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Domain Name Wire
Moniker Accepting Submissions for Premium Year-End Auction
Company to hold month long auction with just 50 domains. Moniker is holding a premium domain name auction starting next month that will be limited to 50 top domains. The auction will run for a full month beginning October 18. Domain submissions are d...
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Moniker Accepting Submissions for Premium Year-End Auction
Company to hold month long auction with just 50 domains. Moniker is holding a premium domain name auction starting next month that will be limited to 50 top domains. The auction will run for a full month beginning October 18. Domain submissions are d...
Discussion
September 27, 2011, 12:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
The Return of WWW.
www. will make a comeback with new top level domain names. Type in any correctly configured domain name and you don’t need to include www. Technically www is merely a subdomain. That’s why you usually see ads that just promote something l...
Discussion
The Return of WWW.
www. will make a comeback with new top level domain names. Type in any correctly configured domain name and you don’t need to include www. Technically www is merely a subdomain. That’s why you usually see ads that just promote something l...
Discussion
September 27, 2011, 10:33 am
Domain Name Wire
You Must Read This Before Developing Your Domains
Why developing your domain names might be a bad idea. From time to time I read excellent blog posts that explain aspects of domaining much better than I can. Nat Cohen delivered yesterday with a post titled “The Dangers of Optimism -or- Don&rsq...
Discussion
You Must Read This Before Developing Your Domains
Why developing your domain names might be a bad idea. From time to time I read excellent blog posts that explain aspects of domaining much better than I can. Nat Cohen delivered yesterday with a post titled “The Dangers of Optimism -or- Don&rsq...
Discussion
September 27, 2011, 10:25 am
Domain Name Wire
.Mobi Turns Five
Mobile domain reaches five year anniversary. Five years ago yesterday .Mobi launched its landrush period, officially opening the doors to what would become a wild roller coaster for domain investors. Remember Flowers.mobi? I quickly came full circle ...
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.Mobi Turns Five
Mobile domain reaches five year anniversary. Five years ago yesterday .Mobi launched its landrush period, officially opening the doors to what would become a wild roller coaster for domain investors. Remember Flowers.mobi? I quickly came full circle ...
Discussion
September 27, 2011, 10:12 am
Domain Shane
GoDaddy’s 50,000,000th Domain Actually Not The Worst Domain I’ve Ever Seen
If you missed it, GoDaddy officially registered it’s 50 millionth domain name over the weekend. The lucky domain? DBAkit.com. I’ve got to say that while I’m not totally surprised it was available, it’s actually not the worst d...
Discussion
GoDaddy’s 50,000,000th Domain Actually Not The Worst Domain I’ve Ever Seen
If you missed it, GoDaddy officially registered it’s 50 millionth domain name over the weekend. The lucky domain? DBAkit.com. I’ve got to say that while I’m not totally surprised it was available, it’s actually not the worst d...
Discussion
September 27, 2011, 9:12 am
Domain Shane
Are QR Codes Going To Have an Effect on the Value of Domains?
Forget t.co, QR codes have become the world’s preferred url shortener. You would have to be blind to not notice the surge in QR codes in use in today’s advertising. From “for sale” signs on homes to products on the shelves, th...
Discussion
Are QR Codes Going To Have an Effect on the Value of Domains?
Forget t.co, QR codes have become the world’s preferred url shortener. You would have to be blind to not notice the surge in QR codes in use in today’s advertising. From “for sale” signs on homes to products on the shelves, th...
Discussion
September 27, 2011, 7:00 am
The Domains
TheDomains.com On CNN
About 10 days ago we wrote a post about the domain name TeaParty.com which was owned by a band up in Canada, which went public saying they would consider selling the domain for an amount in the 7 figures. The story was picked up by CNN yesterday and ...
Discussion
TheDomains.com On CNN
About 10 days ago we wrote a post about the domain name TeaParty.com which was owned by a band up in Canada, which went public saying they would consider selling the domain for an amount in the 7 figures. The story was picked up by CNN yesterday and ...
Discussion
September 27, 2011, 5:45 am
The Domains
How Will ICANN Batch The New gTLD Applications? They Don’t Know, Yet
Kurt Pritz of ICANN, spoke today at the NewDomains.org conference when the question was asked; how will ICANN batch or process applications for the new gTLD’s? ICANN previously stated that if more than 500 application were received they would p...
Discussion
How Will ICANN Batch The New gTLD Applications? They Don’t Know, Yet
Kurt Pritz of ICANN, spoke today at the NewDomains.org conference when the question was asked; how will ICANN batch or process applications for the new gTLD’s? ICANN previously stated that if more than 500 application were received they would p...
Discussion
September 26, 2011, 8:49 pm
Elliot's Blog
Tip to See How Your Site Ranks in Google
For those of you who develop websites, you know that the Google ranking can be a key to success. Being in the top three results for your target keywords is critical to the success (and monetization) of your website. Although I generally use Aaro...
Discussion
Tip to See How Your Site Ranks in Google
For those of you who develop websites, you know that the Google ranking can be a key to success. Being in the top three results for your target keywords is critical to the success (and monetization) of your website. Although I generally use Aaro...
Discussion
September 26, 2011, 4:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo Introduces CNAME Parking
Parking company touts benefits over DNS. Domain parkers have only a few days left before the end of URL forwarding for Google parking. For most people that means switching to DNS parking. But there’s another option at some parking companies, in...
Discussion
Sedo Introduces CNAME Parking
Parking company touts benefits over DNS. Domain parkers have only a few days left before the end of URL forwarding for Google parking. For most people that means switching to DNS parking. But there’s another option at some parking companies, in...
Discussion
September 26, 2011, 2:51 pm
