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Domain Name Wire
Which company is most innovative in selling domains?
Four old names and a new one on this year’s list. Which company is most innovative when it comes to selling domains in the aftermarket? 1,152 people shared their thoughts on this question in Domain Name Wire’s annual survey. In first plac...
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Which company is most innovative in selling domains?
Four old names and a new one on this year’s list. Which company is most innovative when it comes to selling domains in the aftermarket? 1,152 people shared their thoughts on this question in Domain Name Wire’s annual survey. In first plac...
Discussion
February 27, 2012, 12:34 pm

Domain Name Wire
Investment firm files cybersquatting case to take down site that calls it a Ponzi Scheme
Company files cybersquatting lawsuit to get control of inflammatory web site. San Francisco based investment firm New Island Capital has filed an in rem case against NewIslandCapital.com. The company uses the domain name NewIslandCap.com. This should...
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Investment firm files cybersquatting case to take down site that calls it a Ponzi Scheme
Company files cybersquatting lawsuit to get control of inflammatory web site. San Francisco based investment firm New Island Capital has filed an in rem case against NewIslandCapital.com. The company uses the domain name NewIslandCap.com. This should...
Discussion
February 27, 2012, 10:45 am

Domain Name Wire
Domain parking revenue still dropping, less than $10 RPM
That sinking feeling. Domain investors continue to report falling domain parking revenue, and most people report earning less than a $10 RPM. That’s according to greater than 1,000 people who answered the parking survey questions on the 7th Ann...
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Domain parking revenue still dropping, less than $10 RPM
That sinking feeling. Domain investors continue to report falling domain parking revenue, and most people report earning less than a $10 RPM. That’s according to greater than 1,000 people who answered the parking survey questions on the 7th Ann...
Discussion
February 27, 2012, 10:14 am

Domain Name Wire
Domainer awarded $30k after being named in bogus counterfeiting lawsuit
Judge says sanctions warranted against plantiffs and lawyer. Remember domain investor VL Raymer, who found herself wrongly named in an alleged counterfeiting ring of Primp products last year? Well, justice has been served. Apparently the case didn&rs...
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Domainer awarded $30k after being named in bogus counterfeiting lawsuit
Judge says sanctions warranted against plantiffs and lawyer. Remember domain investor VL Raymer, who found herself wrongly named in an alleged counterfeiting ring of Primp products last year? Well, justice has been served. Apparently the case didn&rs...
Discussion
February 26, 2012, 8:46 pm

Domain Name Wire
Four newcomers among Top 10 domain parking companies
Sedo is top parking company, but many newcomers rank in the top 10. Sedo and SedoPro are the top domain name parking companies according to respondents in Domain Name Wire’s 7th annual domain name industry survey. But a lot of new parking compa...
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Four newcomers among Top 10 domain parking companies
Sedo is top parking company, but many newcomers rank in the top 10. Sedo and SedoPro are the top domain name parking companies according to respondents in Domain Name Wire’s 7th annual domain name industry survey. But a lot of new parking compa...
Discussion
February 24, 2012, 11:31 am

Domain Name Wire
Survey: DNForum is top domain forum
DNForum is rated “top domain forum”. DNForum once again finds itself on top of the Domain Name Wire annual survey for “best forum”. 54% of people who voted for a top forum selected DNForum as best, and then there was a big dro...
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Survey: DNForum is top domain forum
DNForum is rated “top domain forum”. DNForum once again finds itself on top of the Domain Name Wire annual survey for “best forum”. 54% of people who voted for a top forum selected DNForum as best, and then there was a big dro...
Discussion
February 24, 2012, 9:09 am

Domain Name Wire
FCM.com, hijacked from owner in phishing attack, returned to owner
UDRP case returns domain to rightful owner. Fermat Capital Management LLC has won a UDRP for the domain name FCM.com, a domain name it used to own. According to the company, in December it fell victim to a phishing attach targeting GoDaddy customers....
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FCM.com, hijacked from owner in phishing attack, returned to owner
UDRP case returns domain to rightful owner. Fermat Capital Management LLC has won a UDRP for the domain name FCM.com, a domain name it used to own. According to the company, in December it fell victim to a phishing attach targeting GoDaddy customers....
Discussion
February 23, 2012, 1:14 pm

Domain Name Wire
Microsoft files patent application for “safe” URL shortening, says no more Rick-Rolling
Safer link clicking. Microsoft has filed a patent application for safer URL shortening, and the patent application actually uses the term “rick-rolling”. The application was filed in 2010 but just published by the U.S. Patent and Trademar...
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Microsoft files patent application for “safe” URL shortening, says no more Rick-Rolling
Safer link clicking. Microsoft has filed a patent application for safer URL shortening, and the patent application actually uses the term “rick-rolling”. The application was filed in 2010 but just published by the U.S. Patent and Trademar...
Discussion
February 23, 2012, 11:29 am

Domain Name Wire
Survey says GoDaddy is top domain registrar
GoDaddy dominant, especially with larger domain registrars. 1,164 people answered the question “Which domain registrar do you think is best overall” on the 7th annual Domain Name Wire survey. But some of these survey takers responded to s...
Discussion
Survey says GoDaddy is top domain registrar
GoDaddy dominant, especially with larger domain registrars. 1,164 people answered the question “Which domain registrar do you think is best overall” on the 7th annual Domain Name Wire survey. But some of these survey takers responded to s...
Discussion
February 23, 2012, 10:35 am

Domain Name Wire
What do people look for in a domain registrar?
Don’t lose my domains, give them to me cheap, and be there to help. We’re going to kick off the results from this year’s Domain Name Wire survey with a look at which factors drive people to select their domain registrar. About 1,500...
Discussion
What do people look for in a domain registrar?
Don’t lose my domains, give them to me cheap, and be there to help. We’re going to kick off the results from this year’s Domain Name Wire survey with a look at which factors drive people to select their domain registrar. About 1,500...
Discussion
February 23, 2012, 10:08 am