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To Celebrate The 3 Million Domain Mark, NameCheap.com Is Giving Away $3K To Person That Registers the 3 Millionth Domain & Free Domains
NameCheap.com just announced that it will be giving away $3,000 to the person or company that “registers” the three millionth domain name on NameCheap.com NameCheap.com, is quick approaching the 3 Million mark for domains under registrati...
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To Celebrate The 3 Million Domain Mark, NameCheap.com Is Giving Away $3K To Person That Registers the 3 Millionth Domain & Free Domains
NameCheap.com just announced that it will be giving away $3,000 to the person or company that “registers” the three millionth domain name on NameCheap.com NameCheap.com, is quick approaching the 3 Million mark for domains under registrati...
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March 25, 2012, 9:09 am
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UPDATE In Kentucky Domain Name Case: Judge Orders Verisign to Transfer 132 Seized Domain Names To Kentucky
There has been an update in the Kentucky domain name seizure case and its not a good one. This week the original judge in the matter issued another forfeiture order on 132 domain names, this time not directed just to the registrars but to the registr...
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UPDATE In Kentucky Domain Name Case: Judge Orders Verisign to Transfer 132 Seized Domain Names To Kentucky
There has been an update in the Kentucky domain name seizure case and its not a good one. This week the original judge in the matter issued another forfeiture order on 132 domain names, this time not directed just to the registrars but to the registr...
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March 24, 2012, 10:49 am
The Domains
Social.Org Sells For $228K
Social.org just sold on NameJet.com for $228,600 Social.com sold last year for $2.6 Million Dollars making it the highest priced domain sale of 2011. This sale on NameJet.com represents a little under 10% of the .com sales price which seems just abou...
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Social.Org Sells For $228K
Social.org just sold on NameJet.com for $228,600 Social.com sold last year for $2.6 Million Dollars making it the highest priced domain sale of 2011. This sale on NameJet.com represents a little under 10% of the .com sales price which seems just abou...
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March 23, 2012, 8:28 pm
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DomainHoldings.com Releases Study On Almost 10k Domain Names & Shows a 46% Increase in 7 Days & 91% in 30 Days Over Pure PPC
A couple of weeks ago we published a press release from DomainHoldings.com about how their Today DomainHoldings.com released details about the 30 day test on its “DomainPower Montization Decision Engine (MDE)” comparing it to a pure PPC p...
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DomainHoldings.com Releases Study On Almost 10k Domain Names & Shows a 46% Increase in 7 Days & 91% in 30 Days Over Pure PPC
A couple of weeks ago we published a press release from DomainHoldings.com about how their Today DomainHoldings.com released details about the 30 day test on its “DomainPower Montization Decision Engine (MDE)” comparing it to a pure PPC p...
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March 23, 2012, 10:06 am
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Minds+Machines Gets .Miami & Applies For .Music
According to a press release issued today, Minds + Machines which is owned by Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), has been chosen by the City of Miami to apply for the .MIAMI top-level domain. “On 7 March 2012, the Commi...
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Minds+Machines Gets .Miami & Applies For .Music
According to a press release issued today, Minds + Machines which is owned by Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), has been chosen by the City of Miami to apply for the .MIAMI top-level domain. “On 7 March 2012, the Commi...
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March 23, 2012, 8:49 am
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NameMedia Promotes Jason Miner To COO
In its second promotion in two weeks, NameMedia, today announced the promotion of Jason Miner to Chief Operating Officer. Two weeks ago it promoted Bob Mountain to Vice President of Business Development. “”Miner has been a key executive t...
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NameMedia Promotes Jason Miner To COO
In its second promotion in two weeks, NameMedia, today announced the promotion of Jason Miner to Chief Operating Officer. Two weeks ago it promoted Bob Mountain to Vice President of Business Development. “”Miner has been a key executive t...
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March 22, 2012, 1:34 pm
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OMGPOP Purchased Yesterday By Zynga For $210 Million Was The Buyer Of DrawSomething.com
A week ago we wrote about the domain name DrawSomething.com selling on Afternic for $3,000 As we noted the domain was under privacy at Godaddy and actually still is but the domain is now forwarding to the developer of the App omgpop.com. Meaning that...
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OMGPOP Purchased Yesterday By Zynga For $210 Million Was The Buyer Of DrawSomething.com
A week ago we wrote about the domain name DrawSomething.com selling on Afternic for $3,000 As we noted the domain was under privacy at Godaddy and actually still is but the domain is now forwarding to the developer of the App omgpop.com. Meaning that...
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March 22, 2012, 11:25 am
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Eye Tracking Study Says A Visitors 1st Impression Of A Site Is Made In Fraction Of A Second & The Site’s Logo’s Is The Most Important
According to a new report by the Missouri University of Science and Technology, it takes a website visitor less than two-tenths of a second to form a first impression. Using eye-tracking software and an infrared camera the research found that the sec...
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Eye Tracking Study Says A Visitors 1st Impression Of A Site Is Made In Fraction Of A Second & The Site’s Logo’s Is The Most Important
According to a new report by the Missouri University of Science and Technology, it takes a website visitor less than two-tenths of a second to form a first impression. Using eye-tracking software and an infrared camera the research found that the sec...
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March 22, 2012, 8:19 am
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New York Said To Be Gyarnateed $3.6 Million For .NYC TLD
According to an article in the New York Times, the city of New York is on the verge of making a deal with a “Virgina based company” that would apply for and operate the gTLD of .NYC. According to the story the city would be guaranteed a t...
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New York Said To Be Gyarnateed $3.6 Million For .NYC TLD
According to an article in the New York Times, the city of New York is on the verge of making a deal with a “Virgina based company” that would apply for and operate the gTLD of .NYC. According to the story the city would be guaranteed a t...
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March 21, 2012, 5:52 pm
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Zynga Acquires OMGPOP Developer of DrawSomething
Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), just announced that it acquired the developer of the hottest gaming app Draw Something. We wrote about Draw Something last week. According to a Press release issued minutes ago, Zynga just acquired “New York-based social g...
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Zynga Acquires OMGPOP Developer of DrawSomething
Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), just announced that it acquired the developer of the hottest gaming app Draw Something. We wrote about Draw Something last week. According to a Press release issued minutes ago, Zynga just acquired “New York-based social g...
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March 21, 2012, 3:16 pm
