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The Domains
Total Damage From Parsons Elephant Shooting? About 100,000 Domains
I’ve been tracking the weekly registrar report on Godaddy since the Parsons Elephant Shooting story broke on March 31. According to Webhosting.info it seems that the damage to Godaddy.com has been minimal and also seem to have been short lived....
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Total Damage From Parsons Elephant Shooting? About 100,000 Domains
I’ve been tracking the weekly registrar report on Godaddy since the Parsons Elephant Shooting story broke on March 31. According to Webhosting.info it seems that the damage to Godaddy.com has been minimal and also seem to have been short lived....
Discussion
April 15, 2011, 12:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Facebook Files Trademark Lawsuit Against FriendFinder
Facebook files trademark lawsuit against owner of FriendFinder. Facebook, Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Various, Inc., parent company of FriendFinder, along with a couple related companies and John Does. The case was filed in U.S. District Court, ...
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Facebook Files Trademark Lawsuit Against FriendFinder
Facebook files trademark lawsuit against owner of FriendFinder. Facebook, Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Various, Inc., parent company of FriendFinder, along with a couple related companies and John Does. The case was filed in U.S. District Court, ...
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April 15, 2011, 11:53 am
Elliot's Blog
Go Daddy Checkout Option: “Round Up and Give to Hope for Haiti”
I was going through the checkout screen for a domain name (QueensDogWalker.com) this morning at Go Daddy, when I noticed an interesting option on the Order Summary tab asking me to “Round up and give to Hope for Haiti.” If you select this...
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Go Daddy Checkout Option: “Round Up and Give to Hope for Haiti”
I was going through the checkout screen for a domain name (QueensDogWalker.com) this morning at Go Daddy, when I noticed an interesting option on the Order Summary tab asking me to “Round up and give to Hope for Haiti.” If you select this...
Discussion
April 15, 2011, 11:25 am
The Domains
Gold Vs. Google A Year and 1/2 Later
Back in September 2009, there was a day where Google hit $500 a share, having recovered from the bottom of the market price of $280 and Gold hit $1,000 an ounce. This prompted us to write a post Google Vs. Gold and ran a poll on which you thought wou...
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Gold Vs. Google A Year and 1/2 Later
Back in September 2009, there was a day where Google hit $500 a share, having recovered from the bottom of the market price of $280 and Gold hit $1,000 an ounce. This prompted us to write a post Google Vs. Gold and ran a poll on which you thought wou...
Discussion
April 15, 2011, 11:24 am
Domain Name Wire
NameBio Gets a New Look – A Sign of Things to Come?
Domain sales database gets a facelift. Last year domain name investor Adam Strong and a partner purchased domain name sales database NameBio. You probably wouldn’t have noticed, though, as the site stayed the same. Until today. I just went to t...
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NameBio Gets a New Look – A Sign of Things to Come?
Domain sales database gets a facelift. Last year domain name investor Adam Strong and a partner purchased domain name sales database NameBio. You probably wouldn’t have noticed, though, as the site stayed the same. Until today. I just went to t...
Discussion
April 15, 2011, 10:13 am
Domain Shane
Friday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction
Breaking News: I read the short story “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” and realize that it is the same thing as most of the breaking news stories. You get my attention the first time but after I realize it’s not really breaking news, ...
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Friday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction
Breaking News: I read the short story “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” and realize that it is the same thing as most of the breaking news stories. You get my attention the first time but after I realize it’s not really breaking news, ...
Discussion
April 15, 2011, 9:12 am
Domain Name News
Firefox Add-on “Undoes” U.S. Government Domain Seizures | TorrentFreak
In light of the recent domain name seizures, a new Add-on for Firefox called “MAFIAA Fire“, bypasses the seizure of domain names by the US government. The plugin contains a list of the seized domains and will redirect the user to an alter...
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Firefox Add-on “Undoes” U.S. Government Domain Seizures | TorrentFreak
In light of the recent domain name seizures, a new Add-on for Firefox called “MAFIAA Fire“, bypasses the seizure of domain names by the US government. The plugin contains a list of the seized domains and will redirect the user to an alter...
Discussion
April 14, 2011, 4:10 pm
The Domains
Google Releases Earnings: Revenues Up 27%; Paid Clicks Up 18%; Cost Per Click Up 8%: Domainers Income Still Down
After the Market closed today Google announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011: The highlights are that: “Google reported revenues of $8.58 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, an increase of 27% compared to the ...
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Google Releases Earnings: Revenues Up 27%; Paid Clicks Up 18%; Cost Per Click Up 8%: Domainers Income Still Down
After the Market closed today Google announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011: The highlights are that: “Google reported revenues of $8.58 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, an increase of 27% compared to the ...
Discussion
April 14, 2011, 4:09 pm
The Domains
GroceryStores.com Sells On NameJet.com For $22K; Publicize.com Sells for $10,099
The domain name GroceryStores.com sold on NameJet.com today for $22,329. It was another one of those Nielsen Research domains they received when they bought out another company some of which sold on NameJet.com the other day. Another good domain, pub...
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GroceryStores.com Sells On NameJet.com For $22K; Publicize.com Sells for $10,099
The domain name GroceryStores.com sold on NameJet.com today for $22,329. It was another one of those Nielsen Research domains they received when they bought out another company some of which sold on NameJet.com the other day. Another good domain, pub...
Discussion
April 14, 2011, 4:02 pm
The Domains
Sears Files Suit Over DieHardSpray.com
Sears Roebuck and Co. and one of its companies have filed suit in U.S. District Court in Chicago against a Georgia online company for selling a sexual enhancement product marketed under the “DieHard” brand name. Sears and KCD IP LLC, an a...
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Sears Files Suit Over DieHardSpray.com
Sears Roebuck and Co. and one of its companies have filed suit in U.S. District Court in Chicago against a Georgia online company for selling a sexual enhancement product marketed under the “DieHard” brand name. Sears and KCD IP LLC, an a...
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April 14, 2011, 2:39 pm
