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The Domains
Lawsuit Over The $1.4 M Ad.com TRAFFIC Auction Domain Purchase Is Over: AOL.com Is The New Owner
The long running dispute over the domain name Ad.com is over and AOL.com has possession of the domain. It was back in April 2009 when the domain name ad.com was bought at the Moniker.com TRAFFIC domain auction for $1.4 Million dollars by Directi. How...
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Lawsuit Over The $1.4 M Ad.com TRAFFIC Auction Domain Purchase Is Over: AOL.com Is The New Owner
The long running dispute over the domain name Ad.com is over and AOL.com has possession of the domain. It was back in April 2009 when the domain name ad.com was bought at the Moniker.com TRAFFIC domain auction for $1.4 Million dollars by Directi. How...
Discussion
September 18, 2012, 9:09 am
The Domains
.Eu Domain Names Pass 3.6 Million Registrations & Has An 85% Renewal Rate
.Eu’s domain name registrations grew 7.6% in the 2nd Quarter of of 2012 compared with one year ago, according to the latest progress report from the .eu top-level domain registry, EURid .Eu passed 3.6 million registrations during the quarter...
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.Eu Domain Names Pass 3.6 Million Registrations & Has An 85% Renewal Rate
.Eu’s domain name registrations grew 7.6% in the 2nd Quarter of of 2012 compared with one year ago, according to the latest progress report from the .eu top-level domain registry, EURid .Eu passed 3.6 million registrations during the quarter...
Discussion
September 18, 2012, 8:32 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 18th
The quality of names at Godaddy have been dwindling in the last month. It probably is just pure chance but it could be the fact that more names are getting renewed each year. Today’s poor Namejet list I know is just chance. Th...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 18th
The quality of names at Godaddy have been dwindling in the last month. It probably is just pure chance but it could be the fact that more names are getting renewed each year. Today’s poor Namejet list I know is just chance. Th...
Discussion
September 18, 2012, 6:35 am
Elliot's Blog
LifeHacker Vote: Five Best Domain Name Registrars
LifeHacker is currently running a poll, asking readers to vote for their favorite domain name registrar. When the poll was last run in 2010, the winning domain registrar was Namecheap. The poll will close this year at 6am on Tuesday, so you should vo...
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LifeHacker Vote: Five Best Domain Name Registrars
LifeHacker is currently running a poll, asking readers to vote for their favorite domain name registrar. When the poll was last run in 2010, the winning domain registrar was Namecheap. The poll will close this year at 6am on Tuesday, so you should vo...
Discussion
September 17, 2012, 7:43 pm
The Domains
Catching Up With NameJet.com: DramaQueen.com Sells For $9,500 + 8 LLL.com Domain Sales
We haven’t caught up with some Namejet.com sales in a few weeks. Here are some of the auctions we were watching, including DramaQueen.com, AdForce.com and 8 LLL.com’s DomainName MaxBid dramaqueen.com $9,650 adforce.com $...
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Catching Up With NameJet.com: DramaQueen.com Sells For $9,500 + 8 LLL.com Domain Sales
We haven’t caught up with some Namejet.com sales in a few weeks. Here are some of the auctions we were watching, including DramaQueen.com, AdForce.com and 8 LLL.com’s DomainName MaxBid dramaqueen.com $9,650 adforce.com $...
Discussion
September 17, 2012, 6:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Patrick Carleton and Josh Metnick plan conference for geo TLD applicants
Conference aims to help .city and .country operators hit the ground running. Two familiar faces in the geodomaining world have teamed up to create a new conference catering to GeoTLD and Geodomain owners. Patrick Carleton and Josh Metnick just announ...
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Patrick Carleton and Josh Metnick plan conference for geo TLD applicants
Conference aims to help .city and .country operators hit the ground running. Two familiar faces in the geodomaining world have teamed up to create a new conference catering to GeoTLD and Geodomain owners. Patrick Carleton and Josh Metnick just announ...
Discussion
September 17, 2012, 4:50 pm
Elliot's Blog
2013 GeoFutr.com Geo gTLD & Geodomain Conference Announced
Patrick Carleton, formerly the Executive Director of Associated Cities, and Josh Metnick, Chairman and CEO of Chicago.com, Inc. and founder of Associated Cities, have announced a new venture in the geodomain space: GeoFutr.com Geo gTLD & Geo...
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2013 GeoFutr.com Geo gTLD & Geodomain Conference Announced
Patrick Carleton, formerly the Executive Director of Associated Cities, and Josh Metnick, Chairman and CEO of Chicago.com, Inc. and founder of Associated Cities, have announced a new venture in the geodomain space: GeoFutr.com Geo gTLD & Geo...
Discussion
September 17, 2012, 4:44 pm
Elliot's Blog
Bill Hartzer: Can UDRP Panelists Be Bought?
I was sent an interesting article from Bill Hartzer, and I think the subject is something domain investors will find maddening. According to SEO expert Bill Hartzer: “SEO Firm Ayima, based in the United Kingdom, claims that panelists that are a...
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Bill Hartzer: Can UDRP Panelists Be Bought?
I was sent an interesting article from Bill Hartzer, and I think the subject is something domain investors will find maddening. According to SEO expert Bill Hartzer: “SEO Firm Ayima, based in the United Kingdom, claims that panelists that are a...
Discussion
September 17, 2012, 1:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
WallStreet.com: panel rules reverse domain name hijacking
Wall-Street.com blasted for its attempt to hijack WallStreet.com domain name. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Wall-Street.com, LLC guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name WallStreet.com. Wa...
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WallStreet.com: panel rules reverse domain name hijacking
Wall-Street.com blasted for its attempt to hijack WallStreet.com domain name. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Wall-Street.com, LLC guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name WallStreet.com. Wa...
Discussion
September 17, 2012, 1:47 pm
The Domains
WallStreet.com: The UDRP Decision Is In & The Panel Finds Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The three member panel decision on the domain name WallStreet.com is out and not only was the complaint of Wall-Street.com, LLC rejected but the panel found the complainant engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH). As to the issue of RDN...
Discussion
WallStreet.com: The UDRP Decision Is In & The Panel Finds Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The three member panel decision on the domain name WallStreet.com is out and not only was the complaint of Wall-Street.com, LLC rejected but the panel found the complainant engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH). As to the issue of RDN...
Discussion
September 17, 2012, 1:02 pm
