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CO Internet Recognized as World Finance 100 Business Leader
According to a Press Release tonight, .CO Internet S.A.S. the company that operates the .Co Registry was “recognized in the World Finance 100 listing, alongside industry heavyweights 3M, Apple, Facebook, IBM, Google, Microsoft, and others. Span...
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CO Internet Recognized as World Finance 100 Business Leader
According to a Press Release tonight, .CO Internet S.A.S. the company that operates the .Co Registry was “recognized in the World Finance 100 listing, alongside industry heavyweights 3M, Apple, Facebook, IBM, Google, Microsoft, and others. Span...
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January 4, 2012, 5:52 pm
The Domains
Moniker.com Falls To Number 11, As FastDomain.com Passes Them
According to RegistrarStats.com, Moniker.com just fell to the 11th largest domain name registrar being passed by FastDomain.com During 2011 FastDomain.com picked up around 800,000 registrations while Moniker which was the 7th largest registrar ...
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Moniker.com Falls To Number 11, As FastDomain.com Passes Them
According to RegistrarStats.com, Moniker.com just fell to the 11th largest domain name registrar being passed by FastDomain.com During 2011 FastDomain.com picked up around 800,000 registrations while Moniker which was the 7th largest registrar ...
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January 4, 2012, 5:42 pm
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Overstock Launches O.co Travel & Picks Priceline To Run Its Travel Service
While many domainers have written off O.co, it appears Overstock.com has not. According to a press release issued yesterday, Overstock has just selected the Priceline Partner Network, a unit of priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN), to power Overstock’s...
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Overstock Launches O.co Travel & Picks Priceline To Run Its Travel Service
While many domainers have written off O.co, it appears Overstock.com has not. According to a press release issued yesterday, Overstock has just selected the Priceline Partner Network, a unit of priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN), to power Overstock’s...
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January 4, 2012, 11:11 am
The Domains
Yahoo Names PayPal President Scott Thompson As New CEO
Today Yahoo announced that PayPal President Scott Thompson is its new CEO and will start on Monday. In hiring Thompson Yahoo gets someone who has never ran an online media company or an online advertising company or really anything that Yahoo does (s...
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Yahoo Names PayPal President Scott Thompson As New CEO
Today Yahoo announced that PayPal President Scott Thompson is its new CEO and will start on Monday. In hiring Thompson Yahoo gets someone who has never ran an online media company or an online advertising company or really anything that Yahoo does (s...
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January 4, 2012, 10:39 am
The Domains
US Department Of Commerce: We May Look At The New gTLD Program Once Application Period Is Closed
In a letter tonight sent by Larry Strickling of the US Department of Commerce to the ICANN chairman Steve Crocker, the Commerce Department says its going to examine the new gTLD program after the application period closes and ICANN discloses th...
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US Department Of Commerce: We May Look At The New gTLD Program Once Application Period Is Closed
In a letter tonight sent by Larry Strickling of the US Department of Commerce to the ICANN chairman Steve Crocker, the Commerce Department says its going to examine the new gTLD program after the application period closes and ICANN discloses th...
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January 3, 2012, 11:33 pm
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Afternic.com Sells $1.3MM In Domain Led By Bizable.com.com For $15K
Afternic.com reported $1,276,373 in domain sales for the week ending January 3rd. The publicly reportable sales included in the total above were $515,789 led by Bizable.com.com at $15,600 followed by CollegeTextbook.com at $15,000. Below is the entir...
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Afternic.com Sells $1.3MM In Domain Led By Bizable.com.com For $15K
Afternic.com reported $1,276,373 in domain sales for the week ending January 3rd. The publicly reportable sales included in the total above were $515,789 led by Bizable.com.com at $15,600 followed by CollegeTextbook.com at $15,000. Below is the entir...
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January 3, 2012, 5:58 pm
The Domains
Sedo Sells $930K In Domains
Sedo Just reported its sales for the week after Christmas that included the New Years Holiday, traditionally a VERY slow week for business In all Sedo reports selling 498 sales totaling over $930,000. Not bad. 33% of total sales were the result of Bu...
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Sedo Sells $930K In Domains
Sedo Just reported its sales for the week after Christmas that included the New Years Holiday, traditionally a VERY slow week for business In all Sedo reports selling 498 sales totaling over $930,000. Not bad. 33% of total sales were the result of Bu...
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January 3, 2012, 4:42 pm
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PCWorld Names New gTLD’s As One Of “Top 5 Major Changes Facing The Internet”
PCWorld.com just published an article entitled the “Top 5 Major Changes Facing The Internet”. The article starts off saying: “2012 is poised to go down in Internet history as one of the most significant 12-month periods from both a ...
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PCWorld Names New gTLD’s As One Of “Top 5 Major Changes Facing The Internet”
PCWorld.com just published an article entitled the “Top 5 Major Changes Facing The Internet”. The article starts off saying: “2012 is poised to go down in Internet history as one of the most significant 12-month periods from both a ...
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January 3, 2012, 4:28 pm
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1st Strange UDRP Decision Of The Year Holds Against TM Holder On The Domain IntercontinentalKabul.com
It didn’t take long into the new year for a strange UDRP decision to be published and this time its the Trademark Holder that can complain. Inter-Continental Hotels lost a UDRP on the domain name intercontinentalkabul.com. Even more inter...
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1st Strange UDRP Decision Of The Year Holds Against TM Holder On The Domain IntercontinentalKabul.com
It didn’t take long into the new year for a strange UDRP decision to be published and this time its the Trademark Holder that can complain. Inter-Continental Hotels lost a UDRP on the domain name intercontinentalkabul.com. Even more inter...
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January 3, 2012, 1:57 pm
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.XXX LandRush/Sunrise Auctions Start Today
The auctions for Sunrise/Land Rush .XXX domain names started today. An auction was scheduled if more than 1 application was submitted either during the Sunrise or Land Rush period for the same .XXX domain. I do not believe ICM, the company that runs ...
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.XXX LandRush/Sunrise Auctions Start Today
The auctions for Sunrise/Land Rush .XXX domain names started today. An auction was scheduled if more than 1 application was submitted either during the Sunrise or Land Rush period for the same .XXX domain. I do not believe ICM, the company that runs ...
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January 3, 2012, 1:26 pm
