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Video: How to submit an invalid WHOIS complaint
The whois complaint form is now part of ICANN’s web site. Long time readers know that I’m not a fan of videos when you can explain something with text. Yet I realize that how one person prefers to consume media isn’t necessarily the...
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Video: How to submit an invalid WHOIS complaint
The whois complaint form is now part of ICANN’s web site. Long time readers know that I’m not a fan of videos when you can explain something with text. Yet I realize that how one person prefers to consume media isn’t necessarily the...
Discussion
April 1, 2013, 12:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
It’s opening day and MLB is batting .867 with domains
Major League Baseball owns 26 of 30 team names in .com. It’s a sure sign of spring as Major League Baseball opens up the 2013 season with 12 games today. MLB made a good acquisition over the summer, buying the domain name Rockies.com for an uns...
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It’s opening day and MLB is batting .867 with domains
Major League Baseball owns 26 of 30 team names in .com. It’s a sure sign of spring as Major League Baseball opens up the 2013 season with 12 games today. MLB made a good acquisition over the summer, buying the domain name Rockies.com for an uns...
Discussion
April 1, 2013, 10:47 am
Domain Name Wire
Google says parked domains = spam
Google’s spam page claims parked domains are web spam. Here’s something interesting to start your week. Google has a page about “Fighting Spam” referring to pages designed to trick search engines such as cloaking and hiddin te...
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Google says parked domains = spam
Google’s spam page claims parked domains are web spam. Here’s something interesting to start your week. Google has a page about “Fighting Spam” referring to pages designed to trick search engines such as cloaking and hiddin te...
Discussion
April 1, 2013, 10:14 am
Domain Name Wire
“Domainer” and “Domain Parking” hit CNN.com home page
Article discusses cybersquatter who calls himself a domainer. One of the top stories on CNN.com today is about a self-proclaimed “domainer”. Unfortunately, that domainer is a cybersquatter, so the article doesn’t paint domainers in ...
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“Domainer” and “Domain Parking” hit CNN.com home page
Article discusses cybersquatter who calls himself a domainer. One of the top stories on CNN.com today is about a self-proclaimed “domainer”. Unfortunately, that domainer is a cybersquatter, so the article doesn’t paint domainers in ...
Discussion
March 31, 2013, 11:03 am
Domain Name Wire
ICC publishes initial list of new TLD Community Objections
Group posts first 28 objections. International Chamber of Commerce, which is handling new TLD objections for community objections and limited public interest objections, has published a list of pending cases. The list so far includes 28 objections. A...
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ICC publishes initial list of new TLD Community Objections
Group posts first 28 objections. International Chamber of Commerce, which is handling new TLD objections for community objections and limited public interest objections, has published a list of pending cases. The list so far includes 28 objections. A...
Discussion
March 29, 2013, 3:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Online video company paid over $100,000 for uLive domains
Real Gravity is mystery buyer of uLive.com and uLive.tv. Last week Afternic reported that it sold uLive.tv for $27,000. I was correct that the uLive.tv buyer is the same company that paid $75,000 for uLive.com last month. But my guess as to who that ...
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Online video company paid over $100,000 for uLive domains
Real Gravity is mystery buyer of uLive.com and uLive.tv. Last week Afternic reported that it sold uLive.tv for $27,000. I was correct that the uLive.tv buyer is the same company that paid $75,000 for uLive.com last month. But my guess as to who that ...
Discussion
March 29, 2013, 2:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company buys two domains from Frank Schilling for $80,000
SearchCore discloses purchases in SEC filing. Companies buy domains from Frank Schilling’s Name Administration all the time, but here’s an example that’s in an SEC filing. It also shows that Schilling is willing to sell domains on a...
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Company buys two domains from Frank Schilling for $80,000
SearchCore discloses purchases in SEC filing. Companies buy domains from Frank Schilling’s Name Administration all the time, but here’s an example that’s in an SEC filing. It also shows that Schilling is willing to sell domains on a...
Discussion
March 29, 2013, 12:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Introducing RDNH.com: a database of reverse domain name hijacking cases
129 reverse domain name hijacking cases and counting… Today I’d like to introduce you to RDNH.com, a site that provides a database of reverse domain name hijacking cases under UDRP. The site is a “collaboration” between mysel...
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Introducing RDNH.com: a database of reverse domain name hijacking cases
129 reverse domain name hijacking cases and counting… Today I’d like to introduce you to RDNH.com, a site that provides a database of reverse domain name hijacking cases under UDRP. The site is a “collaboration” between mysel...
Discussion
March 29, 2013, 9:59 am
Domain Name Wire
Verisign to ICANN: not ready for new TLDs
Verisign claims insufficient preparation (mostly technical) for new top level domains. Verisign has sent a report to ICANN (and filed it with the Securities and Exchange Commission) that basically says that the internet isn’t prepared new top l...
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Verisign to ICANN: not ready for new TLDs
Verisign claims insufficient preparation (mostly technical) for new top level domains. Verisign has sent a report to ICANN (and filed it with the Securities and Exchange Commission) that basically says that the internet isn’t prepared new top l...
Discussion
March 28, 2013, 7:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
California man guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Sorry, you can’t just take a domain because you have a business plan for it. A California man starting a business called Joopa has been found guilty of attempted reverse domain name hijacking. Edward Smith attempted to purchase the domain name ...
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California man guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Sorry, you can’t just take a domain because you have a business plan for it. A California man starting a business called Joopa has been found guilty of attempted reverse domain name hijacking. Edward Smith attempted to purchase the domain name ...
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March 28, 2013, 5:33 pm
