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The Domains
The other Click Fraud
Krebs On Security took a look at the practice of click fraud that depletes a competitors ad budget. The practice is to run up the costs and maybe get them to blow their wad early in the day. I have spoken to people over the years who certainly felt t...
Discussion
The other Click Fraud
Krebs On Security took a look at the practice of click fraud that depletes a competitors ad budget. The practice is to run up the costs and maybe get them to blow their wad early in the day. I have spoken to people over the years who certainly felt t...
Discussion
July 28, 2014, 9:05 pm
The Domains
Vertical Axis Hit With UDRP on 8 Year Old Domain GlobeWay.com
Vertical Axis has just been Hit With a UDRP on the domain name GlobeWay.com The domain according to DomainTools.com has been owned since at least 2007 and possibly 2006 by Vertical Axis. The domain name is parked to a very generic parking page....
Discussion
Vertical Axis Hit With UDRP on 8 Year Old Domain GlobeWay.com
Vertical Axis has just been Hit With a UDRP on the domain name GlobeWay.com The domain according to DomainTools.com has been owned since at least 2007 and possibly 2006 by Vertical Axis. The domain name is parked to a very generic parking page....
Discussion
July 28, 2014, 8:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
27 of top 50 websites protecting their brands on new Donuts domain names
How are brands protecting themselves with new top level domain names? Many are, but there are some surprises. I just checked how the top 50 websites are protecting their brands on Donuts top level domain names. I took the top 50 (public) sites from Q...
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27 of top 50 websites protecting their brands on new Donuts domain names
How are brands protecting themselves with new top level domain names? Many are, but there are some surprises. I just checked how the top 50 websites are protecting their brands on Donuts top level domain names. I took the top 50 (public) sites from Q...
Discussion
July 28, 2014, 4:31 pm
The Domains
As Rightside (futures) Starts Trading Its Market Cap Is 260M Of Demand’s $465M
Rightside, the spin off of Demand Media which begins formal trading on August 1, started to trade on Friday on a pre-issue basis on the symbol NAMEV. Although shares are lightly traded the price is $14.30 which is up from an opening of $14 a share. I...
Discussion
As Rightside (futures) Starts Trading Its Market Cap Is 260M Of Demand’s $465M
Rightside, the spin off of Demand Media which begins formal trading on August 1, started to trade on Friday on a pre-issue basis on the symbol NAMEV. Although shares are lightly traded the price is $14.30 which is up from an opening of $14 a share. I...
Discussion
July 28, 2014, 3:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
A “slow” week for new TLD launches
More Donuts, but not much else. There’s not much on the docket this week for new top level domain name launches. According to the Calzone.org calendar, the only TLDs hitting general availability this week are a handful from Donuts on Wednesday....
Discussion
A “slow” week for new TLD launches
More Donuts, but not much else. There’s not much on the docket this week for new top level domain name launches. According to the Calzone.org calendar, the only TLDs hitting general availability this week are a handful from Donuts on Wednesday....
Discussion
July 28, 2014, 2:47 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD: Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday 7/28
Yesterday I added my first names to Brand Bucket. At first I was like everyone else and thought I could do my own version of Brand Bucket. But the more and more I thought about it I realized that they have built a business that startups and dom...
Discussion
DSAD: Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday 7/28
Yesterday I added my first names to Brand Bucket. At first I was like everyone else and thought I could do my own version of Brand Bucket. But the more and more I thought about it I realized that they have built a business that startups and dom...
Discussion
July 28, 2014, 11:31 am
The Domains
3D Search Engine Launching to Protect 3D Content
The longest comment thread in the history of domaining is the post that Michael wrote four years ago about 3D, it has 5,371 comments. So for those interested in the topic of 3D there is a new search engine launching on a .es domain is all about 3D co...
Discussion
3D Search Engine Launching to Protect 3D Content
The longest comment thread in the history of domaining is the post that Michael wrote four years ago about 3D, it has 5,371 comments. So for those interested in the topic of 3D there is a new search engine launching on a .es domain is all about 3D co...
Discussion
July 28, 2014, 7:18 am
Domain Shane
Flippa – A Look Forward: RHK.com, TopReview.com, Internally.com, SOI.org Hit Reserve.
Reserve Met and Will Sell RHK.com – $9,500 – LLL.com domains are on fire, and I expect the price to move up based on the most recent LLL sales per NameBio, including HCK.com at $20,000 (two of the same three letters, for whatever that&rs...
Discussion
Flippa – A Look Forward: RHK.com, TopReview.com, Internally.com, SOI.org Hit Reserve.
Reserve Met and Will Sell RHK.com – $9,500 – LLL.com domains are on fire, and I expect the price to move up based on the most recent LLL sales per NameBio, including HCK.com at $20,000 (two of the same three letters, for whatever that&rs...
Discussion
July 28, 2014, 1:08 am
The Domains
Tech Radar: “The new domain name system is causing problems for brands”
Tech Radar published an article todayon new gtlds and the problems brands are already having with protecting their brand. The article references a study from Brad Newberg at Reed Smith, the sample study took a look at 20 brands in the bicycle industr...
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Tech Radar: “The new domain name system is causing problems for brands”
Tech Radar published an article todayon new gtlds and the problems brands are already having with protecting their brand. The article references a study from Brad Newberg at Reed Smith, the sample study took a look at 20 brands in the bicycle industr...
Discussion
July 27, 2014, 11:13 pm
The Domains
Actress Blake Lively Launches New Lifestyle Brand on a .US
Actress Blake Lively launched her new lifestyle website on a .US rather than say going the Blake.Luxury route or Lively.social. The Gossip Girl star is going with the name Preserve.Us. The Huffington Post covered the launch and the feedback from all ...
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Actress Blake Lively Launches New Lifestyle Brand on a .US
Actress Blake Lively launched her new lifestyle website on a .US rather than say going the Blake.Luxury route or Lively.social. The Gossip Girl star is going with the name Preserve.Us. The Huffington Post covered the launch and the feedback from all ...
Discussion
July 27, 2014, 4:26 pm
