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Click Fraud? Report Says Bots Made Up To 98% Of Charged Ad Clicks on Google
A paper published by Oxford BioChronometrics SA, which is a company that sells click fraud protection to clients published a report last month concluding that: “Our research found that at best, 88% of the ad-clicks were made by bots on the Link...
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Click Fraud? Report Says Bots Made Up To 98% Of Charged Ad Clicks on Google
A paper published by Oxford BioChronometrics SA, which is a company that sells click fraud protection to clients published a report last month concluding that: “Our research found that at best, 88% of the ad-clicks were made by bots on the Link...
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February 24, 2015, 6:21 pm

The Domains
.Club Offering Free Domains & $10K In Prizes At LAUNCH Hackathon in San Francisco
.Club announced today that they will be is awarding $10,000 in prizes to an entrant of this year’s LAUNCH Hackathon taking place February 27- March 1, 2015 in San Francisco. .CLUB is offering every LAUNCH Hackathon participant a free .CLUB doma...
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.Club Offering Free Domains & $10K In Prizes At LAUNCH Hackathon in San Francisco
.Club announced today that they will be is awarding $10,000 in prizes to an entrant of this year’s LAUNCH Hackathon taking place February 27- March 1, 2015 in San Francisco. .CLUB is offering every LAUNCH Hackathon participant a free .CLUB doma...
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February 24, 2015, 4:52 pm

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.Science is Live and AlpNames.com is Letting You Register Them For Free
.Science just launched into general availability this morning and at least one register is allowing you to register them for free. Alpnames.com isn’t advertising it on the front of their site, but if you try to register a .Science domain name y...
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.Science is Live and AlpNames.com is Letting You Register Them For Free
.Science just launched into general availability this morning and at least one register is allowing you to register them for free. Alpnames.com isn’t advertising it on the front of their site, but if you try to register a .Science domain name y...
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February 24, 2015, 4:37 pm

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Google Going To Make Blogger Platform Porn free
Google is saying goodbye to sexually explicit images and videos on their Blogger platform. The news has been covered by quite a few places obviously, I found the discussion in the comments on Engadget to be a bit entertaining. From the article: Many ...
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Google Going To Make Blogger Platform Porn free
Google is saying goodbye to sexually explicit images and videos on their Blogger platform. The news has been covered by quite a few places obviously, I found the discussion in the comments on Engadget to be a bit entertaining. From the article: Many ...
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February 24, 2015, 3:55 pm

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Endurance International Reports That Revenue From Directi & BuyDomains Higher Than Expectations
Endurance International (EIGI) reported its earnings last night after the market closed In its earnings call, Endurance said that its acquisition of both Directi and BuyDomains.com were generating more revenue than expected. “At the time of acq...
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Endurance International Reports That Revenue From Directi & BuyDomains Higher Than Expectations
Endurance International (EIGI) reported its earnings last night after the market closed In its earnings call, Endurance said that its acquisition of both Directi and BuyDomains.com were generating more revenue than expected. “At the time of acq...
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February 24, 2015, 2:39 pm

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.ZA Domain Registrations Pass The 1 Million Mark
According to itnewsafrica.com, the ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA), the regulator of .ZA, which is the ccTLD for South Africa, says the number of registered .ZA domain names has reached and exceeded 1 million for ths first time this week. .ZA become...
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.ZA Domain Registrations Pass The 1 Million Mark
According to itnewsafrica.com, the ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA), the regulator of .ZA, which is the ccTLD for South Africa, says the number of registered .ZA domain names has reached and exceeded 1 million for ths first time this week. .ZA become...
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February 24, 2015, 2:07 pm

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Minds + Machines Generates £2.29m From Operations: $36m From Losing Private gTLD Auctions & Spends $25.9M Winning
According to a press release out today, Minds + Machines (LON:MMX), the top-level domains owner and operator, “saw revenue surge from September when ten of its newly acquired Internet names became generally available. Sales totaled £2.9ml...
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Minds + Machines Generates £2.29m From Operations: $36m From Losing Private gTLD Auctions & Spends $25.9M Winning
According to a press release out today, Minds + Machines (LON:MMX), the top-level domains owner and operator, “saw revenue surge from September when ten of its newly acquired Internet names became generally available. Sales totaled £2.9ml...
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February 24, 2015, 1:44 pm

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Marijuana Now Legal In Alaska – A Few Related Domains Registered – Good Ones Long Gone
Huffington Post along with several other news outlets covered the legalization of Marijuana in Alaska. From the article: Marijuana is now legal for adults in Alaska. Alaska on Tuesday becomes the third U.S. state to end prohibition of marijuana, offi...
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Marijuana Now Legal In Alaska – A Few Related Domains Registered – Good Ones Long Gone
Huffington Post along with several other news outlets covered the legalization of Marijuana in Alaska. From the article: Marijuana is now legal for adults in Alaska. Alaska on Tuesday becomes the third U.S. state to end prohibition of marijuana, offi...
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February 24, 2015, 10:07 am

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UDRP Filed Again The Domain Name Major.com Bought For € 48,000.00 EUR In 2010
Major Wire Industries Limited has filed a UDRP on the domain name Major.com. The domain name Major.com is owned by DigitalOne AG and seems to have bought the domain using Sedo, in November 2010 for € 48,000.00 EUR. It appear according to Screens...
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UDRP Filed Again The Domain Name Major.com Bought For € 48,000.00 EUR In 2010
Major Wire Industries Limited has filed a UDRP on the domain name Major.com. The domain name Major.com is owned by DigitalOne AG and seems to have bought the domain using Sedo, in November 2010 for € 48,000.00 EUR. It appear according to Screens...
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February 23, 2015, 9:56 pm

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Operators of NameBright.com & HugeDomains.com Launch Expire.com Domain Auction Service
According to a press release out today, TurnCommerce Inc., operators of NameBright.com (an ICANN accredited domain name registrar), HugeDomains.com (a domain name aftermarket), and DropCatch.com (a domain back-order service) announced the launch of E...
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Operators of NameBright.com & HugeDomains.com Launch Expire.com Domain Auction Service
According to a press release out today, TurnCommerce Inc., operators of NameBright.com (an ICANN accredited domain name registrar), HugeDomains.com (a domain name aftermarket), and DropCatch.com (a domain back-order service) announced the launch of E...
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February 23, 2015, 9:32 pm