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DOMAINfest Goes to Barcelona
Show returns to home of first ever DOMAINfest. DomainSponsor‘s DOMAINfest conference has announced dates for its June conference in Barcelona, the site of the first ever DOMAINfest conference back in 2006. The event will take place June 7-9, 20...
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DOMAINfest Goes to Barcelona
Show returns to home of first ever DOMAINfest. DomainSponsor‘s DOMAINfest conference has announced dates for its June conference in Barcelona, the site of the first ever DOMAINfest conference back in 2006. The event will take place June 7-9, 20...
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March 25, 2011, 1:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Picks Senegal for October Meeting
ICANN heads to western Africa this fall. ICANN’s October 2011 meeting will be held in Dakar, Senegal, the non-profit announced today. Dakar is Senegal’s capital and is home to two million people. The last meeting ICANN held in Africa was ...
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ICANN Picks Senegal for October Meeting
ICANN heads to western Africa this fall. ICANN’s October 2011 meeting will be held in Dakar, Senegal, the non-profit announced today. Dakar is Senegal’s capital and is home to two million people. The last meeting ICANN held in Africa was ...
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March 25, 2011, 12:04 am
Domain Name Wire
Former Oversee.net Employee Plans Daily Deals Conference
The “Daily Deals” business is now big enough to have its own conference. You know “daily deals” such as Group are big. But big enough to support an dedicated conference? You bet. Jay Weintraub, who worked at Advertising.com be...
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Former Oversee.net Employee Plans Daily Deals Conference
The “Daily Deals” business is now big enough to have its own conference. You know “daily deals” such as Group are big. But big enough to support an dedicated conference? You bet. Jay Weintraub, who worked at Advertising.com be...
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March 24, 2011, 1:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Octane360 Domain Monetization Review (One Year Later)
An update to my review of geo domain monetization solution. It’s been over a year since I provided early results from monetizing domain names on Octane360. I titled my review “Octane360 Takes Domain Monetization Beyond PPC“. Althoug...
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Octane360 Domain Monetization Review (One Year Later)
An update to my review of geo domain monetization solution. It’s been over a year since I provided early results from monetizing domain names on Octane360. I titled my review “Octane360 Takes Domain Monetization Beyond PPC“. Althoug...
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March 24, 2011, 12:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
India May Try to Block .XXX
Government may block access to .xxx. India’s government will block access to the .xxx top level domain name, according to an article in The Economic Times. A senior official at the ministry of IT said that the domain goes against the country&rs...
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India May Try to Block .XXX
Government may block access to .xxx. India’s government will block access to the .xxx top level domain name, according to an article in The Economic Times. A senior official at the ministry of IT said that the domain goes against the country&rs...
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March 24, 2011, 10:11 am
Domain Name Wire
Sequoia and Bain Capital-Backed Startup Was $350,000 Color.com Buyer
Startup with big funding bought Color.com for $350,000 in December. In December I wrote about a GoDaddy-brokered sale of Color.com for $350,000. We now know the buyer — a hot photo sharing startup with $41 million in funding from Sequoia Capita...
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Sequoia and Bain Capital-Backed Startup Was $350,000 Color.com Buyer
Startup with big funding bought Color.com for $350,000 in December. In December I wrote about a GoDaddy-brokered sale of Color.com for $350,000. We now know the buyer — a hot photo sharing startup with $41 million in funding from Sequoia Capita...
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March 24, 2011, 8:20 am
Domain Name Wire
Tim Gordon Can Keep Gordons.com Despite Jeweler’s Complaint
Jewelry giant goes after guy’s last name. Tim Gordon registered Gordons.com back in 1995. It was an obvious domain name for him given his family’s last name. But in 2011, more than 15 years after he registered the domain name, a Zale Corp...
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Tim Gordon Can Keep Gordons.com Despite Jeweler’s Complaint
Jewelry giant goes after guy’s last name. Tim Gordon registered Gordons.com back in 1995. It was an obvious domain name for him given his family’s last name. But in 2011, more than 15 years after he registered the domain name, a Zale Corp...
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March 23, 2011, 10:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Get Out the Vote with .Vote?
Utah company files trademark application for .vote. Will .vote be among the applications for new top level domain names filed later this year? A Utah company filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last Friday for .vot...
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Get Out the Vote with .Vote?
Utah company files trademark application for .vote. Will .vote be among the applications for new top level domain names filed later this year? A Utah company filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last Friday for .vot...
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March 23, 2011, 12:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Madness 3 Releases Auction Catalog
Will Domain Madness be as “mad” as last year? Domain Madness has just released the catalog for its third annual domain auction. The auction will start on March 29 with a live auction finale April 5 at 4pm CDT. The auction starts all domai...
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Domain Madness 3 Releases Auction Catalog
Will Domain Madness be as “mad” as last year? Domain Madness has just released the catalog for its third annual domain auction. The auction will start on March 29 with a live auction finale April 5 at 4pm CDT. The auction starts all domai...
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March 23, 2011, 10:14 am
Domain Name Wire
Tuesday Evening Domain Name Thoughts
Domain name news and thoughts. It’s been a busy day, so I’m going to summarize some of the things I haven’t gotten to yet… - There were a lot of UDRP cases published today in which the domain owner won, including Fulltime.com...
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Tuesday Evening Domain Name Thoughts
Domain name news and thoughts. It’s been a busy day, so I’m going to summarize some of the things I haven’t gotten to yet… - There were a lot of UDRP cases published today in which the domain owner won, including Fulltime.com...
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March 22, 2011, 10:09 pm
