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Verisign wants patent on non-existent domain analysis tools
Company files patent application related to NXD data analysis. Verisign has made great strides in opening up its treasure trove of data related to traffic to non-existent domain names (NXD). Now it wants to patent some of its methods. The company fil...
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Verisign wants patent on non-existent domain analysis tools
Company files patent application related to NXD data analysis. Verisign has made great strides in opening up its treasure trove of data related to traffic to non-existent domain names (NXD). Now it wants to patent some of its methods. The company fil...
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October 4, 2012, 11:31 am
Domain Name Wire
Company sues to get Reinvention.com domain name
Marketing company claims domain infringes its re:invention mark. An Illinois marketing company called Reinvention, Inc. has sued data sampling company Reinvention, LLC, which owns the Reinvention.com domain name. The brief, five page complaint (pdf) ...
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Company sues to get Reinvention.com domain name
Marketing company claims domain infringes its re:invention mark. An Illinois marketing company called Reinvention, Inc. has sued data sampling company Reinvention, LLC, which owns the Reinvention.com domain name. The brief, five page complaint (pdf) ...
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October 4, 2012, 10:08 am
Domain Name Wire
Huge week for end user domain sales: UFC, USPS, Nuance, etc.
Big names buy domain names this week. All I can say is “wow!”. This was a huge week for end user domain name purchases. I honestly don’t recall a week with this many big names on the list. Many of the buyers are huge companies, rang...
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Huge week for end user domain sales: UFC, USPS, Nuance, etc.
Big names buy domain names this week. All I can say is “wow!”. This was a huge week for end user domain name purchases. I honestly don’t recall a week with this many big names on the list. Many of the buyers are huge companies, rang...
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October 3, 2012, 10:44 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain registrations grow 12% to 240 million
Base of registered domains continues to grow. The total base of registered domain names increased nearly 12% year over year to 240 million at the end of June, VeriSign announced its its quarterly domain industry brief today. Country code domain name ...
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Domain registrations grow 12% to 240 million
Base of registered domains continues to grow. The total base of registered domain names increased nearly 12% year over year to 240 million at the end of June, VeriSign announced its its quarterly domain industry brief today. Country code domain name ...
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October 2, 2012, 4:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Auctions sells 30,000+ domain in September
Another month of over 30,000 domain name sales in Go Daddy’s aftermarket. Go Daddy Auctions is reporting over 30,000 domains sold last month. The ticker shows 30,839; the number is typically adjusted upward as final tallies come in. The top rep...
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Go Daddy Auctions sells 30,000+ domain in September
Another month of over 30,000 domain name sales in Go Daddy’s aftermarket. Go Daddy Auctions is reporting over 30,000 domains sold last month. The ticker shows 30,839; the number is typically adjusted upward as final tallies come in. The top rep...
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October 2, 2012, 1:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lean Domain Search adds business name generator (and it’s good)
Tool helps businesses come up with a name. Lean Domain Search, a domain name / web site name idea generator, has launched a new service that generates business names. Much like the existing web site name generator, the new business name generator che...
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Lean Domain Search adds business name generator (and it’s good)
Tool helps businesses come up with a name. Lean Domain Search, a domain name / web site name idea generator, has launched a new service that generates business names. Much like the existing web site name generator, the new business name generator che...
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October 2, 2012, 10:55 am
Domain Name Wire
.XXX registry ups ante in online porn monopoly fight
ICM Registry files counterclaims against online adult entertainment giant. Is it possible to have a monopoly on online porn? That’s part of the argument in a legal fight between porn giant Manwin and .xxx registry ICM registry. Last week ICM Re...
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.XXX registry ups ante in online porn monopoly fight
ICM Registry files counterclaims against online adult entertainment giant. Is it possible to have a monopoly on online porn? That’s part of the argument in a legal fight between porn giant Manwin and .xxx registry ICM registry. Last week ICM Re...
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October 2, 2012, 10:18 am
Domain Name Wire
Amazon’s Quidsi lauches Vine.com for natural products
Quidsi’s latest generic domain store: Vine.com. I’ve scooped a number of Quidsi store openings based on generic domains they’ve bought — from Afterschool.com to Casa.com. But I missed this one: Quidsi just launched Vine.com, a...
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Amazon’s Quidsi lauches Vine.com for natural products
Quidsi’s latest generic domain store: Vine.com. I’ve scooped a number of Quidsi store openings based on generic domains they’ve bought — from Afterschool.com to Casa.com. But I missed this one: Quidsi just launched Vine.com, a...
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October 1, 2012, 2:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Print media is alive and well
I could quote Mark Twain… Last week I attended the Niche Digital Conference in Chicago for Media.net. The conference is designed primarily for print publishers who are trying to enhance their online revenues, be that from tablets, mobile, or j...
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Print media is alive and well
I could quote Mark Twain… Last week I attended the Niche Digital Conference in Chicago for Media.net. The conference is designed primarily for print publishers who are trying to enhance their online revenues, be that from tablets, mobile, or j...
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October 1, 2012, 12:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top 5 domain name stories of September 2012
Patents, the Go Daddy outage, and the French. Here are the top five stories from Domain Name Wire last month, ranked based on page views. Go Daddy patents “announcing a domain name registration on a social website” – Go Daddy got a ...
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Top 5 domain name stories of September 2012
Patents, the Go Daddy outage, and the French. Here are the top five stories from Domain Name Wire last month, ranked based on page views. Go Daddy patents “announcing a domain name registration on a social website” – Go Daddy got a ...
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October 1, 2012, 11:58 am
