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Domain Name Wire
Afternic auction on SnapNames ends tomorrow
Auction features 176 domain names. Afternic’s first auction on SnapNames earlier this year was a big success. It focused light on some good domain names such as Hipsters.com. That domain sold for $28,500 (which I suspect is a lot more than the ...
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Afternic auction on SnapNames ends tomorrow
Auction features 176 domain names. Afternic’s first auction on SnapNames earlier this year was a big success. It focused light on some good domain names such as Hipsters.com. That domain sold for $28,500 (which I suspect is a lot more than the ...
Discussion
September 19, 2012, 9:40 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 19th
A little better list of names today. Thank goodness because the domain addicts were having withdrawals. They were having to buy 3 year old .infos to get their fix. Here are today’s names. MyDNA.com Insert joke here. Still a ni...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 19th
A little better list of names today. Thank goodness because the domain addicts were having withdrawals. They were having to buy 3 year old .infos to get their fix. Here are today’s names. MyDNA.com Insert joke here. Still a ni...
Discussion
September 19, 2012, 6:35 am
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy gets patent for SEO and search engine submission
Patent covers method and systems for SEO suggestions and search engine submission. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent (pdf) to Go Daddy for “method for improving a web site’s ranking with search engines&rdqu...
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Go Daddy gets patent for SEO and search engine submission
Patent covers method and systems for SEO suggestions and search engine submission. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent (pdf) to Go Daddy for “method for improving a web site’s ranking with search engines&rdqu...
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September 18, 2012, 5:55 pm
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $975,000 In Domains Led By CashLady.com $36K & OptionTrade.com at $30K
Afternic just posted it sale for the week ending on September 16, 2012 and sold $$973,508 in domain names There are some pretty nice sales in this list including CashLady.com which sold for $36K and Optiontrade.com which sold for $30K and ChinaIndust...
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Afternic.com Sells $975,000 In Domains Led By CashLady.com $36K & OptionTrade.com at $30K
Afternic just posted it sale for the week ending on September 16, 2012 and sold $$973,508 in domain names There are some pretty nice sales in this list including CashLady.com which sold for $36K and Optiontrade.com which sold for $30K and ChinaIndust...
Discussion
September 18, 2012, 5:28 pm
Domain Shane
Pizza24.com $13K, 24-h.com $5K, NewOne.Org $30K: Sedo’s Great Weekly Sales
Sedo had an outstanding week of sales with $2.7 million. And that was with no six figure sales. A lot of head scratchers but that’s the norm in today’s market. My biggest head scratcher may be iwhish.com for $7500. ...
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Pizza24.com $13K, 24-h.com $5K, NewOne.Org $30K: Sedo’s Great Weekly Sales
Sedo had an outstanding week of sales with $2.7 million. And that was with no six figure sales. A lot of head scratchers but that’s the norm in today’s market. My biggest head scratcher may be iwhish.com for $7500. ...
Discussion
September 18, 2012, 4:25 pm
The Domains
Sedo.com Sells Over $2.7MM In Domains Led By NewOne.org for $30K
Sedo.com just announced its sales data for the week ending September 17th, 2012. In all over $2.7MM of domains were sold. The top seller was NewOne.org at $30,000 followed by preisvergleich.net for 16,000 EUR. In all 776 domains were sold. 40% o...
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Sedo.com Sells Over $2.7MM In Domains Led By NewOne.org for $30K
Sedo.com just announced its sales data for the week ending September 17th, 2012. In all over $2.7MM of domains were sold. The top seller was NewOne.org at $30,000 followed by preisvergleich.net for 16,000 EUR. In all 776 domains were sold. 40% o...
Discussion
September 18, 2012, 4:13 pm
Elliot's Blog
Nominate Your Favorite Domain Registrar
Namecheap was voted the winner of LifeHacker’s Best Domain Name Registrar poll, which concluded early this morning. A little over 17,000 votes were cast for the five finalists: Dreamhost, Gandi, Hover, Namecheap, and Name.com. In my opinion, th...
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Nominate Your Favorite Domain Registrar
Namecheap was voted the winner of LifeHacker’s Best Domain Name Registrar poll, which concluded early this morning. A little over 17,000 votes were cast for the five finalists: Dreamhost, Gandi, Hover, Namecheap, and Name.com. In my opinion, th...
Discussion
September 18, 2012, 11:34 am
Domain Name Wire
YouGov research: most UK businesses aware of new top level domains?
Really? .uk registry Nominet recently worked with YouGov to poll businesses in the UK about new top level domain names. The press release headline read “British businesses largely unprepared for new gTLDs”. The headline number: 41% of Bri...
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YouGov research: most UK businesses aware of new top level domains?
Really? .uk registry Nominet recently worked with YouGov to poll businesses in the UK about new top level domain names. The press release headline read “British businesses largely unprepared for new gTLDs”. The headline number: 41% of Bri...
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September 18, 2012, 10:35 am
The Domains
ICANN New CEO Interview With WSJ: “Beauty of the Process Is That ICANN Is Not Deciding the Outcome Of Objected Strings”
WSJ.com just published an interview with the new CEO of ICANN Akram Atallah, on how the new gTLD program was going. There were a few Q&A’s that caught my eye “”WSJ: You have had a lot of complaints and objections. Was this expec...
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ICANN New CEO Interview With WSJ: “Beauty of the Process Is That ICANN Is Not Deciding the Outcome Of Objected Strings”
WSJ.com just published an interview with the new CEO of ICANN Akram Atallah, on how the new gTLD program was going. There were a few Q&A’s that caught my eye “”WSJ: You have had a lot of complaints and objections. Was this expec...
Discussion
September 18, 2012, 10:30 am
The Domains
Twitter Rolls Out Design Enhancements To Profile Pages Including Header Images
According to a post on their Blog, Twitter.com today announced, “design enhancement to profile pages that will give all Twitter users a richer canvas to showcase themselves and drive stronger engagement across platforms.” The new desi...
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Twitter Rolls Out Design Enhancements To Profile Pages Including Header Images
According to a post on their Blog, Twitter.com today announced, “design enhancement to profile pages that will give all Twitter users a richer canvas to showcase themselves and drive stronger engagement across platforms.” The new desi...
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September 18, 2012, 10:12 am
