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Domain Name Wire
Google now opting ALL ad accounts out of domain parking
Look out below; the domain industry was just dealt another huge blow. In September 2024, Google informed advertisers that new Google ad accounts would automatically be opted out of serving ads on parked domains. That meant that the growth of new ads ...
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Google now opting ALL ad accounts out of domain parking
Look out below; the domain industry was just dealt another huge blow. In September 2024, Google informed advertisers that new Google ad accounts would automatically be opted out of serving ads on parked domains. That meant that the growth of new ads ...
Discussion
February 24, 2025, 5:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Court filing: Too late, 35.com is sold, and Chinese law wouldn’t let registrar pay Facebook
Chinese company asks court not to issue contempt sanctions in long-running dispute. A Chinese company that once owned domain registrar 35.com has told a court that it shouldn’t apply contempt sanctions to it in a cybersquatting dispute with Fac...
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Court filing: Too late, 35.com is sold, and Chinese law wouldn’t let registrar pay Facebook
Chinese company asks court not to issue contempt sanctions in long-running dispute. A Chinese company that once owned domain registrar 35.com has told a court that it shouldn’t apply contempt sanctions to it in a cybersquatting dispute with Fac...
Discussion
February 24, 2025, 5:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
A domain investor’s results: .io, .ai, .com – DNW Podcast #523
This domain investor boosted his sales by changing his landing pages. On today’s show, I talk to a domain investor who has been very successful with .io and .ai domain names. He discusses how he’s tweaking his approach to investing in the...
Discussion
A domain investor’s results: .io, .ai, .com – DNW Podcast #523
This domain investor boosted his sales by changing his landing pages. On today’s show, I talk to a domain investor who has been very successful with .io and .ai domain names. He discusses how he’s tweaking his approach to investing in the...
Discussion
February 24, 2025, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Did Halliburton file a cybersquatting complaint against itself?
Halliburton filed a cybersquatting case. The cybersquatter was ostensibly Halliburton itself. World Intellectual Property Organization has published an interesting cybersquatting case decision. Officially, the dispute is titled Halliburton Energy Ser...
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Did Halliburton file a cybersquatting complaint against itself?
Halliburton filed a cybersquatting case. The cybersquatter was ostensibly Halliburton itself. World Intellectual Property Organization has published an interesting cybersquatting case decision. Officially, the dispute is titled Halliburton Energy Ser...
Discussion
February 21, 2025, 5:15 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – February 20, 2025 – Blades of Steel
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 19:23 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss th...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – February 20, 2025 – Blades of Steel
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 19:23 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss th...
Discussion
February 21, 2025, 2:11 am
The Domains
Block, Inc now has the stock symbol XYZ earnings out after close
Square changed their name 4 years ago to Block,Inc. The company’s brands include Cash App, Square, Afterpay and TIDAL. One of the things that excited .xyz investors was the company started running their umbrella site on Block.xyz. They use .com...
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Block, Inc now has the stock symbol XYZ earnings out after close
Square changed their name 4 years ago to Block,Inc. The company’s brands include Cash App, Square, Afterpay and TIDAL. One of the things that excited .xyz investors was the company started running their umbrella site on Block.xyz. They use .com...
Discussion
February 20, 2025, 7:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Liverpool FC loses cybersquatting domain dispute
Liverpool FC lost a case it filed at Czech Arbitration Court. Liverpool Football Club has lost a cybersquatting dispute it brought against the domain name name LiverpoolFCTickets .com. The football team filed the cybersquatting dispute with Czech Arb...
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Liverpool FC loses cybersquatting domain dispute
Liverpool FC lost a case it filed at Czech Arbitration Court. Liverpool Football Club has lost a cybersquatting dispute it brought against the domain name name LiverpoolFCTickets .com. The football team filed the cybersquatting dispute with Czech Arb...
Discussion
February 20, 2025, 5:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afternic’s 2024 data shows the surge in .AI domain sales
.Ai domains were the big story last year. But there’s another TLD worth looking into. Afternic released a lot of data about how top level domains performed on its platform in 2024. A couple of things stand out to me. First, let’s look at ...
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Afternic’s 2024 data shows the surge in .AI domain sales
.Ai domains were the big story last year. But there’s another TLD worth looking into. Afternic released a lot of data about how top level domains performed on its platform in 2024. A couple of things stand out to me. First, let’s look at ...
Discussion
February 20, 2025, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Introducing a centralized decentralized DNS system
This new blockchain-based DNS has some holes. I give some of these blockchain companies points for creativity. But geez. I just came across a press release issued last month from a company called Packet. It promises decentralized, censorship-resistan...
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Introducing a centralized decentralized DNS system
This new blockchain-based DNS has some holes. I give some of these blockchain companies points for creativity. But geez. I just came across a press release issued last month from a company called Packet. It promises decentralized, censorship-resistan...
Discussion
February 19, 2025, 10:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign tweaks risk language in latest annual report
New annual report reflects pressure from outside groups to rein in .com pricing. .Com registry Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) tweaked the language about challenges to the .com registry agreement in its 2024 annual report released this month. Specifically, t...
Discussion
Verisign tweaks risk language in latest annual report
New annual report reflects pressure from outside groups to rein in .com pricing. .Com registry Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) tweaked the language about challenges to the .com registry agreement in its 2024 annual report released this month. Specifically, t...
Discussion
February 19, 2025, 10:26 pm
