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When Domains Expire, Just Blame the Registrar
Registrars take the blame for forgetful customers. When you screw up and don’t renew your domain name, just blame the registrar when you talk to the press. I see that happen all the time. Here’s another example. Liberal blog RIfuture.org ...
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When Domains Expire, Just Blame the Registrar
Registrars take the blame for forgetful customers. When you screw up and don’t renew your domain name, just blame the registrar when you talk to the press. I see that happen all the time. Here’s another example. Liberal blog RIfuture.org ...
Discussion
March 2, 2011, 12:40 pm

Domain Name Wire
Survey: Domain Name Marketplaces
Major domain marketplaces continue to innovate and grow. The number of domain name sales venues is expanding. More importantly, the way these venues syndicate sales listings is leading to a more fluid domain aftermarket. Domainers use a number of dom...
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Survey: Domain Name Marketplaces
Major domain marketplaces continue to innovate and grow. The number of domain name sales venues is expanding. More importantly, the way these venues syndicate sales listings is leading to a more fluid domain aftermarket. Domainers use a number of dom...
Discussion
March 2, 2011, 10:46 am

Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Gets Biggest Traffic Lift of Top Super Bowl Advertisers
Registrar gets biggest lift among top 10 most watched advertisers. A new report from audience measurement firm Nielsen says that GoDaddy saw the biggest traffic surge of any of the top 10 most watched advertisers during the Super Bowl. Nielsen says t...
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Go Daddy Gets Biggest Traffic Lift of Top Super Bowl Advertisers
Registrar gets biggest lift among top 10 most watched advertisers. A new report from audience measurement firm Nielsen says that GoDaddy saw the biggest traffic surge of any of the top 10 most watched advertisers during the Super Bowl. Nielsen says t...
Discussion
March 2, 2011, 9:55 am

Domain Name Wire
Site Finds “Orphaned” Domains on Sedo and Afternic
Site lists domains listed for sale that are free to register. Have you ever seen a domain name for sale on or Sedo or Afternic only to find out that it’s freely available for registration? Someone lists a domain, lets it expire, but the sales l...
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Site Finds “Orphaned” Domains on Sedo and Afternic
Site lists domains listed for sale that are free to register. Have you ever seen a domain name for sale on or Sedo or Afternic only to find out that it’s freely available for registration? Someone lists a domain, lets it expire, but the sales l...
Discussion
March 1, 2011, 3:01 pm

Domain Name Wire
Survey Picks Top Domain Name Registrars
Some familiar faces and a new one in registrar poll. This is the sixth year of the Domain Name Wire survey. I’ve never pretended that it’s a scientific survey. It’s more of a vote. So I’ve taken small anomalies in stride. But ...
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Survey Picks Top Domain Name Registrars
Some familiar faces and a new one in registrar poll. This is the sixth year of the Domain Name Wire survey. I’ve never pretended that it’s a scientific survey. It’s more of a vote. So I’ve taken small anomalies in stride. But ...
Discussion
March 1, 2011, 2:39 pm

Domain Name Wire
Security and Price Top Requirements for Domain Registrars
Domain registrants look for security and price when selecting a domain registrar. Domain registrars need to focus on security and price if they want to win your business, according to a survey of over 1,500 people in the domain name industry. As usua...
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Security and Price Top Requirements for Domain Registrars
Domain registrants look for security and price when selecting a domain registrar. Domain registrars need to focus on security and price if they want to win your business, according to a survey of over 1,500 people in the domain name industry. As usua...
Discussion
March 1, 2011, 11:45 am

Domain Name Wire
According to Analytics Sites, eHow Unphased by Google Changes
Site traffic steady at eHow according to analytics sites. If Demand Media’s eHow was a target of Google’s algorithm changes last week, it’s not showing up in third party web traffic stats. Quantcast shows a nice, steady increase in ...
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According to Analytics Sites, eHow Unphased by Google Changes
Site traffic steady at eHow according to analytics sites. If Demand Media’s eHow was a target of Google’s algorithm changes last week, it’s not showing up in third party web traffic stats. Quantcast shows a nice, steady increase in ...
Discussion
March 1, 2011, 10:24 am

Domain Name Wire
EzineArticles.com Cracks Down After Google Algorithm Changes
Site forces quality changes for submitted articles. One of the sites frequently mentioned as being targeted in Google’s recent quality crackdown is EzineArticles.com. It should come as no surprise that today the site instituted new rules and ch...
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EzineArticles.com Cracks Down After Google Algorithm Changes
Site forces quality changes for submitted articles. One of the sites frequently mentioned as being targeted in Google’s recent quality crackdown is EzineArticles.com. It should come as no surprise that today the site instituted new rules and ch...
Discussion
February 28, 2011, 8:17 pm

Domain Name Wire
Pre-Bidding Opens for Aftermarket.com Live Domain Auction
Live auction kicks off with pre-bidding. Aftermarket.com is back in the live domain name auction game this week. The company will host a live domain name auction in The Bahamas and will simulcast it through its new Aftermarket.com site. The actual au...
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Pre-Bidding Opens for Aftermarket.com Live Domain Auction
Live auction kicks off with pre-bidding. Aftermarket.com is back in the live domain name auction game this week. The company will host a live domain name auction in The Bahamas and will simulcast it through its new Aftermarket.com site. The actual au...
Discussion
February 28, 2011, 6:20 pm

Domain Name Wire
ICANN “Satisfaction Rate” Rebounds
Not as bad as last year. But not great. The percentage of people who rate their satisfaction with ICANN as “Good” has rebounded a bit from the past two years. But it still sits at a dismal 21%. That’s according to over 1,500 people ...
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ICANN “Satisfaction Rate” Rebounds
Not as bad as last year. But not great. The percentage of people who rate their satisfaction with ICANN as “Good” has rebounded a bit from the past two years. But it still sits at a dismal 21%. That’s according to over 1,500 people ...
Discussion
February 28, 2011, 5:19 pm