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ICANN 51 site shows funny tweet from parody Chehade account
Unfiltered tweet feed on ICANN website pokes fun at .xyz giveways. Like many meetings/conferences, ICANN publishes a tweetstream on its page for each meeting. That includes the site for the upcoming ICANN 51 meeting in Los Angeles, which pulls in all...
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ICANN 51 site shows funny tweet from parody Chehade account
Unfiltered tweet feed on ICANN website pokes fun at .xyz giveways. Like many meetings/conferences, ICANN publishes a tweetstream on its page for each meeting. That includes the site for the upcoming ICANN 51 meeting in Los Angeles, which pulls in all...
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August 7, 2014, 5:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week .Rocks, definitely not a .Fail week
.Rocks is the top TLD of the week. On Tuesday I questioned if this week would be a big .fail for new TLDs, or if it would .Rock. We now have a (relative) answer. Rightside’s .Rocks was the top domain name launch of the week. So, by that definit...
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This week .Rocks, definitely not a .Fail week
.Rocks is the top TLD of the week. On Tuesday I questioned if this week would be a big .fail for new TLDs, or if it would .Rock. We now have a (relative) answer. Rightside’s .Rocks was the top domain name launch of the week. So, by that definit...
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August 7, 2014, 3:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons spends $1M on Christine Jones’ run for governor
Parsons paying for attack ads against former employee’s competition for Governor. GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons is lending a helping hand to his former employee Christine Jones. Jones, who was GoDaddy’s general counsel, is now running for g...
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GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons spends $1M on Christine Jones’ run for governor
Parsons paying for attack ads against former employee’s competition for Governor. GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons is lending a helping hand to his former employee Christine Jones. Jones, who was GoDaddy’s general counsel, is now running for g...
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August 7, 2014, 1:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Picking a baby name based on domain name availability
Site generates list of available domain names for naming a baby. A lot of domain name registrars have pushed out PR in recent years about parents snapping up a domain name for their newborn babies. I have one matching my daughter’s name, and ev...
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Picking a baby name based on domain name availability
Site generates list of available domain names for naming a baby. A lot of domain name registrars have pushed out PR in recent years about parents snapping up a domain name for their newborn babies. I have one matching my daughter’s name, and ev...
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August 7, 2014, 1:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Use HTTPS? Google will give you a bump in search rankings.
Search ranking change should be good news for domain name registrars. Google announced this morning that it’s starting to give extra credit in search results to companies offering websites secured by SSL. That means sites where you see httpS://...
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Use HTTPS? Google will give you a bump in search rankings.
Search ranking change should be good news for domain name registrars. Google announced this morning that it’s starting to give extra credit in search results to companies offering websites secured by SSL. That means sites where you see httpS://...
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August 7, 2014, 1:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
One of my favorite three letter domain names, courtesy of Coke
Coke makes you say Ahh. I took a mini-vacation to San Antonio with my family this week, including a trip to Six Flags. It was there that I was reminded of one of my favorite uses of a three letter domain name: Ahh.com. It’s not the usual use of...
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One of my favorite three letter domain names, courtesy of Coke
Coke makes you say Ahh. I took a mini-vacation to San Antonio with my family this week, including a trip to Six Flags. It was there that I was reminded of one of my favorite uses of a three letter domain name: Ahh.com. It’s not the usual use of...
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August 6, 2014, 5:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
2 very odd UDRP cases claim “technological confusion”
Part of brand is in domain names, but you have to look closely for it. I was rather confused a couple months ago when I saw fashion designer Philipp Plein filed UDRPs against peopleincasinos.com and supportpeopleinneed.org. Both sites featured clothi...
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2 very odd UDRP cases claim “technological confusion”
Part of brand is in domain names, but you have to look closely for it. I was rather confused a couple months ago when I saw fashion designer Philipp Plein filed UDRPs against peopleincasinos.com and supportpeopleinneed.org. Both sites featured clothi...
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August 6, 2014, 2:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
4 subscription domain name services I use
Here are four subscription-based domain name services I use regularly. There are a lot of great subscription-based services for the domain name industry. Here are four that I use on a regular basis. FreshDrop $19.95 per month FreshDrop is my go-to so...
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4 subscription domain name services I use
Here are four subscription-based domain name services I use regularly. There are a lot of great subscription-based services for the domain name industry. Here are four that I use on a regular basis. FreshDrop $19.95 per month FreshDrop is my go-to so...
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August 6, 2014, 2:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Gmail adds IDN support
Google will support non-Latin characters and accented characters. Non-Latin characters will now work with email addresses when using Gmail. Gmail has added support for internationalized domain names in email addresses, in what is certainly big news f...
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Gmail adds IDN support
Google will support non-Latin characters and accented characters. Non-Latin characters will now work with email addresses when using Gmail. Gmail has added support for internationalized domain names in email addresses, in what is certainly big news f...
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August 6, 2014, 1:42 am
Domain Name Wire
Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories in July
ICM Registry, new TLDs, and Sony’s domain name renewal lapse all make the news. The doldrums of summer are beyond us. Here’s a look back at July in the domain name business. 1. .XXX worth more with .Sex in the bag? – ICM Registry, w...
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Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories in July
ICM Registry, new TLDs, and Sony’s domain name renewal lapse all make the news. The doldrums of summer are beyond us. Here’s a look back at July in the domain name business. 1. .XXX worth more with .Sex in the bag? – ICM Registry, w...
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August 5, 2014, 5:25 pm
