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One household cashes in twice in Verisign Contest
Twice the cash for Florida household. Verisign recently released the second batch of winners in its Internet Official contest. Here are the five that each took home $5,000: KidsCookDinner.com – Kate K, New York NYC SkinnyLA.com – Sarah G ...
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One household cashes in twice in Verisign Contest
Twice the cash for Florida household. Verisign recently released the second batch of winners in its Internet Official contest. Here are the five that each took home $5,000: KidsCookDinner.com – Kate K, New York NYC SkinnyLA.com – Sarah G ...
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May 7, 2015, 2:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s new TLDs (retroactive edition)
Recapping this week’s domain name launches. It’s been a busy week and I missed doing my weekly new top level domain name preview. A number of interesting domain names launched this week, so I’ll recap what came out and how they did....
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This week’s new TLDs (retroactive edition)
Recapping this week’s domain name launches. It’s been a busy week and I missed doing my weekly new top level domain name preview. A number of interesting domain names launched this week, so I’ll recap what came out and how they did....
Discussion
May 7, 2015, 1:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club domain names by the numbers
A view of how .Club domain names are being used one year after the TLD launched. .Club celebrates the first anniversary of its general availability tomorrow. The top level domain name has eclipsed 200,000 domain names, making it one of the most-regis...
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.Club domain names by the numbers
A view of how .Club domain names are being used one year after the TLD launched. .Club celebrates the first anniversary of its general availability tomorrow. The top level domain name has eclipsed 200,000 domain names, making it one of the most-regis...
Discussion
May 6, 2015, 6:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Carly Fiorina jokes about registering SethMeyers.org
Presidential hopeful jokes with comedian about domain names. There’s been quite a bit of mainstream coverage this past week about presidential candidate Carly Fiorina and domain names. The press has said that she forgot to register CarlyFiorina...
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Carly Fiorina jokes about registering SethMeyers.org
Presidential hopeful jokes with comedian about domain names. There’s been quite a bit of mainstream coverage this past week about presidential candidate Carly Fiorina and domain names. The press has said that she forgot to register CarlyFiorina...
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May 6, 2015, 3:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Organizer of “Great Run” events engaged in reverse domain name hijacking
Panel finds that group brought was attempting to reverse domain name hijack GreatRun.com. Nova International Limited, the company that organizes the Great Run series of events, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP...
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Organizer of “Great Run” events engaged in reverse domain name hijacking
Panel finds that group brought was attempting to reverse domain name hijack GreatRun.com. Nova International Limited, the company that organizes the Great Run series of events, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP...
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May 6, 2015, 3:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
20 End User Domain Name Sales
Startups, real estate agents and others buy domain name at Sedo. One thing that’s interesting about watching the domain name aftermarket is seeing sales for startups that haven’t launched yet. Consider this week’s sale of LegalRobot...
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20 End User Domain Name Sales
Startups, real estate agents and others buy domain name at Sedo. One thing that’s interesting about watching the domain name aftermarket is seeing sales for startups that haven’t launched yet. Consider this week’s sale of LegalRobot...
Discussion
May 6, 2015, 1:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Which new TLDs I’m renewing (and not)
I’ve renewed most of my new TLDs so far, but that might change. New top level domain names have been out for over a year now, and that means those of us who registered them are facing renewal decisions. We already know early renewal results, at...
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Which new TLDs I’m renewing (and not)
I’ve renewed most of my new TLDs so far, but that might change. New top level domain names have been out for over a year now, and that means those of us who registered them are facing renewal decisions. We already know early renewal results, at...
Discussion
May 5, 2015, 6:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign wants patent for “Searchable Web Whois”
Company files patent application for improved whois searching across multiple registries. Verisign has filed a patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a “searchable web whois”. The application was filed in 2012 and just publi...
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Verisign wants patent for “Searchable Web Whois”
Company files patent application for improved whois searching across multiple registries. Verisign has filed a patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a “searchable web whois”. The application was filed in 2012 and just publi...
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May 5, 2015, 3:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com domain name winners and losers
eNom and Uniregistry do well on transfers, GoDaddy and eNom lead in new registrations. ICANN just published the most recent .com transactions report, reflecting registrar results for .com from January. There were no major outliers from January in ter...
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.Com domain name winners and losers
eNom and Uniregistry do well on transfers, GoDaddy and eNom lead in new registrations. ICANN just published the most recent .com transactions report, reflecting registrar results for .com from January. There were no major outliers from January in ter...
Discussion
May 5, 2015, 1:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
People wasting money on Princess Charlotte Domain Names
I’m not sure why people are wasting money on these domain names. People register domain names whenever a celebrity baby is born, and the news of the latest British royal baby is Princess Charlotte is no exception. So far today, about 100 Charlo...
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People wasting money on Princess Charlotte Domain Names
I’m not sure why people are wasting money on these domain names. People register domain names whenever a celebrity baby is born, and the news of the latest British royal baby is Princess Charlotte is no exception. So far today, about 100 Charlo...
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May 4, 2015, 5:52 pm
