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Mrs Jello Gets a Win for Geo Domain Owners
Domainer wins case over geographic domain name brought by petroleum company. What do you do when the name of a place has also been incorporated into a business name? This was the issue in a recent UDRP case involving a Brazilian petroleum company and...
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Mrs Jello Gets a Win for Geo Domain Owners
Domainer wins case over geographic domain name brought by petroleum company. What do you do when the name of a place has also been incorporated into a business name? This was the issue in a recent UDRP case involving a Brazilian petroleum company and...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 2:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Oversee.net and ICA Blast ICANN on Domain Parking Mention in New TLD Guidebook
Equating domain parking with “social costs” should be struck from guidebook, organizations say. Both Oversee.net and Internet Commerce Association have sent strongly worded comments to ICANN regarding a new provision inserted in the lates...
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Oversee.net and ICA Blast ICANN on Domain Parking Mention in New TLD Guidebook
Equating domain parking with “social costs” should be struck from guidebook, organizations say. Both Oversee.net and Internet Commerce Association have sent strongly worded comments to ICANN regarding a new provision inserted in the lates...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 11:22 am
Domain Name Wire
Google Acquires ChromeBook.com and ChromeBooks.com Domain Names
When company acquired domains is unknown; neither domain resolves yet. It appears that Google has purchased the domain names ChromeBook.com and ChromeBooks.comm but for some reason they aren’t using the domains yet for their recently-announced ...
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Google Acquires ChromeBook.com and ChromeBooks.com Domain Names
When company acquired domains is unknown; neither domain resolves yet. It appears that Google has purchased the domain names ChromeBook.com and ChromeBooks.comm but for some reason they aren’t using the domains yet for their recently-announced ...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 10:47 am
Domain Name Wire
.XXX Domain Pricing From $75
One year registrations will likely start at about $75; DomainMonster releases pricing. When .xxx domain names get past the sunrise and landrush period, you can expect general availability pricing to run from about $75 a year, just above the wholesale...
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.XXX Domain Pricing From $75
One year registrations will likely start at about $75; DomainMonster releases pricing. When .xxx domain names get past the sunrise and landrush period, you can expect general availability pricing to run from about $75 a year, just above the wholesale...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 10:24 am
Domain Name Wire
Nooooooooooooooo.com, a Domain You’d Never Type In
A really long domain name but lots of traffic. My wife sent me a link to a funny single use site today, nooooooooooooooo.com. She included the accompanying note: “That’s clearly a domain name you link to. You’d never be able to type...
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Nooooooooooooooo.com, a Domain You’d Never Type In
A really long domain name but lots of traffic. My wife sent me a link to a funny single use site today, nooooooooooooooo.com. She included the accompanying note: “That’s clearly a domain name you link to. You’d never be able to type...
Discussion
May 13, 2011, 12:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to Avoid Go Daddy’s 60 Day Lock for Whois Changes
An explanation of exactly when Go Daddy puts a transfer lock on domains for making a whois change. It seems that every month someone emails me about how GoDaddy places a 60 day lock when you make certain changes to your whois information. The lock pr...
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How to Avoid Go Daddy’s 60 Day Lock for Whois Changes
An explanation of exactly when Go Daddy puts a transfer lock on domains for making a whois change. It seems that every month someone emails me about how GoDaddy places a 60 day lock when you make certain changes to your whois information. The lock pr...
Discussion
May 13, 2011, 10:04 am
Domain Name Wire
Olympics and Red Cross Push for Special Rights with New TLDs
GAC backs move by groups to get names added to reserved names lists for new TLDs. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) continues to pester ICANN about giving it special privileges for new top level domain names, and now the American Red Cross is...
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Olympics and Red Cross Push for Special Rights with New TLDs
GAC backs move by groups to get names added to reserved names lists for new TLDs. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) continues to pester ICANN about giving it special privileges for new top level domain names, and now the American Red Cross is...
Discussion
May 13, 2011, 8:37 am
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Starts Featuring Auctions in Registration Path
More exposure for domains listed on Go Daddy Auctions. Go Daddy has started to show domain names that are listed on its auction platform to users searching for available domain names. For example, if you try to register Branson365.com, you’ll s...
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Go Daddy Starts Featuring Auctions in Registration Path
More exposure for domains listed on Go Daddy Auctions. Go Daddy has started to show domain names that are listed on its auction platform to users searching for available domain names. For example, if you try to register Branson365.com, you’ll s...
Discussion
May 12, 2011, 9:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Priced Domains Can Sell in Go Daddy Auctions, Too
Premium Listings can also sell within Go Daddy Auctions — and at a lower commission. I recently received a sale notice for one of the domains I listed at Go Daddy as a Premium Listing. I assumed it was a standard sale through Go Daddy’s r...
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Priced Domains Can Sell in Go Daddy Auctions, Too
Premium Listings can also sell within Go Daddy Auctions — and at a lower commission. I recently received a sale notice for one of the domains I listed at Go Daddy as a Premium Listing. I assumed it was a standard sale through Go Daddy’s r...
Discussion
May 12, 2011, 2:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows Handicaps the Chances of New TLDs Kicking Off In Singapore
Will the new TLD application process finally get approved next month? For a while it looked assured that the new top level domain name applicant guidebook would get the green light at ICANN’s meeting in Singapore this June. But then Lawrence St...
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Tucows Handicaps the Chances of New TLDs Kicking Off In Singapore
Will the new TLD application process finally get approved next month? For a while it looked assured that the new top level domain name applicant guidebook would get the green light at ICANN’s meeting in Singapore this June. But then Lawrence St...
Discussion
May 12, 2011, 10:19 am
