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Two Letter Domain ZY.com Hits The Auction Block “After Nearly 20 Years”
According to a press release tonight the two letter .com domain name ZY.com has hit the auction block. The auction is already started at Sedo.com with an opening bid of $25K (reserve is higher) The PR indicates that this is the first time that this d...
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Two Letter Domain ZY.com Hits The Auction Block “After Nearly 20 Years”
According to a press release tonight the two letter .com domain name ZY.com has hit the auction block. The auction is already started at Sedo.com with an opening bid of $25K (reserve is higher) The PR indicates that this is the first time that this d...
Discussion
August 1, 2011, 7:12 pm
The Domains
$135,000 In Bids Go To Waste As 5 Domain Names Fail To Hit Reserve On NameJet
5 Domains at auction totaling almost $135,000 went unsold today at NameJet.com as they all failed to meet the reserve price set by the sellers. Trumpet.com last sold for $70K (publicly anyway) on NameJet.com in May 2009. Guess the owner didn’t ...
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$135,000 In Bids Go To Waste As 5 Domain Names Fail To Hit Reserve On NameJet
5 Domains at auction totaling almost $135,000 went unsold today at NameJet.com as they all failed to meet the reserve price set by the sellers. Trumpet.com last sold for $70K (publicly anyway) on NameJet.com in May 2009. Guess the owner didn’t ...
Discussion
August 1, 2011, 6:31 pm
The Domains
Rick Schwartz Puts Up MinneapolisPlasticSurgerySUCKS.com Over A Dispute On The .Co & Repeats It On Ass.com
Well the Domain King, Rick Schwartz is on the war path over a dispute regarding the domain MinneapolisPlasticSurgery.co which he says he offered to the owners of MinneapolisPlasticSurgery.com upon a demand for the generic domain. However even after o...
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Rick Schwartz Puts Up MinneapolisPlasticSurgerySUCKS.com Over A Dispute On The .Co & Repeats It On Ass.com
Well the Domain King, Rick Schwartz is on the war path over a dispute regarding the domain MinneapolisPlasticSurgery.co which he says he offered to the owners of MinneapolisPlasticSurgery.com upon a demand for the generic domain. However even after o...
Discussion
August 1, 2011, 9:16 am
The Domains
Google Rolls Out “Page Speed Performance” See How Fast Your Site Is Loading
In a post on Google’s blog by Ram Ramani, Engineering Manager, Google announced it had rolled out a new product “Page Speed performance” on Friday which test the speed of your site from various locations around the world of your cho...
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Google Rolls Out “Page Speed Performance” See How Fast Your Site Is Loading
In a post on Google’s blog by Ram Ramani, Engineering Manager, Google announced it had rolled out a new product “Page Speed performance” on Friday which test the speed of your site from various locations around the world of your cho...
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July 31, 2011, 8:41 am
The Domains
Come End of Next Month Jeff Kupietzky Is Out as CEO Of Oversee & My Meeting With Him & The VC Guys
Oversee has sent out a notice that Jeff Kupietzky is out as CEO of Oversee come the end of August. Of course we knew this was coming and its really a shame how far a major, maybe the major company in the space has fallen so quickly. Just a few years ...
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Come End of Next Month Jeff Kupietzky Is Out as CEO Of Oversee & My Meeting With Him & The VC Guys
Oversee has sent out a notice that Jeff Kupietzky is out as CEO of Oversee come the end of August. Of course we knew this was coming and its really a shame how far a major, maybe the major company in the space has fallen so quickly. Just a few years ...
Discussion
July 29, 2011, 4:26 pm
The Domains
Justin Rachwalski, Strategy Lead at Google: How To Improve Landing Page Conversions
Justin Rachwalski, Strategy Lead at Google wrote a guest post on hubspot.com which I think is pretty interesting The post is entitled “10 Easy Ways to Improve Landing Page Conversions” and while you will have to read the full post on hubs...
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Justin Rachwalski, Strategy Lead at Google: How To Improve Landing Page Conversions
Justin Rachwalski, Strategy Lead at Google wrote a guest post on hubspot.com which I think is pretty interesting The post is entitled “10 Easy Ways to Improve Landing Page Conversions” and while you will have to read the full post on hubs...
Discussion
July 29, 2011, 8:08 am
The Domains
VeriSign Report Earnings: Revenue Up 13%; Net Income Up 50%: Q Ends With 110 Million Domains Registered up 8%
After the market closed today VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011. VeriSign, Inc. reported revenue of $190 million for the second quarter of 2011, up 5% from the prior quart...
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VeriSign Report Earnings: Revenue Up 13%; Net Income Up 50%: Q Ends With 110 Million Domains Registered up 8%
After the market closed today VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011. VeriSign, Inc. reported revenue of $190 million for the second quarter of 2011, up 5% from the prior quart...
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July 28, 2011, 4:18 pm
The Domains
Facebook Files Suit Against 25 Domain Holders & 119 John Doe’s
As ElliotsBlog.com reported earlier Facebook filed a massive cybersquatting suit against 25 named domain holders including corporations and inviduals as well as 119 John Doe defendants whose identity is yet unknown to Facebook Interestingly A few day...
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Facebook Files Suit Against 25 Domain Holders & 119 John Doe’s
As ElliotsBlog.com reported earlier Facebook filed a massive cybersquatting suit against 25 named domain holders including corporations and inviduals as well as 119 John Doe defendants whose identity is yet unknown to Facebook Interestingly A few day...
Discussion
July 28, 2011, 2:46 pm
The Domains
Breaking: British High Court Rules ISP MUST Block Access To Sites Which Provide LINKS TO Pirated Movies
According to the BBC in a landmark decision, A High Court judge in Britain has ruled that British Telecom (BT) must block access to a website which provides links to pirated movies. The case involved a site call Newzbin 2 which had links to pir...
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Breaking: British High Court Rules ISP MUST Block Access To Sites Which Provide LINKS TO Pirated Movies
According to the BBC in a landmark decision, A High Court judge in Britain has ruled that British Telecom (BT) must block access to a website which provides links to pirated movies. The case involved a site call Newzbin 2 which had links to pir...
Discussion
July 28, 2011, 2:06 pm
The Domains
Godaddy Drops Commission On Auction Sales From 15% to 10% A Month After Raising Them From 5%
Back on June 13th we wrote a post calling out Godaddy.com for tripling the commission they were charging their customers for auction sales from at that time 5% to 15% without first notifying their customers. Today Godaddy let us know that they were r...
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Godaddy Drops Commission On Auction Sales From 15% to 10% A Month After Raising Them From 5%
Back on June 13th we wrote a post calling out Godaddy.com for tripling the commission they were charging their customers for auction sales from at that time 5% to 15% without first notifying their customers. Today Godaddy let us know that they were r...
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July 28, 2011, 11:38 am
