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The Domains
China’s Sina Goes With Weibo.com For Its “Twitter” Product
According to china.org.cn, China’s Sina Corp’s which runs one of China’s biggest web portals, just reveled the new domain name of its “Twitter” like microblogging service and its: Weibo.com. Sina started its microb...
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China’s Sina Goes With Weibo.com For Its “Twitter” Product
According to china.org.cn, China’s Sina Corp’s which runs one of China’s biggest web portals, just reveled the new domain name of its “Twitter” like microblogging service and its: Weibo.com. Sina started its microb...
Discussion
April 7, 2011, 11:18 am
The Domains
US Not The Only Country To Seize Domains: Nominet Shuts Down More Than 3,000 .Co.Uk Sites
According the telegraph.co.uk, Nominet, the not-for-profit company that controls the registry of “dot uk” domain names, held a meeting in London on Monday, with authorities including the Metropolitan Police and the Serious and Organized C...
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US Not The Only Country To Seize Domains: Nominet Shuts Down More Than 3,000 .Co.Uk Sites
According the telegraph.co.uk, Nominet, the not-for-profit company that controls the registry of “dot uk” domain names, held a meeting in London on Monday, with authorities including the Metropolitan Police and the Serious and Organized C...
Discussion
April 7, 2011, 10:47 am
Domain Name News
National Arbitration Forum Reports a 24 Percent Increase in Domain Name Dispute Filings in 2010
While WIPO recently reported somewhat misleading that “Cybersquatting hit(s) record level“, the National Arbitration Forum reported their numbers today. They also report a higher amount of filed cases for 2010, up to 2,177 from 1,759 in 2...
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National Arbitration Forum Reports a 24 Percent Increase in Domain Name Dispute Filings in 2010
While WIPO recently reported somewhat misleading that “Cybersquatting hit(s) record level“, the National Arbitration Forum reported their numbers today. They also report a higher amount of filed cases for 2010, up to 2,177 from 1,759 in 2...
Discussion
April 7, 2011, 10:47 am
Domain Name Wire
National Arbitration Forum Gets The Headline Right
UDRP filings up. That doesn’t mean cybersquatting is increasing. Today National Arbitration Forum released statistics about its UDRP caseload from 2010. It was up 24% from 2009 to 2,177 cases. The group’s press release headline is: Nation...
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National Arbitration Forum Gets The Headline Right
UDRP filings up. That doesn’t mean cybersquatting is increasing. Today National Arbitration Forum released statistics about its UDRP caseload from 2010. It was up 24% from 2009 to 2,177 cases. The group’s press release headline is: Nation...
Discussion
April 7, 2011, 10:34 am
Domain Shane
Thursday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction Picks NSFW
I have all kinds of domains in today’s list. Curse words, product domains, collectibles. I like today’s list. Nothing HUGE but you certainly would do well to own some of these things. Again, sorry about the horrifi...
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Thursday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction Picks NSFW
I have all kinds of domains in today’s list. Curse words, product domains, collectibles. I like today’s list. Nothing HUGE but you certainly would do well to own some of these things. Again, sorry about the horrifi...
Discussion
April 7, 2011, 8:04 am
Domain Name Wire
PLA.com Lawsuit Against Nat Cohen’s Telepathy Dismissed
Project Leadership Associates drops case over PLA.com. In September Project Leadership Associates Inc. sued Nat Cohen’s Telepathy, Inc. in an effort to get the domain name PLA.com. After many months of back and forth, including counterclaims by...
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PLA.com Lawsuit Against Nat Cohen’s Telepathy Dismissed
Project Leadership Associates drops case over PLA.com. In September Project Leadership Associates Inc. sued Nat Cohen’s Telepathy, Inc. in an effort to get the domain name PLA.com. After many months of back and forth, including counterclaims by...
Discussion
April 6, 2011, 9:37 pm
Elliot's Blog
Why I Don’t Report My Domain Purchases or Domain Sales
It’s been said that high value domain sales help improve the domain aftermarket, and I don’t disagree. This has led to the question about why I don’t report my domain sales if it can help other domain investors. I want to share a fe...
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Why I Don’t Report My Domain Purchases or Domain Sales
It’s been said that high value domain sales help improve the domain aftermarket, and I don’t disagree. This has led to the question about why I don’t report my domain sales if it can help other domain investors. I want to share a fe...
Discussion
April 6, 2011, 5:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
5,800 New .Jobs Sites Created for Veterans
Group activates 5,800 second level domains to target jobs to U.S. veterans. DirectEmployers Association and .jobs registry Employ Media need to do something to bolster a “do-good” status, and they may have found something: use .jobs domai...
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5,800 New .Jobs Sites Created for Veterans
Group activates 5,800 second level domains to target jobs to U.S. veterans. DirectEmployers Association and .jobs registry Employ Media need to do something to bolster a “do-good” status, and they may have found something: use .jobs domai...
Discussion
April 6, 2011, 3:40 pm
Domain Name News
NameCheap Steals Spotlight Amidst GoDaddy Elephant Hunt Outrage
Amidst all the controversy last week surrounding the Bob Parson’s elephant hunt video, there was one savvy registrar who decided to take advantage of the public out cry. Discount domain name registrar Namecheap started a campaign which ga...
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NameCheap Steals Spotlight Amidst GoDaddy Elephant Hunt Outrage
Amidst all the controversy last week surrounding the Bob Parson’s elephant hunt video, there was one savvy registrar who decided to take advantage of the public out cry. Discount domain name registrar Namecheap started a campaign which ga...
Discussion
April 6, 2011, 3:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Time Warner Cybersquatter Uses the “I Could Have Been Worse” Defense
Guys actually tries to defend himself in no-brainer cybersquatting case. Last month I wrote about how Time Warner filed a UDRP to get 41 domain names including its brands and “3D”. It just won the case, which comes as no surprise. But it&...
Discussion
Time Warner Cybersquatter Uses the “I Could Have Been Worse” Defense
Guys actually tries to defend himself in no-brainer cybersquatting case. Last month I wrote about how Time Warner filed a UDRP to get 41 domain names including its brands and “3D”. It just won the case, which comes as no surprise. But it&...
Discussion
April 6, 2011, 1:58 pm
