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Verisign Over 1,300 .Com & .Net Pope Domains Registered
Verisign reported that “between the time Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation and the choosing of Pope Francis I, there were more than 1,300 new domains registered across the .com and .net top level domains with keywords related to the p...
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Verisign Over 1,300 .Com & .Net Pope Domains Registered
Verisign reported that “between the time Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation and the choosing of Pope Francis I, there were more than 1,300 new domains registered across the .com and .net top level domains with keywords related to the p...
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March 15, 2013, 7:14 pm
The Domains
One of The Applicant For .Med Withdraws Its New gTLD Application
One of the applicants for .Med has withdrawn their new gTLD application with ICANN DocCheck AG withdrew its application just a couple of days after the ICANN Independent Objector, posted it objection to the application. There are still more .Med appl...
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One of The Applicant For .Med Withdraws Its New gTLD Application
One of the applicants for .Med has withdrawn their new gTLD application with ICANN DocCheck AG withdrew its application just a couple of days after the ICANN Independent Objector, posted it objection to the application. There are still more .Med appl...
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March 15, 2013, 8:57 am
The Domains
ICANN’s Independent Objector Files Objections To 24 New gTLD Applications
On 12 March 2013, the Independent Objector (IO) lodged 24 objections against new applied-for gTLDs before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The 24 objections were on 13 separate strings, three for .Amazon including 2 IDN’s; .Charity;...
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ICANN’s Independent Objector Files Objections To 24 New gTLD Applications
On 12 March 2013, the Independent Objector (IO) lodged 24 objections against new applied-for gTLDs before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The 24 objections were on 13 separate strings, three for .Amazon including 2 IDN’s; .Charity;...
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March 14, 2013, 12:18 pm
The Domains
.PW LandRush Extended Untill March 22nd
The Registry for .PW, the Professional Web, today announced that the Land Rush Period will be extended for 4 days, until March 22, 2013. Land Rush was originally scheduled to end on 18th March and has been extended further based on registrars’ ...
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.PW LandRush Extended Untill March 22nd
The Registry for .PW, the Professional Web, today announced that the Land Rush Period will be extended for 4 days, until March 22, 2013. Land Rush was originally scheduled to end on 18th March and has been extended further based on registrars’ ...
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March 14, 2013, 12:00 pm
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First Premium .Pw Sales Announced: P.pw and W.pw Sold For $8K Each
The new .PW ‘Professional Web’ TLD launched by Directi just announced their first premium domain name sales. The single letter domain name P.pw and W.pw were sold to the same end user for $8,000 each. To my knowledge these are the first r...
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First Premium .Pw Sales Announced: P.pw and W.pw Sold For $8K Each
The new .PW ‘Professional Web’ TLD launched by Directi just announced their first premium domain name sales. The single letter domain name P.pw and W.pw were sold to the same end user for $8,000 each. To my knowledge these are the first r...
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March 14, 2013, 10:07 am
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Days After Winning A UDRP On uHealth.com, uHealth.org is Lost In UDRP
Days after winning a UDRP on the domain name uHealth.com, the majority of a three member panel just handed over the domain uHealth.org to the Unviersity of Miami the same complainant in the uHealth.com case. Here the domain holder was Cen...
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Days After Winning A UDRP On uHealth.com, uHealth.org is Lost In UDRP
Days after winning a UDRP on the domain name uHealth.com, the majority of a three member panel just handed over the domain uHealth.org to the Unviersity of Miami the same complainant in the uHealth.com case. Here the domain holder was Cen...
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March 14, 2013, 9:10 am
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Pope Domains: Godaddy Reports Almost 500 Domain Registrations Within 1st Hour
Godaddy is reporting that the election of Pope Francis is causing 100′s of new domain name registration within the 1st hour of the election. “Keywords such as Pope, Francis, Bergoglio and Habemus Papam were used in identifying the new dom...
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Pope Domains: Godaddy Reports Almost 500 Domain Registrations Within 1st Hour
Godaddy is reporting that the election of Pope Francis is causing 100′s of new domain name registration within the 1st hour of the election. “Keywords such as Pope, Francis, Bergoglio and Habemus Papam were used in identifying the new dom...
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March 13, 2013, 6:42 pm
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PopeDomain Name Scramble: PopeFrancis.co; PopeFrancis.Tv PopeFrancis.Me All Registered Within Minutes
Within minutes of Jorge Bergoglio named the new pope and taking on the name Pope Francis a bunch of domain names were registered. The domain name PopeFrancis.com as pointed out was registered in 2010 by DomainNameWire.com was registered back in 2010,...
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PopeDomain Name Scramble: PopeFrancis.co; PopeFrancis.Tv PopeFrancis.Me All Registered Within Minutes
Within minutes of Jorge Bergoglio named the new pope and taking on the name Pope Francis a bunch of domain names were registered. The domain name PopeFrancis.com as pointed out was registered in 2010 by DomainNameWire.com was registered back in 2010,...
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March 13, 2013, 4:37 pm
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The New Pope Is Jorge Bergoglio & the Domain Was Registered Just a Month Ago
I’m told by the bookmakers in Europe that the election of the new Pope is one of the most wagered on events. Of course there is more ways to “bet” on the new pope other than placing a wager in your local book, there is the domain na...
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The New Pope Is Jorge Bergoglio & the Domain Was Registered Just a Month Ago
I’m told by the bookmakers in Europe that the election of the new Pope is one of the most wagered on events. Of course there is more ways to “bet” on the new pope other than placing a wager in your local book, there is the domain na...
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March 13, 2013, 3:30 pm
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TRAFFIC Vegas Opens Up Auction Submissions & Eliminates Paid Submissions
According to a press release we received today T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference is taking submissions for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. auction in Las Vegas which will be held May 29th- June 1st at the Bellagio Hotel. T...
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TRAFFIC Vegas Opens Up Auction Submissions & Eliminates Paid Submissions
According to a press release we received today T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference is taking submissions for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. auction in Las Vegas which will be held May 29th- June 1st at the Bellagio Hotel. T...
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March 13, 2013, 9:16 am
