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Intel and Metlife terminate their top level domains
Two large companies ditch their dot-brands. Chip company Intel and insurance giant Metlife have canceled their dot-brand top level domain names. The two companies notified ICANN about their decisions last month, and ICANN published preliminary determ...
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June 20, 2020, 1:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
.Org generated $95 million revenue last year
Public Interest Registry reveals financials in its annual report. The .org top level domain generated close to $95 million in revenue last year, Public Interest Registry (PIR) disclosed. Public Interest Registry released its 2019 annual report (pdf) ...
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June 19, 2020, 5:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
4 reasons virtual events can be better than in-person events
There are benefits to virtual events vs. in-person events. NamesCon has announced a virtual conference taking place September 9-11, 2021. Organizers promise educational sessions, regional tracks, networking, and virtual vendor booths. You might think...
Discussion
June 19, 2020, 3:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Report on CentralNic sheds like on domain parking business
Report reveals performance of domain monetization during pandemic downturn.  Did you know that public companies can pay research firms to cover them? Well, at least if the company is traded on the London AIM. Domain name company CentralNic (Lond...
Discussion
June 18, 2020, 9:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Two facts to know before investing in long numeric domains
You should know these facts before investing in long numeric domain names. Just the other day, an investor posted a list of long numeric domains on Namepros and asked me to comment. Since I get this kind of question all the time, I’ll give you ...
Discussion
June 18, 2020, 1:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
What sold (and why) on NameJet and Snapnames last month
Joseph Peterson takes an in-depth look at Web.com’s aftermarket sales in May. Once upon a time, people learning how to build websites and perform SEO went to a Lycos-owned tutorial site called WebMonkey.com.  It had its ups and downs, shut...
Discussion
June 17, 2020, 7:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
13 end user domain sales up to $45,000
A low carbon commodity firm, chat app, and accounting firm bought domain names at Sedo. The process of discovering end user sales has changed in recent years as domain registrars began redacting Whois information in response to GDPR. GoDaddy recently...
Discussion
June 17, 2020, 4:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy’s domain privacy email buries the lede
GoDaddy customers are unlikely to understand their options.   GoDaddy has begun sending emails to customers about changes to domain privacy. As I wrote about on June 8, the company has started redacting personal information from Whois records. T...
Discussion
June 16, 2020, 7:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Verisign gets IDN suggestion patent
Patent helps domain searchers find translations and transliterations. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,686,750 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for Alternate character set domain name suggestion and registration using...
Discussion
June 16, 2020, 4:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Google continues to tinker with URLs in Chrome
New test obscures the full URL. Google is at it again, tinkering with how it displays URLs in the Chrome browser. The company has tested different ways of showing a site’s identity in search as well as Chrome. Android Police notes that a new te...
Discussion
June 16, 2020, 2:44 pm
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