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Interesting .CEO comments started by Paul Kedrosky
Last night venture capitalist Paul Kedrosky discovered .CEO and tweeted his thoughts on it to his 275,000 followers: Conversation obviously followed. One person noted: Kedrosky responded “Exactly.” Another comment: To which Kedrosky respo...
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Interesting .CEO comments started by Paul Kedrosky
Last night venture capitalist Paul Kedrosky discovered .CEO and tweeted his thoughts on it to his 275,000 followers: Conversation obviously followed. One person noted: Kedrosky responded “Exactly.” Another comment: To which Kedrosky respo...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 3:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Weekly Expired Domain Report
Domain sales charts — expired or otherwise — make for some strange bedfellows. Any given week presents an orgy of bizarre juxtapositions. What else but the domain market can bring together Bill Cosby and French Marxists? Malaysi...
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Weekly Expired Domain Report
Domain sales charts — expired or otherwise — make for some strange bedfellows. Any given week presents an orgy of bizarre juxtapositions. What else but the domain market can bring together Bill Cosby and French Marxists? Malaysi...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 2:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google and Vint Cert explain the NTIA transition
Simple video explains what’s going on with the U.S. government’s role in the internet. Vint Cerf, the “father of internet” and former Chairman of ICANN, now works for Google. Cerf has narrated a new Google video about the hist...
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Google and Vint Cert explain the NTIA transition
Simple video explains what’s going on with the U.S. government’s role in the internet. Vint Cerf, the “father of internet” and former Chairman of ICANN, now works for Google. Cerf has narrated a new Google video about the hist...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 1:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Neustar reports earnings, and revenue bump from .Co
Revenue was up 8% in the quarter, some of which is attributed to the company’s acquisition of .Co. Neustar reported second quarter earnings after the bell today. Revenue was up 8% and adjusted net income was up 1% compared to the same quarter a...
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Neustar reports earnings, and revenue bump from .Co
Revenue was up 8% in the quarter, some of which is attributed to the company’s acquisition of .Co. Neustar reported second quarter earnings after the bell today. Revenue was up 8% and adjusted net income was up 1% compared to the same quarter a...
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July 23, 2014, 8:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
GreatDomains and SnapNames auctions end tomorrow
Several domain name auctions end tomorrow, including two online-only auctions. The big fireworks may come from the Heritage Auctions domain name auction tomorrow, but there are two other auctions ending as well. Sedo’s monthly GreatDomains auct...
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GreatDomains and SnapNames auctions end tomorrow
Several domain name auctions end tomorrow, including two online-only auctions. The big fireworks may come from the Heritage Auctions domain name auction tomorrow, but there are two other auctions ending as well. Sedo’s monthly GreatDomains auct...
Discussion
July 23, 2014, 7:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Larry Strickling speech to American Enterprise Institute
Speech lays out what’s ahead and why some people are overreacting. Lawrence Strickling, Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), gave a speech to American Enterprise Institute yesterday about the t...
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Larry Strickling speech to American Enterprise Institute
Speech lays out what’s ahead and why some people are overreacting. Lawrence Strickling, Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), gave a speech to American Enterprise Institute yesterday about the t...
Discussion
July 23, 2014, 5:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
An interesting dates question in a UDRP
What if you registered a domain long ago, let it expire, and then registered it again? The date you first registered a domain name is a critical factor in a UDRP. Generally speaking, if your registration predates the complainant’s rights in a t...
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An interesting dates question in a UDRP
What if you registered a domain long ago, let it expire, and then registered it again? The date you first registered a domain name is a critical factor in a UDRP. Generally speaking, if your registration predates the complainant’s rights in a t...
Discussion
July 23, 2014, 1:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Tokyo domain name nears 10,000 registrations
Geo domain has a pretty good first day with nearly 10,000 domain name registrations. .Tokyo launched earlier today and now has 9,598 domain names in the zone file. That means day one adds were near 9,000. This is by far the largest city to launch a n...
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.Tokyo domain name nears 10,000 registrations
Geo domain has a pretty good first day with nearly 10,000 domain name registrations. .Tokyo launched earlier today and now has 9,598 domain names in the zone file. That means day one adds were near 9,000. This is by far the largest city to launch a n...
Discussion
July 23, 2014, 4:22 am
Domain Name Wire
An update on Moniker
I’ve transferred many of my domain names out. I’m working on the rest. It’s been 7 weeks since domain name registrar Moniker switched to a new platform. 7 weeks since Moniker broke. The company has fixed a lot of the problems, even ...
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An update on Moniker
I’ve transferred many of my domain names out. I’m working on the rest. It’s been 7 weeks since domain name registrar Moniker switched to a new platform. 7 weeks since Moniker broke. The company has fixed a lot of the problems, even ...
Discussion
July 22, 2014, 5:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Comparing home appraisals to domain name appraisals
Appraising homes is easy compared to valuing domain names. Texas doesn’t have an income tax. But the state needs revenue from somewhere, and in Texas that “somewhere” is mostly property taxes. Every year I have to pay about 2.4% of ...
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Comparing home appraisals to domain name appraisals
Appraising homes is easy compared to valuing domain names. Texas doesn’t have an income tax. But the state needs revenue from somewhere, and in Texas that “somewhere” is mostly property taxes. Every year I have to pay about 2.4% of ...
Discussion
July 22, 2014, 4:25 pm
