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Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Explains Whois Blocking
Company explains access restrictions on third party sites. Users of third party whois search tools have been frustrated in the past few days whenever they look up a domain name registered at Go Daddy. Instead of seeing who owns the domain name, they ...
Discussion
Go Daddy Explains Whois Blocking
Company explains access restrictions on third party sites. Users of third party whois search tools have been frustrated in the past few days whenever they look up a domain name registered at Go Daddy. Instead of seeing who owns the domain name, they ...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 9:13 pm
Domain Name News
First Sedo Sales in the New Year
This domain sales report includes the last Sales at Sedo completed in 2010 as well as the first sales completed in 2011. Happy New Year. Highlights include podnova.com leading .COM sales at 90,000 USD, ergebnisse.de (results in German) leading ccTLDs...
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First Sedo Sales in the New Year
This domain sales report includes the last Sales at Sedo completed in 2010 as well as the first sales completed in 2011. Happy New Year. Highlights include podnova.com leading .COM sales at 90,000 USD, ergebnisse.de (results in German) leading ccTLDs...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 8:10 pm
Sully's Blog
Mashable Lists 10 Websites to Watch
On Monday, Mashable listed 10 Websites to Watch in 2011. The headline caught my eye not because I was interested in the prediction of which sites would be hot, but because I wondered what type of domains these sites were using. Generic key word dom...
Discussion
Mashable Lists 10 Websites to Watch
On Monday, Mashable listed 10 Websites to Watch in 2011. The headline caught my eye not because I was interested in the prediction of which sites would be hot, but because I wondered what type of domains these sites were using. Generic key word dom...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 8:10 pm
Elliot's Blog
Alleged Cybersquatting Almost Pays Off: Groupon Offered $286,000 for Groupon.com.au and Trademark
There's an interesting post today on the Groupon Blog, written by CEO Andrew Mason, about a lawsuit filed in Australia concerning a ccTLD and trademark issue. The blog post discusses how the founders of an Australian Groupon "clone,”...
Discussion
Alleged Cybersquatting Almost Pays Off: Groupon Offered $286,000 for Groupon.com.au and Trademark
There's an interesting post today on the Groupon Blog, written by CEO Andrew Mason, about a lawsuit filed in Australia concerning a ccTLD and trademark issue. The blog post discusses how the founders of an Australian Groupon "clone,”...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 7:40 pm
Elliot's Blog
InternationalFlowers.com Leads the Way at Afternic This Week
Afternic just released their sales report from the past week, and the leading public domain sale was InternationalFlowers.com, which sold for $19,558.00. This domain name had been owned by NameMedia's BuyDomains. The second highest value domain...
Discussion
InternationalFlowers.com Leads the Way at Afternic This Week
Afternic just released their sales report from the past week, and the leading public domain sale was InternationalFlowers.com, which sold for $19,558.00. This domain name had been owned by NameMedia's BuyDomains. The second highest value domain...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 5:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
PodNova.com Finally Changes Hands for $90,000, OnlineKredit.net for EUR 100,000
Podnova.com and OnlineKredit.net make for strong sales week. The domain name PodNova.com has sold at Sedo for $90,000. This was an active web site until earlier this year. Compete.com shows it getting as many as 20,000 unique visitors in February 201...
Discussion
PodNova.com Finally Changes Hands for $90,000, OnlineKredit.net for EUR 100,000
Podnova.com and OnlineKredit.net make for strong sales week. The domain name PodNova.com has sold at Sedo for $90,000. This was an active web site until earlier this year. Compete.com shows it getting as many as 20,000 unique visitors in February 201...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 4:58 pm
Domain Shane
Everyone Else Has Them So Here Are My 10 Trends for 2011
Everyone has their opinions for trends for a given year so I might as well share mine. They are not all completely domain or technology rated. Some of them are where I think society is headed but when it comes to domaining it really doesn't m...
Discussion
Everyone Else Has Them So Here Are My 10 Trends for 2011
Everyone has their opinions for trends for a given year so I might as well share mine. They are not all completely domain or technology rated. Some of them are where I think society is headed but when it comes to domaining it really doesn't m...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 2:59 pm
Elliot's Blog
Why Content Aggregators Suck
The web is littered with websites that basically send out spiders to fetch content and post it on their own websites. There are also sites that repackage the RSS feed from other websites. The objective is generally to monetize the little search traff...
Discussion
Why Content Aggregators Suck
The web is littered with websites that basically send out spiders to fetch content and post it on their own websites. There are also sites that repackage the RSS feed from other websites. The objective is generally to monetize the little search traff...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 2:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
My Thoughts on the Moniker Whois Privacy Incident
It's an unfortunate incident. Not a scandal. I've waited a few days to write about the Moniker whois privacy flap. My first reaction was that this whole thing was being blown way out of proportion, so I wanted to wait and see how I felt i...
Discussion
My Thoughts on the Moniker Whois Privacy Incident
It's an unfortunate incident. Not a scandal. I've waited a few days to write about the Moniker whois privacy flap. My first reaction was that this whole thing was being blown way out of proportion, so I wanted to wait and see how I felt i...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 2:18 pm
Domain Name News
Gambling.com Reserve Price Set to $9 Million USD?
As reported in November, Media Corp is planning to sell their domain Gambling.com with the help of Sedo in order to fund further acquisitions. According to The Times (paid access) it appears that the reserve has now been set at $9 million USD, which ...
Discussion
Gambling.com Reserve Price Set to $9 Million USD?
As reported in November, Media Corp is planning to sell their domain Gambling.com with the help of Sedo in order to fund further acquisitions. According to The Times (paid access) it appears that the reserve has now been set at $9 million USD, which ...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 2:12 pm
