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The Domains
Google Sees Its Search Share Slip and Yahoo Sees A Rise On Mozilla Deal
StatCounter reports that Google has seen its search share slip to its lowest level ever in the U.S. In the meantime Yahoo is being buoyed by their new deall with Mozilla that makes them the default search engine. NewsEveryday reported: Google search ...
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Google Sees Its Search Share Slip and Yahoo Sees A Rise On Mozilla Deal
StatCounter reports that Google has seen its search share slip to its lowest level ever in the U.S. In the meantime Yahoo is being buoyed by their new deall with Mozilla that makes them the default search engine. NewsEveryday reported: Google search ...
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January 12, 2015, 8:38 am

DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – Jan 12: Entertain.com, Bid.net, FourPlay.com, TheDesign.com…
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• An investor's portfolio is appraised: Entertain.com, Bid.net, Fu#kable.com...• Get your bids in soon for FourPlay.com, TheDesign.com, BuildMySit...
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DomainSherpa Review – Jan 12: Entertain.com, Bid.net, FourPlay.com, TheDesign.com…
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• An investor's portfolio is appraised: Entertain.com, Bid.net, Fu#kable.com...• Get your bids in soon for FourPlay.com, TheDesign.com, BuildMySit...
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January 12, 2015, 8:02 am

The Domains
Our Top 10 Picks From The ROTD Auction At NamesCon For .Vegas; .Wiki, .XYZ & .ink Domains
Here are my top 10 picks from the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction to be held at Namescon on Tuesday for a few new gTLD’s; .Vegas, .Wiki/.Ink, and .XYZ. Of course .XYZ has more domain names registered than any other new gTLD. .Wiki and .in...
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Our Top 10 Picks From The ROTD Auction At NamesCon For .Vegas; .Wiki, .XYZ & .ink Domains
Here are my top 10 picks from the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction to be held at Namescon on Tuesday for a few new gTLD’s; .Vegas, .Wiki/.Ink, and .XYZ. Of course .XYZ has more domain names registered than any other new gTLD. .Wiki and .in...
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January 11, 2015, 11:16 pm

The Domains
After 10 UDRP Wins On “Tractor Supply” Domains, This Co. Now Wants To Own The Word Traveller Too
Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, has filed and won 10 UDRP’s on domain names that include the term “Tractor Supply” which is a pretty generic term by nature, but clearly in the domain world they control that term. Now the company ...
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After 10 UDRP Wins On “Tractor Supply” Domains, This Co. Now Wants To Own The Word Traveller Too
Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, has filed and won 10 UDRP’s on domain names that include the term “Tractor Supply” which is a pretty generic term by nature, but clearly in the domain world they control that term. Now the company ...
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January 11, 2015, 4:07 pm

The Domains
Amazon Wow’s Us & Beats Google and Rightside To Win The .Wow New gTLD
Amazon (AMZN) is the proud owner of the new gTLD .WOW as both Google (GOOG) and Rightside (NAME) have withdrawn their applications. .Wow was scheduled to go to the ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month. Remember that Amazon originally appl...
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Amazon Wow’s Us & Beats Google and Rightside To Win The .Wow New gTLD
Amazon (AMZN) is the proud owner of the new gTLD .WOW as both Google (GOOG) and Rightside (NAME) have withdrawn their applications. .Wow was scheduled to go to the ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month. Remember that Amazon originally appl...
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January 11, 2015, 3:07 pm

The Domains
Donuts Beats Google (Again) & Wins the New gTLD .Plus
Donuts has won another new gTLD, .Plus that was scheduled to go to an ICANN Last Resort auction later this month. Google in the form of Charleston Road Registry Inc. has withdrawn their application for .plus leaving Donuts as the sole applicant. Hone...
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Donuts Beats Google (Again) & Wins the New gTLD .Plus
Donuts has won another new gTLD, .Plus that was scheduled to go to an ICANN Last Resort auction later this month. Google in the form of Charleston Road Registry Inc. has withdrawn their application for .plus leaving Donuts as the sole applicant. Hone...
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January 11, 2015, 2:24 pm

The Domains
Radix Asks “Whats Your Bid for Bets.WEBSITE?”? XXX.Website is at No Reserve
Radix the registry for .Website, .Press and .Host announced today that it is releasing some of its most valuable reserved names up for auction in the upcoming RightOfTheDot Live and Online Domain Auction at NamesCon powered by leading doma...
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Radix Asks “Whats Your Bid for Bets.WEBSITE?”? XXX.Website is at No Reserve
Radix the registry for .Website, .Press and .Host announced today that it is releasing some of its most valuable reserved names up for auction in the upcoming RightOfTheDot Live and Online Domain Auction at NamesCon powered by leading doma...
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January 11, 2015, 2:03 pm

Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, January 11th, 2015
In a bit of hurry tonight. Packing and preparing. Looking forward to seeing or meeting many of you. See you soon. Here are today’s names. M3B.com Surprised how hight this one has already gotten Gr...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, January 11th, 2015
In a bit of hurry tonight. Packing and preparing. Looking forward to seeing or meeting many of you. See you soon. Here are today’s names. M3B.com Surprised how hight this one has already gotten Gr...
Discussion
January 11, 2015, 11:55 am

Domain Name Wire
These guys thought Mike Berkens was toying with them…
Podcast tells the story of guys who tried to buy a domain name from Michael Berkens. I just listened to a very interesting podcast called Reply All. This particular episode talks about two guy’s effort to buy a domain name from Michael Berkens....
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These guys thought Mike Berkens was toying with them…
Podcast tells the story of guys who tried to buy a domain name from Michael Berkens. I just listened to a very interesting podcast called Reply All. This particular episode talks about two guy’s effort to buy a domain name from Michael Berkens....
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January 11, 2015, 2:30 am

Domain Shane
Domain Flips (5924.com, OZB.com, SpaSupplies.com) and Flops (eNetwork.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with recent data courtesy of DN Journal and historical data from NameBio. Flips SpaSupplies.com – Sold recently for $10,000 via FindYourDomain, vs $1,551 in 2010 at SnapNames. You c...
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Domain Flips (5924.com, OZB.com, SpaSupplies.com) and Flops (eNetwork.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with recent data courtesy of DN Journal and historical data from NameBio. Flips SpaSupplies.com – Sold recently for $10,000 via FindYourDomain, vs $1,551 in 2010 at SnapNames. You c...
Discussion
January 11, 2015, 2:13 am