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The Domains
Progressive Insurance Withdraws Application For New gTLD .Insurance
Progressive Insurance has withdrawn its application for the new gTLD .insurance. The formal name of the applicant was “Progressive Casualty Insurance Company”. The application which had a prioritization number of 1847 was to operate...
Discussion
Progressive Insurance Withdraws Application For New gTLD .Insurance
Progressive Insurance has withdrawn its application for the new gTLD .insurance. The formal name of the applicant was “Progressive Casualty Insurance Company”. The application which had a prioritization number of 1847 was to operate...
Discussion
March 25, 2013, 11:11 pm
The Domains
Latin American Telecom Files Objection Against Google On .Tube
Latin American Telecom, LLC has filed a Legal Rights objection against Google’s new gTLD application for .Tube Latin American Telecom is also an applicant for .Tube The third applicant for .Tube is Donuts. Of course Google owns and operates the...
Discussion
Latin American Telecom Files Objection Against Google On .Tube
Latin American Telecom, LLC has filed a Legal Rights objection against Google’s new gTLD application for .Tube Latin American Telecom is also an applicant for .Tube The third applicant for .Tube is Donuts. Of course Google owns and operates the...
Discussion
March 25, 2013, 10:01 pm
The Domains
Here Is Verisign’s Objection To .Cam & Why They Think Its Too Close To .Com
A couple of weeks ago we told you we were hearing that Verisign filed objections to new gTLD strings that they believe are confusing to .com or .net for which Verisign is the registry including .Cam, .Bom, .Vet, .Company, .Network. As of today ...
Discussion
Here Is Verisign’s Objection To .Cam & Why They Think Its Too Close To .Com
A couple of weeks ago we told you we were hearing that Verisign filed objections to new gTLD strings that they believe are confusing to .com or .net for which Verisign is the registry including .Cam, .Bom, .Vet, .Company, .Network. As of today ...
Discussion
March 25, 2013, 7:49 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Monday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 25th
SORRY: I forgot to hit publish last night before I went out to plow so Godaddy is out of the mix but Namejet is still good. I can’t believe it’s the end of March and we get a snowstorm. As you’re reading this I am most likely out sh...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Monday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 25th
SORRY: I forgot to hit publish last night before I went out to plow so Godaddy is out of the mix but Namejet is still good. I can’t believe it’s the end of March and we get a snowstorm. As you’re reading this I am most likely out sh...
Discussion
March 25, 2013, 7:01 pm
Domain Shane
10 More Things I’ve Learned in Domaining Over the Last 10 Years
1. Many people in this industry don’t want me to be honest. I give them a good honest opinion of their blog, their website, and their services and all they get is mad. They are too emotionally involved and have lost the abilit...
Discussion
10 More Things I’ve Learned in Domaining Over the Last 10 Years
1. Many people in this industry don’t want me to be honest. I give them a good honest opinion of their blog, their website, and their services and all they get is mad. They are too emotionally involved and have lost the abilit...
Discussion
March 25, 2013, 6:59 pm
The Domains
UDRP Filed On GVP.com
A UDRP has just been filed on the domain name GVP.com Instead of attempted grab which might lead to a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking it looks like it might be a attempted recovery of a stolen domain name. The domain was owned by Globa...
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UDRP Filed On GVP.com
A UDRP has just been filed on the domain name GVP.com Instead of attempted grab which might lead to a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking it looks like it might be a attempted recovery of a stolen domain name. The domain was owned by Globa...
Discussion
March 25, 2013, 6:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company objects to Chinese IDNs over contractual and patent rights
Group that partnered with Chinese government for IDNs claims that new TLDs will infringe contractual and intellectual property rights. A legal rights objection is supposed to be filed based on trademarks, but a Singapore company has filed two objecti...
Discussion
Company objects to Chinese IDNs over contractual and patent rights
Group that partnered with Chinese government for IDNs claims that new TLDs will infringe contractual and intellectual property rights. A legal rights objection is supposed to be filed based on trademarks, but a Singapore company has filed two objecti...
Discussion
March 25, 2013, 4:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Pinterest objects to Amazon’s plans for .Pin domain name
Pinterest sticks a pin in Amazon’s .pin top level domain application. Pinterest has filed a legal rights objection against Amazon.com over its application to run the .pin top level domain. As with Amazon’s other top level domain applicati...
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Pinterest objects to Amazon’s plans for .Pin domain name
Pinterest sticks a pin in Amazon’s .pin top level domain application. Pinterest has filed a legal rights objection against Amazon.com over its application to run the .pin top level domain. As with Amazon’s other top level domain applicati...
Discussion
March 25, 2013, 4:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Candy.com hurt by Google penalty
Company hit with penalty last year; Google continues to deny requests to lift penalty. Candy.com has a sweet (and expensive) domain name, one that helped it get instant credibility in the candy industry. But apparently the site is lacking good search...
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Candy.com hurt by Google penalty
Company hit with penalty last year; Google continues to deny requests to lift penalty. Candy.com has a sweet (and expensive) domain name, one that helped it get instant credibility in the candy industry. But apparently the site is lacking good search...
Discussion
March 25, 2013, 4:07 pm
Elliot's Blog
Contest: Crowdsourcing a Website Idea
A colleague that I have done business with in the past, Lance Raab, approached me with an interesting crowdsourcing idea, and I would like to try it out on my blog. His article is below, and he is offering some serious prize money for the winner. Lan...
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Contest: Crowdsourcing a Website Idea
A colleague that I have done business with in the past, Lance Raab, approached me with an interesting crowdsourcing idea, and I would like to try it out on my blog. His article is below, and he is offering some serious prize money for the winner. Lan...
Discussion
March 25, 2013, 1:12 pm
