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The Domains
Should Business Fear Google ?
Media company admits to being afraid of Google Olivia Solon wrote on Ars Technica that a major European media company has concerns about the growing power of Google. From the article: The chief executive of Axel Springer, one of Europe’s larges...
Discussion
Should Business Fear Google ?
Media company admits to being afraid of Google Olivia Solon wrote on Ars Technica that a major European media company has concerns about the growing power of Google. From the article: The chief executive of Axel Springer, one of Europe’s larges...
Discussion
April 21, 2014, 2:35 am

Domain Shane
Flippa Recap: D2.ca, LH6.com, Secure.today sell. Draw.net, AKU.com Don’t Hit Reserve.
Listed below are some notable domain and website sales over the past week at Flippa. With no four figure domain sales this week, the real action was in the domains that didn’t sell. Lots of bids, but not alot of reserves met on names such as Dr...
Discussion
Flippa Recap: D2.ca, LH6.com, Secure.today sell. Draw.net, AKU.com Don’t Hit Reserve.
Listed below are some notable domain and website sales over the past week at Flippa. With no four figure domain sales this week, the real action was in the domains that didn’t sell. Lots of bids, but not alot of reserves met on names such as Dr...
Discussion
April 21, 2014, 2:16 am

The Domains
Has the time come for mandatory two factor authentication ?
I was already thinking about the topic of mandatory two factor authentication before Heartbleed. It was actually the story about Naoki Hiroshima and his post on Medium detailing the account hack at Go Daddy and Paypal, in order to gain access t...
Discussion
Has the time come for mandatory two factor authentication ?
I was already thinking about the topic of mandatory two factor authentication before Heartbleed. It was actually the story about Naoki Hiroshima and his post on Medium detailing the account hack at Go Daddy and Paypal, in order to gain access t...
Discussion
April 20, 2014, 10:51 pm

The Domains
How Many Letters On To The Right of the Dot is Too Many To Be A Hack?
A domain name hack has traditionally used ccTLD’s to form words and made it a brandable domain. Some of the more famous hacks are bit.ly, and del.icio.us instagram.com started out as instagr.am But now with the new gTLD’s people are using...
Discussion
How Many Letters On To The Right of the Dot is Too Many To Be A Hack?
A domain name hack has traditionally used ccTLD’s to form words and made it a brandable domain. Some of the more famous hacks are bit.ly, and del.icio.us instagram.com started out as instagr.am But now with the new gTLD’s people are using...
Discussion
April 20, 2014, 12:34 pm

Domain Shane
Domain Flips (25x on Egnite.com, SnapAds.com, 20x on MaternityScrubs.com) and Flops (IranianDating.com)
Geez, I still can’t believe Shane gave me the password to this blog……he’s sure in for some surprises….sucker! This is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with recent data courtesy of DNJournal.com and...
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Domain Flips (25x on Egnite.com, SnapAds.com, 20x on MaternityScrubs.com) and Flops (IranianDating.com)
Geez, I still can’t believe Shane gave me the password to this blog……he’s sure in for some surprises….sucker! This is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with recent data courtesy of DNJournal.com and...
Discussion
April 20, 2014, 1:33 am

The Domains
Looks Like A New Domain Publication Coming in July
It looks like there will be a new domain publication coming on the scene in July. Perusing Facebook there was an ad for DomainWorldMagazine.com Ryan Colby of Outcome Brokerage looks to be the registrant of the domain. From the Facebook page With over...
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Looks Like A New Domain Publication Coming in July
It looks like there will be a new domain publication coming on the scene in July. Perusing Facebook there was an ad for DomainWorldMagazine.com Ryan Colby of Outcome Brokerage looks to be the registrant of the domain. From the Facebook page With over...
Discussion
April 19, 2014, 11:58 pm

The Domains
Turkey May Leave the World Wide Web
Turkey is looking at leaving the world wide web for its own protocol I can say I have thought for a long time we will eventually see the balkanization of the Internet. The net has become to vital in so many aspects of life that we continue to have gl...
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Turkey May Leave the World Wide Web
Turkey is looking at leaving the world wide web for its own protocol I can say I have thought for a long time we will eventually see the balkanization of the Internet. The net has become to vital in so many aspects of life that we continue to have gl...
Discussion
April 19, 2014, 7:10 pm

The Domains
KeyBiscayne Gets Creative with .Email
The people behind KeyBiscayne.org are offering residents the opportunity to get their own KeyBiscayne.email address. Posted on their website: KeyBiscayne.org was selected to manage the email address of the Island Paradise. Key Biscayne resident...
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KeyBiscayne Gets Creative with .Email
The people behind KeyBiscayne.org are offering residents the opportunity to get their own KeyBiscayne.email address. Posted on their website: KeyBiscayne.org was selected to manage the email address of the Island Paradise. Key Biscayne resident...
Discussion
April 19, 2014, 5:57 pm

Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on April 19th, 2014
It’s amazing how fast things change in the domain space. You may have read that Accidental Domainer and Domain Shane are merging. More details to come. We’re leading the change and I expect others to follow soon. As I sa...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on April 19th, 2014
It’s amazing how fast things change in the domain space. You may have read that Accidental Domainer and Domain Shane are merging. More details to come. We’re leading the change and I expect others to follow soon. As I sa...
Discussion
April 19, 2014, 11:42 am

The Domains
LinkedIn Tops 300 Million Members
LinkedIn reached 300 million members according to a story in USA Today. The company was founded in December 2002 and launched on May 5, 2003, the company is now a publicly traded company and is currently trading at $175 a share, this equates to a mar...
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LinkedIn Tops 300 Million Members
LinkedIn reached 300 million members according to a story in USA Today. The company was founded in December 2002 and launched on May 5, 2003, the company is now a publicly traded company and is currently trading at $175 a share, this equates to a mar...
Discussion
April 19, 2014, 9:20 am