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Elliot's Blog
Guest Post: Senate Cautious but Not Hostile to New gTLD Programme
This is a guest post written by Peter Dengate Thrush, former chairman of ICANN and Chairman of Top Level Domain Holdings. The US Senate’s Commerce Committee hearing into ICANN’s new gTLD programme came and went this morning without a...
Discussion
Guest Post: Senate Cautious but Not Hostile to New gTLD Programme
This is a guest post written by Peter Dengate Thrush, former chairman of ICANN and Chairman of Top Level Domain Holdings. The US Senate’s Commerce Committee hearing into ICANN’s new gTLD programme came and went this morning without a...
Discussion
December 9, 2011, 9:55 am
Domain Name Wire
Amazon.com buys SmartIsBeautiful.com — a new brand?
What does company plan to do with domain? Is being smart beautiful? And if so, are you smart enough to figure out why Amazon.com just bought SmartIsBeautiful.com? The domain name was owned by BuyDomains until July 21, 2011, according to historical wh...
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Amazon.com buys SmartIsBeautiful.com — a new brand?
What does company plan to do with domain? Is being smart beautiful? And if so, are you smart enough to figure out why Amazon.com just bought SmartIsBeautiful.com? The domain name was owned by BuyDomains until July 21, 2011, according to historical wh...
Discussion
December 9, 2011, 9:15 am
Domain Name Wire
8 possible headlines for yesterday’s New TLD hearing
How do you describe an uneventful congressional hearing? Yesterday the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing about the introduction of new top level domains. The session, lightly attended by senators, was a bit bland. But here are 8 possible headl...
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8 possible headlines for yesterday’s New TLD hearing
How do you describe an uneventful congressional hearing? Yesterday the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing about the introduction of new top level domains. The session, lightly attended by senators, was a bit bland. But here are 8 possible headl...
Discussion
December 9, 2011, 8:59 am
DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: December 9 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: December 9, 2011.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Internet Domain Name Expansion Comes..., Feds Return Mistakenly Seized Domain..., Delicious Now Using D.me Shortener..., What a Disgraceful UDRP Decisi...
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Domain Name News: December 9 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: December 9, 2011.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Internet Domain Name Expansion Comes..., Feds Return Mistakenly Seized Domain..., Delicious Now Using D.me Shortener..., What a Disgraceful UDRP Decisi...
Discussion
December 9, 2011, 3:05 am
Domain Shane
Friday’s Daily Domains At Auction and Dropping Today Around the Net
Lots of link love to Domain Shane and gang and much appreciated. New traffic record for the day and every day keeps getting bigger. Chris’ Christmas bonus is getting bigger and bigger. But none of it means anything unless we&r...
Discussion
Friday’s Daily Domains At Auction and Dropping Today Around the Net
Lots of link love to Domain Shane and gang and much appreciated. New traffic record for the day and every day keeps getting bigger. Chris’ Christmas bonus is getting bigger and bigger. But none of it means anything unless we&r...
Discussion
December 9, 2011, 2:00 am
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...
Discussion
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...
Discussion
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
