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Print media is alive and well
I could quote Mark Twain… Last week I attended the Niche Digital Conference in Chicago for Media.net. The conference is designed primarily for print publishers who are trying to enhance their online revenues, be that from tablets, mobile, or j...
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Print media is alive and well
I could quote Mark Twain… Last week I attended the Niche Digital Conference in Chicago for Media.net. The conference is designed primarily for print publishers who are trying to enhance their online revenues, be that from tablets, mobile, or j...
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October 1, 2012, 12:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top 5 domain name stories of September 2012
Patents, the Go Daddy outage, and the French. Here are the top five stories from Domain Name Wire last month, ranked based on page views. Go Daddy patents “announcing a domain name registration on a social website” – Go Daddy got a ...
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Top 5 domain name stories of September 2012
Patents, the Go Daddy outage, and the French. Here are the top five stories from Domain Name Wire last month, ranked based on page views. Go Daddy patents “announcing a domain name registration on a social website” – Go Daddy got a ...
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October 1, 2012, 11:58 am
Domain Name Wire
A new Afternic on the way this week
A completely refreshed Afternic.com will be released this week. On Friday Afternic sent a notice to its registered users that the site is getting a major overhaul sometime this week. When I was at Afternic’s office back in July they gave me a s...
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A new Afternic on the way this week
A completely refreshed Afternic.com will be released this week. On Friday Afternic sent a notice to its registered users that the site is getting a major overhaul sometime this week. When I was at Afternic’s office back in July they gave me a s...
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October 1, 2012, 9:47 am
Domain Name Wire
Nominet proposes second level .uk domain names
Shorter .uk domain names may be on the horizon. .UK domain name registry Nominet wants to allow businesses to register shorter .uk domain names. The group has opened a three month consultation period for what it’s calling direct.uk — whic...
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Nominet proposes second level .uk domain names
Shorter .uk domain names may be on the horizon. .UK domain name registry Nominet wants to allow businesses to register shorter .uk domain names. The group has opened a three month consultation period for what it’s calling direct.uk — whic...
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October 1, 2012, 9:18 am
Domain Name Wire
Wall Street Journal names new TLD company Donuts to Top 50 Startups
WSJ ranks Donuts #14 on list of top startups. The Wall Street Journal just released its rankings of the top 50 venture-capital-backed companies, and new top level domain name company Donuts made the cut. It actually did better than just make the cut,...
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Wall Street Journal names new TLD company Donuts to Top 50 Startups
WSJ ranks Donuts #14 on list of top startups. The Wall Street Journal just released its rankings of the top 50 venture-capital-backed companies, and new top level domain name company Donuts made the cut. It actually did better than just make the cut,...
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September 27, 2012, 10:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
People like porn: search.xxx gets 500k searches in a day
New search engine for sites on .xxx domains get lots of traffic within first 24 hours. Yesterday at about this time ICM Registry switched on its new .xxx search engine, search.xxx. Now, about 24 hours later, the company says it has already served 500...
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People like porn: search.xxx gets 500k searches in a day
New search engine for sites on .xxx domains get lots of traffic within first 24 hours. Yesterday at about this time ICM Registry switched on its new .xxx search engine, search.xxx. Now, about 24 hours later, the company says it has already served 500...
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September 27, 2012, 3:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo boosts domain auctions with “Last Call”
New auction option will increase activity in Sedo’s auctions. Sedo announced a new auction option this morning called “Last Chance Auctions”. The more I learn about it, the more I like the idea. Last Chance Auctions allow Sedo users...
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Sedo boosts domain auctions with “Last Call”
New auction option will increase activity in Sedo’s auctions. Sedo announced a new auction option this morning called “Last Chance Auctions”. The more I learn about it, the more I like the idea. Last Chance Auctions allow Sedo users...
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September 27, 2012, 1:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
EU group calls proposed Whois changes “unlawful”
EU data protection group says law enforcement’s wish list would be unlawful in European Union. In May I wrote about some of the requests law enforcement agencies were making for the new ICANN registrar accreditation agreement. Some of the reque...
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EU group calls proposed Whois changes “unlawful”
EU data protection group says law enforcement’s wish list would be unlawful in European Union. In May I wrote about some of the requests law enforcement agencies were making for the new ICANN registrar accreditation agreement. Some of the reque...
Discussion
September 27, 2012, 1:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Kate Spade files complaints over .co and .xxx domains
Company upset over Kate Spade domain names. Fashion brand Kate Spade, LLC has filed UDRP complaints at World Intellectual Property Organization against the owners of two domain names: KateSpade.co and KateSpade.xxx. KateSpade.co resolves to a page an...
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Kate Spade files complaints over .co and .xxx domains
Company upset over Kate Spade domain names. Fashion brand Kate Spade, LLC has filed UDRP complaints at World Intellectual Property Organization against the owners of two domain names: KateSpade.co and KateSpade.xxx. KateSpade.co resolves to a page an...
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September 27, 2012, 11:43 am
Domain Name Wire
National Golf Foundation loses domain dispute for NGF.com
Group tries to upgrade its domain name to .com. A three person National Arbitration Forum panel has ruled against National Golf Foundation, Inc. in its bid to snag the NGF.com domain name. The foundation, a non-profit that conducts research about gol...
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National Golf Foundation loses domain dispute for NGF.com
Group tries to upgrade its domain name to .com. A three person National Arbitration Forum panel has ruled against National Golf Foundation, Inc. in its bid to snag the NGF.com domain name. The foundation, a non-profit that conducts research about gol...
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September 26, 2012, 3:23 pm
