set up a consulting...
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What a disgraceful UDRP decision
UDRP makes it hard for entrepreneur to start his consulting business. UDRP mostly gets it right. It sometimes gets it wrong. Other times it gets it absolutely, disgracefully wrong. Consider the case of a Minnesota man who wants to set up a consulting...
Discussion
December 8, 2011, 11:15 am
