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.ie Registrations Grew In 2011 By 13% To 173,145 Domain Names
The IE Domain Registry (IEDR), the not-for-profit public organization that manages Ireland’s top level Internet domain, .ie, issued its annual reported for 2011 on the .ie ccTLD. Among the financial and operational highlights for 2011 were: Ne...
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.ie Registrations Grew In 2011 By 13% To 173,145 Domain Names
The IE Domain Registry (IEDR), the not-for-profit public organization that manages Ireland’s top level Internet domain, .ie, issued its annual reported for 2011 on the .ie ccTLD. Among the financial and operational highlights for 2011 were: Ne...
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July 27, 2012, 12:44 pm
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After Losing A UDRP For oogle.com Google Wins The Battle For coogle.com
A couple of days ago Google lost a UDRP on the domain name oogle.com In a one person UDRP panel decision, Google was awarded the domain name Coogle.com Unlike the oogle.com case, the domain holder didn’t file a response. The domain went to a pa...
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After Losing A UDRP For oogle.com Google Wins The Battle For coogle.com
A couple of days ago Google lost a UDRP on the domain name oogle.com In a one person UDRP panel decision, Google was awarded the domain name Coogle.com Unlike the oogle.com case, the domain holder didn’t file a response. The domain went to a pa...
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July 27, 2012, 12:01 pm
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Forbes: The Second Internet Bubble Is Over
Forbes just published a story entitled With Facebook’s Earnings, The Second Internet Bubble Is Over. “Facebook shares “are slated to open on Friday at their lowest level yet and will likely end up being valued about 1/3rd less than ...
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Forbes: The Second Internet Bubble Is Over
Forbes just published a story entitled With Facebook’s Earnings, The Second Internet Bubble Is Over. “Facebook shares “are slated to open on Friday at their lowest level yet and will likely end up being valued about 1/3rd less than ...
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July 26, 2012, 5:39 pm
The Domains
Verisign Report: Revenue Up 13%: 118.5 Million .com/.net Domains & Has A 50% Profit Margin
VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN), reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012 after the market closed. VeriSign, Inc. reported revenue of $214 million for the second quarter of 2012, up 13% from the same quarter in 2011. “Verisig...
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Verisign Report: Revenue Up 13%: 118.5 Million .com/.net Domains & Has A 50% Profit Margin
VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN), reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012 after the market closed. VeriSign, Inc. reported revenue of $214 million for the second quarter of 2012, up 13% from the same quarter in 2011. “Verisig...
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July 26, 2012, 4:14 pm
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Maybe Justin Should Have Applied For .Music Instead Of Myspace.com
A BusinessInsider.com article today reminded me its been one year since Justin Timberlake’s invested into MySpace.com At the time I thought Justin would have been better served if he simply applied for the new gTLD of .Music. I can’t exac...
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Maybe Justin Should Have Applied For .Music Instead Of Myspace.com
A BusinessInsider.com article today reminded me its been one year since Justin Timberlake’s invested into MySpace.com At the time I thought Justin would have been better served if he simply applied for the new gTLD of .Music. I can’t exac...
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July 26, 2012, 1:16 pm
The Domains
Thomson Reuters Acquires MarkMonitor.com
According to a press release “The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase MarkMonitor, a global leader in online brand protection” for an undisclosed pric...
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Thomson Reuters Acquires MarkMonitor.com
According to a press release “The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase MarkMonitor, a global leader in online brand protection” for an undisclosed pric...
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July 26, 2012, 11:20 am
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Citizen Hawk “Automates” The Filing Of A UDRP With Its New Product HawkUDRP
CitizenHawk,in a press release this morning has introduced “a cloud-based software tool that automates the process of filing a UDRP thus enabling companies to recover domains from typosquatters and other domain infringers at a fraction of the c...
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Citizen Hawk “Automates” The Filing Of A UDRP With Its New Product HawkUDRP
CitizenHawk,in a press release this morning has introduced “a cloud-based software tool that automates the process of filing a UDRP thus enabling companies to recover domains from typosquatters and other domain infringers at a fraction of the c...
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July 26, 2012, 8:31 am
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Godaddy.com New Commercials: “The New Campaign Is Not Conservative”
Go Daddy has released all three of its upcoming Olympic ads. According to Godaddy PR deptartment despite what you have heard the “new campaign is not conservative, it’s a wink to the past as we move to talking more about what we do on the...
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Godaddy.com New Commercials: “The New Campaign Is Not Conservative”
Go Daddy has released all three of its upcoming Olympic ads. According to Godaddy PR deptartment despite what you have heard the “new campaign is not conservative, it’s a wink to the past as we move to talking more about what we do on the...
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July 26, 2012, 8:25 am
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Expecting.com Sold For $50K On Sedo
The domain name Expecting.com just crossed the Sedo sales wire at $49,999. The domain was owned by Kron Studio of Miami Beach, Florida. The domain is still in escrow at Sedo so we don’t know who the buyer is yet, but it certainly would be...
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Expecting.com Sold For $50K On Sedo
The domain name Expecting.com just crossed the Sedo sales wire at $49,999. The domain was owned by Kron Studio of Miami Beach, Florida. The domain is still in escrow at Sedo so we don’t know who the buyer is yet, but it certainly would be...
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July 25, 2012, 2:32 pm
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Google & Amazon, Two Of The Largest gTLD Applicants Team Up To Form A New Lobbying Group
Google and Amazon, two of biggest applicants for new gTLD’s just teamed up to form the InternetAssociation.org a new lobbying group. According to the Washington Post other founding members include eBay and Facebook. According the Internet Assoc...
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Google & Amazon, Two Of The Largest gTLD Applicants Team Up To Form A New Lobbying Group
Google and Amazon, two of biggest applicants for new gTLD’s just teamed up to form the InternetAssociation.org a new lobbying group. According to the Washington Post other founding members include eBay and Facebook. According the Internet Assoc...
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July 25, 2012, 2:19 pm