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The Domains
Godaddy/Afternic Sales Total $1,550,036 Led By Supporter.com For $35K
GoDaddy and Afternic’s released its sales report for the week of 12/16/13 – 12/22/13. Total domain sales for the week summed to $1,550,036. All sales were led by Supporter.com for $35K, followed by uchat.com for $20K. The top non-.com sal...
Discussion
Godaddy/Afternic Sales Total $1,550,036 Led By Supporter.com For $35K
GoDaddy and Afternic’s released its sales report for the week of 12/16/13 – 12/22/13. Total domain sales for the week summed to $1,550,036. All sales were led by Supporter.com for $35K, followed by uchat.com for $20K. The top non-.com sal...
Discussion
December 25, 2013, 9:29 pm
Domain Shane
Today is the Day That You Should Try and Repeat More than Once a Year
Today represents a lot of different things to different people. But it can be the same thing to everyone. A day to spend with friends or family and get out of the daily routine . The day when you’re not expected to work. ...
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Today is the Day That You Should Try and Repeat More than Once a Year
Today represents a lot of different things to different people. But it can be the same thing to everyone. A day to spend with friends or family and get out of the daily routine . The day when you’re not expected to work. ...
Discussion
December 25, 2013, 4:38 pm
The Domains
Mama Mia ! Italy Passes the Google Tax
M Italy passes the Google Tax. In what seems to be a law that violates European Union rules the Italian Senate has passed a law that will require companies to purchase their Internet ads locally. Forbes covered it here From the article: The Italian S...
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Mama Mia ! Italy Passes the Google Tax
M Italy passes the Google Tax. In what seems to be a law that violates European Union rules the Italian Senate has passed a law that will require companies to purchase their Internet ads locally. Forbes covered it here From the article: The Italian S...
Discussion
December 24, 2013, 11:33 pm
The Domains
Registrar BigRock Gets ICANN Terminated Registrar Dynamic Dolphin’s Domains
ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from Dynamic Dolphin, Inc. to BigRock Solutions Ltd. due to compliance actions taken by ICANN that resulted in the de-accreditation of Dynamic Dolphin, Inc. Former registrant-customers of...
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Registrar BigRock Gets ICANN Terminated Registrar Dynamic Dolphin’s Domains
ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from Dynamic Dolphin, Inc. to BigRock Solutions Ltd. due to compliance actions taken by ICANN that resulted in the de-accreditation of Dynamic Dolphin, Inc. Former registrant-customers of...
Discussion
December 24, 2013, 9:28 pm
The Domains
88888.com Sold For $245K; 888888888888888888888888.com Is Dropping Tomorrow
The domain name 88888.com was sold for $245,000 just a few weeks ago by Name Administration. At the time we chatted about how the number 8 was super lucky in Chinese Culture so what could be better than five 8′s? How about 24 eight’...
Discussion
88888.com Sold For $245K; 888888888888888888888888.com Is Dropping Tomorrow
The domain name 88888.com was sold for $245,000 just a few weeks ago by Name Administration. At the time we chatted about how the number 8 was super lucky in Chinese Culture so what could be better than five 8′s? How about 24 eight’...
Discussion
December 24, 2013, 9:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
2013 in review: the top Domain Name stories of the year
Check in daily from December 26 until the New Year for a recap of 2013′s biggest domain name stories. 2014 is going to be big for the domain industry. BIG. 2013 set the stage for 2014. So before moving on to the new year, Domain Name Wire is go...
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2013 in review: the top Domain Name stories of the year
Check in daily from December 26 until the New Year for a recap of 2013′s biggest domain name stories. 2014 is going to be big for the domain industry. BIG. 2013 set the stage for 2014. So before moving on to the new year, Domain Name Wire is go...
Discussion
December 24, 2013, 3:02 pm
The Domains
Porn.XXX Ranks On 1st Page Of Google for Porn; Good News For New gTLD’s
Well its taken a while but the bang on domain name Porn.xxx is has made it to the first page of Google for the search term “porn”. As you might imagine, porn its one of the toughest terms to rank on the first page on, with millions of adu...
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Porn.XXX Ranks On 1st Page Of Google for Porn; Good News For New gTLD’s
Well its taken a while but the bang on domain name Porn.xxx is has made it to the first page of Google for the search term “porn”. As you might imagine, porn its one of the toughest terms to rank on the first page on, with millions of adu...
Discussion
December 24, 2013, 2:22 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on December 24th, 2013
It’s Christmas Eve and fortunately I have all my shopping done. I bought myself a little gift yesterday and picked up a new car. My wife and I hadn’t had new cars in 10 years so we splurged over the last few months and bought a little mor...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on December 24th, 2013
It’s Christmas Eve and fortunately I have all my shopping done. I bought myself a little gift yesterday and picked up a new car. My wife and I hadn’t had new cars in 10 years so we splurged over the last few months and bought a little mor...
Discussion
December 24, 2013, 10:25 am
Domain Name Wire
Calle: New TLDs will be good for .Co
.Co Internet CEO thinks new TLDs will gain acceptance over time and ultimately be good for his own .co domain name. Everyone has been asking the question about what new TLDs mean for .com. Few have been asking what new TLDs mean for existing alternat...
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Calle: New TLDs will be good for .Co
.Co Internet CEO thinks new TLDs will gain acceptance over time and ultimately be good for his own .co domain name. Everyone has been asking the question about what new TLDs mean for .com. Few have been asking what new TLDs mean for existing alternat...
Discussion
December 23, 2013, 5:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
WIPO panel awards StAndrews.com domain name to golf course
Famous golf course to get control of StAndrews.com domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization UDRP panelist has awarded the StAndrews.com domain name to St Andrews Links, one of the oldest golf courses in the world. This was an interesti...
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WIPO panel awards StAndrews.com domain name to golf course
Famous golf course to get control of StAndrews.com domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization UDRP panelist has awarded the StAndrews.com domain name to St Andrews Links, one of the oldest golf courses in the world. This was an interesti...
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December 23, 2013, 4:54 pm
