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Sully's Blog
Launching a Business on a Generic, Exact-Match Domain Name
A mutual friend recently introduced me to Jon Yau. Jon purchased StockPhoto.com in January, 2013. Today, StockPhoto.com is an online stock photo business operating on a well polished website. Jon was kind enough to answer some quest...
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Launching a Business on a Generic, Exact-Match Domain Name
A mutual friend recently introduced me to Jon Yau. Jon purchased StockPhoto.com in January, 2013. Today, StockPhoto.com is an online stock photo business operating on a well polished website. Jon was kind enough to answer some quest...
Discussion
January 23, 2014, 3:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cobb International guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed UDRP case even though the domain names at issue were not registered in bad faith. South African firm Cobb International has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP decision at World Intellectual Property Organizatio...
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Cobb International guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed UDRP case even though the domain names at issue were not registered in bad faith. South African firm Cobb International has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP decision at World Intellectual Property Organizatio...
Discussion
January 23, 2014, 2:35 pm
The Domains
Chris Holloway, Cobb Depot, Inc., Advanced Outdoor Concepts, Inc. Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Chris Holloway, Cobb Depot, Inc., Advanced Outdoor Concepts, Inc. of Florida, Guilt of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain names cobbamerica.com and cobbq.com The Complainant contends that the Domain Names are identical or confusingly ...
Discussion
Chris Holloway, Cobb Depot, Inc., Advanced Outdoor Concepts, Inc. Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Chris Holloway, Cobb Depot, Inc., Advanced Outdoor Concepts, Inc. of Florida, Guilt of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain names cobbamerica.com and cobbq.com The Complainant contends that the Domain Names are identical or confusingly ...
Discussion
January 23, 2014, 2:28 pm
The Domains
WSJ: There Real End Users Looks Forward To Moving Their URL To A New gTLD
The Wall Street Journal has become the another major publication to publish a story about the launch of the new gTLD program and has actually talked to some real people, small business owners who are looking forward to registering a new gTLD to repla...
Discussion
WSJ: There Real End Users Looks Forward To Moving Their URL To A New gTLD
The Wall Street Journal has become the another major publication to publish a story about the launch of the new gTLD program and has actually talked to some real people, small business owners who are looking forward to registering a new gTLD to repla...
Discussion
January 23, 2014, 2:19 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on January 23rd, 2014
When people brag that they can do this job from anywhere I want the give them a heads up to not do it from the Midwest. Ridiculous weather. Negative zero winter temps and over 100 in the summer. Why anyone would want to live here beats me...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on January 23rd, 2014
When people brag that they can do this job from anywhere I want the give them a heads up to not do it from the Midwest. Ridiculous weather. Negative zero winter temps and over 100 in the summer. Why anyone would want to live here beats me...
Discussion
January 23, 2014, 11:01 am
The Domains
Building Your Business on Google +
If you have been looking to improve you Google + account and use it for your business. I know a lot of people don’t love Google + but there are some who have been looking to get more active. Google + has made it available now to get custom url...
Discussion
Building Your Business on Google +
If you have been looking to improve you Google + account and use it for your business. I know a lot of people don’t love Google + but there are some who have been looking to get more active. Google + has made it available now to get custom url...
Discussion
January 23, 2014, 10:31 am
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – Jan 23, 2014
In this show:* 118 "really cool brandable" domain names are reviewed* 15 nice domains going to auction at NameJet soon are evaluated* Both sides of the "plural versus singular" debate as it relates to NoseJobs.com* "Registere...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – Jan 23, 2014
In this show:* 118 "really cool brandable" domain names are reviewed* 15 nice domains going to auction at NameJet soon are evaluated* Both sides of the "plural versus singular" debate as it relates to NoseJobs.com* "Registere...
Discussion
January 23, 2014, 9:00 am
The Domains
Now the Makers of Candy Crush Saga Want to trademark the word Saga
On Monday we wrote about King Studios and their trademarking of the word Candy. The company seemed to be going out and trying to enforce the mark even though its still open for opposition at the USPTO. King also received a trademark for Candy i...
Discussion
Now the Makers of Candy Crush Saga Want to trademark the word Saga
On Monday we wrote about King Studios and their trademarking of the word Candy. The company seemed to be going out and trying to enforce the mark even though its still open for opposition at the USPTO. King also received a trademark for Candy i...
Discussion
January 22, 2014, 10:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web.com: WebLock program will be opt-in, not opt-out
Company will not charge customers for added security service unless they accept it. Web.com, parent company of Network Solutions and Register.com, came under fire yesterday after informing some customers they would automatically be opted-in to a secu...
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Web.com: WebLock program will be opt-in, not opt-out
Company will not charge customers for added security service unless they accept it. Web.com, parent company of Network Solutions and Register.com, came under fire yesterday after informing some customers they would automatically be opted-in to a secu...
Discussion
January 22, 2014, 9:10 pm
The Domains
Harvard Business School “Display Ads Drive Search Clicks After Two Weeks”
Greg Sterling wrote an article on Search Engine Land today that related to a study showing display ads drive search clicks with a delayed effect. The study was conducted by Harvard and Ozyegin University researchers. Ozyegin is located in Turkey. Fro...
Discussion
Harvard Business School “Display Ads Drive Search Clicks After Two Weeks”
Greg Sterling wrote an article on Search Engine Land today that related to a study showing display ads drive search clicks with a delayed effect. The study was conducted by Harvard and Ozyegin University researchers. Ozyegin is located in Turkey. Fro...
Discussion
January 22, 2014, 9:01 pm
