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Domain Name Wire
Are Investors or Inviduals Driving .Co Registrations?
Data shows that bulk of domain registrations are not from domainers. Are domain investors or individual site owners and end users driving most of the .co domain registrations? I just got some data from the .co registry that suggests it’s the la...
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Are Investors or Inviduals Driving .Co Registrations?
Data shows that bulk of domain registrations are not from domainers. Are domain investors or individual site owners and end users driving most of the .co domain registrations? I just got some data from the .co registry that suggests it’s the la...
Discussion
May 17, 2011, 12:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Oversee.net Gets Updated Domain Parking Patent
Company granted continuation patent for parked domain optimization. Today Oversee.net, parent company of domain parking company DomainSponsor, was granted U.S. patent #7,945,662 for “Internet domain keyword optimization” (pdf). This paten...
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Oversee.net Gets Updated Domain Parking Patent
Company granted continuation patent for parked domain optimization. Today Oversee.net, parent company of domain parking company DomainSponsor, was granted U.S. patent #7,945,662 for “Internet domain keyword optimization” (pdf). This paten...
Discussion
May 17, 2011, 11:48 am
Elliot's Blog
Earn Extra WhyPark Revenue Rewards
I just noticed a new WhyPark “Revenue Rewards” program and wanted to share the information with you. I am not sure how long it’s been around, but I just noticed it. According to the company, “WhyPark Revenue Rewards are bonus ...
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Earn Extra WhyPark Revenue Rewards
I just noticed a new WhyPark “Revenue Rewards” program and wanted to share the information with you. I am not sure how long it’s been around, but I just noticed it. According to the company, “WhyPark Revenue Rewards are bonus ...
Discussion
May 17, 2011, 11:43 am
The Domains
Sedo.com Sued For $10 Million Dollars Over Failed Women.com Purchase
According to a press release issued today: “”DONE! Ventures, LLC has added domain name broker, Sedo, LLC, to its lawsuit over the domain names Women.com and Women.net. Sedo is a business unit of Sedo Holding AG (XETRA: SDO.DE ), headquart...
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Sedo.com Sued For $10 Million Dollars Over Failed Women.com Purchase
According to a press release issued today: “”DONE! Ventures, LLC has added domain name broker, Sedo, LLC, to its lawsuit over the domain names Women.com and Women.net. Sedo is a business unit of Sedo Holding AG (XETRA: SDO.DE ), headquart...
Discussion
May 17, 2011, 10:46 am
Domain Name Wire
VeriSign and 25 Others Ask ICANN for “Packaged” IDN TLD Applications
Request asks for bundling of multiple transliterations and translations of new gTLDs in applications. VeriSign is amongst 26 signatories on a letter (pdf) to ICANN requesting “packaged” top level domain name applications. The group writes...
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VeriSign and 25 Others Ask ICANN for “Packaged” IDN TLD Applications
Request asks for bundling of multiple transliterations and translations of new gTLDs in applications. VeriSign is amongst 26 signatories on a letter (pdf) to ICANN requesting “packaged” top level domain name applications. The group writes...
Discussion
May 17, 2011, 10:13 am
The Domains
Will Today’s SnapNames.com Showcase Auction Today Be The 2nd In A Row Without A Bid?
Last week we wrote about a SnapNames.com Shwocase auction that was about to end without a bid on any domain name. That auction did in fact seem to end without a bid placed on any domain name. Today another such auction is ending, and as of the time o...
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Will Today’s SnapNames.com Showcase Auction Today Be The 2nd In A Row Without A Bid?
Last week we wrote about a SnapNames.com Shwocase auction that was about to end without a bid on any domain name. That auction did in fact seem to end without a bid placed on any domain name. Today another such auction is ending, and as of the time o...
Discussion
May 17, 2011, 9:10 am
Elliot's Blog
Hipster Gets $1M in Funding: Should They Buy Hipster.com?
I was reading Techcrunch last night, and I learned that the cool startup called Hipster received $1,000,000 in funding. There were several companies involved in this round of funding, including Google Ventures, Mitch Kapor, Dave McClure, Charles Rive...
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Hipster Gets $1M in Funding: Should They Buy Hipster.com?
I was reading Techcrunch last night, and I learned that the cool startup called Hipster received $1,000,000 in funding. There were several companies involved in this round of funding, including Google Ventures, Mitch Kapor, Dave McClure, Charles Rive...
Discussion
May 17, 2011, 8:51 am
Domain Name Wire
Sedo Sued for $10 Million for Failing to Enforce Women.com Transaction with NBC Universal
Domain broker added to suit over failed Women.com transaction. DONE! Ventures has added domain name broker Sedo to its lawsuit over a failed transaction for Women.com. DONE! sued NBC Universal last year after it alleged the media giant failed to foll...
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Sedo Sued for $10 Million for Failing to Enforce Women.com Transaction with NBC Universal
Domain broker added to suit over failed Women.com transaction. DONE! Ventures has added domain name broker Sedo to its lawsuit over a failed transaction for Women.com. DONE! sued NBC Universal last year after it alleged the media giant failed to foll...
Discussion
May 17, 2011, 8:43 am
The Domains
A Game Changer? Frank Schilling Launches InternetTraffic.com With A Google & Yahoo Feed
Since the concept of parking domains started the holy grail was to have a Google Feed and a Yahoo Feed included in one parking system which would automatically place domains on the highest paying feed based on performance. It existed only for a short...
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A Game Changer? Frank Schilling Launches InternetTraffic.com With A Google & Yahoo Feed
Since the concept of parking domains started the holy grail was to have a Google Feed and a Yahoo Feed included in one parking system which would automatically place domains on the highest paying feed based on performance. It existed only for a short...
Discussion
May 17, 2011, 8:42 am
Domain Name News
Frank Schilling Switches To Google Feed, Begins Offering Parking Services (InternetTraffic.com)
The domain industry sees many changes. With the downturn of PPC revenue, many of the old-school domainers started to respond more actively to sales inquiries in order to make up for the loss. While it appears that PPC income is not yet on the rebound...
Discussion
Frank Schilling Switches To Google Feed, Begins Offering Parking Services (InternetTraffic.com)
The domain industry sees many changes. With the downturn of PPC revenue, many of the old-school domainers started to respond more actively to sales inquiries in order to make up for the loss. While it appears that PPC income is not yet on the rebound...
Discussion
May 17, 2011, 3:47 am
