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Limos.com Raises Another $10 Million In VC Funding Proving Why The Value Of A Bang On Domain Cannot be Underestimated
According to Bizjournals.com, Limos.com, a Dan Francisco-based provider of online booking for luxury automobile travel, has raised $10 million in financing from Austin Ventures as the company is set to release a limo-management...
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Limos.com Raises Another $10 Million In VC Funding Proving Why The Value Of A Bang On Domain Cannot be Underestimated
According to Bizjournals.com, Limos.com, a Dan Francisco-based provider of online booking for luxury automobile travel, has raised $10 million in financing from Austin Ventures as the company is set to release a limo-management...
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March 29, 2011, 10:44 am
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Downside Of Pricing Your Domains: Owner Of MediaLocker.com Gets It Snagged Overnight For $18,500 After Amazon Announcement
Last night I wrote about Amazon’s announcement that it was launching a service they referred to as a Media Locker. Less than a few hours later a reader noticed the domain name MediaLocker.com, which was listed on Afternic.com for $18,500 ...
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Downside Of Pricing Your Domains: Owner Of MediaLocker.com Gets It Snagged Overnight For $18,500 After Amazon Announcement
Last night I wrote about Amazon’s announcement that it was launching a service they referred to as a Media Locker. Less than a few hours later a reader noticed the domain name MediaLocker.com, which was listed on Afternic.com for $18,500 ...
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March 29, 2011, 9:44 am
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WSJ Blog Rips Buyer Of Color.com: “”We Expect That Domain names Will Be Taken. We Just Don’t Care About Them Anymore”
In a blog post today the on WSJ.com, they rip into the buyer of color.com and colour.com who spent $500K to obtain both domains: “The founding team, regardless of their previous successes are showing a general lack of creativity and a misunders...
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WSJ Blog Rips Buyer Of Color.com: “”We Expect That Domain names Will Be Taken. We Just Don’t Care About Them Anymore”
In a blog post today the on WSJ.com, they rip into the buyer of color.com and colour.com who spent $500K to obtain both domains: “The founding team, regardless of their previous successes are showing a general lack of creativity and a misunders...
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March 29, 2011, 8:37 am
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WSJ: Amazon To Roll Out “Media Locker” Tomorrow
According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon.com is rolling out what they are calling a Media Locker service as early as tomorrow. The Amazon product will allow people to store music and video online and access it from various digital devices. ...
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WSJ: Amazon To Roll Out “Media Locker” Tomorrow
According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon.com is rolling out what they are calling a Media Locker service as early as tomorrow. The Amazon product will allow people to store music and video online and access it from various digital devices. ...
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March 28, 2011, 11:49 pm
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Mashable.com: “A New Era For Internet Domains: Why .XXX is Just The Beginning”
Mashable.com just published a post entitled “A New Era for Internet Domains: Why .XXX is just the Beginning.” The story was written by Ben Crawford who is the CEO of Central Nic and was featured on CNBC last week Speaking about new gTLD&r...
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Mashable.com: “A New Era For Internet Domains: Why .XXX is Just The Beginning”
Mashable.com just published a post entitled “A New Era for Internet Domains: Why .XXX is just the Beginning.” The story was written by Ben Crawford who is the CEO of Central Nic and was featured on CNBC last week Speaking about new gTLD&r...
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March 28, 2011, 2:27 pm
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The .Co Aftermarket Heats Up On Sedo
Over the last few days there has been quite a few sales of .Co domain names. Here are the one’s I spotted: Mp3.co 3,600 Euro’s ($5,500) Minijuegos.co 2,450 Euro’s (4K USD) Prestamos.co 2,300 Euro ($3,900 USD) Watersports.co&nb...
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The .Co Aftermarket Heats Up On Sedo
Over the last few days there has been quite a few sales of .Co domain names. Here are the one’s I spotted: Mp3.co 3,600 Euro’s ($5,500) Minijuegos.co 2,450 Euro’s (4K USD) Prestamos.co 2,300 Euro ($3,900 USD) Watersports.co&nb...
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March 27, 2011, 8:07 pm
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EU Might Place Restrictions On Trademark Keyword Advertising
According to the New York Times an adviser to the highest European Union court recommended Thursday that some restrictions be placed on the rights of advertisers to use the names of rivals as keywords to generate sponsored links on Internet search en...
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EU Might Place Restrictions On Trademark Keyword Advertising
According to the New York Times an adviser to the highest European Union court recommended Thursday that some restrictions be placed on the rights of advertisers to use the names of rivals as keywords to generate sponsored links on Internet search en...
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March 27, 2011, 9:12 am
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The Free Speech Coalition Launches “Just Say No To .XXX” Boycott Campaign; Why It Won’t Work
According to AVN.com, The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) announced yesterday that it is launching an anti—.XXX campaign urging adult online businesses not to register into any .XXX sTLD. Diane Duke, FSC Executive Director, ...
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The Free Speech Coalition Launches “Just Say No To .XXX” Boycott Campaign; Why It Won’t Work
According to AVN.com, The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) announced yesterday that it is launching an anti—.XXX campaign urging adult online businesses not to register into any .XXX sTLD. Diane Duke, FSC Executive Director, ...
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March 26, 2011, 11:49 am
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Disco.com Bought At Domanfest New York 2010 For $255K Is Now Owned By Google & Launched As A “Group Texting ” Site
The domain name Disco.com sold at Domainfest New York last year for $255,000. Disco.com was ranked by DnJournal.com as the 31st highest domain sale of 2010. The domain is now owned by Google and has been launched as a Group Texting site. The domain w...
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Disco.com Bought At Domanfest New York 2010 For $255K Is Now Owned By Google & Launched As A “Group Texting ” Site
The domain name Disco.com sold at Domainfest New York last year for $255,000. Disco.com was ranked by DnJournal.com as the 31st highest domain sale of 2010. The domain is now owned by Google and has been launched as a Group Texting site. The domain w...
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March 25, 2011, 1:22 pm
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Violet.com Sells For $65K on Sedo.com
The domain name Violet.com just sold for $65,000 on Sedo.com The domain currently forwards to a site called pinstripegifts.com. It seems like a good web 2.0 domain. Congrats to the buyer and seller
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Violet.com Sells For $65K on Sedo.com
The domain name Violet.com just sold for $65,000 on Sedo.com The domain currently forwards to a site called pinstripegifts.com. It seems like a good web 2.0 domain. Congrats to the buyer and seller
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March 25, 2011, 12:44 pm
