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Domain Name Wire
ICANN Policies Are Biggest Issue Facing Domain Industry in 2011
ICANN policy decisions cast cloud over domain name industry. A non-scientific survey of over 1,500 people in the domain name industry suggests that ICANN policy decisions represent the biggest issue facing their businesses in 2011. 30% of survey resp...
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ICANN Policies Are Biggest Issue Facing Domain Industry in 2011
ICANN policy decisions cast cloud over domain name industry. A non-scientific survey of over 1,500 people in the domain name industry suggests that ICANN policy decisions represent the biggest issue facing their businesses in 2011. 30% of survey resp...
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February 22, 2011, 10:58 am
Domain Name News
Sex.com Domain Sale Entered into Guinness Book of World Records
The Sale of Sex.com has now been entered into the Guinness Book of World Records. The entry is currently listed online only, but will be included in the next print edition. The domain name was sold for $13 million USD by Escom LLC to Clover Holdings ...
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Sex.com Domain Sale Entered into Guinness Book of World Records
The Sale of Sex.com has now been entered into the Guinness Book of World Records. The entry is currently listed online only, but will be included in the next print edition. The domain name was sold for $13 million USD by Escom LLC to Clover Holdings ...
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February 22, 2011, 10:45 am
Domain Name Wire
Survey: Schwartz and Parsons Have Most Influence on Domain Name Industry
Survey says Rick Schwartz has most influence on domain name industry. Each year on the Domain Name Wire annual survey I ask an open ended question: Which person has the most influence on the domain industry? This is a fill-in-the-blank question, whic...
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Survey: Schwartz and Parsons Have Most Influence on Domain Name Industry
Survey says Rick Schwartz has most influence on domain name industry. Each year on the Domain Name Wire annual survey I ask an open ended question: Which person has the most influence on the domain industry? This is a fill-in-the-blank question, whic...
Discussion
February 22, 2011, 9:58 am
Domain Name Wire
Root Orange Releases New Geo Targeting Service
Service enables web sites to target content based on visitor’s location. Root Orange, which launched a geo-splitting domain name service a year ago, announced a private beta for a new geo-splitting technology today. GeoSkipper makes it easier f...
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Root Orange Releases New Geo Targeting Service
Service enables web sites to target content based on visitor’s location. Root Orange, which launched a geo-splitting domain name service a year ago, announced a private beta for a new geo-splitting technology today. GeoSkipper makes it easier f...
Discussion
February 22, 2011, 9:00 am
Elliot's Blog
It’s Official: Sex.com Sale a Guinness World Record
Most of us probably already know that the $13 million sale of Sex.com was the top all-cash, public domain sale of all time. This sale has now been officially documented by the folks at Guinness World Records, the organization that publishes the Guinn...
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It’s Official: Sex.com Sale a Guinness World Record
Most of us probably already know that the $13 million sale of Sex.com was the top all-cash, public domain sale of all time. This sale has now been officially documented by the folks at Guinness World Records, the organization that publishes the Guinn...
Discussion
February 22, 2011, 8:21 am
Domain Shane
Tuesday’s Daily Domain Auctions Finds and Drops
Note to self. Don’t buy drops on a cell phone. It’s the second time I’ve purchased a misspelled domain. I realized it was a good price but I get good prices all the time. Per usual, small screen and in a hurry equals $69 down the dr...
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Tuesday’s Daily Domain Auctions Finds and Drops
Note to self. Don’t buy drops on a cell phone. It’s the second time I’ve purchased a misspelled domain. I realized it was a good price but I get good prices all the time. Per usual, small screen and in a hurry equals $69 down the dr...
Discussion
February 22, 2011, 2:30 am
Elliot's Blog
Jeff Reynolds of AmericanFlags.com on Fox Business
I tuned in a bit too late this afternoon to see Jeff Reynolds of AmericanFlags.com live on Fox Business tv, but you can now see the video on the Fox Business website. In the segment, Jeff discusses how he acquired the domain name on Ebay and talks ab...
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Jeff Reynolds of AmericanFlags.com on Fox Business
I tuned in a bit too late this afternoon to see Jeff Reynolds of AmericanFlags.com live on Fox Business tv, but you can now see the video on the Fox Business website. In the segment, Jeff discusses how he acquired the domain name on Ebay and talks ab...
Discussion
February 21, 2011, 7:34 pm
Sully's Blog
Solving The Domain Puzzle
Colin King is 58 years old and the managing director of Jigthings Limited. He and his wife have spent their lives developing a business in the UK, supplying garden centers. Ten years ago, a large international company came along with an offer to buy ...
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Solving The Domain Puzzle
Colin King is 58 years old and the managing director of Jigthings Limited. He and his wife have spent their lives developing a business in the UK, supplying garden centers. Ten years ago, a large international company came along with an offer to buy ...
Discussion
February 21, 2011, 7:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
The Moody Blues Fight for MoodyBlues.com
Aging rock group wants .com equivalent of existing domain name. English rock group The Moody Blues have asked a World Intellectual Property Forum panel to give it the domain name MoodyBlues.com. The group’s official web site is MoodyBlues.co.uk...
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The Moody Blues Fight for MoodyBlues.com
Aging rock group wants .com equivalent of existing domain name. English rock group The Moody Blues have asked a World Intellectual Property Forum panel to give it the domain name MoodyBlues.com. The group’s official web site is MoodyBlues.co.uk...
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February 21, 2011, 5:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
New Rules Proposed for Expired Domain Names
Recommendations would make existing best practices of major domain name registrars a requirement. The Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Policy Development Process Working Group has made 14 recommendations for the handling of expired domain...
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New Rules Proposed for Expired Domain Names
Recommendations would make existing best practices of major domain name registrars a requirement. The Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Policy Development Process Working Group has made 14 recommendations for the handling of expired domain...
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February 21, 2011, 4:54 pm
