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Seomoz.org: 2011 SEO Ranking Factors: Exact Match Domains Less Important; Long Domains Suck; eHow Still In Top 10
Seomoz.org has just released data showing the most important ranking factors in for SEO, 2011 edition “”Since 2005, SEOmoz has released a new version of the Search Ranking Factors survey every two years, a piece of content that many...
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Seomoz.org: 2011 SEO Ranking Factors: Exact Match Domains Less Important; Long Domains Suck; eHow Still In Top 10
Seomoz.org has just released data showing the most important ranking factors in for SEO, 2011 edition “”Since 2005, SEOmoz has released a new version of the Search Ranking Factors survey every two years, a piece of content that many...
Discussion
June 7, 2011, 11:32 am

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The Biggest Loser Wins Big In A UDRP For TheBiggestLoser.com
The producer of the hit television show, The Biggest Loser won a UDRP against Theodore Lazier on the domain name thebiggestloser.com, finding that the show gained a Common Law Trademark the day the show was announced. While the producer registered US...
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The Biggest Loser Wins Big In A UDRP For TheBiggestLoser.com
The producer of the hit television show, The Biggest Loser won a UDRP against Theodore Lazier on the domain name thebiggestloser.com, finding that the show gained a Common Law Trademark the day the show was announced. While the producer registered US...
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June 7, 2011, 8:23 am

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Despite Trademark Domainer ECorp Beats Back UDRP On ChannelGuide.com
The Complainant Tribune Media Services, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois, lost a UDRP on the domain name ChannelGuide.com brought against Ecorp.com. Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana. Ecorp is owned by a domainer Chad Folkening. Here are the relevant part...
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Despite Trademark Domainer ECorp Beats Back UDRP On ChannelGuide.com
The Complainant Tribune Media Services, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois, lost a UDRP on the domain name ChannelGuide.com brought against Ecorp.com. Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana. Ecorp is owned by a domainer Chad Folkening. Here are the relevant part...
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June 6, 2011, 10:36 am

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It’s Offical Overstock.com Plans To Change Its Name To O.Co Starting With The Home Field Of The Raiders & A’s
Last week when the .CO registry announced it has surpassed 1 Million domain registrations it teased that there would be a major announcement today from Overstock and as we guessed on our post Overstock.com officially announced today that it is going ...
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It’s Offical Overstock.com Plans To Change Its Name To O.Co Starting With The Home Field Of The Raiders & A’s
Last week when the .CO registry announced it has surpassed 1 Million domain registrations it teased that there would be a major announcement today from Overstock and as we guessed on our post Overstock.com officially announced today that it is going ...
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June 6, 2011, 7:59 am

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Was SnapNames “Verisign High Traffic Score” Domain Name Auction Just A Big Domain Tasting Experiment?
A few days ago we posted about SnapNames.com Flash auction of over 600 domain names “recently registered by SnapNames due to their high VeriSign Data Analyzer Traffic Score and Generic Word strength!” Today courtesy of a reader it appears...
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Was SnapNames “Verisign High Traffic Score” Domain Name Auction Just A Big Domain Tasting Experiment?
A few days ago we posted about SnapNames.com Flash auction of over 600 domain names “recently registered by SnapNames due to their high VeriSign Data Analyzer Traffic Score and Generic Word strength!” Today courtesy of a reader it appears...
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June 5, 2011, 9:52 pm

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Our Picks From The Live DomainFest Barcelona Auction
There are 70 domains currently listed for the Live DomainFest auction from Barcelona which will be held on June 8th at 12pm EST. Remote bidding will be available at Snapnames.com, and pre-bidding is currently opened. We have went through the list of ...
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Our Picks From The Live DomainFest Barcelona Auction
There are 70 domains currently listed for the Live DomainFest auction from Barcelona which will be held on June 8th at 12pm EST. Remote bidding will be available at Snapnames.com, and pre-bidding is currently opened. We have went through the list of ...
Discussion
June 5, 2011, 9:00 am

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Pure Opinion: Oversee.net Should Disclose The Traffic Numbers Of Those Verisign High Score Domains
Yesterday I wrote about a flash auction Oversee was holding on over 600 domain names “recently registered by SnapNames due to their high VeriSign Data Analyzer Traffic Score and Generic Word strength!” As of time of publication, 24 domain...
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Pure Opinion: Oversee.net Should Disclose The Traffic Numbers Of Those Verisign High Score Domains
Yesterday I wrote about a flash auction Oversee was holding on over 600 domain names “recently registered by SnapNames due to their high VeriSign Data Analyzer Traffic Score and Generic Word strength!” As of time of publication, 24 domain...
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June 4, 2011, 10:22 am

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Exclusive: ICA Letter To ICANN Brass On Variable Pricing & URS Application To Existing TLD’s Including .Com
Yesterday Phil Corwin sent a letter to ICANN and copied several individuals concerning comments made by existing TLD operators that want the same terms and conditions placed on them that the new gTLD operators are getting most notable no more price c...
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Exclusive: ICA Letter To ICANN Brass On Variable Pricing & URS Application To Existing TLD’s Including .Com
Yesterday Phil Corwin sent a letter to ICANN and copied several individuals concerning comments made by existing TLD operators that want the same terms and conditions placed on them that the new gTLD operators are getting most notable no more price c...
Discussion
June 4, 2011, 9:37 am

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42nd Oldest Domain Lost in a UDRP: Octopus.com
In a three member WIPO decision the 42nd oldest domain name, Octopus.com was lost in a UDRP. The domain name had a registration date of 1986 but was acquired by the domain holder in 2006. The Complainant was brought by Octopustravel Group Limit...
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42nd Oldest Domain Lost in a UDRP: Octopus.com
In a three member WIPO decision the 42nd oldest domain name, Octopus.com was lost in a UDRP. The domain name had a registration date of 1986 but was acquired by the domain holder in 2006. The Complainant was brought by Octopustravel Group Limit...
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June 3, 2011, 2:47 pm

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SnapNames.com Holding Flash Auction on “Domains with High VeriSign Data Analyzer Traffic”
SnapNames.com just announced and made live a two day flash auction, of domain names “that were recently registered by SnapNames due to their high VeriSign Data Analyzer Traffic Score and Generic Word strength!” You can view th...
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SnapNames.com Holding Flash Auction on “Domains with High VeriSign Data Analyzer Traffic”
SnapNames.com just announced and made live a two day flash auction, of domain names “that were recently registered by SnapNames due to their high VeriSign Data Analyzer Traffic Score and Generic Word strength!” You can view th...
Discussion
June 3, 2011, 2:20 pm