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There are now over 1Billion Websites on the Internet
The Internet now has over 1 Billion websites, that is according to Internet Live Stats. The website points out, “By “Website” we mean unique hostname (a name which can be resolved, using a name server, into an IP Address). It must b...
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There are now over 1Billion Websites on the Internet
The Internet now has over 1 Billion websites, that is according to Internet Live Stats. The website points out, “By “Website” we mean unique hostname (a name which can be resolved, using a name server, into an IP Address). It must b...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 8:31 am
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Church 4,044; .Guide 3,387; .Life 2,106; .Loans 632; .Republican 385
Five new gTLD’s went into general availability (GA) on Wednesday. Including domains registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders and by those willing to pay an extra charge to register domain name in the Early Access Program (EAP) prio...
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Church 4,044; .Guide 3,387; .Life 2,106; .Loans 632; .Republican 385
Five new gTLD’s went into general availability (GA) on Wednesday. Including domains registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders and by those willing to pay an extra charge to register domain name in the Early Access Program (EAP) prio...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 7:01 am
The Domains
Google & Donuts Lose All 3 ICANN New gTLD Auctions: What Did We Learn Today?
ICANN published results of the first three ICANN Last Resort Auctions (there was an auction in June for a IDN String) tonight and we certainly learned a few things. Many people had the opinion that Google and Amazon would simply outbid all other appl...
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Google & Donuts Lose All 3 ICANN New gTLD Auctions: What Did We Learn Today?
ICANN published results of the first three ICANN Last Resort Auctions (there was an auction in June for a IDN String) tonight and we certainly learned a few things. Many people had the opinion that Google and Amazon would simply outbid all other appl...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 6:44 am
The Domains
Radix Registry Giving You A Chance to Win a Free Go Pro
Radix Registry the company behind the .Website extension wants to give you a chance to win a free Go Pro. The company is running a one day contest. Participate in the .website launch contest to win a GoPro! Guess the number of regs we will be at by t...
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Radix Registry Giving You A Chance to Win a Free Go Pro
Radix Registry the company behind the .Website extension wants to give you a chance to win a free Go Pro. The company is running a one day contest. Participate in the .website launch contest to win a GoPro! Guess the number of regs we will be at by t...
Discussion
September 17, 2014, 11:21 pm
The Domains
Frank Schilling’s Name Adminstration Wins Its 35th UDRP on ParisJewellers.com
Name Administration won its 35th UDRP today as a three member panel of the National Arbitration Forum, rejected Paris Jewellers Ltd. of Canada Complaint on the domain name ParisJewellers.com which was registered by Name Administration back in 2004. A...
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Frank Schilling’s Name Adminstration Wins Its 35th UDRP on ParisJewellers.com
Name Administration won its 35th UDRP today as a three member panel of the National Arbitration Forum, rejected Paris Jewellers Ltd. of Canada Complaint on the domain name ParisJewellers.com which was registered by Name Administration back in 2004. A...
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September 17, 2014, 4:14 pm
The Domains
.London, Has More Reserved Domains Than Registrations & You Won’t Believe What’s on The List
.London which launched last week has just over 39,00 domain name registration in the zone file as of today, which many regard to be less than impressive. The population of London’s metropolitan area is the largest in the EU with a total of 13,6...
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.London, Has More Reserved Domains Than Registrations & You Won’t Believe What’s on The List
.London which launched last week has just over 39,00 domain name registration in the zone file as of today, which many regard to be less than impressive. The population of London’s metropolitan area is the largest in the EU with a total of 13,6...
Discussion
September 17, 2014, 12:41 pm
The Domains
Tuesday Was .Vegas Day & A Big Celebration Was Held At Las Vegas City Hall
The City of Las Vegas held a very cool launch ceremony for Dot Vegas at Las Vegas city hall today. Namescon.Vegas was the very first domain activated by .Vegas after Nic.Vegas (Nic.is the first domain activated by every new gTLD registr...
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Tuesday Was .Vegas Day & A Big Celebration Was Held At Las Vegas City Hall
The City of Las Vegas held a very cool launch ceremony for Dot Vegas at Las Vegas city hall today. Namescon.Vegas was the very first domain activated by .Vegas after Nic.Vegas (Nic.is the first domain activated by every new gTLD registr...
Discussion
September 17, 2014, 5:28 am
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total Just $1M As Baltic.Cruises Tops The List at $25,000
Over the past week, 543 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 Million 49% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: kiel.com at 19,500 EUR &middo...
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Sedo Transactions Total Just $1M As Baltic.Cruises Tops The List at $25,000
Over the past week, 543 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 Million 49% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: kiel.com at 19,500 EUR &middo...
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September 16, 2014, 7:55 pm
The Domains
Handy.com Sells: New Owner Says “it wasn’t Cheap” & Has A Lesson For Domain Owners
TechCrunch.com just covered a company that acquired the domain name Handy.com which quotes the buyer saying “it wasn’t cheap.” The domain name was owned by Neue Medien GmbH of Germany. which may have been formerly known as Med...
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Handy.com Sells: New Owner Says “it wasn’t Cheap” & Has A Lesson For Domain Owners
TechCrunch.com just covered a company that acquired the domain name Handy.com which quotes the buyer saying “it wasn’t cheap.” The domain name was owned by Neue Medien GmbH of Germany. which may have been formerly known as Med...
Discussion
September 16, 2014, 3:19 pm
The Domains
.Guide Going Live Wed Has More Registrations Than 4 M + M gTLD’s Have After 1st Day Of GA
.Guide which goes into general availability tomorrow, Wednesday September 17th already has more registrations than four strings of Minds + Machines after their first day of GA yesterday. .Guide is sitting at 403 domain name all registered in Sunrise ...
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.Guide Going Live Wed Has More Registrations Than 4 M + M gTLD’s Have After 1st Day Of GA
.Guide which goes into general availability tomorrow, Wednesday September 17th already has more registrations than four strings of Minds + Machines after their first day of GA yesterday. .Guide is sitting at 403 domain name all registered in Sunrise ...
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September 16, 2014, 1:47 pm
