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The Domains
CB Insights: Covers World’s Most Popular Non-.com Startup Domains, but Confused on New gTLD’s
CB Insights.com which covers the startup/ venture capital markets published an interesting post entitled “The Non-Dotcom Bubble: The World’s Most Popular Startup Domains Other Than .Com” The story contains a chart tracking the most ...
Discussion
CB Insights: Covers World’s Most Popular Non-.com Startup Domains, but Confused on New gTLD’s
CB Insights.com which covers the startup/ venture capital markets published an interesting post entitled “The Non-Dotcom Bubble: The World’s Most Popular Startup Domains Other Than .Com” The story contains a chart tracking the most ...
Discussion
August 21, 2015, 2:36 am
Domain Name Wire
Philip Morris takes down gripe sites in sloppy cybersquatting decision
Tobacco company convinces arbitration panelist to hand over domain names used to criticize it. Philip Morris has won another cybersquatting complaint against a long time nemesis. The company convinced a single member National Arbitration Forum paneli...
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Philip Morris takes down gripe sites in sloppy cybersquatting decision
Tobacco company convinces arbitration panelist to hand over domain names used to criticize it. Philip Morris has won another cybersquatting complaint against a long time nemesis. The company convinced a single member National Arbitration Forum paneli...
Discussion
August 20, 2015, 9:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Roundup: Analyzing 100+ expired domain name sales
Joseph Peterson analyzes the past week of expired domain name sales. Among expired domain auctions, NameJet’s top seller last week was GreenBusiness.com ($8.6k), a name formed from 2 keywords that are each nTLDs in their own right: .GREEN and ....
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Roundup: Analyzing 100+ expired domain name sales
Joseph Peterson analyzes the past week of expired domain name sales. Among expired domain auctions, NameJet’s top seller last week was GreenBusiness.com ($8.6k), a name formed from 2 keywords that are each nTLDs in their own right: .GREEN and ....
Discussion
August 20, 2015, 6:34 pm
The Domains
Facebook Surpasses Google as top Referrer for Digital Publishers
Facebook has now surpassed Google when it comes to referrer traffic, a recent report from Parse.ly revealed data showing that Facebook has become number one when it comes to referring traffic to websites. I can say that does not hold true for TheDoma...
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Facebook Surpasses Google as top Referrer for Digital Publishers
Facebook has now surpassed Google when it comes to referrer traffic, a recent report from Parse.ly revealed data showing that Facebook has become number one when it comes to referring traffic to websites. I can say that does not hold true for TheDoma...
Discussion
August 20, 2015, 5:07 pm
The Domains
Ashley Madison Hacked Info Site CheckAshleyMadison.com Taken Down After DMCA Notice
A website offering a search function at CheckAshleyMadison.com has been taken down after a DMCA notice. The website was reported by TheHill.com yesterday has seeing a huge amount of traffic for the 1 day old website.
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Ashley Madison Hacked Info Site CheckAshleyMadison.com Taken Down After DMCA Notice
A website offering a search function at CheckAshleyMadison.com has been taken down after a DMCA notice. The website was reported by TheHill.com yesterday has seeing a huge amount of traffic for the 1 day old website.
Discussion
August 20, 2015, 4:39 pm
The Domains
“Straight Outta” Viral Meme Launched On Days Old Domain By Apple / Beats By Dre
The viral meme generator Straight Outta, which then allows you to enter in a term and share the picture, was the brainchild of Dr. Dre and Universal Studios. They launched the marketing campaign on a now, 28 day old hand registered domain StraightOut...
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“Straight Outta” Viral Meme Launched On Days Old Domain By Apple / Beats By Dre
The viral meme generator Straight Outta, which then allows you to enter in a term and share the picture, was the brainchild of Dr. Dre and Universal Studios. They launched the marketing campaign on a now, 28 day old hand registered domain StraightOut...
Discussion
August 20, 2015, 3:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here are the Exhibit and Witness lists for the Verisign v. XYZ trial
Lists will hit home in the domain name industry. Verisign’s lawsuit against XYZ.com, LLC and Daniel Negari continues to move forward at full speed, thanks to the “rocket docket” in U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia. B...
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Here are the Exhibit and Witness lists for the Verisign v. XYZ trial
Lists will hit home in the domain name industry. Verisign’s lawsuit against XYZ.com, LLC and Daniel Negari continues to move forward at full speed, thanks to the “rocket docket” in U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia. B...
Discussion
August 20, 2015, 2:31 pm
The Domains
Breaking: Full Developed Puppet.com Domain Name Sells to Puppet Labs?
The premium generic domain name Puppet.com, which was a fully developed website has been sold! Who are the potential buyers? Puppet Labs is a likely buyer with several things lining up! Here are the details.
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Breaking: Full Developed Puppet.com Domain Name Sells to Puppet Labs?
The premium generic domain name Puppet.com, which was a fully developed website has been sold! Who are the potential buyers? Puppet Labs is a likely buyer with several things lining up! Here are the details.
Discussion
August 20, 2015, 12:14 pm
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Taxi 2,167; .Dog 1,589; .Run 1,260; .Hockey 441; .Theater 405
5 new gTLD’s launched yesterday into General Availability (GA) when domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including domain names registered in the Sunrise period by Trademark Holders and those who paid an extra f...
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Taxi 2,167; .Dog 1,589; .Run 1,260; .Hockey 441; .Theater 405
5 new gTLD’s launched yesterday into General Availability (GA) when domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including domain names registered in the Sunrise period by Trademark Holders and those who paid an extra f...
Discussion
August 20, 2015, 11:32 am
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, August 20th 2015
I’m going to give you a teaser to the upcoming DomainSherpa show. The show has myself, Monte Cahn, and Frank Schilling. Franks gives some great information in the show but one thing stood out to me. Frank is not sold on numerics an...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, August 20th 2015
I’m going to give you a teaser to the upcoming DomainSherpa show. The show has myself, Monte Cahn, and Frank Schilling. Franks gives some great information in the show but one thing stood out to me. Frank is not sold on numerics an...
Discussion
August 20, 2015, 10:40 am
