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The Domains
Replacement For Digital Archery: How About Carnival Games?
Now that ICANN has suspended the Digital Archery program, to batch applications, the question becomes what other alternatives can ICANN use to batch applications. The issue is that ICANN believes that a random drawing could constituent a lottery in s...
Discussion
Replacement For Digital Archery: How About Carnival Games?
Now that ICANN has suspended the Digital Archery program, to batch applications, the question becomes what other alternatives can ICANN use to batch applications. The issue is that ICANN believes that a random drawing could constituent a lottery in s...
Discussion
June 24, 2012, 11:17 am
The Domains
New Study Shows 18% Of Business That Have The Word “Me” In Its Name, Use a .Me Address
Brands-and-Jingles just completed a study that looked at 1,000 companies that use the word “me” as part of their company name and found that at least 174 of the 1,000 are using the .ME extension for its website. The study used Linkedin to...
Discussion
New Study Shows 18% Of Business That Have The Word “Me” In Its Name, Use a .Me Address
Brands-and-Jingles just completed a study that looked at 1,000 companies that use the word “me” as part of their company name and found that at least 174 of the 1,000 are using the .ME extension for its website. The study used Linkedin to...
Discussion
June 24, 2012, 9:51 am
The Domains
ICANN: Batching to Be Done in 3 Batches of 5 Months Each Or In One Batch Which Will Take A Year
Out of the ICANN Session this morning on the issue of batching, ICANN is now saying they will either go with 3 batches each taking 5 months or a total of 15 months, or they will go with just one batch which will take 1 year. Of course the issue of ba...
Discussion
ICANN: Batching to Be Done in 3 Batches of 5 Months Each Or In One Batch Which Will Take A Year
Out of the ICANN Session this morning on the issue of batching, ICANN is now saying they will either go with 3 batches each taking 5 months or a total of 15 months, or they will go with just one batch which will take 1 year. Of course the issue of ba...
Discussion
June 24, 2012, 6:03 am
The Domains
ICANN: Trademark Clearinghouse To Cost Each Registry $7K-$10K & Will Launch In October 2012
ICANN has laid out for the first time, a timeline for the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) In a session today ICANN stated the cost to each registry would be between $7,000-$10,000 It seems unclear based on questions from the crowd whether that $7K-$1...
Discussion
ICANN: Trademark Clearinghouse To Cost Each Registry $7K-$10K & Will Launch In October 2012
ICANN has laid out for the first time, a timeline for the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) In a session today ICANN stated the cost to each registry would be between $7,000-$10,000 It seems unclear based on questions from the crowd whether that $7K-$1...
Discussion
June 24, 2012, 5:57 am
The Domains
ICANN: “URS $300-$500 Price Target For URS May Not Be Met”
In a morning session at the ICANN Conference, in what was called an update to the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) system “implementation work indicates that the $300-$500 cost target any not be met.” To remind you the URS is suppose to be ...
Discussion
ICANN: “URS $300-$500 Price Target For URS May Not Be Met”
In a morning session at the ICANN Conference, in what was called an update to the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) system “implementation work indicates that the $300-$500 cost target any not be met.” To remind you the URS is suppose to be ...
Discussion
June 24, 2012, 5:24 am
The Domains
Another Lawsuit Against Google Over Selling Trademark Adwords Filed By Cybersitter
According to MediaPost.com, another company has filed suit against Google for alleged trademark infringement on AdWords by allowing a competitor Net Nanny to by ads for show users who search for “Cybersitter” on Google. Cybersitter, a com...
Discussion
Another Lawsuit Against Google Over Selling Trademark Adwords Filed By Cybersitter
According to MediaPost.com, another company has filed suit against Google for alleged trademark infringement on AdWords by allowing a competitor Net Nanny to by ads for show users who search for “Cybersitter” on Google. Cybersitter, a com...
Discussion
June 24, 2012, 3:41 am
Domain Name Wire
Did a digital archery company put the final nail in the coffin of doomed scheme?
Company claims it reported issue to ICANN earlier this week. So ICANN has “suspended” digital archery, a way to divide up new top level domain applicants into batches. This was the right move, albeit a couple weeks late. Now 20% of applic...
Discussion
Did a digital archery company put the final nail in the coffin of doomed scheme?
Company claims it reported issue to ICANN earlier this week. So ICANN has “suspended” digital archery, a way to divide up new top level domain applicants into batches. This was the right move, albeit a couple weeks late. Now 20% of applic...
Discussion
June 23, 2012, 11:01 pm
Elliot's Blog
Redirect Parking Page Sales Form to Broker
To be successful with domain investments, I believe being a good negotiator is essential. You don’t need to be slick or anything like that, but you need to be able to convince someone a domain name is worth your asking price specifically to a p...
Discussion
Redirect Parking Page Sales Form to Broker
To be successful with domain investments, I believe being a good negotiator is essential. You don’t need to be slick or anything like that, but you need to be able to convince someone a domain name is worth your asking price specifically to a p...
Discussion
June 23, 2012, 2:08 pm
The Domains
Newest UDRP Complaints; OneLove.com, NetJet.com and Coogle.com
Another day another bunch of UDRP filings including on the domain name, OneLove.com the famous Bob Marley song which has been used by the Jamaican Tourist Bureau for a number of years in its television commercials Onelove.net was hit with a UDR...
Discussion
Newest UDRP Complaints; OneLove.com, NetJet.com and Coogle.com
Another day another bunch of UDRP filings including on the domain name, OneLove.com the famous Bob Marley song which has been used by the Jamaican Tourist Bureau for a number of years in its television commercials Onelove.net was hit with a UDR...
Discussion
June 23, 2012, 12:12 pm
The Domains
Cnet Asks Will Google Change The Domain Industry By Giving Away Domains Like .Web & .Shop For Free
In yet another story from Paul Sloan on the new gTLD space, writing for Cnet.com, Mr. Sloan looked at the 101 new gTLD applications that Google filed for under the registry it set up, Charleston Road Registry and asks will Google change the dom...
Discussion
Cnet Asks Will Google Change The Domain Industry By Giving Away Domains Like .Web & .Shop For Free
In yet another story from Paul Sloan on the new gTLD space, writing for Cnet.com, Mr. Sloan looked at the 101 new gTLD applications that Google filed for under the registry it set up, Charleston Road Registry and asks will Google change the dom...
Discussion
June 23, 2012, 9:31 am
