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The Domains
The New York Times Covers Juan Calle The CEO of .CO Internet
The New York Times just covered Juan Diego Calle the CEO of .CO Internet SAS. Here are just a few out takes for the rest you will have to check out the whole story. One thing not in the story is that Straat Investments has applied for 13 new gTLD&...
Discussion
The New York Times Covers Juan Calle The CEO of .CO Internet
The New York Times just covered Juan Diego Calle the CEO of .CO Internet SAS. Here are just a few out takes for the rest you will have to check out the whole story. One thing not in the story is that Straat Investments has applied for 13 new gTLD&...
Discussion
June 30, 2012, 8:11 pm
Elliot's Blog
Best Rates for .ORG Domain Names
As I mentioned earlier, there is a .ORG price increase tomorrow, July 1, 2012. The Public Interest Registry, the organization that manages the .ORG registry, is raising prices, and domain registrars will almost certainly follow suit. I have list...
Discussion
Best Rates for .ORG Domain Names
As I mentioned earlier, there is a .ORG price increase tomorrow, July 1, 2012. The Public Interest Registry, the organization that manages the .ORG registry, is raising prices, and domain registrars will almost certainly follow suit. I have list...
Discussion
June 30, 2012, 6:04 pm
Domain Shane
A Little Inside View To My Day And A Picture of My New Summer Office
By now you’ve all figured out my day job is owning a nursery. I don’t sit behind a computer all day and most of the time my daytime online communication is merely checking my phone. The good and the bad is I’m constantly...
Discussion
A Little Inside View To My Day And A Picture of My New Summer Office
By now you’ve all figured out my day job is owning a nursery. I don’t sit behind a computer all day and most of the time my daytime online communication is merely checking my phone. The good and the bad is I’m constantly...
Discussion
June 30, 2012, 12:27 pm
Elliot's Blog
Top 10 Domain Industry Annoyances
As much as I enjoy working within the domain industry, there are still plenty of things that annoy me on a daily basis. I want to share my top ten list of things in the domain industry that I find annoying. There are probably plenty of others that I ...
Discussion
Top 10 Domain Industry Annoyances
As much as I enjoy working within the domain industry, there are still plenty of things that annoy me on a daily basis. I want to share my top ten list of things in the domain industry that I find annoying. There are probably plenty of others that I ...
Discussion
June 30, 2012, 11:31 am
Domain Shane
Saturday’s Big List of Names at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 6-30-12
I received quite a few emails regarding the sale of WAN.com yesterday despite that it wasn’t even my name. I talked to David the owner and even he has no idea if the bidders were real or not. Godaddy didn’t call him or try and make ...
Discussion
Saturday’s Big List of Names at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 6-30-12
I received quite a few emails regarding the sale of WAN.com yesterday despite that it wasn’t even my name. I talked to David the owner and even he has no idea if the bidders were real or not. Godaddy didn’t call him or try and make ...
Discussion
June 30, 2012, 6:26 am
Domain Name News
Registration for ICANN 45 in Toronto is Open
Just as the 44th ICANN meeting in Prague ended yesterday, ICANN has opened registration for the 45th ICANN meeting in Toronto, to be held Oct 14-19th 2012. Even though the site says “Prague is one of the oldest and most beautiful cities i...
Discussion
Registration for ICANN 45 in Toronto is Open
Just as the 44th ICANN meeting in Prague ended yesterday, ICANN has opened registration for the 45th ICANN meeting in Toronto, to be held Oct 14-19th 2012. Even though the site says “Prague is one of the oldest and most beautiful cities i...
Discussion
June 29, 2012, 4:47 pm
The Domains
Hottest New Idea Out Of ICANN Meeting, Private Auctions Where Losing Applicants, Not ICANN Gets The Money
So as we discussed over at CircleID.com today, over the last week arguably best idea coming out of the ICANN meeting is the concept that applicants for new gTLD strings with more than one application, hold a private auction amongst themselves with th...
Discussion
Hottest New Idea Out Of ICANN Meeting, Private Auctions Where Losing Applicants, Not ICANN Gets The Money
So as we discussed over at CircleID.com today, over the last week arguably best idea coming out of the ICANN meeting is the concept that applicants for new gTLD strings with more than one application, hold a private auction amongst themselves with th...
Discussion
June 29, 2012, 3:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
WAN.com closes on GoDaddy for $670,005
Sale would be highest ever on Go Daddy’s auction platform. An auction on GoDaddy.com for the domain name WAN.com closed overnight for a whopping $670,005. Of course, one of the first questions asked after an auction like this is “will the...
Discussion
WAN.com closes on GoDaddy for $670,005
Sale would be highest ever on Go Daddy’s auction platform. An auction on GoDaddy.com for the domain name WAN.com closed overnight for a whopping $670,005. Of course, one of the first questions asked after an auction like this is “will the...
Discussion
June 29, 2012, 2:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Apple demands iPad3.com domain name
Apple files complaint over iPad3.com domain name. Apple didn’t name its third generation iPad the “iPad 3″, but that hasn’t stopped most people from calling it that anyway. The company doesn’t own the domain name iPad3.c...
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Apple demands iPad3.com domain name
Apple files complaint over iPad3.com domain name. Apple didn’t name its third generation iPad the “iPad 3″, but that hasn’t stopped most people from calling it that anyway. The company doesn’t own the domain name iPad3.c...
Discussion
June 29, 2012, 10:58 am
Domain Name Wire
Google to let users “mute” remarketed ads
“Mute This Ad” on the way. Google is rolling out a new system to allow users to block certain ads from showing up as they surf the web, and it’s a very welcome feature. Over the past year the number of “remarketing” ads ...
Discussion
Google to let users “mute” remarketed ads
“Mute This Ad” on the way. Google is rolling out a new system to allow users to block certain ads from showing up as they surf the web, and it’s a very welcome feature. Over the past year the number of “remarketing” ads ...
Discussion
June 29, 2012, 10:41 am
