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Domain Name Wire
Just Released New TLD Guidebook Attacks Domain Parking
Applicants for new TLDs must answer question related to domain name parking. Out of nowhere, domain parking appears to be under attack in the new top level domain name application process. The latest guidebook, released yesterday, includes a section ...
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Just Released New TLD Guidebook Attacks Domain Parking
Applicants for new TLDs must answer question related to domain name parking. Out of nowhere, domain parking appears to be under attack in the new top level domain name application process. The latest guidebook, released yesterday, includes a section ...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 5:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Poker Domain Seizures Show Futility of Nabbing Domain Names
Even without .com domains, sites can continue to operate. You can take away a domain name, but you can’t stop people from visiting a web site. Yesterday’s seizure of five poker company domain names is another case in point. Still want to ...
Discussion
Poker Domain Seizures Show Futility of Nabbing Domain Names
Even without .com domains, sites can continue to operate. You can take away a domain name, but you can’t stop people from visiting a web site. Yesterday’s seizure of five poker company domain names is another case in point. Still want to ...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 5:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Owners Should Not Worry About Poker Domain Seizures
Poker domain seizures involved complex criminal activity specifically targeted at the United States. Yesterday the online gambling world was rocked by the seizure of five poker domain names used by three large online poker companies. The domain names...
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Domain Owners Should Not Worry About Poker Domain Seizures
Poker domain seizures involved complex criminal activity specifically targeted at the United States. Yesterday the online gambling world was rocked by the seizure of five poker domain names used by three large online poker companies. The domain names...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 2:48 pm
The Domains
.XXX is Added To The Root & Live
The .XXX extension has been added to the root and is now live. Domains like sex.xxx and xxx.xxx and ICM.xxx are resolving. ICM is the registry that ICANN signed a contract last week to operate the .XXX registry. Not all domains ending in .xxx are res...
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.XXX is Added To The Root & Live
The .XXX extension has been added to the root and is now live. Domains like sex.xxx and xxx.xxx and ICM.xxx are resolving. ICM is the registry that ICANN signed a contract last week to operate the .XXX registry. Not all domains ending in .xxx are res...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 12:52 pm
Elliot's Blog
Saturday Updates
On the road again today, so if your comment doesn’t get posted immediately, it will likely be posted later on this afternoon. Here are a few updates today. As much as National A1 Advertising’s $1 million sale of Poker.org last year seemed...
Discussion
Saturday Updates
On the road again today, so if your comment doesn’t get posted immediately, it will likely be posted later on this afternoon. Here are a few updates today. As much as National A1 Advertising’s $1 million sale of Poker.org last year seemed...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 12:18 pm
The Domains
Business Insider: Meet The Boy Genius Who Just Took Down The Online Poker Industry
BusinessInsider.com just published a article entitled “Meet The Boy Genius Who Just Took Down The Online Poker Industry” citing a story published by Australia’s Courier-Mail newspaper. The article tells the story about an Australian...
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Business Insider: Meet The Boy Genius Who Just Took Down The Online Poker Industry
BusinessInsider.com just published a article entitled “Meet The Boy Genius Who Just Took Down The Online Poker Industry” citing a story published by Australia’s Courier-Mail newspaper. The article tells the story about an Australian...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 10:57 am
The Domains
Why Is Anyone Surprised Over Yesterday’s Gambling Domain Seizures & Why No Publicly Traded Company Got Charged
Just days after Washington DC announced it was legalizing online gaming including online poker, the US Government charged the operators of the largest online poker sites PokerStars, FullTiltPoker, AbsolutePoker (using UB.com) all offshore compa...
Discussion
Why Is Anyone Surprised Over Yesterday’s Gambling Domain Seizures & Why No Publicly Traded Company Got Charged
Just days after Washington DC announced it was legalizing online gaming including online poker, the US Government charged the operators of the largest online poker sites PokerStars, FullTiltPoker, AbsolutePoker (using UB.com) all offshore compa...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 10:12 am
The Domains
New GuideBook For gTLD’s Is Published By ICANN & Open For Public Comment
ICANN has just published another draft of its Guidebook for new new gTLD’s and it has opened the public comment period today which will close in exactly 30 days on May 15. As always the Guidebook is broken down into sections. The sections...
Discussion
New GuideBook For gTLD’s Is Published By ICANN & Open For Public Comment
ICANN has just published another draft of its Guidebook for new new gTLD’s and it has opened the public comment period today which will close in exactly 30 days on May 15. As always the Guidebook is broken down into sections. The sections...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 9:10 am
Domain Shane
Strike Another One off the “Bucket List” About to Run Boston
In 1992 I wrote a list of things I wanted to accomplish. The list was a combination of lifelong achievement all the way down to petty little things. One of the things on my list was to run the Boston Marathon. Running the Boston marathon is an easy t...
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Strike Another One off the “Bucket List” About to Run Boston
In 1992 I wrote a list of things I wanted to accomplish. The list was a combination of lifelong achievement all the way down to petty little things. One of the things on my list was to run the Boston Marathon. Running the Boston marathon is an easy t...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 8:21 am
The Domains
TechCrunch: SocialMedia.com Acquired For $3M: “SocialMedia’s Biggest Asset Today Is Probably Its Domain Name”
According to TechCrunch.com the site SocialMedia, was purchased today by LivingSocial.com for $3 million, all in LivingSocial stock. “SocialMedia’s biggest asset today is probably its domain name.” said TechCrunch.com Interesting to...
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TechCrunch: SocialMedia.com Acquired For $3M: “SocialMedia’s Biggest Asset Today Is Probably Its Domain Name”
According to TechCrunch.com the site SocialMedia, was purchased today by LivingSocial.com for $3 million, all in LivingSocial stock. “SocialMedia’s biggest asset today is probably its domain name.” said TechCrunch.com Interesting to...
Discussion
April 15, 2011, 8:47 pm
