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.PersianGulf survives community objection from those who favor Arabian Gulf name
You say Persian. I say Arabian. Let’s call the whole thing off. The Gulf Cooperation Council has lost a community objection it brought against the applicant for the .persiangulf top level domain name. This case (pdf) was one of the more interes...
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.PersianGulf survives community objection from those who favor Arabian Gulf name
You say Persian. I say Arabian. Let’s call the whole thing off. The Gulf Cooperation Council has lost a community objection it brought against the applicant for the .persiangulf top level domain name. This case (pdf) was one of the more interes...
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November 1, 2013, 5:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
First new top level domain name sunrise begins?
According to the Trademark Clearinghouse, the first sunrise has begun. The sunrise period for شبكة. (shabaka) has begun…sort of. According to the official Trademark Clearinghouse sunrise page, the sunrise period for this domain name began ...
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First new top level domain name sunrise begins?
According to the Trademark Clearinghouse, the first sunrise has begun. The sunrise period for شبكة. (shabaka) has begun…sort of. According to the official Trademark Clearinghouse sunrise page, the sunrise period for this domain name began ...
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November 1, 2013, 2:58 pm
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True Religion jeans company sues to get TrueReligion.com
Last month I wrote about how jeans company True Religion lost a domain name arbitration case with the owner of TrueReligion.com. The owner of TrueReligion.com registered the domain name in 1998, many years before the jeans company came into existence...
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True Religion jeans company sues to get TrueReligion.com
Last month I wrote about how jeans company True Religion lost a domain name arbitration case with the owner of TrueReligion.com. The owner of TrueReligion.com registered the domain name in 1998, many years before the jeans company came into existence...
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November 1, 2013, 1:59 pm
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DL.com sells for $210,689, Twitter stock symbol domain doesn’t sell
Two letter domain sells for big bucks, but three letter domain and Tweeter brands fail to sell. A domain name and intellectual property auction held by Hilco Streambank has concluded with a big two letter domain name sale. Bidding for DL.com ended at...
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DL.com sells for $210,689, Twitter stock symbol domain doesn’t sell
Two letter domain sells for big bucks, but three letter domain and Tweeter brands fail to sell. A domain name and intellectual property auction held by Hilco Streambank has concluded with a big two letter domain name sale. Bidding for DL.com ended at...
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October 31, 2013, 9:19 pm
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ING Direct Canada to become Tangerine? They bought Tangerine.com for $100k.
Odds are that ING Direct Canada will soon by called Tangerine. David and Michael Castello recently sold Tangerine.com for $100,000, as reported on DNJournal this week. The buyer? ING Direct Canada. George Kirikos, a Canadian domain name investor, jus...
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ING Direct Canada to become Tangerine? They bought Tangerine.com for $100k.
Odds are that ING Direct Canada will soon by called Tangerine. David and Michael Castello recently sold Tangerine.com for $100,000, as reported on DNJournal this week. The buyer? ING Direct Canada. George Kirikos, a Canadian domain name investor, jus...
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October 31, 2013, 5:01 pm
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GoDaddy to run two Super Bowl commercials, sans sexual innuendo
Company will continue to advertise in Super Bowl but take a different tact. GoDaddy has announced that it will run Super Bowl ads for the tenth year in a row. The company will again have two 30 second ad spots in the 2014 Super Bowl. One of them will...
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GoDaddy to run two Super Bowl commercials, sans sexual innuendo
Company will continue to advertise in Super Bowl but take a different tact. GoDaddy has announced that it will run Super Bowl ads for the tenth year in a row. The company will again have two 30 second ad spots in the 2014 Super Bowl. One of them will...
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October 31, 2013, 1:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy to run two Super Bowl commercials, sans sexual innuendo
Company will continue to advertise in Super Bowl but take a different tact. GoDaddy has announced that it will run Super Bowl ads for the tenth year in a row. The company will again have two 30 second ad spots in the 2014 Super Bowl. One of them will...
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GoDaddy to run two Super Bowl commercials, sans sexual innuendo
Company will continue to advertise in Super Bowl but take a different tact. GoDaddy has announced that it will run Super Bowl ads for the tenth year in a row. The company will again have two 30 second ad spots in the 2014 Super Bowl. One of them will...
Discussion
October 31, 2013, 1:26 pm
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Famous Four issues statement about .Sport decision
Famous Four questions panelists decision in .sport community objection. In case you haven’t heard yet, SportAccord won a community objection against Famous Four Media’s application for the .sport top level domain name. It was a surprising...
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Famous Four issues statement about .Sport decision
Famous Four questions panelists decision in .sport community objection. In case you haven’t heard yet, SportAccord won a community objection against Famous Four Media’s application for the .sport top level domain name. It was a surprising...
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October 31, 2013, 12:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy sends out its first big email blast about new TLDs
Registrar invites customers to follow their favorite top level domains. GoDaddy has featured new top level domain names on its website for a while now. But it appears the company just sent out its first big email promotion to inform its customer base...
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GoDaddy sends out its first big email blast about new TLDs
Registrar invites customers to follow their favorite top level domains. GoDaddy has featured new top level domain names on its website for a while now. But it appears the company just sent out its first big email promotion to inform its customer base...
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October 30, 2013, 9:55 pm
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Google makes it easier to recover from site hacks
Updates make it easier to pinpoint hacks and recover from them. Google released improvements to its Webmaster console today that will make it easier to recover from a site hack. As someone who has had his site hacked before, I can attest that it is a...
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Google makes it easier to recover from site hacks
Updates make it easier to pinpoint hacks and recover from them. Google released improvements to its Webmaster console today that will make it easier to recover from a site hack. As someone who has had his site hacked before, I can attest that it is a...
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October 30, 2013, 8:50 pm
