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The Domains
Moniker.com Is On Pace To Slip To Number 9, As They Lose 100,000 Registrations Over The Last 6 Weeks
Moniker.com appears to be on Pace to drop another spot to the 9th largest registrar in the next month. Just a few months ago Moniker.com was the 7th largest registrar. According to WebHosting.info, over the past 6 weeks Moniker.com has lost about 100...
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Moniker.com Is On Pace To Slip To Number 9, As They Lose 100,000 Registrations Over The Last 6 Weeks
Moniker.com appears to be on Pace to drop another spot to the 9th largest registrar in the next month. Just a few months ago Moniker.com was the 7th largest registrar. According to WebHosting.info, over the past 6 weeks Moniker.com has lost about 100...
Discussion
April 17, 2011, 8:23 am
Domain Name Wire
eNom and Go Daddy Still Disqualified from Applying for New Top Level Domains
Language of new applicant guidebook disqualifies two large domain name registrars. If you read the spirit of the rules related to new top level domain names, domain name registrars eNom and Go Daddy are still disqualified from applying for their own ...
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eNom and Go Daddy Still Disqualified from Applying for New Top Level Domains
Language of new applicant guidebook disqualifies two large domain name registrars. If you read the spirit of the rules related to new top level domain names, domain name registrars eNom and Go Daddy are still disqualified from applying for their own ...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 9:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Health Officials on Playboy Mansion: H1N1, Credit Blogs and Social Media
Health officials say H1N1 infected DOMAINfest attendees and evaluates role of social media in responding to outbreak. We go to domain conferences. Health officials go to Centers for Disease Control conferences. You can imagine these events as rather ...
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Health Officials on Playboy Mansion: H1N1, Credit Blogs and Social Media
Health officials say H1N1 infected DOMAINfest attendees and evaluates role of social media in responding to outbreak. We go to domain conferences. Health officials go to Centers for Disease Control conferences. You can imagine these events as rather ...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 9:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Just Released New TLD Guidebook Attacks Domain Parking
Applicants for new TLDs must answer question related to domain name parking. Out of nowhere, domain parking appears to be under attack in the new top level domain name application process. The latest guidebook, released yesterday, includes a section ...
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Just Released New TLD Guidebook Attacks Domain Parking
Applicants for new TLDs must answer question related to domain name parking. Out of nowhere, domain parking appears to be under attack in the new top level domain name application process. The latest guidebook, released yesterday, includes a section ...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 5:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Poker Domain Seizures Show Futility of Nabbing Domain Names
Even without .com domains, sites can continue to operate. You can take away a domain name, but you can’t stop people from visiting a web site. Yesterday’s seizure of five poker company domain names is another case in point. Still want to ...
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Poker Domain Seizures Show Futility of Nabbing Domain Names
Even without .com domains, sites can continue to operate. You can take away a domain name, but you can’t stop people from visiting a web site. Yesterday’s seizure of five poker company domain names is another case in point. Still want to ...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 5:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Owners Should Not Worry About Poker Domain Seizures
Poker domain seizures involved complex criminal activity specifically targeted at the United States. Yesterday the online gambling world was rocked by the seizure of five poker domain names used by three large online poker companies. The domain names...
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Domain Owners Should Not Worry About Poker Domain Seizures
Poker domain seizures involved complex criminal activity specifically targeted at the United States. Yesterday the online gambling world was rocked by the seizure of five poker domain names used by three large online poker companies. The domain names...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 2:48 pm
The Domains
.XXX is Added To The Root & Live
The .XXX extension has been added to the root and is now live. Domains like sex.xxx and xxx.xxx and ICM.xxx are resolving. ICM is the registry that ICANN signed a contract last week to operate the .XXX registry. Not all domains ending in .xxx are res...
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.XXX is Added To The Root & Live
The .XXX extension has been added to the root and is now live. Domains like sex.xxx and xxx.xxx and ICM.xxx are resolving. ICM is the registry that ICANN signed a contract last week to operate the .XXX registry. Not all domains ending in .xxx are res...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 12:52 pm
Elliot's Blog
Saturday Updates
On the road again today, so if your comment doesn’t get posted immediately, it will likely be posted later on this afternoon. Here are a few updates today. As much as National A1 Advertising’s $1 million sale of Poker.org last year seemed...
Discussion
Saturday Updates
On the road again today, so if your comment doesn’t get posted immediately, it will likely be posted later on this afternoon. Here are a few updates today. As much as National A1 Advertising’s $1 million sale of Poker.org last year seemed...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 12:18 pm
The Domains
Business Insider: Meet The Boy Genius Who Just Took Down The Online Poker Industry
BusinessInsider.com just published a article entitled “Meet The Boy Genius Who Just Took Down The Online Poker Industry” citing a story published by Australia’s Courier-Mail newspaper. The article tells the story about an Australian...
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Business Insider: Meet The Boy Genius Who Just Took Down The Online Poker Industry
BusinessInsider.com just published a article entitled “Meet The Boy Genius Who Just Took Down The Online Poker Industry” citing a story published by Australia’s Courier-Mail newspaper. The article tells the story about an Australian...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 10:57 am
The Domains
Why Is Anyone Surprised Over Yesterday’s Gambling Domain Seizures & Why No Publicly Traded Company Got Charged
Just days after Washington DC announced it was legalizing online gaming including online poker, the US Government charged the operators of the largest online poker sites PokerStars, FullTiltPoker, AbsolutePoker (using UB.com) all offshore compa...
Discussion
Why Is Anyone Surprised Over Yesterday’s Gambling Domain Seizures & Why No Publicly Traded Company Got Charged
Just days after Washington DC announced it was legalizing online gaming including online poker, the US Government charged the operators of the largest online poker sites PokerStars, FullTiltPoker, AbsolutePoker (using UB.com) all offshore compa...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 10:12 am
