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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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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

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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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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

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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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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

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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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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

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Did Google Buy Wallet.com?
Domain name changes hands; Google is a possible buyer. Did Google buy the domain name Wallet.com for its new Google Wallet service? World Media Group, LLC owned the domain name until the end of March. Then on April 1 the domain name was registered un...
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Did Google Buy Wallet.com?
Domain name changes hands; Google is a possible buyer. Did Google buy the domain name Wallet.com for its new Google Wallet service? World Media Group, LLC owned the domain name until the end of March. Then on April 1 the domain name was registered un...
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June 10, 2011, 9:42 am

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California Ecommerce Company Agrees to Stop Using UK Domain Names
FTC said company tried to dupe UK consumers into thinking it was a UK company. California online retailer “Balls of Kryptonite” has agreed to stop using .uk domain names as part of a deal with the Federal Trade Commission, according to a ...
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California Ecommerce Company Agrees to Stop Using UK Domain Names
FTC said company tried to dupe UK consumers into thinking it was a UK company. California online retailer “Balls of Kryptonite” has agreed to stop using .uk domain names as part of a deal with the Federal Trade Commission, according to a ...
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June 9, 2011, 10:15 pm

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Why Movie Studios Won’t Pay For Domain Names
Movie studios aren’t willing to pay for great domain names. In an interview with NPR a few weeks ago I noted that movie studios rarely part with their cash for the “ideal” domain name for a movie release. I think one big reason for ...
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Why Movie Studios Won’t Pay For Domain Names
Movie studios aren’t willing to pay for great domain names. In an interview with NPR a few weeks ago I noted that movie studios rarely part with their cash for the “ideal” domain name for a movie release. I think one big reason for ...
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June 9, 2011, 1:29 pm

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11 Questions to Ask Before Buying a Developed Web Site
Answer these questions before you buy a web site. The debate about how much a developed web site is worth has been rekindled in the domain name community with Rick Latona’s entrance into the web site brokering business. I interviewed web site b...
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11 Questions to Ask Before Buying a Developed Web Site
Answer these questions before you buy a web site. The debate about how much a developed web site is worth has been rekindled in the domain name community with Rick Latona’s entrance into the web site brokering business. I interviewed web site b...
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June 9, 2011, 12:11 pm

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Company Files Cybersquatting Claim Against Twitter Username
Can a Twitter username be cybersquatting? One insurance company thinks so. Here’s an interesting lawsuit I just discovered that attempts to stretch the bounds of the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection act. Insurance company Conventry First...
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Company Files Cybersquatting Claim Against Twitter Username
Can a Twitter username be cybersquatting? One insurance company thinks so. Here’s an interesting lawsuit I just discovered that attempts to stretch the bounds of the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection act. Insurance company Conventry First...
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June 9, 2011, 9:11 am

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ICANN Responds to U.S. Government Questions About New Top Level Domains
Kurt Pritz responds to Congress. ICANN Senior Vice President Kurt Pritz has responded (pdf) to a written question and expanded on his answers to questioning from U.S. representatives during a hearing about new TLDs on May 4. Representative Howard Cob...
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ICANN Responds to U.S. Government Questions About New Top Level Domains
Kurt Pritz responds to Congress. ICANN Senior Vice President Kurt Pritz has responded (pdf) to a written question and expanded on his answers to questioning from U.S. representatives during a hearing about new TLDs on May 4. Representative Howard Cob...
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June 8, 2011, 2:49 pm