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Eytan Elbaz On 10th Anniversary Of Selling Applied Semantics to Google
Eytan Elbaz who was part of the ownership group that sold Applied Semantics (formerly Oingo) to Google gave an interview to AllthingsD.com yesterday on the 10th anniversary of the deal that really gave Google what they needed to put together its Adwo...
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Eytan Elbaz On 10th Anniversary Of Selling Applied Semantics to Google
Eytan Elbaz who was part of the ownership group that sold Applied Semantics (formerly Oingo) to Google gave an interview to AllthingsD.com yesterday on the 10th anniversary of the deal that really gave Google what they needed to put together its Adwo...
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April 23, 2013, 12:12 pm

The Domains
Tencent Owner Of QQ.com Loses UDRP Grab For TencentGames.com
Tencent Holdings Limited just lost its attempt to grab the domain name tencentgames.com in a UDRP and the domain holder didn’t even respond. Bottom line the panel found the complainant trademark was effective in 2010 and the domain name registe...
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Tencent Owner Of QQ.com Loses UDRP Grab For TencentGames.com
Tencent Holdings Limited just lost its attempt to grab the domain name tencentgames.com in a UDRP and the domain holder didn’t even respond. Bottom line the panel found the complainant trademark was effective in 2010 and the domain name registe...
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April 23, 2013, 11:34 am

The Domains
.PW Gets Over 50,000 Registration In Just 3 Weeks
According to a press release we just received the .PW Registry today announced that more than 50,000 .PW domain names were registered in just 3 weeks since the beginning of its General Availability phase. .PW, launched as “the Professional Web&...
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.PW Gets Over 50,000 Registration In Just 3 Weeks
According to a press release we just received the .PW Registry today announced that more than 50,000 .PW domain names were registered in just 3 weeks since the beginning of its General Availability phase. .PW, launched as “the Professional Web&...
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April 23, 2013, 10:51 am

The Domains
After 8 Years TickerNetwork.com Lost In UDRP
Ticket Software, LLC of South Windsor, Connecticut, just got the domain name TickerNetwork.com in a UDRP based off a trademark for the term Ticket Network. Here are the relevant facts and findings of the one member panel: “The Complainant hosts...
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After 8 Years TickerNetwork.com Lost In UDRP
Ticket Software, LLC of South Windsor, Connecticut, just got the domain name TickerNetwork.com in a UDRP based off a trademark for the term Ticket Network. Here are the relevant facts and findings of the one member panel: “The Complainant hosts...
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April 23, 2013, 9:53 am

The Domains
FreshDrop Rolls Out Drop Catching/Backorder Program With Prices @ $18.95
FreshDrop Inc., today announces their new domain backordering service which has been opened in beta, is now open to the public and goes by the name Pheenix.com Pheenix customers are allowed to backorder .com and .net domain names for a low pri...
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FreshDrop Rolls Out Drop Catching/Backorder Program With Prices @ $18.95
FreshDrop Inc., today announces their new domain backordering service which has been opened in beta, is now open to the public and goes by the name Pheenix.com Pheenix customers are allowed to backorder .com and .net domain names for a low pri...
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April 23, 2013, 9:28 am

The Domains
NAF Sets URS Fees $375-$500 Per Complaint & $400 For Domain Holder
The National Arbitration Forum, (NAF) has just released its proposed Supplemental Rules for Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) , including complainant fees that range from $375 – $500 depending on number of domains involved. The fee for the domain ...
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NAF Sets URS Fees $375-$500 Per Complaint & $400 For Domain Holder
The National Arbitration Forum, (NAF) has just released its proposed Supplemental Rules for Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) , including complainant fees that range from $375 – $500 depending on number of domains involved. The fee for the domain ...
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April 22, 2013, 1:02 pm

The Domains
.An Domains To Be Removed From The Root Server by October 2014
According to BrandShelter.com, the .An registry is being phased out with the the .An ccTLD being removed from the root server by October 2014. I know a lot of unsophisticated domain investors may get caught up buying one of these domain names with gr...
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.An Domains To Be Removed From The Root Server by October 2014
According to BrandShelter.com, the .An registry is being phased out with the the .An ccTLD being removed from the root server by October 2014. I know a lot of unsophisticated domain investors may get caught up buying one of these domain names with gr...
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April 22, 2013, 11:58 am

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CEO of the .Me Registry, Predrag Lešić, Interviewed In Branding Magazine
Brandingmagazine.com, published an interview with the CEO of the .Me Registry Predrag Lešić , which is worth a read. Frequent readers to TheDomains.com know we think that domains are all about branding and that Verb.me domains make a great br...
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CEO of the .Me Registry, Predrag Lešić, Interviewed In Branding Magazine
Brandingmagazine.com, published an interview with the CEO of the .Me Registry Predrag Lešić , which is worth a read. Frequent readers to TheDomains.com know we think that domains are all about branding and that Verb.me domains make a great br...
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April 22, 2013, 11:35 am

The Domains
TRAFFIC Changing Venues In Florida & Returns To Vegas in 2014
The organizers of the TRAFFIC Conference sent out an email today saying that it would be changing its Venue in Florida in 2014 & 2015. Also TRAFFIC will be returning to Las Vegas in 2014 as well: “”In some other news, we have now...
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TRAFFIC Changing Venues In Florida & Returns To Vegas in 2014
The organizers of the TRAFFIC Conference sent out an email today saying that it would be changing its Venue in Florida in 2014 & 2015. Also TRAFFIC will be returning to Las Vegas in 2014 as well: “”In some other news, we have now...
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April 22, 2013, 10:42 am

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Homeland Security Issues Bulletin Using TheDomains.com List Of Boston Domains
It was a pretty busy week for us at TheDomains.com. Our stories on the registration of domain names here and here, was picked up by news outlets all around the world and was the basis for a bulletin put out by the Department of Homeland Securit...
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Homeland Security Issues Bulletin Using TheDomains.com List Of Boston Domains
It was a pretty busy week for us at TheDomains.com. Our stories on the registration of domain names here and here, was picked up by news outlets all around the world and was the basis for a bulletin put out by the Department of Homeland Securit...
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April 20, 2013, 10:24 am