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.XYZ Claims Its The Most Used New gTLD Extension
In a blog post Daniel Negari the CEO of the .XYZ registry claims that .XYZ its the most used new gTLD extension. The post uses the numbers furnished by ntldstats.com that we disclosed in our post the other day that looks at the percentage ...
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.XYZ Claims Its The Most Used New gTLD Extension
In a blog post Daniel Negari the CEO of the .XYZ registry claims that .XYZ its the most used new gTLD extension. The post uses the numbers furnished by ntldstats.com that we disclosed in our post the other day that looks at the percentage ...
Discussion
August 20, 2014, 8:58 pm
The Domains
The Results Are in Frank Schilling Tops our Poll “Greatest Domain Investor of All Time”
One month ago we asked you to vote on who you thought was the greatest domain investor of all time. Frank Schilling took 31% of the vote and won the title. Yun Ye who sold his portfolio to Marchex for $164 million came in second with 17% of the vote....
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The Results Are in Frank Schilling Tops our Poll “Greatest Domain Investor of All Time”
One month ago we asked you to vote on who you thought was the greatest domain investor of all time. Frank Schilling took 31% of the vote and won the title. Yun Ye who sold his portfolio to Marchex for $164 million came in second with 17% of the vote....
Discussion
August 20, 2014, 7:02 pm
The Domains
ICANN Names 4 Initial Members of Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group
ICANN has named the first four members of the Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group. ICANN’s President and CEO, Fadi Chehadé, will be responsible for the selection of up to seven Advisers to sit on the Coordination G...
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ICANN Names 4 Initial Members of Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group
ICANN has named the first four members of the Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group. ICANN’s President and CEO, Fadi Chehadé, will be responsible for the selection of up to seven Advisers to sit on the Coordination G...
Discussion
August 20, 2014, 4:09 pm
The Domains
Be Warned: WIPO Taking Screenshots When A UDRP Is Filed & Giving It To Panel & Why Its A Problem
WIPO has been taking Screenshots of whatever is on a domain name as soon as a UDRP Is filed and they have been furnishing the screenshot to the UDRP panel who has been taking the screenshot into account as evidence in making their determination. This...
Discussion
Be Warned: WIPO Taking Screenshots When A UDRP Is Filed & Giving It To Panel & Why Its A Problem
WIPO has been taking Screenshots of whatever is on a domain name as soon as a UDRP Is filed and they have been furnishing the screenshot to the UDRP panel who has been taking the screenshot into account as evidence in making their determination. This...
Discussion
August 20, 2014, 3:05 pm
The Domains
Tech Publications In China Giving Postive Coverage to .XYZ
Techweb.com.cn, gave a pretty good endorsement to the .XYZ registry. We had to use Google Translate to turn this into broken English but you get the general idea, that they are recommending to their readers they try .XYZ as an investment: 2014 has be...
Discussion
Tech Publications In China Giving Postive Coverage to .XYZ
Techweb.com.cn, gave a pretty good endorsement to the .XYZ registry. We had to use Google Translate to turn this into broken English but you get the general idea, that they are recommending to their readers they try .XYZ as an investment: 2014 has be...
Discussion
August 20, 2014, 2:32 pm
The Domains
.Cash & .Tax Launch Today Here Are The Registered Domain Names
We have chatted earlier this week about the new domain names registered in two of the 5 new gTLD’s going live today, .Fund and .Investments and thought we would let you know what domain names were not going to be available when General Registra...
Discussion
.Cash & .Tax Launch Today Here Are The Registered Domain Names
We have chatted earlier this week about the new domain names registered in two of the 5 new gTLD’s going live today, .Fund and .Investments and thought we would let you know what domain names were not going to be available when General Registra...
Discussion
August 20, 2014, 2:01 pm
The Domains
Internet Subscriber Growth Surpasses Cable for First Time in The U.S.
I don’t think its a surprise to a lot of our readers but Wired magazine did a story on the Internet being more popular than cable tv by subscriber count. This does not seem to be distressing to the major cable companies as they are all deeply i...
Discussion
Internet Subscriber Growth Surpasses Cable for First Time in The U.S.
I don’t think its a surprise to a lot of our readers but Wired magazine did a story on the Internet being more popular than cable tv by subscriber count. This does not seem to be distressing to the major cable companies as they are all deeply i...
Discussion
August 16, 2014, 10:36 pm
The Domains
Client of Mark Monitor’s Buys iPick.com From Vertical Axis
A client of Brand protection company Mark Monitor has purchased the highly brandable domain name iPick.com from Vertical Axis. The domain name was transferred over to brand protection company MarkMoniktor.com today. The domain name was owned by Verti...
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Client of Mark Monitor’s Buys iPick.com From Vertical Axis
A client of Brand protection company Mark Monitor has purchased the highly brandable domain name iPick.com from Vertical Axis. The domain name was transferred over to brand protection company MarkMoniktor.com today. The domain name was owned by Verti...
Discussion
August 16, 2014, 3:34 pm
The Domains
IRP Panel’s Declaration of the IRP Procedure in the case of DotConnect Africa Trust vs ICANN
IRP Panel’s Declaration of the IRP Procedure was released on August 14, dealing with the matter between DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA) and ICANN. In June of 2013 ICANN decided not to accept the application from DCA with regards to the .Africa ext...
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IRP Panel’s Declaration of the IRP Procedure in the case of DotConnect Africa Trust vs ICANN
IRP Panel’s Declaration of the IRP Procedure was released on August 14, dealing with the matter between DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA) and ICANN. In June of 2013 ICANN decided not to accept the application from DCA with regards to the .Africa ext...
Discussion
August 16, 2014, 12:08 pm
The Domains
Google’s Response to Negative SEO Extortion “No Bueno”
Barry Schwartz wrote an article on Search Engine Land yesterday on Negative SEO extortion, and the Google response to these letters. First off here is the letter: Subject: I Want To Buy. Please Guide Me. Hello, Read this email very carefully. This is...
Discussion
Google’s Response to Negative SEO Extortion “No Bueno”
Barry Schwartz wrote an article on Search Engine Land yesterday on Negative SEO extortion, and the Google response to these letters. First off here is the letter: Subject: I Want To Buy. Please Guide Me. Hello, Read this email very carefully. This is...
Discussion
August 15, 2014, 7:27 pm
