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GoDaddy.com Goes Down for “Several Hours” Last Night
Domain name registrar’s web site goes down. [Updated story to reflect timeline as last night, not this morning.] Customers trying to register new domain names or manage their accounts at GoDaddy.com last night hit a snag: the home page wasn&rsq...
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GoDaddy.com Goes Down for “Several Hours” Last Night
Domain name registrar’s web site goes down. [Updated story to reflect timeline as last night, not this morning.] Customers trying to register new domain names or manage their accounts at GoDaddy.com last night hit a snag: the home page wasn&rsq...
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June 14, 2011, 10:05 am
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Triples Auction Fees to 15%
Auction fees go up as domains get more exposure. Go Daddy Auctions has increased its sales commission three-fold from 5% to 15%. This change was noticed by Hybrid Domainer earlier today. The auction price increase makes sense given that auction listi...
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Go Daddy Triples Auction Fees to 15%
Auction fees go up as domains get more exposure. Go Daddy Auctions has increased its sales commission three-fold from 5% to 15%. This change was noticed by Hybrid Domainer earlier today. The auction price increase makes sense given that auction listi...
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June 13, 2011, 9:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
3M Sues Whois Privacy Services and Web Hosts Over Gambling Domains
Company names major domain companies in basket of defendants for cybersquatting. 3M has filed a lawsuit against a who’s who of domain name whois privacy services, registrars, and web hosts, along with numerous John Does. The conglomerate allege...
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3M Sues Whois Privacy Services and Web Hosts Over Gambling Domains
Company names major domain companies in basket of defendants for cybersquatting. 3M has filed a lawsuit against a who’s who of domain name whois privacy services, registrars, and web hosts, along with numerous John Does. The conglomerate allege...
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June 13, 2011, 6:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
DOMAINfest Changes NYC Show Format to Meetup, Nixes Las Vegas
New York show changed to a meetup and Las Vegas show canceled. Oversee.net has made some changes to its remaining DOMAINfest shows for 2011. First, the New York show planned for August will now be an evening meetup instead of a one day “Power N...
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DOMAINfest Changes NYC Show Format to Meetup, Nixes Las Vegas
New York show changed to a meetup and Las Vegas show canceled. Oversee.net has made some changes to its remaining DOMAINfest shows for 2011. First, the New York show planned for August will now be an evening meetup instead of a one day “Power N...
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June 13, 2011, 2:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows Wins Another UDRP, What Was Greenberg Traurig Thinking?
Lawyer makes some really bad accusations. Tucows has won another domain name that is part of its “Personal Names Service”. Tucows acquired the domain name Primm.com when it bought Mailbank (NetIdentity) in 2006. NetIdentity registered the...
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Tucows Wins Another UDRP, What Was Greenberg Traurig Thinking?
Lawyer makes some really bad accusations. Tucows has won another domain name that is part of its “Personal Names Service”. Tucows acquired the domain name Primm.com when it bought Mailbank (NetIdentity) in 2006. NetIdentity registered the...
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June 13, 2011, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
6 UDRP Cases to Watch
6 notable UDRP filings this month. Here are a half dozen UDRP cases filed this month to keep an eye on for various reasons. ChrisFarley.com – I’m guessing it is the estate of the late comedian that filed this case. Twiter.com – Twit...
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6 UDRP Cases to Watch
6 notable UDRP filings this month. Here are a half dozen UDRP cases filed this month to keep an eye on for various reasons. ChrisFarley.com – I’m guessing it is the estate of the late comedian that filed this case. Twiter.com – Twit...
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June 13, 2011, 10:50 am
Domain Name Wire
Epik Releases Upgrade to Its Product Portals
Site creation tool releases improvements geared to more content. Epik has released an upgrade to its product sites dubbed Product Portals 3.0. The latest version is designed to offer more content on product sites, which is of course critical to searc...
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Epik Releases Upgrade to Its Product Portals
Site creation tool releases improvements geared to more content. Epik has released an upgrade to its product sites dubbed Product Portals 3.0. The latest version is designed to offer more content on product sites, which is of course critical to searc...
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June 13, 2011, 10:22 am
Domain Name Wire
Cricket.com Changes Web Site After Lawsuit
Site no longer shows ads related to mobile phones. Cricket.com owner Global Cricket Ventures hasn’t formally responded to Cricket Communications’ lawsuit over the domain name Cricket.com — at least in court. But it has drastically c...
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Cricket.com Changes Web Site After Lawsuit
Site no longer shows ads related to mobile phones. Cricket.com owner Global Cricket Ventures hasn’t formally responded to Cricket Communications’ lawsuit over the domain name Cricket.com — at least in court. But it has drastically c...
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June 12, 2011, 9:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Gary Chernoff Sells AdNet.com for $60,000
Chernoff strikes again. Gary Chernoff has made another big domain name sale with AdNet.com for $60,000. The updated whois information shows that RevNet bought the domain name. RevNet bills its business as the “Worlds 1st On-Demand Data Monetiza...
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Gary Chernoff Sells AdNet.com for $60,000
Chernoff strikes again. Gary Chernoff has made another big domain name sale with AdNet.com for $60,000. The updated whois information shows that RevNet bought the domain name. RevNet bills its business as the “Worlds 1st On-Demand Data Monetiza...
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June 11, 2011, 9:36 am
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy To Sell .XXX Domain Names
.XXX domain names coming soon to Go Daddy. In a major win for ICM Registry, Go Daddy announced today that it will offer .xxx domain names to its customers. From the press release: “We’ve said from the beginning … when it comes to d...
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Go Daddy To Sell .XXX Domain Names
.XXX domain names coming soon to Go Daddy. In a major win for ICM Registry, Go Daddy announced today that it will offer .xxx domain names to its customers. From the press release: “We’ve said from the beginning … when it comes to d...
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June 10, 2011, 3:08 pm
