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Bob Parsons Hunts Down Problem Kittens
Bob Parsons, CEO of domain registrar Godaddy.com, announced today that his 2012 vacation hunt will be to Peterville, Illinois where Parsons will go on a kitten hunting expedition. Parsons, an avid hunter, recently posted videos of his 2011 hunting va...
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Bob Parsons Hunts Down Problem Kittens
Bob Parsons, CEO of domain registrar Godaddy.com, announced today that his 2012 vacation hunt will be to Peterville, Illinois where Parsons will go on a kitten hunting expedition. Parsons, an avid hunter, recently posted videos of his 2011 hunting va...
Discussion
April 1, 2011, 8:30 am
Domain Name News
Free Speech Coalition Announces Plans for .xxxxx New TLD
After countless attempts to block ICANN approval of the .xxx extension, the Free Speech Coalition announced a new strategy today. “We’re applying for dot-quintuple-X” says Executive Director, Diane Duke. “Until now we have bee...
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Free Speech Coalition Announces Plans for .xxxxx New TLD
After countless attempts to block ICANN approval of the .xxx extension, the Free Speech Coalition announced a new strategy today. “We’re applying for dot-quintuple-X” says Executive Director, Diane Duke. “Until now we have bee...
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April 1, 2011, 6:09 am
Domain Name News
Demand Media CEO Rosenblatt’s Real Boat
In recent news TechCrunch reported that TMZ.com had revealed Richard Rosenblatt’s $40 million yacht is named Ad Sense. Well the joke’s on all of you. Arrington got you guys! DNN has learned the actual story straight from the D...
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Demand Media CEO Rosenblatt’s Real Boat
In recent news TechCrunch reported that TMZ.com had revealed Richard Rosenblatt’s $40 million yacht is named Ad Sense. Well the joke’s on all of you. Arrington got you guys! DNN has learned the actual story straight from the D...
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April 1, 2011, 5:11 am
Domain Shane
Friday’s Daily Domain Auction and Drop Picks
VintageRadios.com 2300 searches and certainly a market for these. Especially the Bakelite. I collect vintage radios and phones but then again, I collect everything WSS.net Not usually a big fan of dot nets (no special reason) but I do lik...
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Friday’s Daily Domain Auction and Drop Picks
VintageRadios.com 2300 searches and certainly a market for these. Especially the Bakelite. I collect vintage radios and phones but then again, I collect everything WSS.net Not usually a big fan of dot nets (no special reason) but I do lik...
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April 1, 2011, 2:55 am
Domain Name News
Swing For The Fences
In the annals of baseball terminology, the phrase ‘sweet spot’ refers to an area on the bat roughly three inches in diameter. If ball meets bat at that precise location and at the right moment – POW! The result is a perfect transfer...
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Swing For The Fences
In the annals of baseball terminology, the phrase ‘sweet spot’ refers to an area on the bat roughly three inches in diameter. If ball meets bat at that precise location and at the right moment – POW! The result is a perfect transfer...
Discussion
March 31, 2011, 4:17 pm
The Domains
Registrars Jump On Bob Parsons Video To Offer Special Discounts For Those Wanting To Transfer Domains Out Of GoDaddy.com
Two domain registrars, NameCheap.com and Domainit.com just jumped on the Bob Parsons hunting controversy by offering special discounts for domain name transfers including contributions for each domain transferred to a wildlife charities “In res...
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Registrars Jump On Bob Parsons Video To Offer Special Discounts For Those Wanting To Transfer Domains Out Of GoDaddy.com
Two domain registrars, NameCheap.com and Domainit.com just jumped on the Bob Parsons hunting controversy by offering special discounts for domain name transfers including contributions for each domain transferred to a wildlife charities “In res...
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March 31, 2011, 4:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
PETA Moves Domains from Go Daddy to Register.com
Animal rights group moves domain names to competitor. Making good on its promise, PETA has moved its domains (well at least peta.org) away from Go Daddy. The domain name is now registered at Register.com. This whole elephant shooting video is obvious...
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PETA Moves Domains from Go Daddy to Register.com
Animal rights group moves domain names to competitor. Making good on its promise, PETA has moved its domains (well at least peta.org) away from Go Daddy. The domain name is now registered at Register.com. This whole elephant shooting video is obvious...
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March 31, 2011, 3:54 pm
The Domains
The Hits Keep Coming For Sedo As Another $80K In Sales Led By CurioCity.com At $25K
Wow Sedo.com is on fire as the sales just keep coming. Just hours after writing about some nice .Org sales on Sedo, here come another batch of .Com sales from today: CurioCity.com $25K Seo.in $18,500 Naruko.com $15K SharkCapital.com$14K ...
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The Hits Keep Coming For Sedo As Another $80K In Sales Led By CurioCity.com At $25K
Wow Sedo.com is on fire as the sales just keep coming. Just hours after writing about some nice .Org sales on Sedo, here come another batch of .Com sales from today: CurioCity.com $25K Seo.in $18,500 Naruko.com $15K SharkCapital.com$14K ...
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March 31, 2011, 3:35 pm
The Domains
IndianOil.com Beats Back A WIPO Challenge from Indian Oil Corporation Who Won A UDRP On IndianOil.Org In January
Back In January we wrote and criticized a WIPO decision handing the generic domain name IndianOil.Org to the Indian Oil Corporation Limited of New Delhi, India Back at the time we asked, knowing that the same company filed a UDRP against the com vers...
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IndianOil.com Beats Back A WIPO Challenge from Indian Oil Corporation Who Won A UDRP On IndianOil.Org In January
Back In January we wrote and criticized a WIPO decision handing the generic domain name IndianOil.Org to the Indian Oil Corporation Limited of New Delhi, India Back at the time we asked, knowing that the same company filed a UDRP against the com vers...
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March 31, 2011, 3:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is Cybersquatting Up or Just Enforcement of Cybersquatting?
WIPO’s headline is misleading. Today World Intellectual Property Forum (WIPO) did its annual release of how many UDRP cases it handled last year. It was a record 2,696 cases. That’s a lot of cases, and National Arbitration Forum also saw ...
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Is Cybersquatting Up or Just Enforcement of Cybersquatting?
WIPO’s headline is misleading. Today World Intellectual Property Forum (WIPO) did its annual release of how many UDRP cases it handled last year. It was a record 2,696 cases. That’s a lot of cases, and National Arbitration Forum also saw ...
Discussion
March 31, 2011, 3:10 pm
