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NamesCon Domain Name Conference Recap – DNW Podcast #018
Listen in at last month’s NamesCon domain name conference. Take a walk on the floor of NamesCon 2015 in Las Vegas in this episode of the Domain Name Wire Podcast. I walk the exhibit floor talking to exhibitors, pop in on a few sessions, and als...
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NamesCon Domain Name Conference Recap – DNW Podcast #018
Listen in at last month’s NamesCon domain name conference. Take a walk on the floor of NamesCon 2015 in Las Vegas in this episode of the Domain Name Wire Podcast. I walk the exhibit floor talking to exhibitors, pop in on a few sessions, and als...
Discussion
February 2, 2015, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Blake Irving on Fox & Friends: Super Bowl ad swap was not planned (and I believe him)
GoDaddy’s CEO discusses this year’s Super Bowl ad controversy. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving was on Fox & Friends this morning talking about the Super Bowl ad controversy. He claims the original ad and changing it was not a publicity stunt...
Discussion
Blake Irving on Fox & Friends: Super Bowl ad swap was not planned (and I believe him)
GoDaddy’s CEO discusses this year’s Super Bowl ad controversy. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving was on Fox & Friends this morning talking about the Super Bowl ad controversy. He claims the original ad and changing it was not a publicity stunt...
Discussion
February 2, 2015, 3:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Watch GoDaddy’s replacement Super Bowl commercial
GoDaddy Super Bowl ad doesn’t show a puppy dog…it shows a small business owner. GoDaddy’s Super Bowl commercial is puppy dog-less, making it seem that the initial Buddy commercial was not intended to be a PR stunt. The real commerc...
Discussion
Watch GoDaddy’s replacement Super Bowl commercial
GoDaddy Super Bowl ad doesn’t show a puppy dog…it shows a small business owner. GoDaddy’s Super Bowl commercial is puppy dog-less, making it seem that the initial Buddy commercial was not intended to be a PR stunt. The real commerc...
Discussion
February 2, 2015, 12:51 am
Domain Name Wire
NameJet Expired Domain Name Review
Joseph Peterson looks back at the past week in expired domain name sales at NameJet. NameJet’s top expired domain sale during the past week was Lucie.com at only $5.6k. Last week, that same domain would have been #7 – far behind the ...
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NameJet Expired Domain Name Review
Joseph Peterson looks back at the past week in expired domain name sales at NameJet. NameJet’s top expired domain sale during the past week was Lucie.com at only $5.6k. Last week, that same domain would have been #7 – far behind the ...
Discussion
January 30, 2015, 2:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Puppy dogs for sale on GoDaddy parody site
Someone is having fun with GoDaddy’s withdrawn commercial…and doing it with GoDaddy services. GoDaddy won’t run its controversial Journey Home commercial during the Super Bowl on Sunday. The ad featured a site called Gabby’s ...
Discussion
Puppy dogs for sale on GoDaddy parody site
Someone is having fun with GoDaddy’s withdrawn commercial…and doing it with GoDaddy services. GoDaddy won’t run its controversial Journey Home commercial during the Super Bowl on Sunday. The ad featured a site called Gabby’s ...
Discussion
January 29, 2015, 9:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
LeadPages is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker
WIPO panel finds that lead generation technology company abused UDRP. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found the company behind LeadPages.net to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a cybersquatting compla...
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LeadPages is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker
WIPO panel finds that lead generation technology company abused UDRP. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found the company behind LeadPages.net to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a cybersquatting compla...
Discussion
January 29, 2015, 7:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
27 End User Domain Name Sales
A weekly run-down of end user domain name sales at Sedo. Sedo’s top reported sale last week was SuperSeats.com, which Michael Berkens sold for a staggering $48,888. With Sedo still in possession of the domain, I can’t confirm my...
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27 End User Domain Name Sales
A weekly run-down of end user domain name sales at Sedo. Sedo’s top reported sale last week was SuperSeats.com, which Michael Berkens sold for a staggering $48,888. With Sedo still in possession of the domain, I can’t confirm my...
Discussion
January 29, 2015, 4:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy’s Super Bowl ad switcheroo: planned or not?
GoDaddy, once again, is getting a lot of press for its Super Bowl ad. How much of it was planned? If you pay for a Super Bowl commercial and no one talks about it before or after the big game, you got ripped off. GoDaddy discovered this many years ag...
Discussion
GoDaddy’s Super Bowl ad switcheroo: planned or not?
GoDaddy, once again, is getting a lot of press for its Super Bowl ad. How much of it was planned? If you pay for a Super Bowl commercial and no one talks about it before or after the big game, you got ripped off. GoDaddy discovered this many years ag...
Discussion
January 29, 2015, 3:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Space wins this week’s new TLD releases
.Space tops in registrations with about 1,700 on first day. When it comes to most registrations, .space appears to have topped the list of this week’s new top level domain name launches. That doesn’t come as a big surprise since it’...
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.Space wins this week’s new TLD releases
.Space tops in registrations with about 1,700 on first day. When it comes to most registrations, .space appears to have topped the list of this week’s new top level domain name launches. That doesn’t come as a big surprise since it’...
Discussion
January 29, 2015, 2:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Owner of Good.com sues business that uses Good.co
Company miffed that consumers may be confused by Good.co vs. Good.com. Good Technology Corporation, a mobility services company that uses the domain name Good.com, has sued (pdf) a career app and social network company using the name Good.co. I suspe...
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Owner of Good.com sues business that uses Good.co
Company miffed that consumers may be confused by Good.co vs. Good.com. Good Technology Corporation, a mobility services company that uses the domain name Good.com, has sued (pdf) a career app and social network company using the name Good.co. I suspe...
Discussion
January 28, 2015, 3:28 pm