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Go Daddy applies for .home and .casa top level domains
Go Daddy applies for .home, .casa, and .godaddy top level domains. Domain name registrar Go Daddy has applied for the .home and .casa top level domains, CEO Warren Adelman disclosed to Domain Name Wire. These two domains are in addition to .GoDaddy. ...
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Go Daddy applies for .home and .casa top level domains
Go Daddy applies for .home, .casa, and .godaddy top level domains. Domain name registrar Go Daddy has applied for the .home and .casa top level domains, CEO Warren Adelman disclosed to Domain Name Wire. These two domains are in addition to .GoDaddy. ...
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May 30, 2012, 8:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web.com formally announces bid for .web
Web.com formally announced .web application. Web.com, parent company of Network Solutions and Register.com, formally announced its bid for the .web top level domain today. Of course, we’ve known about the company’s plans since at least Oc...
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Web.com formally announces bid for .web
Web.com formally announced .web application. Web.com, parent company of Network Solutions and Register.com, formally announced its bid for the .web top level domain today. Of course, we’ve known about the company’s plans since at least Oc...
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May 30, 2012, 5:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
John Berryhill’s Farmville gets bigger with Elk.com victory
Pigs, ants, elephants, and elk. Domain name attorney John Berryhill has an animal fetish. When it comes to UDRPs, anyway. Berryhill has successfully defended Pig.com, Ant.com, and Elephant.com. Now you can add Elk.com to that list. I first wrote abou...
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John Berryhill’s Farmville gets bigger with Elk.com victory
Pigs, ants, elephants, and elk. Domain name attorney John Berryhill has an animal fetish. When it comes to UDRPs, anyway. Berryhill has successfully defended Pig.com, Ant.com, and Elephant.com. Now you can add Elk.com to that list. I first wrote abou...
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May 30, 2012, 4:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Oversee.net’s fifth employee returns to DomainSponsor role
Mike Song, an early Oversee.net employee, has returned to the company as an account manager. Song was hired by the company in 2003 after it launched the DomainSponsor domain parking service. He was the fifth employee of the company. He later held pos...
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Oversee.net’s fifth employee returns to DomainSponsor role
Mike Song, an early Oversee.net employee, has returned to the company as an account manager. Song was hired by the company in 2003 after it launched the DomainSponsor domain parking service. He was the fifth employee of the company. He later held pos...
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May 30, 2012, 4:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domains Taco Bell, Overstock.com, Enterprise, and others bought this week
Big companies make domain name purchases. This past week has been a great one for end user sales. I’ve identified 23 end user sales (there are of course more, but these are the ones that stuck out). There are big name brands in this report, so ...
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What domains Taco Bell, Overstock.com, Enterprise, and others bought this week
Big companies make domain name purchases. This past week has been a great one for end user sales. I’ve identified 23 end user sales (there are of course more, but these are the ones that stuck out). There are big name brands in this report, so ...
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May 30, 2012, 1:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain stocks doing very well this year
Tucows more than doubles and other domain stocks also on a tear. It has been a decent year for the NASDAQ so far. But returns on domain stocks have been exceptional. Consider Tucows (TCX), which opened the year at 75 cents. It has more than doubled t...
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Domain stocks doing very well this year
Tucows more than doubles and other domain stocks also on a tear. It has been a decent year for the NASDAQ so far. But returns on domain stocks have been exceptional. Consider Tucows (TCX), which opened the year at 75 cents. It has more than doubled t...
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May 30, 2012, 10:22 am
Domain Name Wire
Monte Cahn invests in and joins DomainHoldings
Another familiar face turns up at Domain Holdings. Monte Cahn, best known in the domain industry for founding domain registrar Moniker, has invested in Domain Holdings and taken a role with the company. Cahn has joined Domain Holdings as an Executive...
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Monte Cahn invests in and joins DomainHoldings
Another familiar face turns up at Domain Holdings. Monte Cahn, best known in the domain industry for founding domain registrar Moniker, has invested in Domain Holdings and taken a role with the company. Cahn has joined Domain Holdings as an Executive...
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May 30, 2012, 8:12 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN announces new TLD reveal date, digital archery schedule, 500 unfinished applications
Dates are finalized and a lot of applicants have work to do before tomorrow. ICANN just provided a timeline for the new top level domain application process going forward. The “big reveal” date, when ICANN releases the full list of applic...
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ICANN announces new TLD reveal date, digital archery schedule, 500 unfinished applications
Dates are finalized and a lot of applicants have work to do before tomorrow. ICANN just provided a timeline for the new top level domain application process going forward. The “big reveal” date, when ICANN releases the full list of applic...
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May 29, 2012, 9:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
China reopens .cn to individuals, but registrars may be slow to follow
Individuals can now register .cn domains, but domain registrars may still be cautious about offering the domains. After clamping down on .cn domain registrations a few years ago, China is beginning to open up its country code top level domain again. ...
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China reopens .cn to individuals, but registrars may be slow to follow
Individuals can now register .cn domains, but domain registrars may still be cautious about offering the domains. After clamping down on .cn domain registrations a few years ago, China is beginning to open up its country code top level domain again. ...
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May 29, 2012, 1:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
A registrar’s take on law enforcement wish list for domain registrations
Michele Neylon opines about registrar accreditation negotiations. Earlier this month I wrote about what various law enforcement agencies would like you to do before registering a domain. Although well intentioned, the requirements would wreak havoc o...
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A registrar’s take on law enforcement wish list for domain registrations
Michele Neylon opines about registrar accreditation negotiations. Earlier this month I wrote about what various law enforcement agencies would like you to do before registering a domain. Although well intentioned, the requirements would wreak havoc o...
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May 29, 2012, 12:14 pm
