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Go Daddy to acquire Afternic and Smartname from Namemedia
As announced in an email to members of AfterNIC and Smartname, Go Daddy is to acquire the two platforms from Namemedia. Afternic and Smartname will continue to operate as separate brands and the business terms are going to continue to be the same. Go...
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Go Daddy to acquire Afternic and Smartname from Namemedia
As announced in an email to members of AfterNIC and Smartname, Go Daddy is to acquire the two platforms from Namemedia. Afternic and Smartname will continue to operate as separate brands and the business terms are going to continue to be the same. Go...
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September 19, 2013, 9:52 am
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Demand Media Names Wayne MacLaurin Senior Vice President of Technology for United TLD [Press Release]
Demand Media Welcomes Wayne MacLaurin as Senior Vice President of Technology for United TLD World-Class Registry Strengthens Technology Resources to Focus on New gTLDs Kirkland, Washington – September 11, 2013 –Demand Media (NYSE: DMD), a...
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Demand Media Names Wayne MacLaurin Senior Vice President of Technology for United TLD [Press Release]
Demand Media Welcomes Wayne MacLaurin as Senior Vice President of Technology for United TLD World-Class Registry Strengthens Technology Resources to Focus on New gTLDs Kirkland, Washington – September 11, 2013 –Demand Media (NYSE: DMD), a...
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September 11, 2013, 9:54 am
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Marches subsideary Archeo Launches Domains Marketplace [Press Release]
Archeo Launches Domains Marketplace, Providing Gateway to Premium Portfolio of More Than 200,000 Names SEATTLE – September 10, 2013 – Archeo, Inc., a division of Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX), today announced the launch of the ...
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Marches subsideary Archeo Launches Domains Marketplace [Press Release]
Archeo Launches Domains Marketplace, Providing Gateway to Premium Portfolio of More Than 200,000 Names SEATTLE – September 10, 2013 – Archeo, Inc., a division of Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX), today announced the launch of the ...
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September 10, 2013, 11:26 am
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ICANN Announces Conclusion of New gTLD Initial Evaluations [PR]
Major Milestone Reached in New Domain Program Los Angeles, California ICANN’s Generic Domains Division announced today the conclusion of the Initial Evaluation (IE) phase of the new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) program. More than 1,700...
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ICANN Announces Conclusion of New gTLD Initial Evaluations [PR]
Major Milestone Reached in New Domain Program Los Angeles, California ICANN’s Generic Domains Division announced today the conclusion of the Initial Evaluation (IE) phase of the new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) program. More than 1,700...
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August 30, 2013, 4:02 pm
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Huffington Post on the Importance of the URL & Domain Name and Direct Navigation Traffic
In an article that was published by the Huffington Post Canada last week, the founder and CEO of RIWI Corporation talks about the importance of the browser URL bar and Direct Navigation. RIWI is a data analytics company Citing a number of ...
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Huffington Post on the Importance of the URL & Domain Name and Direct Navigation Traffic
In an article that was published by the Huffington Post Canada last week, the founder and CEO of RIWI Corporation talks about the importance of the browser URL bar and Direct Navigation. RIWI is a data analytics company Citing a number of ...
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August 1, 2013, 2:00 pm
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New gTLD applicant Radix launches Photo Contest for Registrars
And it appears that the registry operators for new gTLDs have started the courting for registrars with some marketing efforts. DirectI’s Radix registry has launched a photo contest for registrars to find the best pictures representing on of the...
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New gTLD applicant Radix launches Photo Contest for Registrars
And it appears that the registry operators for new gTLDs have started the courting for registrars with some marketing efforts. DirectI’s Radix registry has launched a photo contest for registrars to find the best pictures representing on of the...
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July 31, 2013, 7:34 pm
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eNom & DreamHost Announce Hosting and Domain Partnership
Kirkland, Washington – July 31, 2013 – eNom, Inc. and DreamHost, today announced a strategic partnership between the two companies. As part of the agreement, DreamHost will utilize the eNom reseller platform to manage its existing do...
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eNom & DreamHost Announce Hosting and Domain Partnership
Kirkland, Washington – July 31, 2013 – eNom, Inc. and DreamHost, today announced a strategic partnership between the two companies. As part of the agreement, DreamHost will utilize the eNom reseller platform to manage its existing do...
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July 31, 2013, 11:34 am
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Lean Domain Search acquired by Automattic (WordPress)
As reported by The Next Web, Automattic, the company that runs WordPress has acquired Lean Domain Search. The founder of the site, Matt Mazur, will continue to work for WordPress.com working on domain name related features. Automattic became an ICANN...
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Lean Domain Search acquired by Automattic (WordPress)
As reported by The Next Web, Automattic, the company that runs WordPress has acquired Lean Domain Search. The founder of the site, Matt Mazur, will continue to work for WordPress.com working on domain name related features. Automattic became an ICANN...
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July 15, 2013, 4:25 pm
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The Internet Architecture Board considers Dotless Domains Harmful
The Internet Architecture Board (IAB), which is a committee of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) issued a statement today that it considers Dotless domains, such as the proposed “SEARCH” by Google harmful and will not w...
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The Internet Architecture Board considers Dotless Domains Harmful
The Internet Architecture Board (IAB), which is a committee of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) issued a statement today that it considers Dotless domains, such as the proposed “SEARCH” by Google harmful and will not w...
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July 11, 2013, 11:44 am
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.IO Domains Offline?
As reported on twitter and Hacker News, .IO domains have stopped resolving and apparently new registrations are not going through either. .IO is the ccTLD for the British Indian Ocean territory. The TLD is especially popular with startups. According ...
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.IO Domains Offline?
As reported on twitter and Hacker News, .IO domains have stopped resolving and apparently new registrations are not going through either. .IO is the ccTLD for the British Indian Ocean territory. The TLD is especially popular with startups. According ...
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June 7, 2013, 9:50 am
