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The Hottest Gaming App In The World W/ 20M Users & Someone Sold DrawSomething.com For $3K
Seems like one of the hottest games in the world is Draw Something. It seems some 20 million people have already downloaded the App. Yes 20 Million in only 5 weeks. BusinessInsider.com has published two stories on the game today alone. One highlighti...
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The Hottest Gaming App In The World W/ 20M Users & Someone Sold DrawSomething.com For $3K
Seems like one of the hottest games in the world is Draw Something. It seems some 20 million people have already downloaded the App. Yes 20 Million in only 5 weeks. BusinessInsider.com has published two stories on the game today alone. One highlighti...
Discussion
March 19, 2012, 11:30 am
The Domains
Gamechanger? Marketpage Allows Anyone To Set Up A Store on Their Facebook Page & Snoop Dog Is The 1st
There was an interesting press release from MarketPage a system that “allows anyone to have a shop on their Facebook Page and invite others to sell there.” Its seems like a natural. You have a fanbase that wants to connect with you and yo...
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Gamechanger? Marketpage Allows Anyone To Set Up A Store on Their Facebook Page & Snoop Dog Is The 1st
There was an interesting press release from MarketPage a system that “allows anyone to have a shop on their Facebook Page and invite others to sell there.” Its seems like a natural. You have a fanbase that wants to connect with you and yo...
Discussion
March 19, 2012, 8:15 am
The Domains
Cnet: Google Plans to Penalize ‘Overly Optimized’ Sites
According to Cnet.com, Google is planning to penalize sites that overuse search-engine-optimization techniques. Google engineer Matt Cutts discussed the plan at South by Southwest (SXSW) and Search Engine Land posted an audio clip from a panel discus...
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Cnet: Google Plans to Penalize ‘Overly Optimized’ Sites
According to Cnet.com, Google is planning to penalize sites that overuse search-engine-optimization techniques. Google engineer Matt Cutts discussed the plan at South by Southwest (SXSW) and Search Engine Land posted an audio clip from a panel discus...
Discussion
March 18, 2012, 7:25 pm
The Domains
Quick Poll: How Many New gTLD Apps Will Be Submitted?
We are now less than one month from April 12th, the last day an application for a new gTLD can be submitted. We now know that 294 people have paid $5K to put in an App of course each registered user can file 49 apps so the number of actually apps sub...
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Quick Poll: How Many New gTLD Apps Will Be Submitted?
We are now less than one month from April 12th, the last day an application for a new gTLD can be submitted. We now know that 294 people have paid $5K to put in an App of course each registered user can file 49 apps so the number of actually apps sub...
Discussion
March 18, 2012, 12:10 pm
The Domains
Hey Rick Maybe You Should Re-Join The ICA
Rick Schwartz has ferociously been on the attack since getting hit with a UDRP on the domain name Saveme.com. As I’m sure all of you have read by now, Rick registered the domain name Saveme.com in 1996 and now based on a domain name registered ...
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Hey Rick Maybe You Should Re-Join The ICA
Rick Schwartz has ferociously been on the attack since getting hit with a UDRP on the domain name Saveme.com. As I’m sure all of you have read by now, Rick registered the domain name Saveme.com in 1996 and now based on a domain name registered ...
Discussion
March 17, 2012, 1:32 pm
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The Inside Story Of The Fastest Growing TLD .TK Adding 1M Registrations Per Month It’s Free & Soon #1
Over the last couple of Verisign Domain Industry Brief (March 2012 here, December 2011 here) one ccTLD has seemingly come out of nowhere to become the third largest ccTLD in terms of registration. The extension is is .TK and its the ccTLD of th...
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The Inside Story Of The Fastest Growing TLD .TK Adding 1M Registrations Per Month It’s Free & Soon #1
Over the last couple of Verisign Domain Industry Brief (March 2012 here, December 2011 here) one ccTLD has seemingly come out of nowhere to become the third largest ccTLD in terms of registration. The extension is is .TK and its the ccTLD of th...
Discussion
March 17, 2012, 8:30 am
The Domains
Sedo.com Sells Channel.com For $125,000
Just crossing the Sedo.com sales wire is the domain name Channel.com which just sold for $125,000 The domain was owned by the Web Technology Group of London and the domain is pending transfer at Sedo. As to whom the new owner maybe, it could be any n...
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Sedo.com Sells Channel.com For $125,000
Just crossing the Sedo.com sales wire is the domain name Channel.com which just sold for $125,000 The domain was owned by the Web Technology Group of London and the domain is pending transfer at Sedo. As to whom the new owner maybe, it could be any n...
Discussion
March 16, 2012, 2:24 am
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Corwin Calls Out ICANN Board For Not Selecting URS Provider & The Board Seems Confused
Philip Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association just addressed the ICANN board in the open session and asked about ICANN selecting a provider for the Trademark Clearing House and the URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension). As you will see below from the t...
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Corwin Calls Out ICANN Board For Not Selecting URS Provider & The Board Seems Confused
Philip Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association just addressed the ICANN board in the open session and asked about ICANN selecting a provider for the Trademark Clearing House and the URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension). As you will see below from the t...
Discussion
March 15, 2012, 7:57 pm
The Domains
Nominet: Co.UK Hits 10 Million Domain Names
According to the BBC, Co.UK just hit the 10 million domain mark. The 10th million domain name is swarvemagazine.co.uk which was registered by Steven Northam for a photography-based publication. Nominet who operates the Co.Uk registry, “de...
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Nominet: Co.UK Hits 10 Million Domain Names
According to the BBC, Co.UK just hit the 10 million domain mark. The 10th million domain name is swarvemagazine.co.uk which was registered by Steven Northam for a photography-based publication. Nominet who operates the Co.Uk registry, “de...
Discussion
March 15, 2012, 7:24 pm
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New Study: Almost Half of Major Consumer Brands Set to Apply for a Dot Brand Top-Level Domain (gTLD)
According to a study commission by Afilias, almost Half of Major Consumer Brands Set to Apply for a dot Brand Top-Level Domains. The USA / UK survey, was conducted by Vanson Bourne, and found that 82% of major brands are aware of the opportunity to a...
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New Study: Almost Half of Major Consumer Brands Set to Apply for a Dot Brand Top-Level Domain (gTLD)
According to a study commission by Afilias, almost Half of Major Consumer Brands Set to Apply for a dot Brand Top-Level Domains. The USA / UK survey, was conducted by Vanson Bourne, and found that 82% of major brands are aware of the opportunity to a...
Discussion
March 15, 2012, 12:24 pm
