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Apple gets a patent for…Google?
Apple’s latest patent explains a system of scoring websites based on links. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 1,0872,088 (pdf) to Apple for “Domain based influence scoring”. The patent describes...
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Apple gets a patent for…Google?
Apple’s latest patent explains a system of scoring websites based on links. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 1,0872,088 (pdf) to Apple for “Domain based influence scoring”. The patent describes...
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December 22, 2020, 5:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
2020 .Org Impact Awards announced
Public Interest Registry announces winners of 2020 awards. Public Interest Registry has announced the winners of the 2020 .Org Impact Awards. In previous years, the awards were presented at an awards ceremony. They were announced online over ten days...
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2020 .Org Impact Awards announced
Public Interest Registry announces winners of 2020 awards. Public Interest Registry has announced the winners of the 2020 .Org Impact Awards. In previous years, the awards were presented at an awards ceremony. They were announced online over ten days...
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December 22, 2020, 5:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
2020 in Review: The Pandemic
This is the first in a series of articles about the domain name industry in 2020. The biggest story worldwide this year was the COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the domain name industry is the biggest story of the year about domains. I remember c...
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2020 in Review: The Pandemic
This is the first in a series of articles about the domain name industry in 2020. The biggest story worldwide this year was the COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the domain name industry is the biggest story of the year about domains. I remember c...
Discussion
December 22, 2020, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Red packets, digital yuan, and domains
This central bank initiative could be good fortune for domains. Red packets are meant to bring good fortune, which happened on December 11 when 100,000 digital red packets each containing 200 yuan (about $30) were distributed to Suzhou residents in a...
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Red packets, digital yuan, and domains
This central bank initiative could be good fortune for domains. Red packets are meant to bring good fortune, which happened on December 11 when 100,000 digital red packets each containing 200 yuan (about $30) were distributed to Suzhou residents in a...
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December 21, 2020, 7:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
2020 in review – DNW Podcast #317
A look back at 2020 in the domain name business. It’s a special edition this week as I review the top stories and trends in the domain name market in 2020. We’ll discuss the pandemic’s impact on the market, continuing consolidation,...
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2020 in review – DNW Podcast #317
A look back at 2020 in the domain name business. It’s a special edition this week as I review the top stories and trends in the domain name market in 2020. We’ll discuss the pandemic’s impact on the market, continuing consolidation,...
Discussion
December 21, 2020, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
IBM files combosquatting detection patent
It seems like a complex solution to an easy-to-solve problem. IBM has filed a patent application (pdf) for “Guided Word Association Based on Domain Name Detection”. It’s a system to detect so-called cases of combosquatting, where ba...
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IBM files combosquatting detection patent
It seems like a complex solution to an easy-to-solve problem. IBM has filed a patent application (pdf) for “Guided Word Association Based on Domain Name Detection”. It’s a system to detect so-called cases of combosquatting, where ba...
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December 18, 2020, 2:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Understanding Namecheap’s domain registration data report
Dig deeper and the data are very interesting. Domain name registrar Namecheap published its 2020 Domain Insights & Trends Report today (pdf). With over 12 million domains under management, Namecheap has significant data to show registration trend...
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Understanding Namecheap’s domain registration data report
Dig deeper and the data are very interesting. Domain name registrar Namecheap published its 2020 Domain Insights & Trends Report today (pdf). With over 12 million domains under management, Namecheap has significant data to show registration trend...
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December 17, 2020, 5:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Online benefits from DoorDash’s success
Popular DoorDash Button service uses Order.Online domain name. DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) is the latest high-profile IPO this year, rocketing in its first day of trading and settling in with a market cap of over $50 billion. The company uses DoorDash.com ...
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.Online benefits from DoorDash’s success
Popular DoorDash Button service uses Order.Online domain name. DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) is the latest high-profile IPO this year, rocketing in its first day of trading and settling in with a market cap of over $50 billion. The company uses DoorDash.com ...
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December 16, 2020, 5:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cannabis subscription box company tries to hijack Hemper .com
Company that ships monthly marijuana-themed boxes tried to get the matching .com domain. BRH International Inc., which sells a monthly subscription box of marijuana-related products, has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijack the domain ...
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Cannabis subscription box company tries to hijack Hemper .com
Company that ships monthly marijuana-themed boxes tried to get the matching .com domain. BRH International Inc., which sells a monthly subscription box of marijuana-related products, has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijack the domain ...
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December 16, 2020, 5:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latest end user domain name sales at Sedo
A credit card management app, a brick company, and a fintech business bought domain names. Sedo has published its penultimate sales list of the year as it prepares for the holidays. The company has some solid sales including FV.de for €58,000 an...
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Latest end user domain name sales at Sedo
A credit card management app, a brick company, and a fintech business bought domain names. Sedo has published its penultimate sales list of the year as it prepares for the holidays. The company has some solid sales including FV.de for €58,000 an...
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December 16, 2020, 2:21 pm
