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The Domains
Google will now require advertisers to verify their identity
Google to require advertiser identities In a blog post today Google announced that advertisers must verify their identity. In a move for greater transparency and to stop bad actors. They will start this in the U.S. and then expand it globally. Here i...
Discussion
Google will now require advertisers to verify their identity
Google to require advertiser identities In a blog post today Google announced that advertisers must verify their identity. In a move for greater transparency and to stop bad actors. They will start this in the U.S. and then expand it globally. Here i...
Discussion
April 23, 2020, 3:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
What’s so special about LLNNN domains with HG prefix?
Kassey Lee explores why these domains are selling for so much money. I was checking auction results the other day and saw four LLNNN .com domains sold on the same day for quite good prices. That puzzled me. The domains are HG262.com ($4,000), HG232.c...
Discussion
What’s so special about LLNNN domains with HG prefix?
Kassey Lee explores why these domains are selling for so much money. I was checking auction results the other day and saw four LLNNN .com domains sold on the same day for quite good prices. That puzzled me. The domains are HG262.com ($4,000), HG232.c...
Discussion
April 23, 2020, 1:17 pm
The Domains
What they do right – what do they do wrong – Dynadot
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try...
Discussion
What they do right – what do they do wrong – Dynadot
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try...
Discussion
April 22, 2020, 6:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
SC Johnson cans .RightAtHome top level domain name
Company drops one of its dot-brand domains but still owns six. SC Johnson has informed ICANN that it no longer wants to operate the .rightathome top level domain name. The consumer products company never developed websites on the top level domain and...
Discussion
SC Johnson cans .RightAtHome top level domain name
Company drops one of its dot-brand domains but still owns six. SC Johnson has informed ICANN that it no longer wants to operate the .rightathome top level domain name. The consumer products company never developed websites on the top level domain and...
Discussion
April 22, 2020, 6:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Credit offer opt-out service sues typosquatters
Company files in rem suit against seven domain names. Opt Out Services, LLC has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) against seven domain names that it says are typos of its domain name, OptOutPrescreen.com. The company is a centralized service to al...
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Credit offer opt-out service sues typosquatters
Company files in rem suit against seven domain names. Opt Out Services, LLC has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) against seven domain names that it says are typos of its domain name, OptOutPrescreen.com. The company is a centralized service to al...
Discussion
April 22, 2020, 6:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts moves its registry to AWS
Top level domain company migrates backend to the cloud. Top level domain name company Donuts announced today that it has migrated its backend registry from on-premises backend infrastructure to the cloud. The company migrated to Amazon’s AWS an...
Discussion
Donuts moves its registry to AWS
Top level domain company migrates backend to the cloud. Top level domain name company Donuts announced today that it has migrated its backend registry from on-premises backend infrastructure to the cloud. The company migrated to Amazon’s AWS an...
Discussion
April 22, 2020, 3:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
NewZone.com at $20K leads end user sales
A clothing brand, office space designer, and hand sanitizer company bought domains. Sedo’s top sale this past week was NewZone.com for $20,000. It also had some nice non-.com sales, such as LPM.org, Surge.ai and Collective.space. As a quick hea...
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NewZone.com at $20K leads end user sales
A clothing brand, office space designer, and hand sanitizer company bought domains. Sedo’s top sale this past week was NewZone.com for $20,000. It also had some nice non-.com sales, such as LPM.org, Surge.ai and Collective.space. As a quick hea...
Discussion
April 22, 2020, 1:19 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by NewZone.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and NewZone.com led the way at $20,000. Tasawoq.com was second at $18,000. Boycott.org was third at $15,000. 39 .com sales 17 cctld sales 8 other tld sales Top 3 SedoMLS sales are: · tasawoq.com at 18,000 ...
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Sedo weekly sales led by NewZone.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and NewZone.com led the way at $20,000. Tasawoq.com was second at $18,000. Boycott.org was third at $15,000. 39 .com sales 17 cctld sales 8 other tld sales Top 3 SedoMLS sales are: · tasawoq.com at 18,000 ...
Discussion
April 21, 2020, 8:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN’s Attorney General problem
ICANN has a big problem if it can’t placate the California Attorney General. ICANN’s Board of Directors was ready to decide on whether or not to approve the sale of Public Interest Registry (PIR), the non-profit registry overseeing the .o...
Discussion
ICANN’s Attorney General problem
ICANN has a big problem if it can’t placate the California Attorney General. ICANN’s Board of Directors was ready to decide on whether or not to approve the sale of Public Interest Registry (PIR), the non-profit registry overseeing the .o...
Discussion
April 21, 2020, 5:26 pm
The Domains
The domain name industry’s obligation to protect the public from harm
Dave Piscitello wrote an interesting article on SPAMHAUS.org that took issue with the practice of bulk domain name registrations. Piscitello described the allure of bulk registration for cyber criminals. He talks about the weaponizing of domain names...
Discussion
The domain name industry’s obligation to protect the public from harm
Dave Piscitello wrote an interesting article on SPAMHAUS.org that took issue with the practice of bulk domain name registrations. Piscitello described the allure of bulk registration for cyber criminals. He talks about the weaponizing of domain names...
Discussion
April 21, 2020, 4:56 pm
