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Verisign gets patent for showing contextually-relevant domain names in SERPs
It’s a neat idea that will never be adopted by large search engines. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent #10,764,245 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for “Domain name determination”. The idea behind the patent is...
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Verisign gets patent for showing contextually-relevant domain names in SERPs
It’s a neat idea that will never be adopted by large search engines. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent #10,764,245 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for “Domain name determination”. The idea behind the patent is...
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September 2, 2020, 3:08 pm
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12 end user domain name sales, including for a cool robot
A robot sweeper company, a popular online form creator, and a maker of adjustable furniture bought domain names. Sedo had some cool end user domain name sales this past week. One of the companies makes an outdoor Roomba-like device. Here’s a li...
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12 end user domain name sales, including for a cool robot
A robot sweeper company, a popular online form creator, and a maker of adjustable furniture bought domain names. Sedo had some cool end user domain name sales this past week. One of the companies makes an outdoor Roomba-like device. Here’s a li...
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September 1, 2020, 8:45 pm
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TikTok wins fight over Ukraine domain name
Popular social media video app wins challenge for a Ukrainian domain name. Bytedance Ltd., the parent company of the popular TikTok app, has won a cybersquatting dispute for the domain name tiktok.com.ua. .Ua is the country code domain name for Ukrai...
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TikTok wins fight over Ukraine domain name
Popular social media video app wins challenge for a Ukrainian domain name. Bytedance Ltd., the parent company of the popular TikTok app, has won a cybersquatting dispute for the domain name tiktok.com.ua. .Ua is the country code domain name for Ukrai...
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September 1, 2020, 4:51 pm
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Accounting firms can now apply for .CPA domains
Firms can now apply for domains similar to their company name. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and its CPA.com unit have launched an application process for early access to .CPA domain names. This process is different from ...
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Accounting firms can now apply for .CPA domains
Firms can now apply for domains similar to their company name. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and its CPA.com unit have launched an application process for early access to .CPA domain names. This process is different from ...
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September 1, 2020, 4:36 pm
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Post Accreditation – How to Manage your Registrar Business
[This is a sponsored post from our friends at LogicBoxes.] The digital landscape has grown by leaps and bounds, and domain name registrars are an integral part of it. In our previous article, we listed the benefits of becoming an ICANN accreditated r...
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Post Accreditation – How to Manage your Registrar Business
[This is a sponsored post from our friends at LogicBoxes.] The digital landscape has grown by leaps and bounds, and domain name registrars are an integral part of it. In our previous article, we listed the benefits of becoming an ICANN accreditated r...
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September 1, 2020, 3:21 pm
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Conrad out, Robrock in as CEO at Sedo
Domain aftermarket and monetization company Sedo gets a new CEO. Michael Robrock is replacing Matthias Conrad as CEO of Sedo. Robrock joined the company about one year ago as Chief Operating Officer. Conrad was CEO for about 20 months. He took over t...
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Conrad out, Robrock in as CEO at Sedo
Domain aftermarket and monetization company Sedo gets a new CEO. Michael Robrock is replacing Matthias Conrad as CEO of Sedo. Robrock joined the company about one year ago as Chief Operating Officer. Conrad was CEO for about 20 months. He took over t...
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September 1, 2020, 2:56 pm
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Use these two tools to find Chinese meanings of acronym domains
You don’t know to understand Chinese to find meanings for acronyms. Recently I discovered a tool which, together with a translation tool, may help you find Chinese meanings of an acronym domain even if you don’t speak the language. The to...
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Use these two tools to find Chinese meanings of acronym domains
You don’t know to understand Chinese to find meanings for acronyms. Recently I discovered a tool which, together with a translation tool, may help you find Chinese meanings of an acronym domain even if you don’t speak the language. The to...
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September 1, 2020, 1:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to make your Whois info public at GoDaddy
Here’s how to make your private information public. GoDaddy started redacting personal information in Whois records earlier this summer. Instead of showing the registrant’s name, address, phone number and email, a Whois record looks like ...
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How to make your Whois info public at GoDaddy
Here’s how to make your private information public. GoDaddy started redacting personal information in Whois records earlier this summer. Instead of showing the registrant’s name, address, phone number and email, a Whois record looks like ...
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August 31, 2020, 4:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Checking in with Todd Han – DNW Podcast #301
Some domainer-friendly updates from Dyandot. This week, we check in with Dynadot founder Todd Han. He talks about Dynadot’s new sales system, some updates on the company’s expired domain auction platform, and what’s going on in the ...
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Checking in with Todd Han – DNW Podcast #301
Some domainer-friendly updates from Dyandot. This week, we check in with Dynadot founder Todd Han. He talks about Dynadot’s new sales system, some updates on the company’s expired domain auction platform, and what’s going on in the ...
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August 31, 2020, 3:30 pm
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Mattress Firm launches Sleep.com
Big mattress retailer launches Sleep.com as a resource site for better sleep. Mattress retailer Mattress Firm has launched a new website on Sleep.com. The company isn’t selling mattresses on the site, though. It’s using it as a content ma...
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Mattress Firm launches Sleep.com
Big mattress retailer launches Sleep.com as a resource site for better sleep. Mattress retailer Mattress Firm has launched a new website on Sleep.com. The company isn’t selling mattresses on the site, though. It’s using it as a content ma...
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August 31, 2020, 12:41 pm
