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Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 9th
I’m not sure if the last month has been slow for me in domaining because I have fully concentrating on the nursery or because I have been writing less so I don’t get bombarded with questions and spam. Everyone I talk to is having a ...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 9th
I’m not sure if the last month has been slow for me in domaining because I have fully concentrating on the nursery or because I have been writing less so I don’t get bombarded with questions and spam. Everyone I talk to is having a ...
Discussion
April 9, 2013, 7:27 am
Domain Name Wire
Donuts raises more funds at double the valuation
Donuts raises more dough to pursue new top level domains. Donuts Inc., which applied for 307 top level domain names, has raised new funding. The company did not disclose the amount of funding in the new round, but the valuation doubled compared to th...
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Donuts raises more funds at double the valuation
Donuts raises more dough to pursue new top level domains. Donuts Inc., which applied for 307 top level domain names, has raised new funding. The company did not disclose the amount of funding in the new round, but the valuation doubled compared to th...
Discussion
April 9, 2013, 2:30 am
The Domains
Google Lays Out Plans For A “Dotless .Search” New gTLD
In a letter to ICANN today Google laid out its plan on how it plans on operating 4 new gTLD that it applied for as a closed Registry with the most interesting being plans for .Search which is plans on operating “a redirect service on the &ldqu...
Discussion
Google Lays Out Plans For A “Dotless .Search” New gTLD
In a letter to ICANN today Google laid out its plan on how it plans on operating 4 new gTLD that it applied for as a closed Registry with the most interesting being plans for .Search which is plans on operating “a redirect service on the &ldqu...
Discussion
April 9, 2013, 1:56 am
The Domains
Donuts Secures Additional New gTLD Funding For Auctions
Donuts Inc., the applicant for the largest number of new gTLD application announced tonight that is has closed on “Series B equity investment which was “oversubscribed” and which “nearly doubles our capacity to compete&r...
Discussion
Donuts Secures Additional New gTLD Funding For Auctions
Donuts Inc., the applicant for the largest number of new gTLD application announced tonight that is has closed on “Series B equity investment which was “oversubscribed” and which “nearly doubles our capacity to compete&r...
Discussion
April 8, 2013, 11:39 pm
The Domains
Horizon Publishing Found Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On Opulence.com
Horizon Publishing, LLC (“Complainant”), has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name Opulence.com How bad was Horizon’s case. The domain holder didn’t even file a response. Here ...
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Horizon Publishing Found Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On Opulence.com
Horizon Publishing, LLC (“Complainant”), has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name Opulence.com How bad was Horizon’s case. The domain holder didn’t even file a response. Here ...
Discussion
April 8, 2013, 5:10 pm
The Domains
One Week After Launch The First UDRP For A .PW Is Filed By Morgan Stanley
Less than two weeks after the .PW registry went live for domain name registrations, the first UDRP on a .Pw has been filed. The .PW Registry went live on March 25th. A UDRP complaint was filed with the National Arbitration Forum by Morgan Stanl...
Discussion
One Week After Launch The First UDRP For A .PW Is Filed By Morgan Stanley
Less than two weeks after the .PW registry went live for domain name registrations, the first UDRP on a .Pw has been filed. The .PW Registry went live on March 25th. A UDRP complaint was filed with the National Arbitration Forum by Morgan Stanl...
Discussion
April 8, 2013, 5:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
California furniture seller files suit over UrbanHome.com
Second lawsuit filed after UDRP decision. The legal expenses are mounting on this one. Urban Home, the California furniture maker that filed a UDRP on UrbanHome.com, has now filed a federal lawsuit in California to try to get the domain name. The sui...
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California furniture seller files suit over UrbanHome.com
Second lawsuit filed after UDRP decision. The legal expenses are mounting on this one. Urban Home, the California furniture maker that filed a UDRP on UrbanHome.com, has now filed a federal lawsuit in California to try to get the domain name. The sui...
Discussion
April 8, 2013, 2:58 pm
Elliot's Blog
Name.com Educating Clients About New TLDs
I strongly believe that the more that domain registrars publicize and promote new gTLD domain names, the greater the likelihood these TLDs will gain traction with consumers and be in demand. I’ve mentioned how eNom is promoting gTLDs, and I wan...
Discussion
Name.com Educating Clients About New TLDs
I strongly believe that the more that domain registrars publicize and promote new gTLD domain names, the greater the likelihood these TLDs will gain traction with consumers and be in demand. I’ve mentioned how eNom is promoting gTLDs, and I wan...
Discussion
April 8, 2013, 2:14 pm
Elliot's Blog
Interesting Usage of X.CO
I frequently see references to Go Daddy’s X.CO url shortener in various articles and elsewhere online. It’s not as popular as Bitly or T.CO shorteners that are more commonly used on Twitter, but I do see it somewhat regularly. However, I ...
Discussion
Interesting Usage of X.CO
I frequently see references to Go Daddy’s X.CO url shortener in various articles and elsewhere online. It’s not as popular as Bitly or T.CO shorteners that are more commonly used on Twitter, but I do see it somewhat regularly. However, I ...
Discussion
April 8, 2013, 11:21 am
DomainSherpa
Content Marketing and the Future of SEO – With Chad Fisher
Does Google have you guessing about your SEO strategy? Have you been slapped with a search engine ranking penalty, or worse, is your site not even showing up in the organic search results at all?This interview with an SEO veteran covers not only the ...
Discussion
Content Marketing and the Future of SEO – With Chad Fisher
Does Google have you guessing about your SEO strategy? Have you been slapped with a search engine ranking penalty, or worse, is your site not even showing up in the organic search results at all?This interview with an SEO veteran covers not only the ...
Discussion
April 8, 2013, 10:30 am
