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Escrow.com: domain and web site transactions up 21%
Escrow.com sees transaction growth yet again. How’s the domain name market doing? Quite well, thank you very much. I reached out to Brandon Abbey, president of Escrow.com, to find out how business is this year. Abbey says that Escrow.com’...
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Escrow.com: domain and web site transactions up 21%
Escrow.com sees transaction growth yet again. How’s the domain name market doing? Quite well, thank you very much. I reached out to Brandon Abbey, president of Escrow.com, to find out how business is this year. Abbey says that Escrow.com’...
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August 9, 2012, 10:14 am
Domain Name Wire
Amazing! If you search for chicken in a search box, you’ll get chicken related results
Lawyer manipulates parked page links in UDRP. Here’s a fun fact: if you search for “chicken” in the search box of a parked page, you’ll get search results related to chicken. And if you are a complainant basing your allegation...
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Amazing! If you search for chicken in a search box, you’ll get chicken related results
Lawyer manipulates parked page links in UDRP. Here’s a fun fact: if you search for “chicken” in the search box of a parked page, you’ll get search results related to chicken. And if you are a complainant basing your allegation...
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August 9, 2012, 5:25 am
Domain Name Wire
What domains Princeton and others bought this week
Princeton and others make end user domain purchases. Before jumping in to the regular report, Jason Davis brought my attention to a sale that recently closed at GoDaddy. Jobing.com, which owns Recruiting.com, bought Onboarding.com for $20,000. The sa...
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What domains Princeton and others bought this week
Princeton and others make end user domain purchases. Before jumping in to the regular report, Jason Davis brought my attention to a sale that recently closed at GoDaddy. Jobing.com, which owns Recruiting.com, bought Onboarding.com for $20,000. The sa...
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August 8, 2012, 9:50 am
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy sells 32,766 domains led by JustWink.com at $65,000
Go Daddy Auctions sales from July include a big end user sale. Last month Go Daddy sold 32,766 domain names through its Go Daddy Auctions platform. That’s about the same number as it sold in the previous month. The top sale was for JustWink.com...
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Go Daddy sells 32,766 domains led by JustWink.com at $65,000
Go Daddy Auctions sales from July include a big end user sale. Last month Go Daddy sold 32,766 domain names through its Go Daddy Auctions platform. That’s about the same number as it sold in the previous month. The top sale was for JustWink.com...
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August 7, 2012, 7:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wednesday domain news roundup
I’m on vacation for a couple weeks. I’ve got posts queued up for each day, but WordPress often “misses schedule” on posts. Anyhow, I’ll be a little slow on approving comments that get caught in moderation. I’ll als...
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Wednesday domain news roundup
I’m on vacation for a couple weeks. I’ve got posts queued up for each day, but WordPress often “misses schedule” on posts. Anyhow, I’ll be a little slow on approving comments that get caught in moderation. I’ll als...
Discussion
August 7, 2012, 7:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Living Social finally goes after LivingSocal.com, but owner has a good defense
LivingSocal.com — a typo of LivingSocial.com or short for Living SoCal? Last year Living Social started to go after a number of typo domain names through UDRP. I expressed concern about the domain name LivingSocal.com. Unfortunately, I called t...
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Living Social finally goes after LivingSocal.com, but owner has a good defense
LivingSocal.com — a typo of LivingSocial.com or short for Living SoCal? Last year Living Social started to go after a number of typo domain names through UDRP. I expressed concern about the domain name LivingSocal.com. Unfortunately, I called t...
Discussion
August 7, 2012, 6:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why domain parking companies get named on “bad host” lists
Old data leads to parking companies landing on malware lists. Last October Oversee.net was named the “#1 Bad Host” by HostExploit, a group that compiles data about malware and other nefarious things on the web. It’s not the first ti...
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Why domain parking companies get named on “bad host” lists
Old data leads to parking companies landing on malware lists. Last October Oversee.net was named the “#1 Bad Host” by HostExploit, a group that compiles data about malware and other nefarious things on the web. It’s not the first ti...
Discussion
August 7, 2012, 11:31 am
Domain Name Wire
Vikings’ Adrian Peterson fights for adrianpeterson.com
NFL running back chases domain name. A domain name arbitration case for adrianpeterson.com has been filed with National Arbitration Forum. Although National Arbitration Forum doesn’t publish the name of the complainant until a dispute is decide...
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Vikings’ Adrian Peterson fights for adrianpeterson.com
NFL running back chases domain name. A domain name arbitration case for adrianpeterson.com has been filed with National Arbitration Forum. Although National Arbitration Forum doesn’t publish the name of the complainant until a dispute is decide...
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August 6, 2012, 6:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameMedia launches discounted domain marketplace DirectDomains.com
NameMedia tries segmenting the buyer market with new domain sales site. NameMedia has launched a new domain name marketplace dedicated solely to lower cost domains. The marketplace, DirectDomains.com, is targeted to domain name investors. Domain name...
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NameMedia launches discounted domain marketplace DirectDomains.com
NameMedia tries segmenting the buyer market with new domain sales site. NameMedia has launched a new domain name marketplace dedicated solely to lower cost domains. The marketplace, DirectDomains.com, is targeted to domain name investors. Domain name...
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August 6, 2012, 10:13 am
Domain Name Wire
Nat Cohen wins reverse domain name hijacking charge against spa for SHA.com
Spanish spa and wellness center brought UDRP in bad faith. Nat Cohen’s Telepathy has successfully defended the domain name Sha.com from an attack by Albir Hills Resort, S.A., known as SHA Wellness Clinic. The panel also determined that SHA Well...
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Nat Cohen wins reverse domain name hijacking charge against spa for SHA.com
Spanish spa and wellness center brought UDRP in bad faith. Nat Cohen’s Telepathy has successfully defended the domain name Sha.com from an attack by Albir Hills Resort, S.A., known as SHA Wellness Clinic. The panel also determined that SHA Well...
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August 3, 2012, 11:47 am
