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The Washington Post Says After 6 Years ICANN Is Still Moving Too Fast On New gTLD’s
In an editorial published by The Washington Post entitled “What’s The .Rush”, the Post says that ICANN is moving too fast on the new gTLD program despite acknowledged that the program has been under consideration for 6 years. The Po...
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The Washington Post Says After 6 Years ICANN Is Still Moving Too Fast On New gTLD’s
In an editorial published by The Washington Post entitled “What’s The .Rush”, the Post says that ICANN is moving too fast on the new gTLD program despite acknowledged that the program has been under consideration for 6 years. The Po...
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December 12, 2011, 12:09 pm
The Domains
Sedo Sells Makassar.com For $40K & HeartOfLove.com For 30,000 Euro’s
A couple of sales hitting the Sedo.com wire this morning. Makassar.com sold for $40,000 Makassar is Geo domain. According to wikipedia, Makassar, is “the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island&r...
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Sedo Sells Makassar.com For $40K & HeartOfLove.com For 30,000 Euro’s
A couple of sales hitting the Sedo.com wire this morning. Makassar.com sold for $40,000 Makassar is Geo domain. According to wikipedia, Makassar, is “the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island&r...
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December 12, 2011, 10:25 am
The Domains
Businessweek’s Advice On Domain Names REALLY Sucks
In an article published by Businessweek.com today on domain names, they gave pretty some bad advice to business owners on a domain name strategies and there importance. The article quotes several sources including a Michael Weiss, partner at Imagisti...
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Businessweek’s Advice On Domain Names REALLY Sucks
In an article published by Businessweek.com today on domain names, they gave pretty some bad advice to business owners on a domain name strategies and there importance. The article quotes several sources including a Michael Weiss, partner at Imagisti...
Discussion
December 11, 2011, 7:56 pm
The Domains
Our Exclusive Interview With The New Co-President Of Oversee.net Debra Domeyer
We reached out to Debra Domeyer the new Co-President and Chief Technology Officer of Oversee.net who took over a leadership roll once former CEO Jeff Kupietzky left at the end of August. Special Thanks to Gregg McNair who was instrumental to introduc...
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Our Exclusive Interview With The New Co-President Of Oversee.net Debra Domeyer
We reached out to Debra Domeyer the new Co-President and Chief Technology Officer of Oversee.net who took over a leadership roll once former CEO Jeff Kupietzky left at the end of August. Special Thanks to Gregg McNair who was instrumental to introduc...
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December 10, 2011, 8:44 am
The Domains
Citibank Online Advertising To Grow 21% This Year
According to a story in MediaPost.com, Citigroup estimates online advertising will grow 21% this year, up from 15% in 2010. Citibank estimates online advertising will grow 17% in 2012 and 14% in 2013. “Search will grow more rapidly than o...
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Citibank Online Advertising To Grow 21% This Year
According to a story in MediaPost.com, Citigroup estimates online advertising will grow 21% this year, up from 15% in 2010. Citibank estimates online advertising will grow 17% in 2012 and 14% in 2013. “Search will grow more rapidly than o...
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December 9, 2011, 4:59 pm
The Domains
Here Come The .XXX Sunrise/LandRush Auctions & It Looks Like They Don’t Start Until January
Just getting a bunch of notices on some Sunrise/LandRush .XXX domain name applications we filed for domain names that had more than 1 application. So far the earliest start date I have for any auction is January 3, 2012 which will end on January 10th...
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Here Come The .XXX Sunrise/LandRush Auctions & It Looks Like They Don’t Start Until January
Just getting a bunch of notices on some Sunrise/LandRush .XXX domain name applications we filed for domain names that had more than 1 application. So far the earliest start date I have for any auction is January 3, 2012 which will end on January 10th...
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December 9, 2011, 10:58 am
The Domains
Its Time For ICM & Registrars To Start Selling .XXX On Its Merits Rather Than For Protection
A few weeks ago DomainShane.com wrote a piece on the sales pitch many of the registrars and even ICM the registry for .XXX was using to sell .XXX domain names. Today I’m going to agree with Shane. At the time Shane Cultra wrote the piece the Su...
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Its Time For ICM & Registrars To Start Selling .XXX On Its Merits Rather Than For Protection
A few weeks ago DomainShane.com wrote a piece on the sales pitch many of the registrars and even ICM the registry for .XXX was using to sell .XXX domain names. Today I’m going to agree with Shane. At the time Shane Cultra wrote the piece the Su...
Discussion
December 8, 2011, 8:38 am
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ICA Letter To The House Against SOPA: “”Potentially Devastating For ICANN Registrars & Others in Domain Name Industry
Phil Corwin on behalf of The Internet Commerce Association sent a letter to today to the senior members of the House Judiciary Committee “regarding the likely unintended but potentially devastating impact of H.R. 3261 (”SOPA”) as in...
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ICA Letter To The House Against SOPA: “”Potentially Devastating For ICANN Registrars & Others in Domain Name Industry
Phil Corwin on behalf of The Internet Commerce Association sent a letter to today to the senior members of the House Judiciary Committee “regarding the likely unintended but potentially devastating impact of H.R. 3261 (”SOPA”) as in...
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December 7, 2011, 10:05 pm
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ICM: .XXX 1st 24 Hours OF GA; 56,000 Registrations; A Total Of 160K Domain Names Registered
According to the ICM Registry sponsor of the .XXX TLD, in the first 24 hours of General Availability 55,367 .XXX new domain name registrations. Including the Founders Program, Sunrise and Land Rush there are a total of 159,351 .XXX domain names regis...
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ICM: .XXX 1st 24 Hours OF GA; 56,000 Registrations; A Total Of 160K Domain Names Registered
According to the ICM Registry sponsor of the .XXX TLD, in the first 24 hours of General Availability 55,367 .XXX new domain name registrations. Including the Founders Program, Sunrise and Land Rush there are a total of 159,351 .XXX domain names regis...
Discussion
December 7, 2011, 2:23 pm
The Domains
FTC Chairman Comes Out Swinging Against ICANN’s New gTLD Plan
According to several reports to The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Jon Leibowitzsaid said today that a proposal to allow for an unlimited number of new Internet addresses could be a “disaster” for consumers and businesses. The p...
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FTC Chairman Comes Out Swinging Against ICANN’s New gTLD Plan
According to several reports to The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Jon Leibowitzsaid said today that a proposal to allow for an unlimited number of new Internet addresses could be a “disaster” for consumers and businesses. The p...
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December 7, 2011, 1:29 pm
