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The Domains
Ad Execs: Online Videos Ads More Effective Than TV Ads & Are Fastest Growing
According emarketer.com a March 2013 survey of US advertising agency executives conducted by online video ad platform BrightRoll found that the vast majority of respondents (75%) said online video ads were equally or more effective than traditional T...
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Ad Execs: Online Videos Ads More Effective Than TV Ads & Are Fastest Growing
According emarketer.com a March 2013 survey of US advertising agency executives conducted by online video ad platform BrightRoll found that the vast majority of respondents (75%) said online video ads were equally or more effective than traditional T...
Discussion
May 28, 2013, 1:00 pm

The Domains
It’s Official, You Could Have Doubled Your Money This Year Buying Marchex
Share of Marchex have been on a tear of late up over 50% in the last month and over 100% in the past year and have hit a new 52 week high today of $6.30 As of publications shares of Marchex are trading at $6.30 up over 6% on the day. A month ago on A...
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It’s Official, You Could Have Doubled Your Money This Year Buying Marchex
Share of Marchex have been on a tear of late up over 50% in the last month and over 100% in the past year and have hit a new 52 week high today of $6.30 As of publications shares of Marchex are trading at $6.30 up over 6% on the day. A month ago on A...
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May 28, 2013, 12:50 pm

The Domains
Feds Shut Down Digitial Currency Site LibertyReserve & Its 1M Customers & Seizes 5 Domains
The Federal Government today announced they had shut down and indicted the founders and operators of Liberty Reserve a digital currency operation running out of Costa Rica. The Feds allege that the operation was a $6 billion money-laundering scheme A...
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Feds Shut Down Digitial Currency Site LibertyReserve & Its 1M Customers & Seizes 5 Domains
The Federal Government today announced they had shut down and indicted the founders and operators of Liberty Reserve a digital currency operation running out of Costa Rica. The Feds allege that the operation was a $6 billion money-laundering scheme A...
Discussion
May 28, 2013, 11:54 am

Domain Name Wire
On tap this week: Vegas Baby, Vegas!
Domain industry heads to Las Vegas this week. As the U.S. trudges back to work and school after a three day weekend, many in the domain name industry are headed to Las Vegas for the TRAFFIC conference. Although the conference doesn’t start unti...
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On tap this week: Vegas Baby, Vegas!
Domain industry heads to Las Vegas this week. As the U.S. trudges back to work and school after a three day weekend, many in the domain name industry are headed to Las Vegas for the TRAFFIC conference. Although the conference doesn’t start unti...
Discussion
May 28, 2013, 10:43 am

Elliot's Blog
May Great Domains Auction Nets $175k
Sedo’s May Great Domains auction ended last week, and the converted total sales value in USD was $174,838.09. The largest sale was MPH.com for $62,000. Several three letter .com domain names sold in this auction for fairly solid prices consider...
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May Great Domains Auction Nets $175k
Sedo’s May Great Domains auction ended last week, and the converted total sales value in USD was $174,838.09. The largest sale was MPH.com for $62,000. Several three letter .com domain names sold in this auction for fairly solid prices consider...
Discussion
May 28, 2013, 10:35 am

The Domains
UDRP Filed On HarryHenien.com Which Has A BIG Warning For Anyone Looking To Do Business With Him
I just noticed a pretty unusual UDRP for the domain name HarryHenien.com. I did a quick Google search and found that a there is a Harry Henien out of the UAE that represents himself to be some sort of financial guru: “Internationally educ...
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UDRP Filed On HarryHenien.com Which Has A BIG Warning For Anyone Looking To Do Business With Him
I just noticed a pretty unusual UDRP for the domain name HarryHenien.com. I did a quick Google search and found that a there is a Harry Henien out of the UAE that represents himself to be some sort of financial guru: “Internationally educ...
Discussion
May 28, 2013, 9:29 am

Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 28th
One more day and I head out to do a little business and have a little fun in Vegas. Hopefully I’ll be able to come up with a plan to work with Godaddy and Namejet on this little list. I do it because I already look through the list ...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 28th
One more day and I head out to do a little business and have a little fun in Vegas. Hopefully I’ll be able to come up with a plan to work with Godaddy and Namejet on this little list. I do it because I already look through the list ...
Discussion
May 28, 2013, 6:58 am

Elliot's Blog
Poll: Would You Report Invalid Contact Information to ICANN?
Earlier today, I shared information about how people can report domain names to ICANN when the Whois contact information is inaccurate. Although most of the commenters didn’t seem to like the idea of doing this, Abdu Tarabichi thought it might ...
Discussion
Poll: Would You Report Invalid Contact Information to ICANN?
Earlier today, I shared information about how people can report domain names to ICANN when the Whois contact information is inaccurate. Although most of the commenters didn’t seem to like the idea of doing this, Abdu Tarabichi thought it might ...
Discussion
May 27, 2013, 7:19 pm

Domain Shane
Godaddy Drops Commission Junction Aftermarket Auctions Affiliate Percentage to 0%
A fellow domain investor pointed out a few weeks ago that there was a change in the Godaddy affiliate program at Commission Juction regarding their aftermarket domain program. It looked as if they no longer paying out for their aftermarket domains be...
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Godaddy Drops Commission Junction Aftermarket Auctions Affiliate Percentage to 0%
A fellow domain investor pointed out a few weeks ago that there was a change in the Godaddy affiliate program at Commission Juction regarding their aftermarket domain program. It looked as if they no longer paying out for their aftermarket domains be...
Discussion
May 27, 2013, 7:10 pm

The Domains
OnlineBaccarat.com owned by Virtual Clicks For 12 Years Lost in UDRP
Baccarat SA of Baccarat, France just won a UDRP on the domain name onlinebaccarat.com owned by Virtual Clicks of San Diego, California which may have been owned by the domain holder for as many as 12 years. At the end of the day, the domain holder co...
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OnlineBaccarat.com owned by Virtual Clicks For 12 Years Lost in UDRP
Baccarat SA of Baccarat, France just won a UDRP on the domain name onlinebaccarat.com owned by Virtual Clicks of San Diego, California which may have been owned by the domain holder for as many as 12 years. At the end of the day, the domain holder co...
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May 27, 2013, 1:14 pm