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2012 Impact Stories: changing of the guard at Go Daddy
Major changes at the top of the world’s largest domain name registrar. In late 2011 Go Daddy closed on an investment from KKR, Silver Lake, and Technology Crossover Ventures. We all knew changes would result, but how they manifested themselves ...
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2012 Impact Stories: changing of the guard at Go Daddy
Major changes at the top of the world’s largest domain name registrar. In late 2011 Go Daddy closed on an investment from KKR, Silver Lake, and Technology Crossover Ventures. We all knew changes would result, but how they manifested themselves ...
Discussion
December 18, 2012, 12:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lowlife losers try to profit from Sandy Hook domain names
How do you describe someone who tries to profit off the massacre of twenty children? It’s a fact. People register domains related to big news stories. They sometimes park them and sometimes try to sell them. For example, Clint Eastwood’s ...
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Lowlife losers try to profit from Sandy Hook domain names
How do you describe someone who tries to profit off the massacre of twenty children? It’s a fact. People register domains related to big news stories. They sometimes park them and sometimes try to sell them. For example, Clint Eastwood’s ...
Discussion
December 18, 2012, 11:41 am
Domain Name Wire
Why Swiss International Airlines withdrew its .swiss application
Faced with government approval, airline gives up fight for .swiss. While it should come as no surprise, here’s an official response to Domain Name Wire’s inquiry to why Swiss International Airlines withdrew its top level domain applicatio...
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Why Swiss International Airlines withdrew its .swiss application
Faced with government approval, airline gives up fight for .swiss. While it should come as no surprise, here’s an official response to Domain Name Wire’s inquiry to why Swiss International Airlines withdrew its top level domain applicatio...
Discussion
December 18, 2012, 9:58 am
Domain Name Wire
.Green gets edge on .eco in new TLD priority draw
.Green draws are better overall, but that doesn’t mean it will come to market first. When ICANN planned “digital archery” to determine the order in which it would review top level domain applications, there was a benefit to applying...
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.Green gets edge on .eco in new TLD priority draw
.Green draws are better overall, but that doesn’t mean it will come to market first. When ICANN planned “digital archery” to determine the order in which it would review top level domain applications, there was a benefit to applying...
Discussion
December 18, 2012, 9:40 am
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy hirings show acquisitions, product development taking priority
New CEO and executives point to a company growing by acquisition and new products. Last week Go Daddy announced that Blake Irving, former Chief Product Officer at Yahoo, will take over as its CEO next year. Now the company has made two more hires, an...
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Go Daddy hirings show acquisitions, product development taking priority
New CEO and executives point to a company growing by acquisition and new products. Last week Go Daddy announced that Blake Irving, former Chief Product Officer at Yahoo, will take over as its CEO next year. Now the company has made two more hires, an...
Discussion
December 17, 2012, 10:44 am
Domain Name Wire
Stirring up a beehive: the most egregious UDRP of 2012?
Perhaps the worst UDRP filing of 2012. A single member World Intellectual Property Organization UDRP panel has handed down a ruling in favor of the current owner of Beehive.com. In doing so, panelist Richard W. Page got the decision right. But he als...
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Stirring up a beehive: the most egregious UDRP of 2012?
Perhaps the worst UDRP filing of 2012. A single member World Intellectual Property Organization UDRP panel has handed down a ruling in favor of the current owner of Beehive.com. In doing so, panelist Richard W. Page got the decision right. But he als...
Discussion
December 17, 2012, 9:54 am
Domain Name Wire
LiveOne Group loses second UDRP claim in as many months
Company goes after domain name registered before its brand even existed. Let’s hope that LiveOne Group, a streaming media company, merely got some bad legal advice on this one. It just lost a UDRP for LiveOne.com. The current registrant picked ...
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LiveOne Group loses second UDRP claim in as many months
Company goes after domain name registered before its brand even existed. Let’s hope that LiveOne Group, a streaming media company, merely got some bad legal advice on this one. It just lost a UDRP for LiveOne.com. The current registrant picked ...
Discussion
December 14, 2012, 5:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
2012 Impact Stories: Frank Schilling becomes a service provider
Schilling shakes up domain parking — and that’s not all he wants to do. Last year domain name investor Frank Schilling signed a domain parking contract with Google and opened up a new domain parking company, Internet Traffic. The service ...
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2012 Impact Stories: Frank Schilling becomes a service provider
Schilling shakes up domain parking — and that’s not all he wants to do. Last year domain name investor Frank Schilling signed a domain parking contract with Google and opened up a new domain parking company, Internet Traffic. The service ...
Discussion
December 14, 2012, 9:47 am
Domain Name Wire
Marchex end user sales report, part 3
A belated look at more of Marchex’ end user domain sales. Last month I created a three part series about Marchex’ end user domain sales. I was on the road in NYC and scheduled the third part to publish on November 7. But, as WordPress oft...
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Marchex end user sales report, part 3
A belated look at more of Marchex’ end user domain sales. Last month I created a three part series about Marchex’ end user domain sales. I was on the road in NYC and scheduled the third part to publish on November 7. But, as WordPress oft...
Discussion
December 13, 2012, 3:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why domain marketplaces deserve 20% (and if you disagree, no one forces you to use them)
If you don’t think domain marketplaces deserve their commission, you’re welcome to move your business elsewhere. Whenever I write about the two big domain marketplaces, Afternic and Sedo, someone inevitably gripes about the 15% to 20% com...
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Why domain marketplaces deserve 20% (and if you disagree, no one forces you to use them)
If you don’t think domain marketplaces deserve their commission, you’re welcome to move your business elsewhere. Whenever I write about the two big domain marketplaces, Afternic and Sedo, someone inevitably gripes about the 15% to 20% com...
Discussion
December 13, 2012, 10:02 am
