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NameCheap Steals Spotlight Amidst GoDaddy Elephant Hunt Outrage
Amidst all the controversy last week surrounding the Bob Parson’s elephant hunt video, there was one savvy registrar who decided to take advantage of the public out cry. Discount domain name registrar Namecheap started a campaign which ga...
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NameCheap Steals Spotlight Amidst GoDaddy Elephant Hunt Outrage
Amidst all the controversy last week surrounding the Bob Parson’s elephant hunt video, there was one savvy registrar who decided to take advantage of the public out cry. Discount domain name registrar Namecheap started a campaign which ga...
Discussion
April 6, 2011, 3:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Time Warner Cybersquatter Uses the “I Could Have Been Worse” Defense
Guys actually tries to defend himself in no-brainer cybersquatting case. Last month I wrote about how Time Warner filed a UDRP to get 41 domain names including its brands and “3D”. It just won the case, which comes as no surprise. But it&...
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Time Warner Cybersquatter Uses the “I Could Have Been Worse” Defense
Guys actually tries to defend himself in no-brainer cybersquatting case. Last month I wrote about how Time Warner filed a UDRP to get 41 domain names including its brands and “3D”. It just won the case, which comes as no surprise. But it&...
Discussion
April 6, 2011, 1:58 pm
Elliot's Blog
Have You Transferred Names From GoDaddy in Light of Elephant Video?
I read an article on CNBC today that discussed NameCheap’s special promotion allowing domain owners to transfer domain names from Go Daddy for just $4.99. This was in response to Go Daddy CEO / founder Bob Parsons’ now infamous elephant h...
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Have You Transferred Names From GoDaddy in Light of Elephant Video?
I read an article on CNBC today that discussed NameCheap’s special promotion allowing domain owners to transfer domain names from Go Daddy for just $4.99. This was in response to Go Daddy CEO / founder Bob Parsons’ now infamous elephant h...
Discussion
April 6, 2011, 1:33 pm
The Domains
Playboy Launches Playboy.Mobi
Its been a while since I have seen a press release announcing the roll out of a major .mobi site but today both AVN.com and Xbiz.com are reporting that Playboy has launched Playboy.mobi. “”Playboy Webmasters has announced its newest addit...
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Playboy Launches Playboy.Mobi
Its been a while since I have seen a press release announcing the roll out of a major .mobi site but today both AVN.com and Xbiz.com are reporting that Playboy has launched Playboy.mobi. “”Playboy Webmasters has announced its newest addit...
Discussion
April 6, 2011, 1:27 pm
The Domains
Video From Phoenix Forum On .XXX Panel Is Posted, All 2 1/2 Hours Of It
Last weekend as part of the Phoenix Forum an adult internet industry show, a panel discussion was held about the newly approved .XXX extension. Representative from ICM Registry the company that will run the .XXX registry, were on the panel as well as...
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Video From Phoenix Forum On .XXX Panel Is Posted, All 2 1/2 Hours Of It
Last weekend as part of the Phoenix Forum an adult internet industry show, a panel discussion was held about the newly approved .XXX extension. Representative from ICM Registry the company that will run the .XXX registry, were on the panel as well as...
Discussion
April 6, 2011, 11:39 am
Domain Name Wire
Sahar Sarid’s Conceptualist.com Goes Dark
Blog turns into a parked page. Is this the end of blogging for domain name investor Sahar Sarid? A reader tipped me off today that Conceptualist.com no longer resolves to his blog. Instead it points to a DomainSponsor parked page. The page has one of...
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Sahar Sarid’s Conceptualist.com Goes Dark
Blog turns into a parked page. Is this the end of blogging for domain name investor Sahar Sarid? A reader tipped me off today that Conceptualist.com no longer resolves to his blog. Instead it points to a DomainSponsor parked page. The page has one of...
Discussion
April 6, 2011, 11:03 am
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Suspended 150,000 Websites in 2010
Go Daddy took down 150,000 sites last year for illegal or malicious activity. In February Go Daddy told a congressional committee that it took down a whopping 36,000 rogue pharamcy websites last year. Today in a hearing on “Promoting Investment...
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Go Daddy Suspended 150,000 Websites in 2010
Go Daddy took down 150,000 sites last year for illegal or malicious activity. In February Go Daddy told a congressional committee that it took down a whopping 36,000 rogue pharamcy websites last year. Today in a hearing on “Promoting Investment...
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April 6, 2011, 10:48 am
The Domains
healthcarepayments.com Sells For $35K on Sedo.com
The domain name healthcarepayments.com just sold on Sedo.com for $35,000 The domain is currently parked and looks like it has little to no traffic. A really nice price for the seller IMHO. Congrats
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healthcarepayments.com Sells For $35K on Sedo.com
The domain name healthcarepayments.com just sold on Sedo.com for $35,000 The domain is currently parked and looks like it has little to no traffic. A really nice price for the seller IMHO. Congrats
Discussion
April 6, 2011, 10:42 am
Domain Name Wire
TechCrunch Gets to the Heart of New Top Level Domain Failure
.eu has 3.4 million registrations. TechCrunch calls it a failure. Is .eu a success or failure? The country code domain name representing a whole bunch of countries has 3.4 million registrations after five years. That’s pretty darn good compared...
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TechCrunch Gets to the Heart of New Top Level Domain Failure
.eu has 3.4 million registrations. TechCrunch calls it a failure. Is .eu a success or failure? The country code domain name representing a whole bunch of countries has 3.4 million registrations after five years. That’s pretty darn good compared...
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April 6, 2011, 10:10 am
The Domains
TechCrunch: “3.4 Million .EU Domain Names Registered In Five Years I Call Dismal Failure”
Shortly after EURid the .eu top-level domain (TLD) registry, sent out a glowing press release marking the domain’s fifth birthday, TechCrunch blasted the extension and the press release in a post entitled “3.4 Million .EU Domain Nam...
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TechCrunch: “3.4 Million .EU Domain Names Registered In Five Years I Call Dismal Failure”
Shortly after EURid the .eu top-level domain (TLD) registry, sent out a glowing press release marking the domain’s fifth birthday, TechCrunch blasted the extension and the press release in a post entitled “3.4 Million .EU Domain Nam...
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April 6, 2011, 10:03 am
