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The Domains
Microsoft & Yahoo Tells ICANN Not To Allow Google’s Dotless .Search App
In its eight part comment to ICANN, Microsoft gave plenty of reasons, actually 7 points, why Google should not be allowed to amend its application to run the .Search registry. Yahoo followed with its own comments also objecting to the application. He...
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Microsoft & Yahoo Tells ICANN Not To Allow Google’s Dotless .Search App
In its eight part comment to ICANN, Microsoft gave plenty of reasons, actually 7 points, why Google should not be allowed to amend its application to run the .Search registry. Yahoo followed with its own comments also objecting to the application. He...
Discussion
June 14, 2013, 12:22 am
The Domains
.Org Domain & Trademark Holder Denied UDRP On .Com
The domain name degreesearch.com was just saved in a UDRP brought by the holder of the .org verison of the domain which also owned a trademark on the DegreeSearch.org The domain holder was represented by Zak Muscovitch Here are the relevant facts and...
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.Org Domain & Trademark Holder Denied UDRP On .Com
The domain name degreesearch.com was just saved in a UDRP brought by the holder of the .org verison of the domain which also owned a trademark on the DegreeSearch.org The domain holder was represented by Zak Muscovitch Here are the relevant facts and...
Discussion
June 13, 2013, 6:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts explains auction results to date
Donuts discusses first new TLD auction results. New TLD applicant Donuts participated in six private auctions to resolve contention sets. It won one of the auctions and lost the other five. Here is a statement from the company about the results so fa...
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Donuts explains auction results to date
Donuts discusses first new TLD auction results. New TLD applicant Donuts participated in six private auctions to resolve contention sets. It won one of the auctions and lost the other five. Here is a statement from the company about the results so fa...
Discussion
June 13, 2013, 5:32 pm
The Domains
Web.com Q1 Results: Revenue Up 26%
Web.com Group, Inc. released its Q1 results for 2013. Revenue was up 26% year-over-year to $115.5 million. Operating loss was $2.5MM from $18.5MM in last year’s Q1. Net loss from continuing operations was $46.5MM compared to $29.8MM in 2012. We...
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Web.com Q1 Results: Revenue Up 26%
Web.com Group, Inc. released its Q1 results for 2013. Revenue was up 26% year-over-year to $115.5 million. Operating loss was $2.5MM from $18.5MM in last year’s Q1. Net loss from continuing operations was $46.5MM compared to $29.8MM in 2012. We...
Discussion
June 13, 2013, 4:40 pm
Elliot's Blog
Media Options Flips White.com
I just learned that Media Options successfully flipped White.com, a domain name the company privately acquired in December of 2012. The company acquired the domain name for $195,000, and “sold it for a substantial 6 figure amount,” accord...
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Media Options Flips White.com
I just learned that Media Options successfully flipped White.com, a domain name the company privately acquired in December of 2012. The company acquired the domain name for $195,000, and “sold it for a substantial 6 figure amount,” accord...
Discussion
June 13, 2013, 1:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Co is not just for tech startups
A lawn care company uses a great .co domain name. It seems like every day TechCrunch is covering a startup using a .co domain. But it’s not just tech companies that have taken an eye to the domain. On the way to work yesterday I passed a lawn c...
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.Co is not just for tech startups
A lawn care company uses a great .co domain name. It seems like every day TechCrunch is covering a startup using a .co domain. But it’s not just tech companies that have taken an eye to the domain. On the way to work yesterday I passed a lawn c...
Discussion
June 13, 2013, 11:26 am
Elliot's Blog
Where Do You Buy Domain Names?
I was looking over my recent domain name purchases today, and I noticed that most of my domain buys in the last six months have either been private acquisitions or auction purchases, the majority of which were from NameJet. I was curious about where ...
Discussion
Where Do You Buy Domain Names?
I was looking over my recent domain name purchases today, and I noticed that most of my domain buys in the last six months have either been private acquisitions or auction purchases, the majority of which were from NameJet. I was curious about where ...
Discussion
June 13, 2013, 11:18 am
The Domains
STRAAT/.Co Registry Buys 16,000 Sq Ft Building In Miami For HQ
According to Florida Trend a popular business publication in the State of Florida, CO Internet’s parent company, STRAAT Investments, purchased a 16,000-sq.-ft. building in Miami’s Brickell area to house its growing headquarters. It expect...
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STRAAT/.Co Registry Buys 16,000 Sq Ft Building In Miami For HQ
According to Florida Trend a popular business publication in the State of Florida, CO Internet’s parent company, STRAAT Investments, purchased a 16,000-sq.-ft. building in Miami’s Brickell area to house its growing headquarters. It expect...
Discussion
June 13, 2013, 11:13 am
Domain Name Wire
Kim Dotcom buys K.im domain name for $20,000
Mega Upload founder buys short (and expensive) domain name. Last month I wrote about how k.im had received a $20,000 bid at Sedo, and suggested that Mega Upload founder Kim Dotcom might be the buyer. I was right. The Sedo auction closed for $20,000 a...
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Kim Dotcom buys K.im domain name for $20,000
Mega Upload founder buys short (and expensive) domain name. Last month I wrote about how k.im had received a $20,000 bid at Sedo, and suggested that Mega Upload founder Kim Dotcom might be the buyer. I was right. The Sedo auction closed for $20,000 a...
Discussion
June 13, 2013, 9:59 am
Domain Name Wire
Microsoft registers domains to thwart botnets
Microsoft registers domains previously used by Citadel malware. Microsoft has registered a number of domain names to thwart a cybercrime ring credited with over a half billion dollars in financial fraud. The action aims to thwart Citadel malware, whi...
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Microsoft registers domains to thwart botnets
Microsoft registers domains previously used by Citadel malware. Microsoft has registered a number of domain names to thwart a cybercrime ring credited with over a half billion dollars in financial fraud. The action aims to thwart Citadel malware, whi...
Discussion
June 13, 2013, 8:56 am
