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An inside look at a major spam operation
There was an article published a couple hours ago on TechCrunch that’s worth a read, it delves into a large spam operation and how it was used to send personalized spam email. According to the article the emails were so convincing more than 100...
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An inside look at a major spam operation
There was an article published a couple hours ago on TechCrunch that’s worth a read, it delves into a large spam operation and how it was used to send personalized spam email. According to the article the emails were so convincing more than 100...
Discussion
April 2, 2019, 6:18 pm

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Joseph Peterson leaving Epik
Joseph Peterson has left Epik, he will stay on while the company transitions. Joseph started posting a few weeks back in what has become a very heated and contentious thread on Namepros. He wrote on Namepros: During a transitional period, I’m s...
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Joseph Peterson leaving Epik
Joseph Peterson has left Epik, he will stay on while the company transitions. Joseph started posting a few weeks back in what has become a very heated and contentious thread on Namepros. He wrote on Namepros: During a transitional period, I’m s...
Discussion
April 1, 2019, 11:07 pm

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Long tail keywords and why they are important
Andrew Ansley wrote a very good post at RavenTools about long tail keywords that is worth a read for those developing websites and investing in long term keywords to sell to those who will develop. From the article: Why Are Long-Tail Keywords Importa...
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Long tail keywords and why they are important
Andrew Ansley wrote a very good post at RavenTools about long tail keywords that is worth a read for those developing websites and investing in long term keywords to sell to those who will develop. From the article: Why Are Long-Tail Keywords Importa...
Discussion
March 31, 2019, 10:58 am

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Domain name registrations grew 4.9 percent, year over year
Verisign published their Q4 2018 DNIB report The fourth quarter of 2018 closed with approximately 348.7 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of approximately 6.3 million domain name registrations, or 1.8 ...
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Domain name registrations grew 4.9 percent, year over year
Verisign published their Q4 2018 DNIB report The fourth quarter of 2018 closed with approximately 348.7 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of approximately 6.3 million domain name registrations, or 1.8 ...
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March 28, 2019, 10:17 pm

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Sedo weekly sales led by kBet.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and kBet.com was the top sale at $43,530. Mobility.de was second at 35,000 Euros, ($39,444). 42 .com sales 20 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency .COMs kbet.com 43,530 USD noxion.com 20,000...
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Sedo weekly sales led by kBet.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and kBet.com was the top sale at $43,530. Mobility.de was second at 35,000 Euros, ($39,444). 42 .com sales 20 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency .COMs kbet.com 43,530 USD noxion.com 20,000...
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March 26, 2019, 8:16 pm

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Making a fortune squatting domains on the Dark Web?
Typosquatting on corporate names is not the only squatting game in town. TheNextWeb has a story about someone claiming to have made $760,000 in BTC by squatting on websites that reside on the Tor network. From the article: A scammer is claiming ...
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Making a fortune squatting domains on the Dark Web?
Typosquatting on corporate names is not the only squatting game in town. TheNextWeb has a story about someone claiming to have made $760,000 in BTC by squatting on websites that reside on the Tor network. From the article: A scammer is claiming ...
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March 22, 2019, 1:23 am

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Burl.com sells for second time in less than a year
Burl.com sold for the third time in 12 years and the second time in less than one year. The domain closed at $24,555 on NameJet and was the top close for Wednesday. The name sold for just $5,088 in April of 2018. That sale was down from the previous ...
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Burl.com sells for second time in less than a year
Burl.com sold for the third time in 12 years and the second time in less than one year. The domain closed at $24,555 on NameJet and was the top close for Wednesday. The name sold for just $5,088 in April of 2018. That sale was down from the previous ...
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March 21, 2019, 11:57 am

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Google gets fined €1.49 billion in Adsense antitrust case
Google has now got hit with their third huge fine from the EU, €1.49 billion, ($1.7 billion) this time around, which is the third highest fine they have had to pay. This was in regards to Adsense, Venture Beat wrote: In those previous fil...
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Google gets fined €1.49 billion in Adsense antitrust case
Google has now got hit with their third huge fine from the EU, €1.49 billion, ($1.7 billion) this time around, which is the third highest fine they have had to pay. This was in regards to Adsense, Venture Beat wrote: In those previous fil...
Discussion
March 21, 2019, 5:26 am

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Will all marketplaces have to become licensed escrow agents?
In a thread on Namepros about Rob Monster and Epik, Joseph Peterson posted an interesting tidbit, one that if it plays out as Joseph speculates it could, will affect all the big players in the domain aftermarket space and domain investors as well. Th...
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Will all marketplaces have to become licensed escrow agents?
In a thread on Namepros about Rob Monster and Epik, Joseph Peterson posted an interesting tidbit, one that if it plays out as Joseph speculates it could, will affect all the big players in the domain aftermarket space and domain investors as well. Th...
Discussion
March 21, 2019, 3:10 am

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Is it still too early for emoji domains?
Page Howe was mentioned in an article on ieee.org. The article took a look at emoji domains and why they do or don’t make sense. Page has been outspoken about his belief in emoji domains and gets a couple paragraphs. From the article: People li...
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Is it still too early for emoji domains?
Page Howe was mentioned in an article on ieee.org. The article took a look at emoji domains and why they do or don’t make sense. Page has been outspoken about his belief in emoji domains and gets a couple paragraphs. From the article: People li...
Discussion
March 20, 2019, 4:25 pm