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The Domains
DinersClub Loses UDRP Bid for 4 Domain Names Containing The Word Diner & Card
Its rare you see a big name trademark holder lose a UDRP against one defendant for several similar domain names, but that’s just what happened to Diners Club when they filed a UDRP against Green Free who owned a slew of .NL domain names h...
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DinersClub Loses UDRP Bid for 4 Domain Names Containing The Word Diner & Card
Its rare you see a big name trademark holder lose a UDRP against one defendant for several similar domain names, but that’s just what happened to Diners Club when they filed a UDRP against Green Free who owned a slew of .NL domain names h...
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July 12, 2011, 11:38 am
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Gets Gripe Site NoDaddy.com
Go Daddy gets control of NoDaddy.com domain name. GoDaddy.com now owns NoDaddy.com, Kevin Murphy reports for The Register. NoDaddy.com was set up as a gripe site after the domain registrar suspended the registration of security mailing list SecLists....
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Go Daddy Gets Gripe Site NoDaddy.com
Go Daddy gets control of NoDaddy.com domain name. GoDaddy.com now owns NoDaddy.com, Kevin Murphy reports for The Register. NoDaddy.com was set up as a gripe site after the domain registrar suspended the registration of security mailing list SecLists....
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July 12, 2011, 10:47 am
Domain Name Wire
Amazon.com Buys CloudPlayer.com Domain Name
Company gets domain name for its new music service. When Amazon.com announced its music-anywhere service and corresponding Cloud Player a few months ago, it was missing a key ingredient — the domain name CloudPlayer.com. It has belatedly fixed ...
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Amazon.com Buys CloudPlayer.com Domain Name
Company gets domain name for its new music service. When Amazon.com announced its music-anywhere service and corresponding Cloud Player a few months ago, it was missing a key ingredient — the domain name CloudPlayer.com. It has belatedly fixed ...
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July 12, 2011, 10:26 am
Elliot's Blog
Blocking WordPress Spam with Akismet
Comment spam is a nuisance just about every WordPress blog owner faces. I use the free Akismet WordPress plugin to block spam comments on my blog and my other WordPress-based websites. Akismet has blocked hundreds of thousands of spam comments from a...
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Blocking WordPress Spam with Akismet
Comment spam is a nuisance just about every WordPress blog owner faces. I use the free Akismet WordPress plugin to block spam comments on my blog and my other WordPress-based websites. Akismet has blocked hundreds of thousands of spam comments from a...
Discussion
July 12, 2011, 10:20 am
The Domains
BREAKING: Cloud.com Being Bought For $200 Million – $250 Million
According to TechCrunch, Citrix Systems is buying Cloud.com for between $200 million and $250 million. TechCrunch says the deal should be announced within the hour. Just a couple of months ago that the TechWorld took notice of iCloud.com sale of $4.5...
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BREAKING: Cloud.com Being Bought For $200 Million – $250 Million
According to TechCrunch, Citrix Systems is buying Cloud.com for between $200 million and $250 million. TechCrunch says the deal should be announced within the hour. Just a couple of months ago that the TechWorld took notice of iCloud.com sale of $4.5...
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July 12, 2011, 10:00 am
Domain Name Wire
Branding Lesson: Cloud.com Was Much Better Than VMOps
Domain name boosted VMops in the hot cloud market. “Citrix Buys Cloud.com for more than $200 million” That sounds much better than what the headline could have been: “Citrix Buys VMOps” Cloud.com started its life as VMops. But...
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Branding Lesson: Cloud.com Was Much Better Than VMOps
Domain name boosted VMops in the hot cloud market. “Citrix Buys Cloud.com for more than $200 million” That sounds much better than what the headline could have been: “Citrix Buys VMOps” Cloud.com started its life as VMops. But...
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July 12, 2011, 9:55 am
The Domains
TechCrunch.com: Cloud.com Being Bought For $200 Million – $250 Million
According to TechCrunch, Citrix Systems is buying Cloud.com for between $200 million and $250 million. TechCrunch says the deal should be announced within the hour.
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TechCrunch.com: Cloud.com Being Bought For $200 Million – $250 Million
According to TechCrunch, Citrix Systems is buying Cloud.com for between $200 million and $250 million. TechCrunch says the deal should be announced within the hour.
Discussion
July 12, 2011, 9:25 am
The Domains
How Can Google.com & MarkMonitor.com Let Googleplus.com Sit Not Resolving?
Google Plus is the huge new product from Google launched just a couple of weeks ago to compete with Facebook.com and as TechCrunch pointed out has already added billions in market cap to Google. So I was pretty surprised to see that the domain name G...
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How Can Google.com & MarkMonitor.com Let Googleplus.com Sit Not Resolving?
Google Plus is the huge new product from Google launched just a couple of weeks ago to compete with Facebook.com and as TechCrunch pointed out has already added billions in market cap to Google. So I was pretty surprised to see that the domain name G...
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July 12, 2011, 8:37 am
Domain Shane
Wednesday’s Hot Domain Drop and Auction Picks
Sold another 5L.com yesterday which makes a new record this year. I’ll do a post on it later today but the 5L market seems to be doing what the 4L market was doing three years ago. New companies are realizing the value of a short name that is e...
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Wednesday’s Hot Domain Drop and Auction Picks
Sold another 5L.com yesterday which makes a new record this year. I’ll do a post on it later today but the 5L market seems to be doing what the 4L market was doing three years ago. New companies are realizing the value of a short name that is e...
Discussion
July 12, 2011, 3:20 am
Domain Name Wire
Two New TLD Conferences Coming Up
Conferences in San Francisco and Munich are quickly approaching. Now that the new top level domain name program is “approved”, it’s time to get down to business. Two upcoming conferences will help applicants and service providers do...
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Two New TLD Conferences Coming Up
Conferences in San Francisco and Munich are quickly approaching. Now that the new top level domain name program is “approved”, it’s time to get down to business. Two upcoming conferences will help applicants and service providers do...
Discussion
July 11, 2011, 10:23 pm
