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Hedge Fund Investor and Forex.com Owner Wins Domain Name Dispute
Man behind Forex.com and ForeignExchange.com successfully defends domain name challenge. It’s not often that you see two heavyweights battling it out in a UDRP proceeding. But a recently decided case for ScoutInvestments.com involved a $1.65 bi...
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Hedge Fund Investor and Forex.com Owner Wins Domain Name Dispute
Man behind Forex.com and ForeignExchange.com successfully defends domain name challenge. It’s not often that you see two heavyweights battling it out in a UDRP proceeding. But a recently decided case for ScoutInvestments.com involved a $1.65 bi...
Discussion
February 22, 2011, 2:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Policies Are Biggest Issue Facing Domain Industry in 2011
ICANN policy decisions cast cloud over domain name industry. A non-scientific survey of over 1,500 people in the domain name industry suggests that ICANN policy decisions represent the biggest issue facing their businesses in 2011. 30% of survey resp...
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ICANN Policies Are Biggest Issue Facing Domain Industry in 2011
ICANN policy decisions cast cloud over domain name industry. A non-scientific survey of over 1,500 people in the domain name industry suggests that ICANN policy decisions represent the biggest issue facing their businesses in 2011. 30% of survey resp...
Discussion
February 22, 2011, 10:58 am
Domain Name Wire
Survey: Schwartz and Parsons Have Most Influence on Domain Name Industry
Survey says Rick Schwartz has most influence on domain name industry. Each year on the Domain Name Wire annual survey I ask an open ended question: Which person has the most influence on the domain industry? This is a fill-in-the-blank question, whic...
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Survey: Schwartz and Parsons Have Most Influence on Domain Name Industry
Survey says Rick Schwartz has most influence on domain name industry. Each year on the Domain Name Wire annual survey I ask an open ended question: Which person has the most influence on the domain industry? This is a fill-in-the-blank question, whic...
Discussion
February 22, 2011, 9:58 am
Domain Name Wire
Root Orange Releases New Geo Targeting Service
Service enables web sites to target content based on visitor’s location. Root Orange, which launched a geo-splitting domain name service a year ago, announced a private beta for a new geo-splitting technology today. GeoSkipper makes it easier f...
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Root Orange Releases New Geo Targeting Service
Service enables web sites to target content based on visitor’s location. Root Orange, which launched a geo-splitting domain name service a year ago, announced a private beta for a new geo-splitting technology today. GeoSkipper makes it easier f...
Discussion
February 22, 2011, 9:00 am
Domain Name Wire
The Moody Blues Fight for MoodyBlues.com
Aging rock group wants .com equivalent of existing domain name. English rock group The Moody Blues have asked a World Intellectual Property Forum panel to give it the domain name MoodyBlues.com. The group’s official web site is MoodyBlues.co.uk...
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The Moody Blues Fight for MoodyBlues.com
Aging rock group wants .com equivalent of existing domain name. English rock group The Moody Blues have asked a World Intellectual Property Forum panel to give it the domain name MoodyBlues.com. The group’s official web site is MoodyBlues.co.uk...
Discussion
February 21, 2011, 5:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
New Rules Proposed for Expired Domain Names
Recommendations would make existing best practices of major domain name registrars a requirement. The Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Policy Development Process Working Group has made 14 recommendations for the handling of expired domain...
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New Rules Proposed for Expired Domain Names
Recommendations would make existing best practices of major domain name registrars a requirement. The Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Policy Development Process Working Group has made 14 recommendations for the handling of expired domain...
Discussion
February 21, 2011, 4:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here Come the .Brand Top Level Domain Names
.Brand domain names are on their way, but how they’re used is still an open question. One of the specific uses of new top level domain names that has always confused me is the .brand domain name, such as .nike. I’ve often asked how someon...
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Here Come the .Brand Top Level Domain Names
.Brand domain names are on their way, but how they’re used is still an open question. One of the specific uses of new top level domain names that has always confused me is the .brand domain name, such as .nike. I’ve often asked how someon...
Discussion
February 21, 2011, 11:43 am
Domain Name Wire
Whisper.me Sells for $17,500
Another .me domain name sells for big bucks. Go Daddy Auctions has handled the sale of Whisper.me for $17,5000. I must admit that I continue to be taken aback by sales of .me domain names. Sure, some of them are catchy. But whisper.me doesn’t h...
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Whisper.me Sells for $17,500
Another .me domain name sells for big bucks. Go Daddy Auctions has handled the sale of Whisper.me for $17,5000. I must admit that I continue to be taken aback by sales of .me domain names. Sure, some of them are catchy. But whisper.me doesn’t h...
Discussion
February 21, 2011, 10:07 am
Domain Name Wire
Major Domain Parking Shift? NameDrive Adding Site Links and Site Reviews.
Google to start syndicating more ad data to parking companies. In one what could prove to be a major move for Google Adsense for Domains partners, NameDrive will begin showing site links and site reviews with some of its parked page links. These opti...
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Major Domain Parking Shift? NameDrive Adding Site Links and Site Reviews.
Google to start syndicating more ad data to parking companies. In one what could prove to be a major move for Google Adsense for Domains partners, NameDrive will begin showing site links and site reviews with some of its parked page links. These opti...
Discussion
February 19, 2011, 11:12 am
Domain Name Wire
Is Bit.ly Toast if Libya Shuts Down the Internet?
It’s possible. One of my tweeps just sent me a link to an article questioning what would happen to .ly domain names if Libya decided to “shut down” the internet. It’s a very good question. One of the most popular URL shortenin...
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Is Bit.ly Toast if Libya Shuts Down the Internet?
It’s possible. One of my tweeps just sent me a link to an article questioning what would happen to .ly domain names if Libya decided to “shut down” the internet. It’s a very good question. One of the most popular URL shortenin...
Discussion
February 18, 2011, 9:42 pm
