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Latest News
The Domains
.SX To Compete With .XXX As THE Adult Extension?
Domainincite.com reported today that OpenRegistry.com won the contract to operate the back end services for the .SX registry, the cc-TLD newly assigned to Sint Maarten (the Dutch Side). In an exclusive interview with with OpenRegistry, the plan for t...
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.SX To Compete With .XXX As THE Adult Extension?
Domainincite.com reported today that OpenRegistry.com won the contract to operate the back end services for the .SX registry, the cc-TLD newly assigned to Sint Maarten (the Dutch Side). In an exclusive interview with with OpenRegistry, the plan for t...
Discussion
March 16, 2011, 8:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Overheard at ICANN Meeting in San Francisco
Latest rumors and thoughts from ICANN meeting. The third “official” day of the ICANN meeting in San Francisco has hit its midway point. The big show is later this evening as President Bill Clinton takes the stage. Unfortunately the venue ...
Discussion
Overheard at ICANN Meeting in San Francisco
Latest rumors and thoughts from ICANN meeting. The third “official” day of the ICANN meeting in San Francisco has hit its midway point. The big show is later this evening as President Bill Clinton takes the stage. Unfortunately the venue ...
Discussion
March 16, 2011, 7:07 pm
Domain Name News
VeriSign Announces 25th .COM Anniversay Grant Winners
Four universities have been chosen to receive grants of $75,000 each for their research teams to pursue projects aimed at strengthening Internet infrastructure. The grants are being awarded as part of a VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) program designed ...
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VeriSign Announces 25th .COM Anniversay Grant Winners
Four universities have been chosen to receive grants of $75,000 each for their research teams to pursue projects aimed at strengthening Internet infrastructure. The grants are being awarded as part of a VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) program designed ...
Discussion
March 16, 2011, 6:27 pm
Domain Name News
Sun.com To Be Decommissioned – 11th oldest Domain on the Internet along with IBM.com
Sun.com to set and go dark on June 1st, 2011 According to iwhois, Sun.com is the 11th oldest domain name together with ibm.com, registered on March 1986. Oracle, who purchased Sun Microcomputers in 2009, is apparently now decommissioning the brand an...
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Sun.com To Be Decommissioned – 11th oldest Domain on the Internet along with IBM.com
Sun.com to set and go dark on June 1st, 2011 According to iwhois, Sun.com is the 11th oldest domain name together with ibm.com, registered on March 1986. Oracle, who purchased Sun Microcomputers in 2009, is apparently now decommissioning the brand an...
Discussion
March 16, 2011, 1:48 pm
Elliot's Blog
Exact Match Domains Can Be Brands
I was reading Aaron Wall’s SEOBook.com article discussing the embedded video from Google’s Matt Cutts regarding keyword domain names and the rankings they achieve in Google. Aaron is one of the more forward-thinking SEOs, and it&rsqu...
Discussion
Exact Match Domains Can Be Brands
I was reading Aaron Wall’s SEOBook.com article discussing the embedded video from Google’s Matt Cutts regarding keyword domain names and the rankings they achieve in Google. Aaron is one of the more forward-thinking SEOs, and it&rsqu...
Discussion
March 16, 2011, 1:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
For New TLDs, the Last 10% is the Hardest
The home stretch is always a long stretch. It’s been a while since I’ve moved, but in the late 90s/early 00s I moved from dorm to dorm to several apartments. There’s one thing (other than a sore back) that I remember from all of the...
Discussion
For New TLDs, the Last 10% is the Hardest
The home stretch is always a long stretch. It’s been a while since I’ve moved, but in the late 90s/early 00s I moved from dorm to dorm to several apartments. There’s one thing (other than a sore back) that I remember from all of the...
Discussion
March 16, 2011, 1:10 pm
Domain Shane
Rick Schwartz (and many other bloggers) Seem to Be Turning Up the Megaphone?
I respect Rick Schwartz. I work every day to achieve what he’s already achieved. What bothers me is that over the last year I feel he’s turned into the preacher that’s always on the corner at Macy’s. Like the preacher, he may ...
Discussion
Rick Schwartz (and many other bloggers) Seem to Be Turning Up the Megaphone?
I respect Rick Schwartz. I work every day to achieve what he’s already achieved. What bothers me is that over the last year I feel he’s turned into the preacher that’s always on the corner at Macy’s. Like the preacher, he may ...
Discussion
March 16, 2011, 11:25 am
Elliot's Blog
Kyodo News, Top Japanese News Site, Needs to Forward WWW to Website
I am sure many of you are watching this sad and scary news that’s unfolding in front of us in Japan. I know of a few domain investors and friends who are either in Japan or have friends in Japan, and I wish them all the best during this terribl...
Discussion
Kyodo News, Top Japanese News Site, Needs to Forward WWW to Website
I am sure many of you are watching this sad and scary news that’s unfolding in front of us in Japan. I know of a few domain investors and friends who are either in Japan or have friends in Japan, and I wish them all the best during this terribl...
Discussion
March 16, 2011, 10:22 am
Domain Shane
Wednesday’s Daily Domain Auction and Drop Picks
I loved seeing the Afternic domain sales this week. Plenty of LLLL.coms in there and many other names that were the types of names I buy every day. The difference is that someone is paying $5k for names I’m paying $1000 for. T...
Discussion
Wednesday’s Daily Domain Auction and Drop Picks
I loved seeing the Afternic domain sales this week. Plenty of LLLL.coms in there and many other names that were the types of names I buy every day. The difference is that someone is paying $5k for names I’m paying $1000 for. T...
Discussion
March 16, 2011, 2:39 am
Domain Name Wire
Verizon Sues Above.com and Serves it During DOMAINfest
Company sued over trademark domain names; served during DOMAINfest. Verizon has filed a federal lawsuit against Above.com, parent company Trellian, and some of the company’s key employees (pdf). Trellian offers a number of keyword and SEO tools...
Discussion
Verizon Sues Above.com and Serves it During DOMAINfest
Company sued over trademark domain names; served during DOMAINfest. Verizon has filed a federal lawsuit against Above.com, parent company Trellian, and some of the company’s key employees (pdf). Trellian offers a number of keyword and SEO tools...
Discussion
March 15, 2011, 7:30 pm
