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Elliot's Blog
Afternic Sells $420k in .com Domain Names
Afternic sold just about $420,000 worth of .com domain names at $1,000 or greater last week (only public sales disclosed). Leading the way was Falko.com for $16,050, and BrainGuard.com for $7,600, and MyResidence.com for $7,600. The top three domain ...
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Afternic Sells $420k in .com Domain Names
Afternic sold just about $420,000 worth of .com domain names at $1,000 or greater last week (only public sales disclosed). Leading the way was Falko.com for $16,050, and BrainGuard.com for $7,600, and MyResidence.com for $7,600. The top three domain ...
Discussion
July 12, 2011, 5:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latona’s Adds Expense Details to Latest Web Sites for Sale
More web sites for sale, this time with hard costs data. Rick Latona has released a new batch of developed web sites for sale. This time around he has added expense details so you can get an idea of how much it costs to operate the site. Still, the e...
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Latona’s Adds Expense Details to Latest Web Sites for Sale
More web sites for sale, this time with hard costs data. Rick Latona has released a new batch of developed web sites for sale. This time around he has added expense details so you can get an idea of how much it costs to operate the site. Still, the e...
Discussion
July 12, 2011, 3:59 pm
Domain Shane
The 5L.com Market Is Alive and Well
I sold yet another 5 letter dot com this week giving me 6 sales this year. A little down from last year but mostly due to the fact I am not accepting much under $2,000 for any of my 5 letter dot coms. The sale of one name has more than paid for my co...
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The 5L.com Market Is Alive and Well
I sold yet another 5 letter dot com this week giving me 6 sales this year. A little down from last year but mostly due to the fact I am not accepting much under $2,000 for any of my 5 letter dot coms. The sale of one name has more than paid for my co...
Discussion
July 12, 2011, 12:44 pm
The Domains
DinersClub Loses UDRP Bid for 4 Domain Names Containing The Word Diner & Card
Its rare you see a big name trademark holder lose a UDRP against one defendant for several similar domain names, but that’s just what happened to Diners Club when they filed a UDRP against Green Free who owned a slew of .NL domain names h...
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DinersClub Loses UDRP Bid for 4 Domain Names Containing The Word Diner & Card
Its rare you see a big name trademark holder lose a UDRP against one defendant for several similar domain names, but that’s just what happened to Diners Club when they filed a UDRP against Green Free who owned a slew of .NL domain names h...
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July 12, 2011, 11:38 am
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Gets Gripe Site NoDaddy.com
Go Daddy gets control of NoDaddy.com domain name. GoDaddy.com now owns NoDaddy.com, Kevin Murphy reports for The Register. NoDaddy.com was set up as a gripe site after the domain registrar suspended the registration of security mailing list SecLists....
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Go Daddy Gets Gripe Site NoDaddy.com
Go Daddy gets control of NoDaddy.com domain name. GoDaddy.com now owns NoDaddy.com, Kevin Murphy reports for The Register. NoDaddy.com was set up as a gripe site after the domain registrar suspended the registration of security mailing list SecLists....
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July 12, 2011, 10:47 am
Domain Name Wire
Amazon.com Buys CloudPlayer.com Domain Name
Company gets domain name for its new music service. When Amazon.com announced its music-anywhere service and corresponding Cloud Player a few months ago, it was missing a key ingredient — the domain name CloudPlayer.com. It has belatedly fixed ...
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Amazon.com Buys CloudPlayer.com Domain Name
Company gets domain name for its new music service. When Amazon.com announced its music-anywhere service and corresponding Cloud Player a few months ago, it was missing a key ingredient — the domain name CloudPlayer.com. It has belatedly fixed ...
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July 12, 2011, 10:26 am
Elliot's Blog
Blocking WordPress Spam with Akismet
Comment spam is a nuisance just about every WordPress blog owner faces. I use the free Akismet WordPress plugin to block spam comments on my blog and my other WordPress-based websites. Akismet has blocked hundreds of thousands of spam comments from a...
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Blocking WordPress Spam with Akismet
Comment spam is a nuisance just about every WordPress blog owner faces. I use the free Akismet WordPress plugin to block spam comments on my blog and my other WordPress-based websites. Akismet has blocked hundreds of thousands of spam comments from a...
Discussion
July 12, 2011, 10:20 am
The Domains
BREAKING: Cloud.com Being Bought For $200 Million – $250 Million
According to TechCrunch, Citrix Systems is buying Cloud.com for between $200 million and $250 million. TechCrunch says the deal should be announced within the hour. Just a couple of months ago that the TechWorld took notice of iCloud.com sale of $4.5...
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BREAKING: Cloud.com Being Bought For $200 Million – $250 Million
According to TechCrunch, Citrix Systems is buying Cloud.com for between $200 million and $250 million. TechCrunch says the deal should be announced within the hour. Just a couple of months ago that the TechWorld took notice of iCloud.com sale of $4.5...
Discussion
July 12, 2011, 10:00 am
Domain Name Wire
Branding Lesson: Cloud.com Was Much Better Than VMOps
Domain name boosted VMops in the hot cloud market. “Citrix Buys Cloud.com for more than $200 million” That sounds much better than what the headline could have been: “Citrix Buys VMOps” Cloud.com started its life as VMops. But...
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Branding Lesson: Cloud.com Was Much Better Than VMOps
Domain name boosted VMops in the hot cloud market. “Citrix Buys Cloud.com for more than $200 million” That sounds much better than what the headline could have been: “Citrix Buys VMOps” Cloud.com started its life as VMops. But...
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July 12, 2011, 9:55 am
The Domains
TechCrunch.com: Cloud.com Being Bought For $200 Million – $250 Million
According to TechCrunch, Citrix Systems is buying Cloud.com for between $200 million and $250 million. TechCrunch says the deal should be announced within the hour.
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TechCrunch.com: Cloud.com Being Bought For $200 Million – $250 Million
According to TechCrunch, Citrix Systems is buying Cloud.com for between $200 million and $250 million. TechCrunch says the deal should be announced within the hour.
Discussion
July 12, 2011, 9:25 am
