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Twitter snaps up Posterous domain names on day of acquisition announcement
Company registers two domain names for acquisition but it probably won’t use them. Twitter announced the acquisition of Posterous on Monday, and just to be safe it registered a couple related domain names: TwitterPosterous.com and PosterousTwit...
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Twitter snaps up Posterous domain names on day of acquisition announcement
Company registers two domain names for acquisition but it probably won’t use them. Twitter announced the acquisition of Posterous on Monday, and just to be safe it registered a couple related domain names: TwitterPosterous.com and PosterousTwit...
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March 15, 2012, 9:43 am
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Google to start showing more content and send less traffic to publishers
More data and answers to be displayed directly on Google.com. If you do certain searches on Google related to air travel, currency and measurement conversions, definitions, and the weather, Google will show you the result on top of the search results...
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Google to start showing more content and send less traffic to publishers
More data and answers to be displayed directly on Google.com. If you do certain searches on Google related to air travel, currency and measurement conversions, definitions, and the weather, Google will show you the result on top of the search results...
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March 14, 2012, 10:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Matt Cutts: No, new TLDs will not automatically get a boost over .com in search results
Straight from the horse’s mouth: don’t expect an SEO benefit from your new TLD. Yesterday Adrian Kinderis, CEO of new TLD registry services provider ARI Registry Services, published a piece saying that new top level domains will automatic...
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Matt Cutts: No, new TLDs will not automatically get a boost over .com in search results
Straight from the horse’s mouth: don’t expect an SEO benefit from your new TLD. Yesterday Adrian Kinderis, CEO of new TLD registry services provider ARI Registry Services, published a piece saying that new top level domains will automatic...
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March 14, 2012, 6:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Retargeted ads will boost domain parking revenue
Retargeted ads increase the relevant ad inventory on parked domains. Over the past 6-12 months I’ve notice a sharp increase in the number of Google Adsense ads I see that are retargeted. Instead of being related to the topic of the page I&rsquo...
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Retargeted ads will boost domain parking revenue
Retargeted ads increase the relevant ad inventory on parked domains. Over the past 6-12 months I’ve notice a sharp increase in the number of Google Adsense ads I see that are retargeted. Instead of being related to the topic of the page I&rsquo...
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March 14, 2012, 2:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why you should categorize your domains and an easy way to do it
3x sales? Yes, please. But make it easy on me. Domain sales sites suggest that you categorize the domain names you list on their web sites. Categorizing your domains helps them sell. According to Afternic, the sales velocity of categorized domains is...
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Why you should categorize your domains and an easy way to do it
3x sales? Yes, please. But make it easy on me. Domain sales sites suggest that you categorize the domain names you list on their web sites. Categorizing your domains helps them sell. According to Afternic, the sales velocity of categorized domains is...
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March 14, 2012, 2:02 pm
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What domains Heineken, Shopzilla, and a candidate for the Wisconsin governor’s office bought last week
19 end user domain sales from the past week. From beer to shopping to politics, here are 19 domain sales to end users from the past week. All sales took place at Afternic unless otherwise noted. Heineken bought Sol.com for its Sol beer brand for 98,0...
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What domains Heineken, Shopzilla, and a candidate for the Wisconsin governor’s office bought last week
19 end user domain sales from the past week. From beer to shopping to politics, here are 19 domain sales to end users from the past week. All sales took place at Afternic unless otherwise noted. Heineken bought Sol.com for its Sol beer brand for 98,0...
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March 14, 2012, 9:56 am
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The state of .tel in 2012
It’s still there. Really. .Tel has been quiet, at least in the domainer community, for quite some time. There are a couple good reasons for this: you can’t park .tel domains and no one is getting rich trying to resell them for a profit. T...
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The state of .tel in 2012
It’s still there. Really. .Tel has been quiet, at least in the domainer community, for quite some time. There are a couple good reasons for this: you can’t park .tel domains and no one is getting rich trying to resell them for a profit. T...
Discussion
March 13, 2012, 3:57 pm
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OK, so maybe American Airlines hasn’t decided who to merge with
AMR to merge with U.S. Airways, United, or Delta? Sunday evening I posted about how American Airlines or U.S. Airways registered a bunch of domain names related to a merger with U.S. Airways. Today I have clarity that the company doing the registerin...
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OK, so maybe American Airlines hasn’t decided who to merge with
AMR to merge with U.S. Airways, United, or Delta? Sunday evening I posted about how American Airlines or U.S. Airways registered a bunch of domain names related to a merger with U.S. Airways. Today I have clarity that the company doing the registerin...
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March 13, 2012, 9:14 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN: We’re moving forward with vertical integration
ICANN posts update on vertical integration. ICANN just posted an update (pdf) to the issue of “vertical integration” between registries and registrars. At issue is whether a registry, such as Afilias or VeriSign, can also own a domain reg...
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ICANN: We’re moving forward with vertical integration
ICANN posts update on vertical integration. ICANN just posted an update (pdf) to the issue of “vertical integration” between registries and registrars. At issue is whether a registry, such as Afilias or VeriSign, can also own a domain reg...
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March 13, 2012, 9:02 am
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SXSW 2012: .Co, .Net, new TLDs, and SEO.com
Four connections to domain names at SXSW. SXSW 2012 Interactive kicked off on Thursday in Austin, Texas, with lots of “domain” attractions. .Co – .co was a big sponsor this year, hosting numerous parties and sponsoring panels and gi...
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SXSW 2012: .Co, .Net, new TLDs, and SEO.com
Four connections to domain names at SXSW. SXSW 2012 Interactive kicked off on Thursday in Austin, Texas, with lots of “domain” attractions. .Co – .co was a big sponsor this year, hosting numerous parties and sponsoring panels and gi...
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March 12, 2012, 10:04 am
