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Go Daddy gets patent for SEO and search engine submission
Patent covers method and systems for SEO suggestions and search engine submission. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent (pdf) to Go Daddy for “method for improving a web site’s ranking with search engines&rdqu...
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Go Daddy gets patent for SEO and search engine submission
Patent covers method and systems for SEO suggestions and search engine submission. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent (pdf) to Go Daddy for “method for improving a web site’s ranking with search engines&rdqu...
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September 18, 2012, 5:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
YouGov research: most UK businesses aware of new top level domains?
Really? .uk registry Nominet recently worked with YouGov to poll businesses in the UK about new top level domain names. The press release headline read “British businesses largely unprepared for new gTLDs”. The headline number: 41% of Bri...
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YouGov research: most UK businesses aware of new top level domains?
Really? .uk registry Nominet recently worked with YouGov to poll businesses in the UK about new top level domain names. The press release headline read “British businesses largely unprepared for new gTLDs”. The headline number: 41% of Bri...
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September 18, 2012, 10:35 am
Domain Name Wire
Two more .com license plates
X13.com from Colorado and ATU2COM from Washington state. I’ve previously written about two .com license plates in Texas, one of which is mine. A couple readers sent in their own license plates from different states. First is X13.com from Scott ...
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Two more .com license plates
X13.com from Colorado and ATU2COM from Washington state. I’ve previously written about two .com license plates in Texas, one of which is mine. A couple readers sent in their own license plates from different states. First is X13.com from Scott ...
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September 18, 2012, 9:42 am
Domain Name Wire
Patrick Carleton and Josh Metnick plan conference for geo TLD applicants
Conference aims to help .city and .country operators hit the ground running. Two familiar faces in the geodomaining world have teamed up to create a new conference catering to GeoTLD and Geodomain owners. Patrick Carleton and Josh Metnick just announ...
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Patrick Carleton and Josh Metnick plan conference for geo TLD applicants
Conference aims to help .city and .country operators hit the ground running. Two familiar faces in the geodomaining world have teamed up to create a new conference catering to GeoTLD and Geodomain owners. Patrick Carleton and Josh Metnick just announ...
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September 17, 2012, 4:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
WallStreet.com: panel rules reverse domain name hijacking
Wall-Street.com blasted for its attempt to hijack WallStreet.com domain name. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Wall-Street.com, LLC guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name WallStreet.com. Wa...
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WallStreet.com: panel rules reverse domain name hijacking
Wall-Street.com blasted for its attempt to hijack WallStreet.com domain name. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Wall-Street.com, LLC guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name WallStreet.com. Wa...
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September 17, 2012, 1:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
City of Paris ordered to pay $100k for reverse domain name hijacking
Paris guilty of reverse domain name hijacking, ordered to pay over $100,000. A U.S. federal district court has ordered Ville de Paris (City of Paris) to pay $100,000 for reverse domain name hijacking and tortious interference. Judge Melinda Harmon al...
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City of Paris ordered to pay $100k for reverse domain name hijacking
Paris guilty of reverse domain name hijacking, ordered to pay over $100,000. A U.S. federal district court has ordered Ville de Paris (City of Paris) to pay $100,000 for reverse domain name hijacking and tortious interference. Judge Melinda Harmon al...
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September 17, 2012, 12:33 pm
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Warner Bros registers domains for Magic Mike 2 sequel
Studio registers domain names after writer and star start talking. A sequel to the male stripper movie Magic Mike is rumored to be in the works. Here’s some fuel to add to the fire: Warner Brothers has registered a few domain names related to a...
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Warner Bros registers domains for Magic Mike 2 sequel
Studio registers domain names after writer and star start talking. A sequel to the male stripper movie Magic Mike is rumored to be in the works. Here’s some fuel to add to the fire: Warner Brothers has registered a few domain names related to a...
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September 17, 2012, 10:49 am
Domain Name Wire
Details of $528,000 sale of Accommodation.com and Accommodation.co.uk
Pixel Capital buys domain names to enter online travel market. Australian company Pixel Capital Pty Ltd announced last week that it had acquired Accommodation.com and Accommodation.co.uk for a combined $528,000 USD. Both domain names were owned by a ...
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Details of $528,000 sale of Accommodation.com and Accommodation.co.uk
Pixel Capital buys domain names to enter online travel market. Australian company Pixel Capital Pty Ltd announced last week that it had acquired Accommodation.com and Accommodation.co.uk for a combined $528,000 USD. Both domain names were owned by a ...
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September 17, 2012, 10:14 am
Domain Name Wire
Did “Netbank” lie, or was it just inept in this UDRP?
A quick look at archives disproves a UDRP complainant’s statement. UDRP complainants and their lawyers make all sorts of claims when filing UDRPs. Sometimes they make assertions that are false, and sometimes these are honest mistakes. But at wh...
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Did “Netbank” lie, or was it just inept in this UDRP?
A quick look at archives disproves a UDRP complainant’s statement. UDRP complainants and their lawyers make all sorts of claims when filing UDRPs. Sometimes they make assertions that are false, and sometimes these are honest mistakes. But at wh...
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September 14, 2012, 10:33 am
Domain Name Wire
Amazon’s Quidsi to launch Afterschool.com offering equipment for after school activities.
Latest niche store to offer equipment for afterschool activities. In June I scooped that Amazon.com subsidiary Quidsi was working on a new site call Afterschool.com. This is the second Quidsi site I’ve scooped thanks to domain registrations. Af...
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Amazon’s Quidsi to launch Afterschool.com offering equipment for after school activities.
Latest niche store to offer equipment for afterschool activities. In June I scooped that Amazon.com subsidiary Quidsi was working on a new site call Afterschool.com. This is the second Quidsi site I’ve scooped thanks to domain registrations. Af...
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September 13, 2012, 9:46 am
