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DOMAINfest set for Feb 5-8, 2013
Dates finally set for big domain industry conference. Oversee.net has set the dates for its annual DOMAINfest Global conference. Next year’s shindig will take place February 5-8. The show will return to the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monic...
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DOMAINfest set for Feb 5-8, 2013
Dates finally set for big domain industry conference. Oversee.net has set the dates for its annual DOMAINfest Global conference. Next year’s shindig will take place February 5-8. The show will return to the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monic...
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September 19, 2012, 10:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domains a Kickstarter success, Christie’s and University of Oklahoma bought this week
Company that raised $70k on Kickstart buys its company domain name. This week’s end user domain name sales report includes some big names. Auction house Christie’s bought an Andy Warhol domain name, University of Oklahoma bought a four le...
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What domains a Kickstarter success, Christie’s and University of Oklahoma bought this week
Company that raised $70k on Kickstart buys its company domain name. This week’s end user domain name sales report includes some big names. Auction house Christie’s bought an Andy Warhol domain name, University of Oklahoma bought a four le...
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September 19, 2012, 11:20 am
Domain Name Wire
Moniker accepting auction submissions for DOMAINfest 2013
Moniker and SnapNames will run an auction in conjunction with DOMAINfest next year. It looks like Moniker and SnapNames will hold an auction in conjunction with Oversee.net’s DOMAINfest Global 2013 conference next year. SnapNames.com has a subm...
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Moniker accepting auction submissions for DOMAINfest 2013
Moniker and SnapNames will run an auction in conjunction with DOMAINfest next year. It looks like Moniker and SnapNames will hold an auction in conjunction with Oversee.net’s DOMAINfest Global 2013 conference next year. SnapNames.com has a subm...
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September 19, 2012, 9:48 am
Domain Name Wire
Afternic auction on SnapNames ends tomorrow
Auction features 176 domain names. Afternic’s first auction on SnapNames earlier this year was a big success. It focused light on some good domain names such as Hipsters.com. That domain sold for $28,500 (which I suspect is a lot more than the ...
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Afternic auction on SnapNames ends tomorrow
Auction features 176 domain names. Afternic’s first auction on SnapNames earlier this year was a big success. It focused light on some good domain names such as Hipsters.com. That domain sold for $28,500 (which I suspect is a lot more than the ...
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September 19, 2012, 9:40 am
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy gets patent for SEO and search engine submission
Patent covers method and systems for SEO suggestions and search engine submission. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent (pdf) to Go Daddy for “method for improving a web site’s ranking with search engines&rdqu...
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Go Daddy gets patent for SEO and search engine submission
Patent covers method and systems for SEO suggestions and search engine submission. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent (pdf) to Go Daddy for “method for improving a web site’s ranking with search engines&rdqu...
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September 18, 2012, 5:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
YouGov research: most UK businesses aware of new top level domains?
Really? .uk registry Nominet recently worked with YouGov to poll businesses in the UK about new top level domain names. The press release headline read “British businesses largely unprepared for new gTLDs”. The headline number: 41% of Bri...
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YouGov research: most UK businesses aware of new top level domains?
Really? .uk registry Nominet recently worked with YouGov to poll businesses in the UK about new top level domain names. The press release headline read “British businesses largely unprepared for new gTLDs”. The headline number: 41% of Bri...
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September 18, 2012, 10:35 am
Domain Name Wire
Two more .com license plates
X13.com from Colorado and ATU2COM from Washington state. I’ve previously written about two .com license plates in Texas, one of which is mine. A couple readers sent in their own license plates from different states. First is X13.com from Scott ...
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Two more .com license plates
X13.com from Colorado and ATU2COM from Washington state. I’ve previously written about two .com license plates in Texas, one of which is mine. A couple readers sent in their own license plates from different states. First is X13.com from Scott ...
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September 18, 2012, 9:42 am
Domain Name Wire
Patrick Carleton and Josh Metnick plan conference for geo TLD applicants
Conference aims to help .city and .country operators hit the ground running. Two familiar faces in the geodomaining world have teamed up to create a new conference catering to GeoTLD and Geodomain owners. Patrick Carleton and Josh Metnick just announ...
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Patrick Carleton and Josh Metnick plan conference for geo TLD applicants
Conference aims to help .city and .country operators hit the ground running. Two familiar faces in the geodomaining world have teamed up to create a new conference catering to GeoTLD and Geodomain owners. Patrick Carleton and Josh Metnick just announ...
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September 17, 2012, 4:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
WallStreet.com: panel rules reverse domain name hijacking
Wall-Street.com blasted for its attempt to hijack WallStreet.com domain name. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Wall-Street.com, LLC guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name WallStreet.com. Wa...
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WallStreet.com: panel rules reverse domain name hijacking
Wall-Street.com blasted for its attempt to hijack WallStreet.com domain name. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Wall-Street.com, LLC guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name WallStreet.com. Wa...
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September 17, 2012, 1:47 pm
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City of Paris ordered to pay $100k for reverse domain name hijacking
Paris guilty of reverse domain name hijacking, ordered to pay over $100,000. A U.S. federal district court has ordered Ville de Paris (City of Paris) to pay $100,000 for reverse domain name hijacking and tortious interference. Judge Melinda Harmon al...
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City of Paris ordered to pay $100k for reverse domain name hijacking
Paris guilty of reverse domain name hijacking, ordered to pay over $100,000. A U.S. federal district court has ordered Ville de Paris (City of Paris) to pay $100,000 for reverse domain name hijacking and tortious interference. Judge Melinda Harmon al...
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September 17, 2012, 12:33 pm
