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Fighting a battle against Referral Spam
It’s a real pain without a good solution. I’ve been fighting a battle with referral spam over the past few weeks. Referral spam is when a website sends lots of bogus traffic to your site in order to show up in your site analytics. They ho...
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Fighting a battle against Referral Spam
It’s a real pain without a good solution. I’ve been fighting a battle with referral spam over the past few weeks. Referral spam is when a website sends lots of bogus traffic to your site in order to show up in your site analytics. They ho...
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December 9, 2016, 3:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 notable NameJet sales from last month
From Peb.com to Fidel.com, here are some notable domain name sales on NameJet last month. NameJet sold 164 domain names over $2,000 last month for a total of $725,000. Here are ten sales that stuck out to me. Peb.com $45,000 – I think the buyer...
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10 notable NameJet sales from last month
From Peb.com to Fidel.com, here are some notable domain name sales on NameJet last month. NameJet sold 164 domain names over $2,000 last month for a total of $725,000. Here are ten sales that stuck out to me. Peb.com $45,000 – I think the buyer...
Discussion
December 8, 2016, 5:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts to hold off on Chinese IDNs until it gets MIIT approval
Final dates not set for for Chinese internationalized domain names. Top level domain name company Donuts is currently running sunrise for four Chinese IDN domain names, but it has yet to set general availability dates for the four domains. Some regis...
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Donuts to hold off on Chinese IDNs until it gets MIIT approval
Final dates not set for for Chinese internationalized domain names. Top level domain name company Donuts is currently running sunrise for four Chinese IDN domain names, but it has yet to set general availability dates for the four domains. Some regis...
Discussion
December 8, 2016, 2:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Org non-profit is looking for new members of Board of Directors
Want to be on the board of a non-profit domain name registry? Public Interest Registry (PIR), the non-profit that runs the .org top level domain name and a few related new TLDs, is looking for new members for its Board of Directors. Nominations, incl...
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.Org non-profit is looking for new members of Board of Directors
Want to be on the board of a non-profit domain name registry? Public Interest Registry (PIR), the non-profit that runs the .org top level domain name and a few related new TLDs, is looking for new members for its Board of Directors. Nominations, incl...
Discussion
December 7, 2016, 10:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
16 end user domain buyers, including AIG
AIG among domain name buyers last week. It was a very international week for Sedo, which disclosed 47 country code domain sales over $2,000. That’s more than twice the number of .coms! It was helped a lot by the .AT auction, but that only expla...
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16 end user domain buyers, including AIG
AIG among domain name buyers last week. It was a very international week for Sedo, which disclosed 47 country code domain sales over $2,000. That’s more than twice the number of .coms! It was helped a lot by the .AT auction, but that only expla...
Discussion
December 7, 2016, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Meet the brokers behind TS.com domain name purchase
190.com brokers TS.com domain name acquisition. GoDaddy’s NameFind sold the two letter domain name TS.com recently. While the buyer behind the deal is private, the broker is not. 190.com brokered the deal for TS.com. While the company declined ...
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Meet the brokers behind TS.com domain name purchase
190.com brokers TS.com domain name acquisition. GoDaddy’s NameFind sold the two letter domain name TS.com recently. While the buyer behind the deal is private, the broker is not. 190.com brokered the deal for TS.com. While the company declined ...
Discussion
December 7, 2016, 3:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Who goes to ICANN meetings? Here’s an answer
Meeting in India set a record thanks to over 2,000 first-time attendees from Asia. Last month’s ICANN meeting in Hyderabad, India, set an all-time record for attendance at an ICANN meeting. There were 3,182 people, breaking the previous record ...
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Who goes to ICANN meetings? Here’s an answer
Meeting in India set a record thanks to over 2,000 first-time attendees from Asia. Last month’s ICANN meeting in Hyderabad, India, set an all-time record for attendance at an ICANN meeting. There were 3,182 people, breaking the previous record ...
Discussion
December 7, 2016, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to get the most out of NamesCon
Here are some quick tips to get the most out of NamesCon in Las Vegas next month. It’s hard to believe that NamesCon is taking place next month! The largest domain name industry conference (not including ICANN meetings) typically attracts over ...
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How to get the most out of NamesCon
Here are some quick tips to get the most out of NamesCon in Las Vegas next month. It’s hard to believe that NamesCon is taking place next month! The largest domain name industry conference (not including ICANN meetings) typically attracts over ...
Discussion
December 6, 2016, 8:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sanofi wins case over Ambien domains, but to what end?
20 domains canceled, meaning they can just be used again. Sanofi has won a cybersquatting case against the owner of 20 domain names that have Ambien (Sanofi’s blockbuster sleeping medicine) in them. The owner of the domain names used them to pu...
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Sanofi wins case over Ambien domains, but to what end?
20 domains canceled, meaning they can just be used again. Sanofi has won a cybersquatting case against the owner of 20 domain names that have Ambien (Sanofi’s blockbuster sleeping medicine) in them. The owner of the domain names used them to pu...
Discussion
December 6, 2016, 5:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy is buying NamesCon
World’s largest domain name registrar will own NamesCon after it completes HEG acquisition. The rumors are true–GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) is acquiring Host Europe Group. The US $1.79 billion transaction is expected to close in the second quarte...
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GoDaddy is buying NamesCon
World’s largest domain name registrar will own NamesCon after it completes HEG acquisition. The rumors are true–GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) is acquiring Host Europe Group. The US $1.79 billion transaction is expected to close in the second quarte...
Discussion
December 6, 2016, 2:15 pm
