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TheFullStory.com Raises $1.2 Million After Buying The Domain In December for $2,477
The domain name TheFullStory.com was sold on Godaddy.com/Afternic.com in December last year for $2,477. Today the company was covered by TechCrunch.com after raising $1.2 Million Dollars. According to TechCrunch, TheFullStory.com is “trying to ...
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TheFullStory.com Raises $1.2 Million After Buying The Domain In December for $2,477
The domain name TheFullStory.com was sold on Godaddy.com/Afternic.com in December last year for $2,477. Today the company was covered by TechCrunch.com after raising $1.2 Million Dollars. According to TechCrunch, TheFullStory.com is “trying to ...
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July 16, 2014, 5:19 pm
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Pinterest Has Universal Rights On Word PIN? Files UDRP On PinSex.com and PinGay.com
Pinterest, Inc. filed a UDRP back in June against two domain name PinSex.com and PinGay.com Before you check out the two domains subject to the UDRP, I should mention that you better be over 18 and have a strong tolerance for some serious adult...
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Pinterest Has Universal Rights On Word PIN? Files UDRP On PinSex.com and PinGay.com
Pinterest, Inc. filed a UDRP back in June against two domain name PinSex.com and PinGay.com Before you check out the two domains subject to the UDRP, I should mention that you better be over 18 and have a strong tolerance for some serious adult...
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July 16, 2014, 1:22 pm
The Domains
House Passes Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act
Grant Gross wrote a piece on PC World about the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act. There has been a ban on Internet access taxes for several years in most states. The ban has been extended three times. As I said some states had these taxes and there...
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House Passes Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act
Grant Gross wrote a piece on PC World about the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act. There has been a ban on Internet access taxes for several years in most states. The ban has been extended three times. As I said some states had these taxes and there...
Discussion
July 16, 2014, 9:58 am
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Yahoo Reports: Paid Clicks Up 3%; Price Per Click Up 15% But Display Ads Are Down
Yahoo! Inc.(NASDAQ: YHOO) today reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2014 after the market closed and missed on earning as revenues declined on display advertising. Earning were $270 million, or 26 cents per share, in the 2nd Quarter, down...
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Yahoo Reports: Paid Clicks Up 3%; Price Per Click Up 15% But Display Ads Are Down
Yahoo! Inc.(NASDAQ: YHOO) today reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2014 after the market closed and missed on earning as revenues declined on display advertising. Earning were $270 million, or 26 cents per share, in the 2nd Quarter, down...
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July 15, 2014, 9:14 pm
The Domains
Is SEO on the verge of extinction ?
Where is SEO Headed ? Andrew Edwards wrote an article on Click Z asking that very question. Edwards seems to believe that Google taking away the keyword data makes SEO less valuable as a major support system has been taken away. Edwards points out th...
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Is SEO on the verge of extinction ?
Where is SEO Headed ? Andrew Edwards wrote an article on Click Z asking that very question. Edwards seems to believe that Google taking away the keyword data makes SEO less valuable as a major support system has been taken away. Edwards points out th...
Discussion
July 15, 2014, 7:09 pm
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The Biggest Registrant of .Bar Domain Names So Far Is .Bar
Earlier today we published the 1st day results for .Bar and .Rest. Using ntldstats.com, we had .Bar with 2,464 while other domain blogs had the number just over 1,000. Well ntldstats.com has now updated again and they are showing a total of 2,836 .Ba...
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The Biggest Registrant of .Bar Domain Names So Far Is .Bar
Earlier today we published the 1st day results for .Bar and .Rest. Using ntldstats.com, we had .Bar with 2,464 while other domain blogs had the number just over 1,000. Well ntldstats.com has now updated again and they are showing a total of 2,836 .Ba...
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July 15, 2014, 6:48 pm
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.5 Million Highest Reportable .Com Sale Was $11K
Over the past week, 570 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.5 million dollars 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. There were only 5 .com sales of $10K or more and the highest was at $11...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.5 Million Highest Reportable .Com Sale Was $11K
Over the past week, 570 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.5 million dollars 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. There were only 5 .com sales of $10K or more and the highest was at $11...
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July 15, 2014, 3:56 pm
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Largest Russian Search Engine Yandex Preparing To Launch .Yandex
According to a press release out today Russia’s largest search engine, Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) announced it will be launching its new Brand gTLD .Yandex shortly on a closed basis except for trademark holders. “The ICANN has really app...
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Largest Russian Search Engine Yandex Preparing To Launch .Yandex
According to a press release out today Russia’s largest search engine, Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) announced it will be launching its new Brand gTLD .Yandex shortly on a closed basis except for trademark holders. “The ICANN has really app...
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July 15, 2014, 2:33 pm
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SeekingAlpha Issues Brutal Opinion On Demand Media/Rightside: “Titanic Will Hit The Iceberg”
SeekingAlpha.com published what can only be described as a brutal assessment on shares of Demand Media, Inc last yesterday after Demand said it would spin off its Rightside division into a separate public company on August 1st as well as on Rightside...
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SeekingAlpha Issues Brutal Opinion On Demand Media/Rightside: “Titanic Will Hit The Iceberg”
SeekingAlpha.com published what can only be described as a brutal assessment on shares of Demand Media, Inc last yesterday after Demand said it would spin off its Rightside division into a separate public company on August 1st as well as on Rightside...
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July 15, 2014, 1:33 pm
The Domains
.Bar Ends 1st Day Of General Avalibity With 2,464; .Rest 307
According to ntldstats.com, .Bar had a respectable showing ended its first day of General Availability, with 2,464 .Rest not so much ending with 307 domain names. Remember .Bar is priced on the high side at $99,95 on Godaddy. .Bar is now the 10...
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.Bar Ends 1st Day Of General Avalibity With 2,464; .Rest 307
According to ntldstats.com, .Bar had a respectable showing ended its first day of General Availability, with 2,464 .Rest not so much ending with 307 domain names. Remember .Bar is priced on the high side at $99,95 on Godaddy. .Bar is now the 10...
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July 15, 2014, 12:24 pm
