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Domain Name Wire
Google: Make your website mobile friendly by April 21…or suffer
Google says major mobile search changes are coming. Unless you want to lose search traffic, you need to make your site mobile friendly before April 21. Google announced today that it will place more weight on how mobile-friendly a website is when use...
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Google: Make your website mobile friendly by April 21…or suffer
Google says major mobile search changes are coming. Unless you want to lose search traffic, you need to make your site mobile friendly before April 21. Google announced today that it will place more weight on how mobile-friendly a website is when use...
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February 26, 2015, 6:41 pm
Domain Shane
Sedo’s Great Domains Auction Results, Including Videos.de for 50,000 EUR, MNB.com, JUR.com
I was stuck on a long conference call about construction dewatering permits (thrilling!) and chose to instead focus my attention on the Sedo Great Domains auction which ended earlier today. Below are the unofficial results of the mixture of .com, .de...
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Sedo’s Great Domains Auction Results, Including Videos.de for 50,000 EUR, MNB.com, JUR.com
I was stuck on a long conference call about construction dewatering permits (thrilling!) and chose to instead focus my attention on the Sedo Great Domains auction which ended earlier today. Below are the unofficial results of the mixture of .com, .de...
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February 26, 2015, 6:33 pm
The Domains
Google Wins The new gTLD .APP For $25 Million
The new gTLD .APP sold for $25 Million to Google today in a ICANN Last Resort Auction which I think is very good news for the new gTLD program in general. This is the highest price paid in an ICANN Last Resort Auction. The previously high price paid ...
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Google Wins The new gTLD .APP For $25 Million
The new gTLD .APP sold for $25 Million to Google today in a ICANN Last Resort Auction which I think is very good news for the new gTLD program in general. This is the highest price paid in an ICANN Last Resort Auction. The previously high price paid ...
Discussion
February 26, 2015, 5:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google pays $25 million for .App domain
Google pays dearly for rights to control .App domain name. Google has won the rights to operate the .App top level domain name after paying what may be a record-breaking price for a top level domain name. 13 companies applied to run the .app domain n...
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Google pays $25 million for .App domain
Google pays dearly for rights to control .App domain name. Google has won the rights to operate the .App top level domain name after paying what may be a record-breaking price for a top level domain name. 13 companies applied to run the .app domain n...
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February 26, 2015, 5:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Interesting: Minds + Machines patent app for using domain names as currency
Patent application describes a novel way to use domain names as a currency. So far, we’ve seen some innovation in how new top level domain names are distributed and sold, but not much innovation in how they’re actually used. Minds + Machi...
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Interesting: Minds + Machines patent app for using domain names as currency
Patent application describes a novel way to use domain names as a currency. So far, we’ve seen some innovation in how new top level domain names are distributed and sold, but not much innovation in how they’re actually used. Minds + Machi...
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February 26, 2015, 5:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wow, how was this case not reverse domain name hijacking?
WIPO panelist drops the ball in RDNH decision. A single member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied a UDRP complaint against the domain name alessandro.com, but failed to find the complainant guilty of reverse domain name hijacki...
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Wow, how was this case not reverse domain name hijacking?
WIPO panelist drops the ball in RDNH decision. A single member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied a UDRP complaint against the domain name alessandro.com, but failed to find the complainant guilty of reverse domain name hijacki...
Discussion
February 26, 2015, 4:03 pm
The Domains
16 Year Old Domain Alessandro.com Saved In UDRP Owned By A Guy Named Alessandro
Alessandro International GmbH of Düsseldorf, Germany, just lost its bid to grab the domain name Alessandro.com from a guy named Alessandro In this case Alessandro Gualandi. The one member panel of Pablo A. Palazzi however refused to find reverse...
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16 Year Old Domain Alessandro.com Saved In UDRP Owned By A Guy Named Alessandro
Alessandro International GmbH of Düsseldorf, Germany, just lost its bid to grab the domain name Alessandro.com from a guy named Alessandro In this case Alessandro Gualandi. The one member panel of Pablo A. Palazzi however refused to find reverse...
Discussion
February 26, 2015, 3:47 pm
The Domains
Melbourne IT Acquires Uber Global For Over $12 Million: Australian Cloud Services Co & Domain Registrar
Melbourne IT agreed to acquire the third largest Australian based cloud services provider Uber Global for $15.5 million AU (approximately $12.2 million USD) which also owns a ICANN Accredited domain name registrar. The deal, is expected to be complet...
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Melbourne IT Acquires Uber Global For Over $12 Million: Australian Cloud Services Co & Domain Registrar
Melbourne IT agreed to acquire the third largest Australian based cloud services provider Uber Global for $15.5 million AU (approximately $12.2 million USD) which also owns a ICANN Accredited domain name registrar. The deal, is expected to be complet...
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February 26, 2015, 2:47 pm
The Domains
Here Is Our Run Down As New gTLD’s Top 4.5 Million Registrations
.Science added another 14K+ domain names registrations yesterday in its second day of general availability, putting the number of new gTLD registrations over the 4.5 million mark. New gTLD registrations still have a large percentage of free, almost f...
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Here Is Our Run Down As New gTLD’s Top 4.5 Million Registrations
.Science added another 14K+ domain names registrations yesterday in its second day of general availability, putting the number of new gTLD registrations over the 4.5 million mark. New gTLD registrations still have a large percentage of free, almost f...
Discussion
February 26, 2015, 2:31 pm
The Domains
.APP Rolls Into A Second Day In The ICANN Last Resort Auction; Here’s Why & What It Means
.APP which went into a ICANN Last Resort contention auction yesterday, appears to be going into a second day. ICANN Last Resort auctions, like private auctions for new gTLD contention sets, are not held in a normal auction format that most people are...
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.APP Rolls Into A Second Day In The ICANN Last Resort Auction; Here’s Why & What It Means
.APP which went into a ICANN Last Resort contention auction yesterday, appears to be going into a second day. ICANN Last Resort auctions, like private auctions for new gTLD contention sets, are not held in a normal auction format that most people are...
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February 26, 2015, 1:38 pm
