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Chicago.com To Auction Off 100-300 Subdomains & 1 Is Outranking Established Site
We have been following the selling of dotChicago(sm) domain names, since Josh Metnick the owner of Chicago.com first started chatting about selling subdomains off of Chicago.com Today Josh let us know that he plans on auctioning off 100-300 Chi...
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Chicago.com To Auction Off 100-300 Subdomains & 1 Is Outranking Established Site
We have been following the selling of dotChicago(sm) domain names, since Josh Metnick the owner of Chicago.com first started chatting about selling subdomains off of Chicago.com Today Josh let us know that he plans on auctioning off 100-300 Chi...
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February 3, 2013, 12:17 pm
The Domains
Search.XXX Ad Program Launches March 31, Current Holders Get Credit
The Search.XXX Ad Program is scheduled to launch by March 31, 2013. Search.XXX launched last year as a search engine for .XXX sites but it looks like ICM, company that is the registry of .XXX, is gearing up to sell ads on its network. According to an...
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Search.XXX Ad Program Launches March 31, Current Holders Get Credit
The Search.XXX Ad Program is scheduled to launch by March 31, 2013. Search.XXX launched last year as a search engine for .XXX sites but it looks like ICM, company that is the registry of .XXX, is gearing up to sell ads on its network. According to an...
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February 1, 2013, 6:02 pm
The Domains
Are The .Net Costumes Domains At Webfest The Best In The Auction? Here’s The Numbers
When we published our poll a few days ago asking what domain name at Webfest, with a reserve price of $100K or more would sell, we notice 3 of the domain names were .Net’s; Halloweencostumes.net, Costumes.net and Costumes.net. We reached out to...
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Are The .Net Costumes Domains At Webfest The Best In The Auction? Here’s The Numbers
When we published our poll a few days ago asking what domain name at Webfest, with a reserve price of $100K or more would sell, we notice 3 of the domain names were .Net’s; Halloweencostumes.net, Costumes.net and Costumes.net. We reached out to...
Discussion
February 1, 2013, 10:47 am
The Domains
Fairwinds Chat About What Brands Are Going To Do With Their gTLD’s
There has been a lot of speculation in the domain channel on what exactly big brands are going to do with their new gTLD’s. While many think that brands just applied for their TLD’s as defensive registrations or to point to their .com, ac...
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Fairwinds Chat About What Brands Are Going To Do With Their gTLD’s
There has been a lot of speculation in the domain channel on what exactly big brands are going to do with their new gTLD’s. While many think that brands just applied for their TLD’s as defensive registrations or to point to their .com, ac...
Discussion
February 1, 2013, 9:45 am
The Domains
Manwin Hit With UDRP On The Domain Name Xart.com
Manwin International the owner of some of the most visited adult sites on the net, including Youporn.com and PornHub.com, which has filed a couple of UDRP of their own as a complainant, has just been hit with a UDRP on a domain name they own, X...
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Manwin Hit With UDRP On The Domain Name Xart.com
Manwin International the owner of some of the most visited adult sites on the net, including Youporn.com and PornHub.com, which has filed a couple of UDRP of their own as a complainant, has just been hit with a UDRP on a domain name they own, X...
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January 31, 2013, 7:38 pm
The Domains
The Following, The Job; The Taste Newest March To “The” Branding
This month 3 new television shows are airing all starting with the word “the”. The Following, The Taste and The Job join a slew of other shows already on air all starting with the word “the” Here is our current list of Televis...
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The Following, The Job; The Taste Newest March To “The” Branding
This month 3 new television shows are airing all starting with the word “the”. The Following, The Taste and The Job join a slew of other shows already on air all starting with the word “the” Here is our current list of Televis...
Discussion
January 31, 2013, 12:43 pm
The Domains
Two Parked Pages: McLaren.net Lost In A UDRP; McLaren.biz Saved in UDRP
In two separate UDRP decision are out today, one on the domain name McLaren.net the other on the domain name McLaren.biz, the two separate UDRP panels awarded one of the domains and refused to transfer the other to the same complainant, Of course the...
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Two Parked Pages: McLaren.net Lost In A UDRP; McLaren.biz Saved in UDRP
In two separate UDRP decision are out today, one on the domain name McLaren.net the other on the domain name McLaren.biz, the two separate UDRP panels awarded one of the domains and refused to transfer the other to the same complainant, Of course the...
Discussion
January 31, 2013, 10:03 am
The Domains
US Government Opens Comment Period On .US ccTLD New Contract Which Expires On 8/31
The United States Department of Commerce’s (Department) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) which administers the contract for the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United States, “.US” (usT...
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US Government Opens Comment Period On .US ccTLD New Contract Which Expires On 8/31
The United States Department of Commerce’s (Department) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) which administers the contract for the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United States, “.US” (usT...
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January 31, 2013, 9:09 am
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DomainTools.com Releases Domain Report
According to a Press Release we received tonight DomainTools, launched it newest product Domain Report, which promised to change “how individuals and businesses access domain information”. “A Domain Report creates a thorough, custom...
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DomainTools.com Releases Domain Report
According to a Press Release we received tonight DomainTools, launched it newest product Domain Report, which promised to change “how individuals and businesses access domain information”. “A Domain Report creates a thorough, custom...
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January 30, 2013, 7:10 pm
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.Shop Applicant Tells ICANN On String Similarity There are Only 56 Unique Generic Strings
A letter sent by one of the .Shop applicants to ICANN chats about what I see as the next big issue for the ICANN new gTLD process which is String Similarity. The letter was written by Jeffrey Smith, CEO Commercial Connect, an applicant for .Shop, ...
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.Shop Applicant Tells ICANN On String Similarity There are Only 56 Unique Generic Strings
A letter sent by one of the .Shop applicants to ICANN chats about what I see as the next big issue for the ICANN new gTLD process which is String Similarity. The letter was written by Jeffrey Smith, CEO Commercial Connect, an applicant for .Shop, ...
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January 30, 2013, 2:35 pm
