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NeuStar readies new domain name slogan
Domain registry files trademark application for new slogan. NeuStar, Inc. has filed an intent-to-use trademark application for “WHERE BUSINESS LIVES. ONLINE.” The application was filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last Thursd...
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NeuStar readies new domain name slogan
Domain registry files trademark application for new slogan. NeuStar, Inc. has filed an intent-to-use trademark application for “WHERE BUSINESS LIVES. ONLINE.” The application was filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last Thursd...
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February 14, 2012, 9:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why domain registrars secretly like VeriSign’s price hikes
They won’t tell you this, but domain registrars kinda like VeriSign’s annual price hikes. (Just about) every year VeriSign hikes the price of .com domain names 7%. The registrars publicly moan about the price hikes and send notices to the...
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Why domain registrars secretly like VeriSign’s price hikes
They won’t tell you this, but domain registrars kinda like VeriSign’s annual price hikes. (Just about) every year VeriSign hikes the price of .com domain names 7%. The registrars publicly moan about the price hikes and send notices to the...
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February 14, 2012, 2:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is registering an expired domain “swiping”?
Swiper, no swiping! I got a chuckle this morning from a “hard hitting” investigative story in Orange County. WFTV.com reports on Orange County sheriff’s candidate John Tegg. The TV station says that someone “swiped” the ...
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Is registering an expired domain “swiping”?
Swiper, no swiping! I got a chuckle this morning from a “hard hitting” investigative story in Orange County. WFTV.com reports on Orange County sheriff’s candidate John Tegg. The TV station says that someone “swiped” the ...
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February 14, 2012, 10:20 am
Domain Name Wire
TLD application slots might become valuable
Latecomers may need to tag along with companies that have already registered for TLD application system. As of yesterday 100 people or entities had registered with ICANN’s TLD application system. Each registered user can apply for up to 50 TLDs...
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TLD application slots might become valuable
Latecomers may need to tag along with companies that have already registered for TLD application system. As of yesterday 100 people or entities had registered with ICANN’s TLD application system. Each registered user can apply for up to 50 TLDs...
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February 14, 2012, 10:02 am
Domain Name Wire
Moniker auction has 29 bids with 3 days to go
Extended auction on SnapNames platform ends this Thursday. Moniker’s extended auction from this month’s DOMAINfest ends on Thursday afternoon. Already 29 of the 324 domains in the auction have received bids. This extended auction is a bit...
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Moniker auction has 29 bids with 3 days to go
Extended auction on SnapNames platform ends this Thursday. Moniker’s extended auction from this month’s DOMAINfest ends on Thursday afternoon. Already 29 of the 324 domains in the auction have received bids. This extended auction is a bit...
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February 13, 2012, 9:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hover’s beauty is its simplicity
Tucows’ Hover makes registering domains simple. One of the most common questions I’m asked by non-domainer friends is which registrar I recommend they use. It’s a tough question to answer. I typically try to find out more about what...
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Hover’s beauty is its simplicity
Tucows’ Hover makes registering domains simple. One of the most common questions I’m asked by non-domainer friends is which registrar I recommend they use. It’s a tough question to answer. I typically try to find out more about what...
Discussion
February 13, 2012, 4:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top Level Domain Holdings releases annual report
Report details last years results including director remuneration. Top Level Domain Holdings has released its annual report (pdf) for the year ending October 31, 2011. The company owns 100% of new TLD applicant and consultancy Minds and Machines LLC,...
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Top Level Domain Holdings releases annual report
Report details last years results including director remuneration. Top Level Domain Holdings has released its annual report (pdf) for the year ending October 31, 2011. The company owns 100% of new TLD applicant and consultancy Minds and Machines LLC,...
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February 13, 2012, 11:45 am
Domain Name Wire
Mothers Against Drunk Driving takes on MADDSEXY
Company files trademark lawsuit, demands lingerie company cease using domain name. Mothers Against Drunk Driving, known by its acronym MADD, is taking on lingerie company MADDSEXY in a trademark lawsuit (pdf). Among MADD’s requests is that MADD...
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving takes on MADDSEXY
Company files trademark lawsuit, demands lingerie company cease using domain name. Mothers Against Drunk Driving, known by its acronym MADD, is taking on lingerie company MADDSEXY in a trademark lawsuit (pdf). Among MADD’s requests is that MADD...
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February 13, 2012, 11:11 am
Domain Name Wire
Hundreds of Whitney Houston domains registered after death
Singer’s death prompts speculators to register Whitney Houston related domain names. Speculators have registered a flurry of domain names related to Whitney Houston since the singer’s death yesterday. According to domain registrar GoDaddy...
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Hundreds of Whitney Houston domains registered after death
Singer’s death prompts speculators to register Whitney Houston related domain names. Speculators have registered a flurry of domain names related to Whitney Houston since the singer’s death yesterday. According to domain registrar GoDaddy...
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February 12, 2012, 6:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy Auctions sold 38,366 domains last month including Go.Pro for $40k
A phenomenal .pro sale among domain sales on GoDaddy Auctions. GoDaddy Auctions sold 38,366 domain names last month, about 1,000 fewer than it sold in December. That includes the eye popping sale of Go.Pro for $40,000. That’s not a typo. The do...
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GoDaddy Auctions sold 38,366 domains last month including Go.Pro for $40k
A phenomenal .pro sale among domain sales on GoDaddy Auctions. GoDaddy Auctions sold 38,366 domain names last month, about 1,000 fewer than it sold in December. That includes the eye popping sale of Go.Pro for $40,000. That’s not a typo. The do...
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February 10, 2012, 10:34 am
