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How Donald Trump’s Facebook ads are like a crash course in internet marketing
Trump’s Facebook ads use common internet marketing tactics. Whoever is running Donald Trump’s donation campaigns on Facebook is using a lot of the most common internet marketing tricks. It’s a good lesson in Facebook ads that work, ...
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How Donald Trump’s Facebook ads are like a crash course in internet marketing
Trump’s Facebook ads use common internet marketing tactics. Whoever is running Donald Trump’s donation campaigns on Facebook is using a lot of the most common internet marketing tricks. It’s a good lesson in Facebook ads that work, ...
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September 12, 2016, 2:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Payoneer jumps into domain name escrow business
Global payments company begins catering to the domain name industry. Global payments company Payoneer is getting into the domain name escrow business with the help of former Escrow.com president Brandon Abbey. Payoneer is a large payments company tha...
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Payoneer jumps into domain name escrow business
Global payments company begins catering to the domain name industry. Global payments company Payoneer is getting into the domain name escrow business with the help of former Escrow.com president Brandon Abbey. Payoneer is a large payments company tha...
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September 12, 2016, 12:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside is releasing 2-character domains. Here’s what you need to know.
Short domain names hit the market next week. Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) is releasing over 25,000 two-character domain names next week that were previously reserved. The company is modeling the release on what Donuts did in September 2015. Most notably, ...
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Rightside is releasing 2-character domains. Here’s what you need to know.
Short domain names hit the market next week. Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) is releasing over 25,000 two-character domain names next week that were previously reserved. The company is modeling the release on what Donuts did in September 2015. Most notably, ...
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September 9, 2016, 6:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
100 podcasts later…
Help me make the DNW Podcast even better. 100 weeks ago I published the first Domain Name Wire Podcast with Ray King as my guinea pig. This week I published the 100th weekly edition of the Domain Name Wire Podcast. I’ve learned a lot about podc...
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100 podcasts later…
Help me make the DNW Podcast even better. 100 weeks ago I published the first Domain Name Wire Podcast with Ray King as my guinea pig. This week I published the 100th weekly edition of the Domain Name Wire Podcast. I’ve learned a lot about podc...
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September 9, 2016, 2:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy files patent app for Flare and social network
Does GoDaddy have bigger ambitions for Flare-like functionality? GoDaddy has filed a patent application covering various aspects of its Flare app, and the application suggests more features might be planned for the future. “System and Method fo...
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GoDaddy files patent app for Flare and social network
Does GoDaddy have bigger ambitions for Flare-like functionality? GoDaddy has filed a patent application covering various aspects of its Flare app, and the application suggests more features might be planned for the future. “System and Method fo...
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September 8, 2016, 6:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Video: Ted Cruz spreads internet FUD all over the Senate floor
Cruz gives speech urging congress to nix upcoming IANA functions transition. Senator Ted Cruz just gave a speech in the Senate proposing adding an appropriations rider to the upcoming continuing resolution in an effort to halt the IANA transition. He...
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Video: Ted Cruz spreads internet FUD all over the Senate floor
Cruz gives speech urging congress to nix upcoming IANA functions transition. Senator Ted Cruz just gave a speech in the Senate proposing adding an appropriations rider to the upcoming continuing resolution in an effort to halt the IANA transition. He...
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September 8, 2016, 5:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
IANA transition from U.S. government could ride on a rider
Senator suggests appropriations ride as a way to stop transition. Will the transition of the U.S. government’s oversight of IANA internet functions end this month as planned? Or will it be delayed? It could ride on a rider. Senator Ted Cruz has...
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IANA transition from U.S. government could ride on a rider
Senator suggests appropriations ride as a way to stop transition. Will the transition of the U.S. government’s oversight of IANA internet functions end this month as planned? Or will it be delayed? It could ride on a rider. Senator Ted Cruz has...
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September 8, 2016, 2:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Gleissner gets a UDRP win…as the respondent
Finding himself on the defense will help respondents in his own UDRPs. Michael Gleissner’s companies’ failed attempts to acquire domain names through UDRP are well-documented. Yet he recently found himself on the opposite side of the tabl...
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Gleissner gets a UDRP win…as the respondent
Finding himself on the defense will help respondents in his own UDRPs. Michael Gleissner’s companies’ failed attempts to acquire domain names through UDRP are well-documented. Yet he recently found himself on the opposite side of the tabl...
Discussion
September 8, 2016, 1:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
August’s Top 5 stories on Domain Name Wire
Here’s what happened in the domain name business last month. Labor Day, the unofficial end of summer, has passed. I’m thrilled. Not only is summer at times unbearable in Austin, but people take a break from the web in the summer, too. The...
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August’s Top 5 stories on Domain Name Wire
Here’s what happened in the domain name business last month. Labor Day, the unofficial end of summer, has passed. I’m thrilled. Not only is summer at times unbearable in Austin, but people take a break from the web in the summer, too. The...
Discussion
September 7, 2016, 6:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Muscovitch and Chapman join ICA Board
Domainer advocacy group bolsters board. Internet Commerce Association (ICA), a group that advocates for domain name investors, has appointed two new members to its board. Zak Muscovitch and Jay Chapman have been appointed to the board joining Nat Coh...
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Muscovitch and Chapman join ICA Board
Domainer advocacy group bolsters board. Internet Commerce Association (ICA), a group that advocates for domain name investors, has appointed two new members to its board. Zak Muscovitch and Jay Chapman have been appointed to the board joining Nat Coh...
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September 7, 2016, 5:00 pm