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Domain Name Wire
ClickZ Loses Dispute for United Kingdom Domain Name
Web site’s attempt to get Clickz.co.uk rebuffed. Popular online marketing web site ClickZ.com has lost an arbitration case to get the domain name ClickZ.co.uk. Party Domain Limited registered Clickz.co.uk back in 1999. The domain points to a la...
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ClickZ Loses Dispute for United Kingdom Domain Name
Web site’s attempt to get Clickz.co.uk rebuffed. Popular online marketing web site ClickZ.com has lost an arbitration case to get the domain name ClickZ.co.uk. Party Domain Limited registered Clickz.co.uk back in 1999. The domain points to a la...
Discussion
April 5, 2011, 11:47 am
Elliot's Blog
Rick Latona Pulls Plug on Auction Business; Endorses Sedo for Auction Platform
As you may have heard, Rick Latona threw in the towel on domain auctions and has endorsed Sedo’s auction services. According to Rick, “Sedo dominates the online domain auction space and they do it well.” In fact, Rick has his own no...
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Rick Latona Pulls Plug on Auction Business; Endorses Sedo for Auction Platform
As you may have heard, Rick Latona threw in the towel on domain auctions and has endorsed Sedo’s auction services. According to Rick, “Sedo dominates the online domain auction space and they do it well.” In fact, Rick has his own no...
Discussion
April 5, 2011, 10:56 am
Elliot's Blog
Last Call on Lowest Rate TRAFFIC Tickets
Tickets for the TRAFFIC conference in October went on sale a couple of months ago, and as they always do, the price will be raised slowly as we get closer to the event. I just received an email that Thursday will be the last day for the $1,295 price,...
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Last Call on Lowest Rate TRAFFIC Tickets
Tickets for the TRAFFIC conference in October went on sale a couple of months ago, and as they always do, the price will be raised slowly as we get closer to the event. I just received an email that Thursday will be the last day for the $1,295 price,...
Discussion
April 5, 2011, 9:33 am
The Domains
The NASDAQ 100 Rebalances With Apple Losing and Google and Microsoft Gaining
The Nasdaq-100 index will be rebalanced on May 2, to reduce the weight of Apple’s stock by about 40%. The NASDAQ-100 is an Exchange Traded FUnd (EFT) which is basically a basket of 100 of the top Nasdaq stocks weighted, meaning that the index d...
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The NASDAQ 100 Rebalances With Apple Losing and Google and Microsoft Gaining
The Nasdaq-100 index will be rebalanced on May 2, to reduce the weight of Apple’s stock by about 40%. The NASDAQ-100 is an Exchange Traded FUnd (EFT) which is basically a basket of 100 of the top Nasdaq stocks weighted, meaning that the index d...
Discussion
April 5, 2011, 8:50 am
Domain Name Wire
Company Hit with UDRP for Typo of Its Own Domain Name
ShoeBuy.com registered typo of its own domain name, only to have to defends itself for cybersquatting. Imagine you’re an online shoe retailer. To protect against cybersquatting you register over 100 common typos of your domain name. Then one da...
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Company Hit with UDRP for Typo of Its Own Domain Name
ShoeBuy.com registered typo of its own domain name, only to have to defends itself for cybersquatting. Imagine you’re an online shoe retailer. To protect against cybersquatting you register over 100 common typos of your domain name. Then one da...
Discussion
April 5, 2011, 7:16 am
Domain Shane
Tuesday’s Semi-Fantastic Daily Drop And Auction Picks 4/5
StoreLocations.com Not sure what your business model would be with this one but can’t argue about it being generic enough Doone.com Last name or just a nice 5 letter dot com. Either way I really like it. Cami.net I know a few Camis and I&...
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Tuesday’s Semi-Fantastic Daily Drop And Auction Picks 4/5
StoreLocations.com Not sure what your business model would be with this one but can’t argue about it being generic enough Doone.com Last name or just a nice 5 letter dot com. Either way I really like it. Cami.net I know a few Camis and I&...
Discussion
April 5, 2011, 2:55 am
Domain Name Wire
Bob Parsons Updates Elephant Shooting Video
Edits shine more positive light on Bob Parsons hunting trip. Bob Parsons has defended himself in several interviews since he posted a video of him shooting an elephant in Zimbabwe. But he made a tacit admission that his video could have been less off...
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Bob Parsons Updates Elephant Shooting Video
Edits shine more positive light on Bob Parsons hunting trip. Bob Parsons has defended himself in several interviews since he posted a video of him shooting an elephant in Zimbabwe. But he made a tacit admission that his video could have been less off...
Discussion
April 4, 2011, 6:15 pm
Elliot's Blog
Don’t Ask Domain Investors – Ask An Expert
I was out of town this weekend, and as a result, I didn’t really get a chance to go through my emails from Friday through Sunday until late last night. In this big batch of emails, there were three emails asking for my advice on issues that are...
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Don’t Ask Domain Investors – Ask An Expert
I was out of town this weekend, and as a result, I didn’t really get a chance to go through my emails from Friday through Sunday until late last night. In this big batch of emails, there were three emails asking for my advice on issues that are...
Discussion
April 4, 2011, 1:31 pm
Domain Shane
Damn It Bob! You Screwed Up The Value Of the Baseball I Had You Autograph
It was one of the most awkward moments I’ve ever been involved in. Bob Parson’s gave a speech at DomainFest that was pretty good. The stories were honest and fairly well delivered but there was something about it that seemed uncomfo...
Discussion
Damn It Bob! You Screwed Up The Value Of the Baseball I Had You Autograph
It was one of the most awkward moments I’ve ever been involved in. Bob Parson’s gave a speech at DomainFest that was pretty good. The stories were honest and fairly well delivered but there was something about it that seemed uncomfo...
Discussion
April 4, 2011, 1:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hey Bit.ly, What Do you Have to Say About .ly Domains Now?
Another example of the dangers of .ly domain names. Ever since unrest broke out in Libya Bit.ly has been saying they have no worries about their domain name. They point to the .ly caches outside of Libya. (.ly is the country code domain for Libya.) B...
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Hey Bit.ly, What Do you Have to Say About .ly Domains Now?
Another example of the dangers of .ly domain names. Ever since unrest broke out in Libya Bit.ly has been saying they have no worries about their domain name. They point to the .ly caches outside of Libya. (.ly is the country code domain for Libya.) B...
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April 4, 2011, 1:14 pm
