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Domain Name Wire
State Farm loses another domain dispute – state-shaped farm bowls!
Is that The State Farm Bowl or the State “farm bowl”? State Farm has lost another cybersquatting dispute because of how its name can be interpreted when combined with other words. The latest decision is for TheStateFarmBowl(.)com. Just lo...
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State Farm loses another domain dispute – state-shaped farm bowls!
Is that The State Farm Bowl or the State “farm bowl”? State Farm has lost another cybersquatting dispute because of how its name can be interpreted when combined with other words. The latest decision is for TheStateFarmBowl(.)com. Just lo...
Discussion
April 20, 2020, 11:20 pm
The Domains
Facebook Is Giving Away $100M Free Ad Credits. Apply Now
Facebook is giving away$100M Free Ad Credits. Larry Kim detailed how to do apply along with some tools to get started with Facebook ads. Facebook says it will accept up to 30,000 eligible small businesses in more than 30 countries to receive the gran...
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Facebook Is Giving Away $100M Free Ad Credits. Apply Now
Facebook is giving away$100M Free Ad Credits. Larry Kim detailed how to do apply along with some tools to get started with Facebook ads. Facebook says it will accept up to 30,000 eligible small businesses in more than 30 countries to receive the gran...
Discussion
April 20, 2020, 10:09 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – Apr 20: BeUnstoppable.com, Tours.com, BTCVault.com/BitcoinVault.com package, RemoteTests.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: BeUnstoppable.com, Tours.com, BTCVault.com/BitcoinVault.com package, RemoteTests.com• Get your bid...
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DomainSherpa Review – Apr 20: BeUnstoppable.com, Tours.com, BTCVault.com/BitcoinVault.com package, RemoteTests.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: BeUnstoppable.com, Tours.com, BTCVault.com/BitcoinVault.com package, RemoteTests.com• Get your bid...
Discussion
April 20, 2020, 7:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Laws forcing Google to pay for news “content” hurt small publishers
Google is the lifeblood of small publishers. Australia is the latest country to consider mandating that Google pay news publishers for “content,” even if this content is just a headline and short snippet. Google and Google News have becom...
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Laws forcing Google to pay for news “content” hurt small publishers
Google is the lifeblood of small publishers. Australia is the latest country to consider mandating that Google pay news publishers for “content,” even if this content is just a headline and short snippet. Google and Google News have becom...
Discussion
April 20, 2020, 5:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domains in Hollywood – DNW Podcast #282
Why movies have such crappy domain names. There was a time, not so long ago, when people went to movie theaters to watch movies. They were subjected to 30 minutes of previews before the movie began. And these previews included domain names for each m...
Discussion
Domains in Hollywood – DNW Podcast #282
Why movies have such crappy domain names. There was a time, not so long ago, when people went to movie theaters to watch movies. They were subjected to 30 minutes of previews before the movie began. And these previews included domain names for each m...
Discussion
April 20, 2020, 3:30 pm
The Domains
Security experts are struggling to keep pace with the flood of domains invoking the virus
KrebsonSecurity.com published a piece that takes a look at the security professionals trying to keep up with the onslaught of corona/covid related domain names. From the article: By most measures, the volume of new domain registrations that include t...
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Security experts are struggling to keep pace with the flood of domains invoking the virus
KrebsonSecurity.com published a piece that takes a look at the security professionals trying to keep up with the onslaught of corona/covid related domain names. From the article: By most measures, the volume of new domain registrations that include t...
Discussion
April 19, 2020, 8:40 am
The Domains
Post the best name you have for sale for $500 or less
$500 or less This post should be used to sell a name where you are making some money with no commission, and leave a little for the next buyer. With things the way they are I am going to allow up to 5 names to be listed to give you a little more expo...
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Post the best name you have for sale for $500 or less
$500 or less This post should be used to sell a name where you are making some money with no commission, and leave a little for the next buyer. With things the way they are I am going to allow up to 5 names to be listed to give you a little more expo...
Discussion
April 17, 2020, 7:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Answering some reader questions
Kassey Lee answers some of the questions readers have asked him about their domains, as they relate to China. In this article, I would like to answer some questions readers have posed to me. Does AR27 have any particular meanings in Chinese? AR is an...
Discussion
Answering some reader questions
Kassey Lee answers some of the questions readers have asked him about their domains, as they relate to China. In this article, I would like to answer some questions readers have posed to me. Does AR27 have any particular meanings in Chinese? AR is an...
Discussion
April 17, 2020, 2:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN postpones .org decision after California AG says sale shouldn’t happen
Deadline pushed back two weeks to May 4. ICANN’s due date to decide if it should allow Public Interest Registry (PIR), the company that runs the .org domain, to be sold to a private equity company has been delayed again. ICANN and PIR agreed to...
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ICANN postpones .org decision after California AG says sale shouldn’t happen
Deadline pushed back two weeks to May 4. ICANN’s due date to decide if it should allow Public Interest Registry (PIR), the company that runs the .org domain, to be sold to a private equity company has been delayed again. ICANN and PIR agreed to...
Discussion
April 17, 2020, 1:58 am
Domain Name Wire
What domains GoodRx and other end users bought
GoodRx and several manufacturing companies bought domain names. GoodRx has become a popular app because of the rising cost of prescription drugs. The company purchased GDRX.com through Sedo this past week. Sure seems like it would make a good stock t...
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What domains GoodRx and other end users bought
GoodRx and several manufacturing companies bought domain names. GoodRx has become a popular app because of the rising cost of prescription drugs. The company purchased GDRX.com through Sedo this past week. Sure seems like it would make a good stock t...
Discussion
April 16, 2020, 5:04 pm
