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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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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...
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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
Domain Name Wire
Congress Preparing to Beat up ICANN Again
ICANN will be called to task over new top level domain names next week. Next week The U.S. House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet will hold an “ICANN Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) Oversight Hearing”. ...
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Congress Preparing to Beat up ICANN Again
ICANN will be called to task over new top level domain names next week. Next week The U.S. House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet will hold an “ICANN Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) Oversight Hearing”. ...
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April 26, 2011, 11:39 am
Domain Name Wire
DOMAINfest Barcelona: Wine Tasting, FC Barcelona, and More
Morning wine tasting, tapas classes, and backstage tour where FC Barcelona plays are on the agenda for DOMAINfest Barcelona. I made the mistake of bringing my wife to DOMAINfest Prague last year. Why was it a mistake? Because the second day of the co...
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DOMAINfest Barcelona: Wine Tasting, FC Barcelona, and More
Morning wine tasting, tapas classes, and backstage tour where FC Barcelona plays are on the agenda for DOMAINfest Barcelona. I made the mistake of bringing my wife to DOMAINfest Prague last year. Why was it a mistake? Because the second day of the co...
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April 25, 2011, 10:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google Panda Estimates Are All Over the Board, and None Are Accurate
Reports of traffic changes aren’t very accurate. I’ve seen a number of reports estimating the damage to major content sites from Google’s so-called Panda updates. I’ve come to one conclusion: none of them are more than directi...
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Google Panda Estimates Are All Over the Board, and None Are Accurate
Reports of traffic changes aren’t very accurate. I’ve seen a number of reports estimating the damage to major content sites from Google’s so-called Panda updates. I’ve come to one conclusion: none of them are more than directi...
Discussion
April 25, 2011, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Morgan Stanley Sues Cybersquatters and Phishers
Bank sues alleged cybersquatters and phishers. Morgan Stanley already has the domain names — but it wants more than that. The bank has filed a lawsuit against the owners of five domain names that it says were used for cybersquatting and phishin...
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Morgan Stanley Sues Cybersquatters and Phishers
Bank sues alleged cybersquatters and phishers. Morgan Stanley already has the domain names — but it wants more than that. The bank has filed a lawsuit against the owners of five domain names that it says were used for cybersquatting and phishin...
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April 25, 2011, 11:51 am
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For American Eagle, SeventySeven (.com) is an Unlucky Number
Popular clothing outlet finds Seventy-seven to be an unlucky number. A National Arbitration Forum panel has found that clothing retailer American Eagle is not entitled to the domain name SeventySeven.com, despite the domain owner showing clothing pay...
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For American Eagle, SeventySeven (.com) is an Unlucky Number
Popular clothing outlet finds Seventy-seven to be an unlucky number. A National Arbitration Forum panel has found that clothing retailer American Eagle is not entitled to the domain name SeventySeven.com, despite the domain owner showing clothing pay...
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April 25, 2011, 10:04 am
