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Godaddy.com is Back Up: “At No Time Was Any Sensitive Customer Information Compromised”
Godaddy.com is back up and it seems according to Twitter are almost all of the domains, sites and email addresses that were under attack today Here is what is posted on Godaddy.com’s site tonight: “At 10:25 am PT, GoDaddy.com and associat...
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Godaddy.com is Back Up: “At No Time Was Any Sensitive Customer Information Compromised”
Godaddy.com is back up and it seems according to Twitter are almost all of the domains, sites and email addresses that were under attack today Here is what is posted on Godaddy.com’s site tonight: “At 10:25 am PT, GoDaddy.com and associat...
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September 10, 2012, 9:00 pm

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Brand Owners Write To Dept Of Commerce: Want No Cost URS, Loser Pays Model, TM Blocks & More
The United States Brand Owner Summit sent to the United States Department of Commerce asking the Government for new protections in the roll out of the new gTLD’s program. The letter which is called “NEW gTLD RECOMMENDATIONS TO STRENGTH...
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Brand Owners Write To Dept Of Commerce: Want No Cost URS, Loser Pays Model, TM Blocks & More
The United States Brand Owner Summit sent to the United States Department of Commerce asking the Government for new protections in the roll out of the new gTLD’s program. The letter which is called “NEW gTLD RECOMMENDATIONS TO STRENGTH...
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September 10, 2012, 5:26 pm

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Forbes Just Publishes 5 Reasons Why You Should Leave Godaddy (and How)
Talk about hitting someone when there down, Forbes.com just published a post entitled 5 Reasons Why You Should Leave Godaddy (and How). Forbes writes in part: “In the last few years, GoDaddy has come under fire plenty of times – and for p...
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Forbes Just Publishes 5 Reasons Why You Should Leave Godaddy (and How)
Talk about hitting someone when there down, Forbes.com just published a post entitled 5 Reasons Why You Should Leave Godaddy (and How). Forbes writes in part: “In the last few years, GoDaddy has come under fire plenty of times – and for p...
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September 10, 2012, 4:26 pm

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Are 35 Million Domains/Sites Hosted On Godaddy Down?
According to DailyChanges.com there are almost 34 million domain names hosted on Godaddy’s DomainControl.com servers. In addition another 1.2 million are hosted on Godaddy’s CashParking.com servers which also appear down. I did a spot che...
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Are 35 Million Domains/Sites Hosted On Godaddy Down?
According to DailyChanges.com there are almost 34 million domain names hosted on Godaddy’s DomainControl.com servers. In addition another 1.2 million are hosted on Godaddy’s CashParking.com servers which also appear down. I did a spot che...
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September 10, 2012, 4:05 pm

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Breaking: Down Goes Godaddy, Taking Millions Of Sites Including A Lot Of Domain Blogs Offline
Godaddy.com seems to be having a major outage at the time of publication. Not only is Godaddy.com down but many of the sites hosted on their servers, including many popular domain industry blogs. Again as of time of publication, Elliotsblog.com, Doma...
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Breaking: Down Goes Godaddy, Taking Millions Of Sites Including A Lot Of Domain Blogs Offline
Godaddy.com seems to be having a major outage at the time of publication. Not only is Godaddy.com down but many of the sites hosted on their servers, including many popular domain industry blogs. Again as of time of publication, Elliotsblog.com, Doma...
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September 10, 2012, 2:33 pm

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2 Days Before Apple Event the Domain Name MiniiPaid.com Hits eBay.com
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the new Apple Mini i Pad which is rumored to be called the ipad mini and noted that Apple had not secured the matching domain names. A reader noticed that the domain name MiniiPad.com has hit the auction block at ...
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2 Days Before Apple Event the Domain Name MiniiPaid.com Hits eBay.com
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the new Apple Mini i Pad which is rumored to be called the ipad mini and noted that Apple had not secured the matching domain names. A reader noticed that the domain name MiniiPad.com has hit the auction block at ...
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September 10, 2012, 11:59 am

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Fairwinds Partners Leader of CADNA Hires CEO
FairWinds Partners which leads the Collation Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) announced today that it has hired Nao Matsukata, as CEO. Mr. Matsukata has “most recently served as the managing director for Six Trees Partners, working on global t...
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Fairwinds Partners Leader of CADNA Hires CEO
FairWinds Partners which leads the Collation Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) announced today that it has hired Nao Matsukata, as CEO. Mr. Matsukata has “most recently served as the managing director for Six Trees Partners, working on global t...
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September 10, 2012, 9:47 am

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Nuts.com: Direct Navigation Traffic up 105% & Google Orgainc Traffic Up 32% Since Acquisition Of Domain
The head of Marketing at Nuts.com just published some facts and figures to combat the negative stories here company received after spending “six figures” to acquire the domain name nuts.com earlier this year and re-brand nutsonline....
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Nuts.com: Direct Navigation Traffic up 105% & Google Orgainc Traffic Up 32% Since Acquisition Of Domain
The head of Marketing at Nuts.com just published some facts and figures to combat the negative stories here company received after spending “six figures” to acquire the domain name nuts.com earlier this year and re-brand nutsonline....
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September 10, 2012, 8:49 am

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The NFL Hires The Star of The .XXX Commericals To Do NFL Spots: Gavin McInnes
The face of all the .XXX television commercials, Gavin McInnes is now appearing in commercials for the NFL. Click here to see a couple of the commercials Gavin did for .XXX Gavin is now appearing on spots on the National Football League owned NFL Net...
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The NFL Hires The Star of The .XXX Commericals To Do NFL Spots: Gavin McInnes
The face of all the .XXX television commercials, Gavin McInnes is now appearing in commercials for the NFL. Click here to see a couple of the commercials Gavin did for .XXX Gavin is now appearing on spots on the National Football League owned NFL Net...
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September 9, 2012, 9:00 am

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The Decision Is In: Adrian Peterson Loses UDRP On AdrianPeterson.com & I Think Its A Bad Decision
Last night we told you that Adrian Peterson Lost his UDRP on the domain name AdrianPeterson.com. This morning the decision has been published and it was decided by a one member panel who I think came to a bad decision although Mr. Peterson’s at...
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The Decision Is In: Adrian Peterson Loses UDRP On AdrianPeterson.com & I Think Its A Bad Decision
Last night we told you that Adrian Peterson Lost his UDRP on the domain name AdrianPeterson.com. This morning the decision has been published and it was decided by a one member panel who I think came to a bad decision although Mr. Peterson’s at...
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September 8, 2012, 10:53 am