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MSNBC.com Becomes NBCNews.com, But Why Are They Paying For Their Own Ads On MSNBC.TV
NBC News has acquired full control of MSNBC.com from Microsoft Corp. and is immediately rebranding the site as NBCNews.com. According to MSNBC.com, the site will “become part of NBC News Digital, a new division led by Vivian Schiller, the forme...
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MSNBC.com Becomes NBCNews.com, But Why Are They Paying For Their Own Ads On MSNBC.TV
NBC News has acquired full control of MSNBC.com from Microsoft Corp. and is immediately rebranding the site as NBCNews.com. According to MSNBC.com, the site will “become part of NBC News Digital, a new division led by Vivian Schiller, the forme...
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July 16, 2012, 9:07 am
The Domains
DomainsBot Launches Domain Suggestion Developer API
DomainsBot, is just released its Domain Suggestion Developer API.”DomainsBot domain suggestion is now available as a REST API with client code available in C#, PHP or Java and via a simple-to-implement copy and paste widget (JQuery plugin). The...
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DomainsBot Launches Domain Suggestion Developer API
DomainsBot, is just released its Domain Suggestion Developer API.”DomainsBot domain suggestion is now available as a REST API with client code available in C#, PHP or Java and via a simple-to-implement copy and paste widget (JQuery plugin). The...
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July 16, 2012, 2:58 am
The Domains
Verisign’s State Of The Domain Report Is Out: 233 Million Domains Registered 8 Million Added; 116.7 com/net
Verisign Published its State of the Domain Report for the quarter ending March 31, 2012. (pdf) The first quarter of 2012 closed with a base of more than 233 million domain name registrations across all Top-Level Domains (TLDs), an increase of 7.5 mil...
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Verisign’s State Of The Domain Report Is Out: 233 Million Domains Registered 8 Million Added; 116.7 com/net
Verisign Published its State of the Domain Report for the quarter ending March 31, 2012. (pdf) The first quarter of 2012 closed with a base of more than 233 million domain name registrations across all Top-Level Domains (TLDs), an increase of 7.5 mil...
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July 15, 2012, 8:01 am
The Domains
Let’s Face It; Sedo.com Generic .Me Auction, It Was A Bust
The Sedo.com Generic .Me domain name auction that concluded yesterday was, well there is no other way to say it, a bust. Out of the 190 domain names for sale only 8 domain names sold and the vast majority never even got a bid. The auction was run in ...
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Let’s Face It; Sedo.com Generic .Me Auction, It Was A Bust
The Sedo.com Generic .Me domain name auction that concluded yesterday was, well there is no other way to say it, a bust. Out of the 190 domain names for sale only 8 domain names sold and the vast majority never even got a bid. The auction was run in ...
Discussion
July 13, 2012, 3:23 pm
The Domains
Berryhill Beats Back UDRP On SideTrack.com
John Berryhill, Esq just beat back yet another UDRP this time on the domain name Sidetrack.com brought by Side by Side, Inc. /dba/ Sidetrack. The domain name was owned by domainer Alexander Lerma. Its a good and proper decision but more importantly t...
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Berryhill Beats Back UDRP On SideTrack.com
John Berryhill, Esq just beat back yet another UDRP this time on the domain name Sidetrack.com brought by Side by Side, Inc. /dba/ Sidetrack. The domain name was owned by domainer Alexander Lerma. Its a good and proper decision but more importantly t...
Discussion
July 13, 2012, 10:07 am
The Domains
Class Action Suit Filed Against Microsoft For Overcharging For Pay Per Click Ads On Parked Domains
MediaPost.com is reporting that Microsoft has “been hit with a potential class-action lawsuit for allegedly overcharging marketers for pay-per-click ads”. The suit was filed Wednesday in a federal court in Seattle by Lane’s Gifts an...
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Class Action Suit Filed Against Microsoft For Overcharging For Pay Per Click Ads On Parked Domains
MediaPost.com is reporting that Microsoft has “been hit with a potential class-action lawsuit for allegedly overcharging marketers for pay-per-click ads”. The suit was filed Wednesday in a federal court in Seattle by Lane’s Gifts an...
Discussion
July 13, 2012, 8:54 am
The Domains
Digg.com Sold For “Something In The “Single-Digit Millions” & Buyer Betaworks Is Folding It Into News.Me
According to a blog post on its site, Digg.com was just sold to Betaworks who will be folding Digg.com into News.Me which is also owned by Betaworks and developed in collaboration with The New York Times Company. “We couldn’t be hap...
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Digg.com Sold For “Something In The “Single-Digit Millions” & Buyer Betaworks Is Folding It Into News.Me
According to a blog post on its site, Digg.com was just sold to Betaworks who will be folding Digg.com into News.Me which is also owned by Betaworks and developed in collaboration with The New York Times Company. “We couldn’t be hap...
Discussion
July 13, 2012, 8:06 am
The Domains
ICE Seizes 70 More Domains
According to an announcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) today they “seized 70 websites that were illegally selling counterfeit merchandise”. “The 70 websites seized are part of Project Copy Cat, an ite...
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ICE Seizes 70 More Domains
According to an announcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) today they “seized 70 websites that were illegally selling counterfeit merchandise”. “The 70 websites seized are part of Project Copy Cat, an ite...
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July 12, 2012, 7:46 pm
The Domains
With The Domain Space Only Growing By 17 Million A Year, Where Will All The Registrations For New gTLD’s Come From?
We know that .com/.net registrations as of the last report sits at 116 million registrations is growing at the rate 8 million new registrations a year. We also know including the 116 million .com/.net registrations, there are 225 million domains nam...
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With The Domain Space Only Growing By 17 Million A Year, Where Will All The Registrations For New gTLD’s Come From?
We know that .com/.net registrations as of the last report sits at 116 million registrations is growing at the rate 8 million new registrations a year. We also know including the 116 million .com/.net registrations, there are 225 million domains nam...
Discussion
July 12, 2012, 9:18 am
The Domains
Apple Gets iTunes.net in UDRP
Apple Was awarded the domain name iTunes.net today in a UDRP decision. The decision will be handed down later today. Last week Apple gained control of the domain iPad3.com after it filed a UDRP and the domain holder relinquished the domain. In ...
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Apple Gets iTunes.net in UDRP
Apple Was awarded the domain name iTunes.net today in a UDRP decision. The decision will be handed down later today. Last week Apple gained control of the domain iPad3.com after it filed a UDRP and the domain holder relinquished the domain. In ...
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July 12, 2012, 1:27 am
