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Sedo.com Sells $1.4MM In Domains Led By ArtDeco.com for $75,000
Sedo.com just announced its weekly sales data ending June 25th, 2012. In all over $1.4MM of domains were sold. The top seller was ArtDeco.com at $75K. Other domains topping the list of public sales were Diabete.com for €16,900 & RedKite.com ...
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Sedo.com Sells $1.4MM In Domains Led By ArtDeco.com for $75,000
Sedo.com just announced its weekly sales data ending June 25th, 2012. In all over $1.4MM of domains were sold. The top seller was ArtDeco.com at $75K. Other domains topping the list of public sales were Diabete.com for €16,900 & RedKite.com ...
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June 26, 2012, 4:12 pm
The Domains
An Inside Look at the Technology Driving DomainPower’s Revenues
DomainHoldings.com is releasing a press release this morning entitled “An Inside Look at the Technology Driving DomainPower’s Revenues” whcih contains some example of increased performance on monetization. Here you go: “&...
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An Inside Look at the Technology Driving DomainPower’s Revenues
DomainHoldings.com is releasing a press release this morning entitled “An Inside Look at the Technology Driving DomainPower’s Revenues” whcih contains some example of increased performance on monetization. Here you go: “&...
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June 26, 2012, 2:07 am
The Domains
MediaPost: Advertisers To Spend 15% More On Paid Search This Year With Mobile Driving Growth
According to Media Post, citing an “Advertising Expenditure Forecast for June 2012 by Publicis Groupe company ZenithOptimedia, advertisers will spend about 15% more in 2012 on paid-search marketing, up 15% in 2013, and 13% in 2014.”...
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MediaPost: Advertisers To Spend 15% More On Paid Search This Year With Mobile Driving Growth
According to Media Post, citing an “Advertising Expenditure Forecast for June 2012 by Publicis Groupe company ZenithOptimedia, advertisers will spend about 15% more in 2012 on paid-search marketing, up 15% in 2013, and 13% in 2014.”...
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June 25, 2012, 8:25 pm
The Domains
Beckstrom: I Took ICANN From $57 Million Under Management To $444 Million
Rod Beckstrom in the opening ceremony at the ICANN conference this morning gave what I guess would be fair to call his farewell address as CEO of ICANN. In pointing out the accomplishments of ICANN while Mr. Beckstrom has been CEO he said: “Whe...
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Beckstrom: I Took ICANN From $57 Million Under Management To $444 Million
Rod Beckstrom in the opening ceremony at the ICANN conference this morning gave what I guess would be fair to call his farewell address as CEO of ICANN. In pointing out the accomplishments of ICANN while Mr. Beckstrom has been CEO he said: “Whe...
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June 25, 2012, 9:00 am
The Domains
New ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade Impresses In Opening Session: “The Internet is the Greatest Public Gift”
The new CEO of ICANN gave an motivating and impressive speech in the ICANN opening Session. “The Internet is the Greatest Public Gift” said Chehade. “I will be extra transparent” “I will make all my decisions for the pub...
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New ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade Impresses In Opening Session: “The Internet is the Greatest Public Gift”
The new CEO of ICANN gave an motivating and impressive speech in the ICANN opening Session. “The Internet is the Greatest Public Gift” said Chehade. “I will be extra transparent” “I will make all my decisions for the pub...
Discussion
June 25, 2012, 3:58 am
The Domains
ICANN Board Approves Renewal Of Verisign Contract To Run .Com for Another 6 Years
The ICANN board just issued a resolution renewing the Contract with Verisign to run the .com registry for another six years. Under the contract Verisign has the right to increase the wholesale price of .com 7% in any 4 of the six years of the contrac...
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ICANN Board Approves Renewal Of Verisign Contract To Run .Com for Another 6 Years
The ICANN board just issued a resolution renewing the Contract with Verisign to run the .com registry for another six years. Under the contract Verisign has the right to increase the wholesale price of .com 7% in any 4 of the six years of the contrac...
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June 25, 2012, 1:31 am
The Domains
The Domain PurpleHeart.com Is Lost In A UDRP
In a decision that should be published later today, a UDRP panel has awarded the domain name PurpleHeart.com to the complainant the “Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation, Inc.” The organization has 4 trademarks on t...
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The Domain PurpleHeart.com Is Lost In A UDRP
In a decision that should be published later today, a UDRP panel has awarded the domain name PurpleHeart.com to the complainant the “Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation, Inc.” The organization has 4 trademarks on t...
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June 25, 2012, 1:20 am
The Domains
30%-50% Of All Domain Registrations Are Through Resellers & Enom Has 8,000 of Them
A few interesting facts coming out of the afternoon ICANN session entitled; “Briefing for GAC on Domain Name Marketplace” Jeff Eckhaus of Demand Media which owns Enom.com, speaking to the Governmental Advisory Council, (GAC) said th...
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30%-50% Of All Domain Registrations Are Through Resellers & Enom Has 8,000 of Them
A few interesting facts coming out of the afternoon ICANN session entitled; “Briefing for GAC on Domain Name Marketplace” Jeff Eckhaus of Demand Media which owns Enom.com, speaking to the Governmental Advisory Council, (GAC) said th...
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June 24, 2012, 11:37 am
The Domains
Replacement For Digital Archery: How About Carnival Games?
Now that ICANN has suspended the Digital Archery program, to batch applications, the question becomes what other alternatives can ICANN use to batch applications. The issue is that ICANN believes that a random drawing could constituent a lottery in s...
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Replacement For Digital Archery: How About Carnival Games?
Now that ICANN has suspended the Digital Archery program, to batch applications, the question becomes what other alternatives can ICANN use to batch applications. The issue is that ICANN believes that a random drawing could constituent a lottery in s...
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June 24, 2012, 11:17 am
The Domains
New Study Shows 18% Of Business That Have The Word “Me” In Its Name, Use a .Me Address
Brands-and-Jingles just completed a study that looked at 1,000 companies that use the word “me” as part of their company name and found that at least 174 of the 1,000 are using the .ME extension for its website. The study used Linkedin to...
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New Study Shows 18% Of Business That Have The Word “Me” In Its Name, Use a .Me Address
Brands-and-Jingles just completed a study that looked at 1,000 companies that use the word “me” as part of their company name and found that at least 174 of the 1,000 are using the .ME extension for its website. The study used Linkedin to...
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June 24, 2012, 9:51 am
