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Go Daddy Acquires Smart Calendar App Canary
Go Daddy Acquires Smart Calendar App Canary Vator.tv reported on Go Daddy acquiring smart calendar app Canary, no price tag on the deal . From the article: Web-hosting and domain registration giant GoDaddy has purchased smart calendar app Canary...
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Go Daddy Acquires Smart Calendar App Canary
Go Daddy Acquires Smart Calendar App Canary Vator.tv reported on Go Daddy acquiring smart calendar app Canary, no price tag on the deal . From the article: Web-hosting and domain registration giant GoDaddy has purchased smart calendar app Canary...
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July 11, 2014, 10:01 am
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Namejet Announced “Its Best Featured Auction To date” Feauring Over 200 Domain
We just received this press release from NameJet.com on a domain auction of more than 200 premium domains which they are calling “likely our best featured auction to date!” “This is the fifth time that FindYourDomain has partnered t...
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Namejet Announced “Its Best Featured Auction To date” Feauring Over 200 Domain
We just received this press release from NameJet.com on a domain auction of more than 200 premium domains which they are calling “likely our best featured auction to date!” “This is the fifth time that FindYourDomain has partnered t...
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July 10, 2014, 9:55 pm
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Super Premium .CLUB Domains In Heritage (HA.om) Domain Auction Including Bitcoin.Club
A handful of Premium .CLUB Domain Names are being auctioned off in Heritage Auctions’ Domain Names & Intellectual Property Auction that also includes notable .com’s, including Bitcoins.com which is being offered by Bitcoin entrepreneu...
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Super Premium .CLUB Domains In Heritage (HA.om) Domain Auction Including Bitcoin.Club
A handful of Premium .CLUB Domain Names are being auctioned off in Heritage Auctions’ Domain Names & Intellectual Property Auction that also includes notable .com’s, including Bitcoins.com which is being offered by Bitcoin entrepreneu...
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July 10, 2014, 8:30 pm
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NameJet.com Reports $368K In Sales in June Led BY XCW.com for $30K
Namejet.com just reported $368,421 in domain name sales in July Only those domains that sold for $2,000 or more are included in the report Name Jet Auction Activity Date: 06/01/2014 to 06/30/2014 Prepared on 06/30/2014 Domain Name Payment Amount xcw....
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NameJet.com Reports $368K In Sales in June Led BY XCW.com for $30K
Namejet.com just reported $368,421 in domain name sales in July Only those domains that sold for $2,000 or more are included in the report Name Jet Auction Activity Date: 06/01/2014 to 06/30/2014 Prepared on 06/30/2014 Domain Name Payment Amount xcw....
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July 10, 2014, 7:08 pm
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New gTLD 1st Day Totals: .Services 4,584 .Pub 1,285 & .GOP Zone’s File is Still Empty
The new gTLD extension .Services had the best first 1st day registrations numbers in a month, Including the 565 Sunrise Registrations .Services total after the first day of General Availability is 4,584. Two domain name Registrars, United-Domai...
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New gTLD 1st Day Totals: .Services 4,584 .Pub 1,285 & .GOP Zone’s File is Still Empty
The new gTLD extension .Services had the best first 1st day registrations numbers in a month, Including the 565 Sunrise Registrations .Services total after the first day of General Availability is 4,584. Two domain name Registrars, United-Domai...
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July 10, 2014, 2:15 pm
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Yelp Joins The List of Companies Looking to Undo Google – European Union Antitrust Settlement
Yelp would like to see the antitrust settlement between Google and the European Union have a complete overhaul. Yelp has had many things to say about Google over the years and even rebuffed a buyout attempt a few years ago. Greg Sterling wrote a piec...
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Yelp Joins The List of Companies Looking to Undo Google – European Union Antitrust Settlement
Yelp would like to see the antitrust settlement between Google and the European Union have a complete overhaul. Yelp has had many things to say about Google over the years and even rebuffed a buyout attempt a few years ago. Greg Sterling wrote a piec...
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July 10, 2014, 9:01 am
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After Just 12 Short Years Discover Finally Files A UDRP ON DiscoverCards.com
The credit card company Discover Financial Services, Inc. filed a UDRP on the domain names DiscoverCards.com and DiscoverCredit.com. Discover uses two main domain names to access it services and promote its c...
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After Just 12 Short Years Discover Finally Files A UDRP ON DiscoverCards.com
The credit card company Discover Financial Services, Inc. filed a UDRP on the domain names DiscoverCards.com and DiscoverCredit.com. Discover uses two main domain names to access it services and promote its c...
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July 10, 2014, 1:03 am
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Experiment Shows Up to 60 % of Direct Traffic is Really Organic Search
Gene McKenna wrote an interesting article on Search Engine Land, that referenced an experiment that showed up to 60 % of direct traffic was actually organic search. In testing with default browser settings, they found differences based on whether som...
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Experiment Shows Up to 60 % of Direct Traffic is Really Organic Search
Gene McKenna wrote an interesting article on Search Engine Land, that referenced an experiment that showed up to 60 % of direct traffic was actually organic search. In testing with default browser settings, they found differences based on whether som...
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July 9, 2014, 8:18 pm
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.Global NameJet.com Auction Closes in 3 Hours; Invest.global Is Leading The Pact @ $1,400
The .Global premium domain auction starts to close at 3PM EST on NameJet.com The domains in this auction are domain names that were in the live auction that was held in London during ICANN a couple of weeks ago and produced over $63,000 in sales Many...
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.Global NameJet.com Auction Closes in 3 Hours; Invest.global Is Leading The Pact @ $1,400
The .Global premium domain auction starts to close at 3PM EST on NameJet.com The domains in this auction are domain names that were in the live auction that was held in London during ICANN a couple of weeks ago and produced over $63,000 in sales Many...
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July 9, 2014, 3:55 pm
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Christmas In July? Not So Much; 1st Day Domain Totals .Christmas 422; BlackFriday 146
Two of Uniregistry new gTLD strings had their first day of general availability yesterday and put up pretty horrible numbers according to ntldstats.com. Including Sunrise registrations .Christmas ended its first day with just 422 registrations, 18 of...
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Christmas In July? Not So Much; 1st Day Domain Totals .Christmas 422; BlackFriday 146
Two of Uniregistry new gTLD strings had their first day of general availability yesterday and put up pretty horrible numbers according to ntldstats.com. Including Sunrise registrations .Christmas ended its first day with just 422 registrations, 18 of...
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July 9, 2014, 2:22 pm
