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Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on January 9th
Forgot to hit publish this morning so forget the Godaddy names. Here are today’s names. And remember if you’d like to list your names in the Book of Ten tomorrow there are 3 spots left. DoYouModel.com 15 years old. No bidders. And the old...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on January 9th
Forgot to hit publish this morning so forget the Godaddy names. Here are today’s names. And remember if you’d like to list your names in the Book of Ten tomorrow there are 3 spots left. DoYouModel.com 15 years old. No bidders. And the old...
Discussion
January 10, 2014, 2:09 am
The Domains
Voice Search May Lower Cost Per Click
People have talked about voice search for a long time, many use it on their mobile phone to dictate their query using voice instead of typing. Laurie Sullivan wrote a piece a couple hours ago that could have an effect on people who park domains and g...
Discussion
Voice Search May Lower Cost Per Click
People have talked about voice search for a long time, many use it on their mobile phone to dictate their query using voice instead of typing. Laurie Sullivan wrote a piece a couple hours ago that could have an effect on people who park domains and g...
Discussion
January 10, 2014, 12:24 am
The Domains
Google Refuses To Remove Pic From Sexy Execs Blog
There seems to be a storm brewing about a site that has not been in active in close to 3 years. The site did not even bother to get its own domain name opting for a free blogspot blog. The site in question is SexyExecs.blogspot.com. Sexy Execs...
Discussion
Google Refuses To Remove Pic From Sexy Execs Blog
There seems to be a storm brewing about a site that has not been in active in close to 3 years. The site did not even bother to get its own domain name opting for a free blogspot blog. The site in question is SexyExecs.blogspot.com. Sexy Execs...
Discussion
January 9, 2014, 10:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Uh oh: .Basketball community objection fails while .sport prevailed.
Panelist in .basketball decision uses different interpretation of guidelines to come up with a different conclusion than panelist in .sport. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has determined that community objections filed against two appl...
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Uh oh: .Basketball community objection fails while .sport prevailed.
Panelist in .basketball decision uses different interpretation of guidelines to come up with a different conclusion than panelist in .sport. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has determined that community objections filed against two appl...
Discussion
January 9, 2014, 8:09 pm
The Domains
Where You Can Find Soon To Be Dropped Or Recently Dropped .XXX Domains
I had a reader ask me where they can find recently dropped .XXX domain names. While drop list of .com, .net, .org .tv and .me are easy enough to find .XXX seems harder. I checked Snapnames.com and although they have a .XXX option there are no droppin...
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Where You Can Find Soon To Be Dropped Or Recently Dropped .XXX Domains
I had a reader ask me where they can find recently dropped .XXX domain names. While drop list of .com, .net, .org .tv and .me are easy enough to find .XXX seems harder. I checked Snapnames.com and although they have a .XXX option there are no droppin...
Discussion
January 9, 2014, 8:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
39 end user domain name buyers including Lowe’s and Experian
Home improvement company and credit data provider are among big names who bought domains through Sedo over the holidays. Sedo didn’t publish sales reports over the holiday, so this week we have a doozy. This report includes sales from December ...
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39 end user domain name buyers including Lowe’s and Experian
Home improvement company and credit data provider are among big names who bought domains through Sedo over the holidays. Sedo didn’t publish sales reports over the holiday, so this week we have a doozy. This report includes sales from December ...
Discussion
January 9, 2014, 6:04 pm
The Domains
MediaPost: “Google Holds Right Cards for the Horizontal Market”
Gord Hotchkiss did a piece today about Google and the mobile market. As Hotchkiss sees it Google holds all the cards to take advantage of everything coming down the pike. He notes Google is pushing hard to make Android the default operating s...
Discussion
MediaPost: “Google Holds Right Cards for the Horizontal Market”
Gord Hotchkiss did a piece today about Google and the mobile market. As Hotchkiss sees it Google holds all the cards to take advantage of everything coming down the pike. He notes Google is pushing hard to make Android the default operating s...
Discussion
January 9, 2014, 5:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Women in Domaining comes to NamesCon
Event for women in the domain name business will be held Monday afternoon. Women in Domaining, one of the mainstays of the annual Domainfest/Webfest conference in Santa Monica, will be making an appearance at next week’s NamesCon conference. Al...
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Women in Domaining comes to NamesCon
Event for women in the domain name business will be held Monday afternoon. Women in Domaining, one of the mainstays of the annual Domainfest/Webfest conference in Santa Monica, will be making an appearance at next week’s NamesCon conference. Al...
Discussion
January 9, 2014, 4:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Direct nav company files patent application for bidding on domain parking traffic
Santa Monica company wants to patent optimized bidding on zero click domain parking traffic. Adrenalads, a direct navigation company based in Santa Monica, has filed a patent application for analyzing and bidding on zero click traffic. U.S. Patent ap...
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Direct nav company files patent application for bidding on domain parking traffic
Santa Monica company wants to patent optimized bidding on zero click domain parking traffic. Adrenalads, a direct navigation company based in Santa Monica, has filed a patent application for analyzing and bidding on zero click traffic. U.S. Patent ap...
Discussion
January 9, 2014, 4:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Another day, another domain name escrow service launches: EscrowHill.com
EscrowHill launches ahead of NamesCon conference. Earlier this week I wrote about Agreed, a new domain name escrow service. Fast forward a couple days, and another domain name escrow service is officially opening its doors. But there’s a small ...
Discussion
Another day, another domain name escrow service launches: EscrowHill.com
EscrowHill launches ahead of NamesCon conference. Earlier this week I wrote about Agreed, a new domain name escrow service. Fast forward a couple days, and another domain name escrow service is officially opening its doors. But there’s a small ...
Discussion
January 9, 2014, 2:59 pm
