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Joe Higgins joins Rook Media
According to a post on Domain Name Wire and tweet by the new monetization company Rook Media, long time domain industry veteran Joe Higgins joined the company. Rook Media was founded by two former NameDrive managers after the company changed ownershi...
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Joe Higgins joins Rook Media
According to a post on Domain Name Wire and tweet by the new monetization company Rook Media, long time domain industry veteran Joe Higgins joined the company. Rook Media was founded by two former NameDrive managers after the company changed ownershi...
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July 26, 2011, 11:47 am
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Domain Name Thief Sentenced to 5 years
Back in November of 2009, Daniel Goncalves was indicted on charges that he had stolen the domain name p2p.com from domain name investor Marc Ostrofsky and Albe and Leslie Angel. The case and details of the investigation were detailed in a story...
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Domain Name Thief Sentenced to 5 years
Back in November of 2009, Daniel Goncalves was indicted on charges that he had stolen the domain name p2p.com from domain name investor Marc Ostrofsky and Albe and Leslie Angel. The case and details of the investigation were detailed in a story...
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July 22, 2011, 3:27 pm
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Google Buys Illegal +.com Domain Name on Domain Aftermarket
This post has been syndicated (and slightly edited to reflect updates) from a post by SEO expert Bill Hartzer. Google, in an effort to protect their interests in their new Google+ Plus social network, has recently acquired the International...
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Google Buys Illegal +.com Domain Name on Domain Aftermarket
This post has been syndicated (and slightly edited to reflect updates) from a post by SEO expert Bill Hartzer. Google, in an effort to protect their interests in their new Google+ Plus social network, has recently acquired the International...
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July 21, 2011, 2:09 pm
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Google Launches g.co URL Shortener
After Google launched the goo.gl URL shortener in 2009, they have just announced that they will be using g.co as an official shortcut for their own websites. goo.gl will remain as is. The purchase price has not been revealed. The registry also announ...
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Google Launches g.co URL Shortener
After Google launched the goo.gl URL shortener in 2009, they have just announced that they will be using g.co as an official shortcut for their own websites. goo.gl will remain as is. The purchase price has not been revealed. The registry also announ...
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July 18, 2011, 5:20 pm
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Peter Dengate Thrush Switches from ICANN to TLDH
As announced yesterday Peter Dengate Thrush, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of ICANN has been appointed Executive Chairman of Top Level Domain Holdings, the parent company of Minds+Machines. Thrush lead the ICANN board when it approved the...
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Peter Dengate Thrush Switches from ICANN to TLDH
As announced yesterday Peter Dengate Thrush, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of ICANN has been appointed Executive Chairman of Top Level Domain Holdings, the parent company of Minds+Machines. Thrush lead the ICANN board when it approved the...
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July 18, 2011, 10:51 am
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Sedo unveils Domain Price Index – IDNX
In partnership with entrepreneur and researcher Thies Lindenthal, Sedo has developed a standard price index for domain names. More than 6 years of domain sales transaction data from Sedo, coupled with Lindenthal’s expertise in real estate resea...
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Sedo unveils Domain Price Index – IDNX
In partnership with entrepreneur and researcher Thies Lindenthal, Sedo has developed a standard price index for domain names. More than 6 years of domain sales transaction data from Sedo, coupled with Lindenthal’s expertise in real estate resea...
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July 13, 2011, 11:01 am
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DomainTools Relaunches API
This morning, DomainTools has announced a revamped verision of their API. What originally started as a tool for domain name suggestions and has since been expanded to include almost all of the data and functionality of the DomainTools website. Sample...
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DomainTools Relaunches API
This morning, DomainTools has announced a revamped verision of their API. What originally started as a tool for domain name suggestions and has since been expanded to include almost all of the data and functionality of the DomainTools website. Sample...
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July 13, 2011, 10:55 am
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Google Removes the .CO.CC Domains its Search Index
As reported by The Register, Google removed over 11 million .co.cc subdomain from its search index, since the company considered too many of the sites “spammy”. Free .co.cc subdomains are offered by a Korean company. The company also offe...
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Google Removes the .CO.CC Domains its Search Index
As reported by The Register, Google removed over 11 million .co.cc subdomain from its search index, since the company considered too many of the sites “spammy”. Free .co.cc subdomains are offered by a Korean company. The company also offe...
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July 7, 2011, 6:39 am
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GeoPublishers Announces 2011 Expo
GeoPublishers Expo to be held in Chicago from September 30th to October 2nd 2011 GeoPublishers.com is the new trade association for the geodomain industry. The inaugural Expo will be in Chicago at the Fairmont Hotel. Starting with the President&...
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GeoPublishers Announces 2011 Expo
GeoPublishers Expo to be held in Chicago from September 30th to October 2nd 2011 GeoPublishers.com is the new trade association for the geodomain industry. The inaugural Expo will be in Chicago at the Fairmont Hotel. Starting with the President&...
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June 20, 2011, 5:18 pm
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Breaking : Four Oversee Execs Dropped
DNN received an unconfirmed report today that Oversee.net had let go of several of it’s key executives, including President and CEO Jeff Kupietzky. It was also believed that because of these changes that the board had taken over. When questione...
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Breaking : Four Oversee Execs Dropped
DNN received an unconfirmed report today that Oversee.net had let go of several of it’s key executives, including President and CEO Jeff Kupietzky. It was also believed that because of these changes that the board had taken over. When questione...
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June 17, 2011, 3:46 pm
