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The Domains
HotWise January Search: Bing Gains On Google
According to a report released yesterday by Hitwise, Bing is gaining some market share at the expense of Google. Google’s market share for search in January was almost 68% down 2% from December. On the other hand Bing.com and Bing-powered sites...
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HotWise January Search: Bing Gains On Google
According to a report released yesterday by Hitwise, Bing is gaining some market share at the expense of Google. Google’s market share for search in January was almost 68% down 2% from December. On the other hand Bing.com and Bing-powered sites...
Discussion
February 9, 2011, 1:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
UDRP Panel Transfers PayBack.es Domain Name
Generic domain name to be transferred as result of arbitration decision. Is the term “payback” generic? Of course it is. It has many potential uses. Still, a World Intellectual Property Forum panelist has awarded the Spanish ccTLD Payback...
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UDRP Panel Transfers PayBack.es Domain Name
Generic domain name to be transferred as result of arbitration decision. Is the term “payback” generic? Of course it is. It has many potential uses. Still, a World Intellectual Property Forum panelist has awarded the Spanish ccTLD Payback...
Discussion
February 9, 2011, 12:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Microsoft Scores Bi.ng Domain Name
Company registers short Nigerian domain name. Microsoft registered the short URL Bi.ng on February 4 thanks to the liberalization of Nigeria’s .ng domain name to allow limited second level registrations. Previously you were required to register...
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Microsoft Scores Bi.ng Domain Name
Company registers short Nigerian domain name. Microsoft registered the short URL Bi.ng on February 4 thanks to the liberalization of Nigeria’s .ng domain name to allow limited second level registrations. Previously you were required to register...
Discussion
February 9, 2011, 12:15 pm
Domain Shane
Ben Mezrik: My Favorite Session At DomainFest Had Nothing to Do With Domains
It was actually with writer Ben Mezrik. Although you may not be familiar with the name , you certainly know his work. Mezrik wrote ‘The Accidentally Billionaires’ which became the Academy award winning movie (will be true very...
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Ben Mezrik: My Favorite Session At DomainFest Had Nothing to Do With Domains
It was actually with writer Ben Mezrik. Although you may not be familiar with the name , you certainly know his work. Mezrik wrote ‘The Accidentally Billionaires’ which became the Academy award winning movie (will be true very...
Discussion
February 9, 2011, 11:59 am
Domain Name Wire
UDRP Cases Spike in 2010
Number of cases filed in 2010 increases thanks largely to brand protection services. The number of Uniform domain-name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)cases filed at the two largest arbitration providers increased over 25% in 2010 compared to 2009, a...
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UDRP Cases Spike in 2010
Number of cases filed in 2010 increases thanks largely to brand protection services. The number of Uniform domain-name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)cases filed at the two largest arbitration providers increased over 25% in 2010 compared to 2009, a...
Discussion
February 9, 2011, 11:24 am
Domain Shane
Wednesday’s Daily Domain Auction Picks and Droppers
I got an email from someone asking me why I put so many NameJet and Snapname domains on my daily list. The answer is simple. They have the best names. NameJet has 60% of the good daily names coming through on a daily basis and Snap 30%.&n...
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Wednesday’s Daily Domain Auction Picks and Droppers
I got an email from someone asking me why I put so many NameJet and Snapname domains on my daily list. The answer is simple. They have the best names. NameJet has 60% of the good daily names coming through on a daily basis and Snap 30%.&n...
Discussion
February 9, 2011, 2:18 am
The Domains
BuyOwner.com Sells For $1 Million Dollars
According to the Chicago Tribune the real estate site, BuyOwner.com sold today out of Bankruptcy court for a cool million. “It was once billed as the nation’s largest for-sale-by-owner operation and according to the story, the compa...
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BuyOwner.com Sells For $1 Million Dollars
According to the Chicago Tribune the real estate site, BuyOwner.com sold today out of Bankruptcy court for a cool million. “It was once billed as the nation’s largest for-sale-by-owner operation and according to the story, the compa...
Discussion
February 8, 2011, 8:18 pm
The Domains
Afternic Sells $450K in Domain Names Lead By One Of Our’s DoubleYourBusiness.com For $22,500
Afternic.com just released its list of domain name sales for the week ending Feburary 6th 2011, and one of our domains, DoubleYourBusiness.com lead the way selling for $22,500. There were a few “strange” sales on the list doubleyourbusine...
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Afternic Sells $450K in Domain Names Lead By One Of Our’s DoubleYourBusiness.com For $22,500
Afternic.com just released its list of domain name sales for the week ending Feburary 6th 2011, and one of our domains, DoubleYourBusiness.com lead the way selling for $22,500. There were a few “strange” sales on the list doubleyourbusine...
Discussion
February 8, 2011, 6:40 pm
The Domains
WebSiteHosting.com Sells For $190,000
According to a Press Release just issued the domain name WebSiteHosting.com sold for $190,000. A company called Terran Marketing announced that they purchased websitehosting.com from a private seller for $190,000. Michael Jackness also made a post on...
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WebSiteHosting.com Sells For $190,000
According to a Press Release just issued the domain name WebSiteHosting.com sold for $190,000. A company called Terran Marketing announced that they purchased websitehosting.com from a private seller for $190,000. Michael Jackness also made a post on...
Discussion
February 8, 2011, 6:18 pm
Elliot's Blog
Afternic Sells Close to a Half Million in Domain Names Last Week
I just received the weekly sales report from Afternic, and the company closed over $460,000 in publicly reported sales last week. The highest value sale was DoubleYourBusiness.com for $22,500. Interestingly, the highest value non .com sale was NewYor...
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Afternic Sells Close to a Half Million in Domain Names Last Week
I just received the weekly sales report from Afternic, and the company closed over $460,000 in publicly reported sales last week. The highest value sale was DoubleYourBusiness.com for $22,500. Interestingly, the highest value non .com sale was NewYor...
Discussion
February 8, 2011, 5:58 pm
