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Breaking: Verisign won’t raise .com prices this year
Even if ICANN gives the company the nod, it won’t raise prices this year. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names, won’t raise prices for its domain names this year. In an announcement on its blog, the company...
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Breaking: Verisign won’t raise .com prices this year
Even if ICANN gives the company the nod, it won’t raise prices this year. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names, won’t raise prices for its domain names this year. In an announcement on its blog, the company...
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March 25, 2020, 2:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign gets IDN homograph detection patent
System would help detect homograph attacks shortly after domains are registered. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,599,836 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for “Identification of visual international domain name ...
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Verisign gets IDN homograph detection patent
System would help detect homograph attacks shortly after domains are registered. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,599,836 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for “Identification of visual international domain name ...
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March 24, 2020, 8:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
MMX swings to profit in 2019, 25% revenue growth
MMX (Minds + Machines) had a good year in 2019, and 2020 looks solid barring COVID-19 impact. Accounting wise, 2018 was a bad year for new top level domain name company MMX (London AIM: MMX). It wrote off $11.3 million related to a contract to run .L...
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MMX swings to profit in 2019, 25% revenue growth
MMX (Minds + Machines) had a good year in 2019, and 2020 looks solid barring COVID-19 impact. Accounting wise, 2018 was a bad year for new top level domain name company MMX (London AIM: MMX). It wrote off $11.3 million related to a contract to run .L...
Discussion
March 24, 2020, 6:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Let’s add these 2 questions to UDRP complaints
It would avoid a lot of reverse domain name hijacking findings. There are two common things I see in UDRP filings that trip up Complainants and often end in findings of reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH). The Complainant files a UDRP against a doma...
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Let’s add these 2 questions to UDRP complaints
It would avoid a lot of reverse domain name hijacking findings. There are two common things I see in UDRP filings that trip up Complainants and often end in findings of reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH). The Complainant files a UDRP against a doma...
Discussion
March 24, 2020, 3:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
China has 21 of top 50 global sites based on Alexa Rank
China has a large share of the most-trafficked sites on the web. Alexa.com gives you a big picture of the most popular websites in the world. If you go to the Alexa.com/topsites page, you’ll get the top 50 sites — or the top 500 for paid ...
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China has 21 of top 50 global sites based on Alexa Rank
China has a large share of the most-trafficked sites on the web. Alexa.com gives you a big picture of the most popular websites in the world. If you go to the Alexa.com/topsites page, you’ll get the top 50 sites — or the top 500 for paid ...
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March 24, 2020, 1:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
How this Japanese domain became a Chinese domain
This Japanese singer’s nickname has a different meaning in China. My interest in Yuming went back to the days when I was working in Tokyo. Life was stressful at times but Yuming took me to a different world. Yuming (ユーミン) is actually a ...
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How this Japanese domain became a Chinese domain
This Japanese singer’s nickname has a different meaning in China. My interest in Yuming went back to the days when I was working in Tokyo. Life was stressful at times but Yuming took me to a different world. Yuming (ユーミン) is actually a ...
Discussion
March 23, 2020, 5:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Saving your business in this downturn – DNW Podcast #278
Take these steps now to survive the bust. Warren Coughlin, a business coach to entrepreneurs, has been through a lot of downturns. On this week’s show, Warren shares his experience steering a business through the dot-com bust. He has some...
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Saving your business in this downturn – DNW Podcast #278
Take these steps now to survive the bust. Warren Coughlin, a business coach to entrepreneurs, has been through a lot of downturns. On this week’s show, Warren shares his experience steering a business through the dot-com bust. He has some...
Discussion
March 23, 2020, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Oracle registers hundreds of COVID-19 domain names
Company goes crazy with coronavirus domain names. Computer technology company Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) has been on a spending spree the past few days, snapping up hundreds of domain names related to COVID-19. I count about 400 or more domain names registe...
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Oracle registers hundreds of COVID-19 domain names
Company goes crazy with coronavirus domain names. Computer technology company Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) has been on a spending spree the past few days, snapping up hundreds of domain names related to COVID-19. I count about 400 or more domain names registe...
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March 23, 2020, 12:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Taco spat ends in reverse domain name hijacking
Texas Mexican restaurant chain tries to reverse domain name hijack from an Alabama restaurant chain. A Texas chain of taco restaurants has lost a domain name fight with an Alabama Mexican restaurant chain and was found to have engaged in reverse doma...
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Taco spat ends in reverse domain name hijacking
Texas Mexican restaurant chain tries to reverse domain name hijack from an Alabama restaurant chain. A Texas chain of taco restaurants has lost a domain name fight with an Alabama Mexican restaurant chain and was found to have engaged in reverse doma...
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March 20, 2020, 4:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
What’s next for .Org in light of COVID-19
A pandemic throws a new wrinkle in the deal to sell off .org. Public Interest Registry, Ethos Capital and Internet Society have agreed to extend the deadline for ICANN to make a decision on the sale of .org to April 20. They want ICANN to decide by t...
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What’s next for .Org in light of COVID-19
A pandemic throws a new wrinkle in the deal to sell off .org. Public Interest Registry, Ethos Capital and Internet Society have agreed to extend the deadline for ICANN to make a decision on the sale of .org to April 20. They want ICANN to decide by t...
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March 20, 2020, 3:44 pm
