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Domain Shane
And You Thought It Couldn’t Fall Any Further: .CM auctioning off single letter/numbers on Sedo
I have to admit. I hated the .cm tld from day one so I am a bit biased. From the mismanaged early and sunrise registration, to the basic fact it is nothing but a typo tld, I hoped it would fail. My wish has come true and there is no bigger conf...
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And You Thought It Couldn’t Fall Any Further: .CM auctioning off single letter/numbers on Sedo
I have to admit. I hated the .cm tld from day one so I am a bit biased. From the mismanaged early and sunrise registration, to the basic fact it is nothing but a typo tld, I hoped it would fail. My wish has come true and there is no bigger conf...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 12:48 pm
The Domains
How About Trademark Sqautting: DIsney Files Trademark on Seal Team 6
According to a story in mediabistro.com, two days after Seal Team 6 killed Osama bin Laden, Disney applied for a trademark on the term “Seal Team 6″in several classes to cover clothing, toys, games, video games, entertainment ...
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How About Trademark Sqautting: DIsney Files Trademark on Seal Team 6
According to a story in mediabistro.com, two days after Seal Team 6 killed Osama bin Laden, Disney applied for a trademark on the term “Seal Team 6″in several classes to cover clothing, toys, games, video games, entertainment ...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 12:43 pm
Domain Name News
Google Experiments with highlighting the Advertisers Domain Name
After years of efforts by Google to de-emphasize the importance of domain names (i.e. by combining the search and URL bar in Google Chrome), the company is apparently now experimenting with highlighting the domain name for paid search results, as rep...
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Google Experiments with highlighting the Advertisers Domain Name
After years of efforts by Google to de-emphasize the importance of domain names (i.e. by combining the search and URL bar in Google Chrome), the company is apparently now experimenting with highlighting the domain name for paid search results, as rep...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 12:37 pm
Domain Name News
ccTLDs.com Forum Purchased by EuroDNS
As reported earlier by DomainGang, Rich Latoan’s ccTLDs.com Forum has found a new owner and has relaunched after billions of spam messages have been removed. DNN spoke to Xavier Buck Executive Director and CEO of the new owner – domain re...
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ccTLDs.com Forum Purchased by EuroDNS
As reported earlier by DomainGang, Rich Latoan’s ccTLDs.com Forum has found a new owner and has relaunched after billions of spam messages have been removed. DNN spoke to Xavier Buck Executive Director and CEO of the new owner – domain re...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 12:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Oversee.net and ICA Blast ICANN on Domain Parking Mention in New TLD Guidebook
Equating domain parking with “social costs” should be struck from guidebook, organizations say. Both Oversee.net and Internet Commerce Association have sent strongly worded comments to ICANN regarding a new provision inserted in the lates...
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Oversee.net and ICA Blast ICANN on Domain Parking Mention in New TLD Guidebook
Equating domain parking with “social costs” should be struck from guidebook, organizations say. Both Oversee.net and Internet Commerce Association have sent strongly worded comments to ICANN regarding a new provision inserted in the lates...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 11:22 am
Domain Name Wire
Google Acquires ChromeBook.com and ChromeBooks.com Domain Names
When company acquired domains is unknown; neither domain resolves yet. It appears that Google has purchased the domain names ChromeBook.com and ChromeBooks.comm but for some reason they aren’t using the domains yet for their recently-announced ...
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Google Acquires ChromeBook.com and ChromeBooks.com Domain Names
When company acquired domains is unknown; neither domain resolves yet. It appears that Google has purchased the domain names ChromeBook.com and ChromeBooks.comm but for some reason they aren’t using the domains yet for their recently-announced ...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 10:47 am
Domain Name Wire
.XXX Domain Pricing From $75
One year registrations will likely start at about $75; DomainMonster releases pricing. When .xxx domain names get past the sunrise and landrush period, you can expect general availability pricing to run from about $75 a year, just above the wholesale...
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.XXX Domain Pricing From $75
One year registrations will likely start at about $75; DomainMonster releases pricing. When .xxx domain names get past the sunrise and landrush period, you can expect general availability pricing to run from about $75 a year, just above the wholesale...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 10:24 am
The Domains
Senator Wyden Come’s Out Against New PROTECT IP Bill
U.S Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released the following statement against the new PROTECT IP 2011 bill we spoke about last week: You may remember that Senator Wyden led the opposition against the predecessor bill of Leahy, the COICA last year. He...
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Senator Wyden Come’s Out Against New PROTECT IP Bill
U.S Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released the following statement against the new PROTECT IP 2011 bill we spoke about last week: You may remember that Senator Wyden led the opposition against the predecessor bill of Leahy, the COICA last year. He...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 9:17 am
Elliot's Blog
Google Secures Ro.ME as Part of a “Chrome Experiment”
The .ME domain registry issued a press release this morning announcing that they had assigned (sounds like given) Google a two letter domain name for a new project called “3 Dreams of Black.” The RO.ME website is dubbed “ROME 3 Drea...
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Google Secures Ro.ME as Part of a “Chrome Experiment”
The .ME domain registry issued a press release this morning announcing that they had assigned (sounds like given) Google a two letter domain name for a new project called “3 Dreams of Black.” The RO.ME website is dubbed “ROME 3 Drea...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 8:54 am
The Domains
Google Goes With Domain Hack RO.ME For “Revolutionary Web Project”
The .ME Registry announced today that it assigned a premium domain name to Google for a web project called Ro.Me calling it a “Revolutionary Web Project” The site, was launched worldwide on May 12, Ro.Me is the destination of a new music ...
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Google Goes With Domain Hack RO.ME For “Revolutionary Web Project”
The .ME Registry announced today that it assigned a premium domain name to Google for a web project called Ro.Me calling it a “Revolutionary Web Project” The site, was launched worldwide on May 12, Ro.Me is the destination of a new music ...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 8:41 am