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USA Today Covers New gTLDs: “Start-ups See Gold Mine in Burst of Net Domains”
USA Today just covered new gTLD’s in a story entitled “Start-ups see gold mine in burst of Net Domains” “Visit GoDaddy for a new Internet domain name and you’ll be greeted with an advertisement for one of at least 16 new...
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USA Today Covers New gTLDs: “Start-ups See Gold Mine in Burst of Net Domains”
USA Today just covered new gTLD’s in a story entitled “Start-ups see gold mine in burst of Net Domains” “Visit GoDaddy for a new Internet domain name and you’ll be greeted with an advertisement for one of at least 16 new...
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May 26, 2014, 3:43 pm
The Domains
Frank Schilling’s North Sound Names Wins Its 1st URS On Finn.Sexy
Finn.no AS of Oslo, Norway just lost a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) on the the domain name Finn.sexy. The domain name is owned by North Sound Names which is a company associated with Frank Schilling, who also owns Uniregistry and of course John Ber...
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Frank Schilling’s North Sound Names Wins Its 1st URS On Finn.Sexy
Finn.no AS of Oslo, Norway just lost a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) on the the domain name Finn.sexy. The domain name is owned by North Sound Names which is a company associated with Frank Schilling, who also owns Uniregistry and of course John Ber...
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May 26, 2014, 3:35 pm
The Domains
Bitcoin Set to Overtake Paypal
The IB Times did a piece on Bitcoin surpassing Paypal in terms of USD transactions. From the article: Popular digital currency bitcoin is expected to overtake e-commerce giant eBay’s payment processor PayPal in terms of US dollar transactions i...
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Bitcoin Set to Overtake Paypal
The IB Times did a piece on Bitcoin surpassing Paypal in terms of USD transactions. From the article: Popular digital currency bitcoin is expected to overtake e-commerce giant eBay’s payment processor PayPal in terms of US dollar transactions i...
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May 26, 2014, 6:52 am
The Domains
If You Want a Great .Vacations Domain Bring Your Wallet & These Are Gone
.Vacations which went into the 5th day of the Early Access Program today, goes into General Availability on Wednesday with a host of other domain extensions. In my opinion its the best of the Donuts domains this week. I was taking a look at some grea...
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If You Want a Great .Vacations Domain Bring Your Wallet & These Are Gone
.Vacations which went into the 5th day of the Early Access Program today, goes into General Availability on Wednesday with a host of other domain extensions. In my opinion its the best of the Donuts domains this week. I was taking a look at some grea...
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May 25, 2014, 4:19 pm
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1st .Ninja Domains Including Car.Ninja; Brand.Ninja, SEO.Ninja; Wine.Ninja & Fart.Ninja
I just review the .Ninja zone file which includes domain names registered in Sunrise and Landrush (with only 1 application). Note that some of these domain names carry a premium annual renewal and registration fee. Long time domain industry vet...
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1st .Ninja Domains Including Car.Ninja; Brand.Ninja, SEO.Ninja; Wine.Ninja & Fart.Ninja
I just review the .Ninja zone file which includes domain names registered in Sunrise and Landrush (with only 1 application). Note that some of these domain names carry a premium annual renewal and registration fee. Long time domain industry vet...
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May 24, 2014, 5:06 pm
The Domains
PVP.com sells for $70,000 on Afternic, A look back at the history of the domain
PVP.com sold for $70,000 on Afternic. The domain currently is under Afternic escrow for whois, and does not propagate properly and timing out. The domain has a registration date of 12/14/08 which seemed odd to me. It looks like the history of the dom...
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PVP.com sells for $70,000 on Afternic, A look back at the history of the domain
PVP.com sold for $70,000 on Afternic. The domain currently is under Afternic escrow for whois, and does not propagate properly and timing out. The domain has a registration date of 12/14/08 which seemed odd to me. It looks like the history of the dom...
Discussion
May 24, 2014, 7:43 am
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Interpol Takes Down Over 10,000 Websites and Targets Rogue Registrars
Interpol takes down over 10,000 websites and targets rogue domain name registrars. In what was the largest global operation ever for taking down bad pharmacies, Interpol included rogue registrars as one of the main areas used by those involved in ill...
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Interpol Takes Down Over 10,000 Websites and Targets Rogue Registrars
Interpol takes down over 10,000 websites and targets rogue domain name registrars. In what was the largest global operation ever for taking down bad pharmacies, Interpol included rogue registrars as one of the main areas used by those involved in ill...
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May 23, 2014, 4:08 pm
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Mail.Ru Quietly Buys My.com
Internet giant Mail.Ru Group bought the domain name My.com very quietly sometime between October 2012 and April 2013. The domain was registered under privacy at Moniker.com for many years until it changed to Tip Powers of My Acquisition Corporation i...
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Mail.Ru Quietly Buys My.com
Internet giant Mail.Ru Group bought the domain name My.com very quietly sometime between October 2012 and April 2013. The domain was registered under privacy at Moniker.com for many years until it changed to Tip Powers of My Acquisition Corporation i...
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May 23, 2014, 3:39 pm
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DomainIndex Is Holding Virtual WebFair 2014, the 1st Virtual Show of Its Kind & Expect 5K People
Virtual WebFair 2014 is the first conference of its kind for the domain, hosting, and SEO industries which offers participation in an event without the delegates or exhibitors having to leave their home or office. The concept is the brainchild of Mic...
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DomainIndex Is Holding Virtual WebFair 2014, the 1st Virtual Show of Its Kind & Expect 5K People
Virtual WebFair 2014 is the first conference of its kind for the domain, hosting, and SEO industries which offers participation in an event without the delegates or exhibitors having to leave their home or office. The concept is the brainchild of Mic...
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May 23, 2014, 3:20 pm
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RetailMeNot Sees it Stock Get Whacked By Google Algorithm Update
RetailMeNot is see its stock get hit hard by the recent Google algorithm change. Danny Sullivan wrote on Search Engine Land: On Tuesday, Google pushed out their revised Panda Algorithm code-named Panda 4.0. Panda is designed to remove low-quality con...
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RetailMeNot Sees it Stock Get Whacked By Google Algorithm Update
RetailMeNot is see its stock get hit hard by the recent Google algorithm change. Danny Sullivan wrote on Search Engine Land: On Tuesday, Google pushed out their revised Panda Algorithm code-named Panda 4.0. Panda is designed to remove low-quality con...
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May 23, 2014, 7:59 am
