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ICANN Investigates United Domains’ Pre-Registration of New TLDs
Domain registrar upsets group about its plans for .lac TLD. There are a number of web sites accepting “pre-registrations” for new top level domain names. Since no one can apply for these new TLDs yet, it’s all speculative on the par...
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ICANN Investigates United Domains’ Pre-Registration of New TLDs
Domain registrar upsets group about its plans for .lac TLD. There are a number of web sites accepting “pre-registrations” for new top level domain names. Since no one can apply for these new TLDs yet, it’s all speculative on the par...
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April 29, 2011, 3:38 am
Domain Name Wire
Doh! Miami Blog Confused by Moniker Privacy Services, Connects it to Child Porn
Blogger doesn’t understand what Moniker Privacy Services is — and suggests the company is profiting off of child porn. I’ve said many times that offering whois privacy or proxy services isn’t free. Here’s another example...
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Doh! Miami Blog Confused by Moniker Privacy Services, Connects it to Child Porn
Blogger doesn’t understand what Moniker Privacy Services is — and suggests the company is profiting off of child porn. I’ve said many times that offering whois privacy or proxy services isn’t free. Here’s another example...
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April 27, 2011, 12:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
The Real Story Behind the $700,000 RunningShoes.com Sale
The ups, downs, and persistence of acquiring RunningShoes.com. Some domain name purchases are easy. Others are a series of ups and downs and lengthy negotiations. The latter describes Chesterfield, Mo-based Cat5 Commerce’s purchase of RunningSh...
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The Real Story Behind the $700,000 RunningShoes.com Sale
The ups, downs, and persistence of acquiring RunningShoes.com. Some domain name purchases are easy. Others are a series of ups and downs and lengthy negotiations. The latter describes Chesterfield, Mo-based Cat5 Commerce’s purchase of RunningSh...
Discussion
April 27, 2011, 10:40 am
Domain Name Wire
First Tequila.co, Now Vodka.co Sells for Five Figures
Second premium liquor keyword in .co sells in as many weeks. Sedo has brokered the sale of Vodka.com for $10,000 to the same person who bought Tequila.co for $14,500 just a week ago. Of course Vodka.com was one of the most expensive domain names ever...
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First Tequila.co, Now Vodka.co Sells for Five Figures
Second premium liquor keyword in .co sells in as many weeks. Sedo has brokered the sale of Vodka.com for $10,000 to the same person who bought Tequila.co for $14,500 just a week ago. Of course Vodka.com was one of the most expensive domain names ever...
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April 27, 2011, 9:53 am
Domain Name Wire
Panabee Helps Brainstorm Domain Names – But User Beware
Panabee is a good domain name generator but users should beware that some suggestions are bad ideas. There are a lot of domain name and brand name generators on the web but most of them stink. So it was refreshing to come across Panabee.com today. En...
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Panabee Helps Brainstorm Domain Names – But User Beware
Panabee is a good domain name generator but users should beware that some suggestions are bad ideas. There are a lot of domain name and brand name generators on the web but most of them stink. So it was refreshing to come across Panabee.com today. En...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 10:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Did Fiverr.com Just Upgrade Its Domain Name to Fiver.com for $70k?
Domain broker sells Fiver.com for $70,000. Fiverr.com — a site where people offer to do a bunch of different things for $5 each — may have just upgraded its domain name for 14,000 $5 bills. The popular site has a cool idea but a bad domai...
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Did Fiverr.com Just Upgrade Its Domain Name to Fiver.com for $70k?
Domain broker sells Fiver.com for $70,000. Fiverr.com — a site where people offer to do a bunch of different things for $5 each — may have just upgraded its domain name for 14,000 $5 bills. The popular site has a cool idea but a bad domai...
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April 26, 2011, 5:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Facebook Deals Launches Sans Domain Name
Facebook gets its deals on, but without FacebookDeals.com. Facebook formally launched its new deals offering today in five test cities (including my home town of Austin, Texas.) Here’s what I see when I go to Facebook.com/deals: One thing the s...
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Facebook Deals Launches Sans Domain Name
Facebook gets its deals on, but without FacebookDeals.com. Facebook formally launched its new deals offering today in five test cities (including my home town of Austin, Texas.) Here’s what I see when I go to Facebook.com/deals: One thing the s...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 4:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameMedia Sued. It’s a Cost of Doing Business.
Company mad about having to pay for domain name. Files a lawsuit instead. NameMedia — the company behind BuyDomains and Afternic — has been sued by a small business that’s upset it needs to pay to get the domain name it wants. New W...
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NameMedia Sued. It’s a Cost of Doing Business.
Company mad about having to pay for domain name. Files a lawsuit instead. NameMedia — the company behind BuyDomains and Afternic — has been sued by a small business that’s upset it needs to pay to get the domain name it wants. New W...
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April 26, 2011, 2:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Live Current Media Shrinks to 143 Shareholders
Company files statement with SEC. I haven’t seen many SEC filings from Live Current Media in a while, so I went poking around yesterday to figure out what’s going on. That’s when I came across this SEC filing that shows that Live Cu...
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Live Current Media Shrinks to 143 Shareholders
Company files statement with SEC. I haven’t seen many SEC filings from Live Current Media in a while, so I went poking around yesterday to figure out what’s going on. That’s when I came across this SEC filing that shows that Live Cu...
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April 26, 2011, 12:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
It’s Time for a Goldilocks Rethink of the Mega Content Hub
Small sites and big sites both have drawbacks for search traffic. It’s been a rough couple months for web publishers with massive content libraries. Google’s “Panda” update put a huge dent in these sites’ traffic metrics...
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It’s Time for a Goldilocks Rethink of the Mega Content Hub
Small sites and big sites both have drawbacks for search traffic. It’s been a rough couple months for web publishers with massive content libraries. Google’s “Panda” update put a huge dent in these sites’ traffic metrics...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 12:09 pm
