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UK-based Transpact offers domain escrow services
Another option for domain name escrow services. There are lots of options for domain name escrow services. One I just became aware of is Transpact.com based in the UK. Two things make Transpact interesting: its location and low fees. The company (Tra...
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UK-based Transpact offers domain escrow services
Another option for domain name escrow services. There are lots of options for domain name escrow services. One I just became aware of is Transpact.com based in the UK. Two things make Transpact interesting: its location and low fees. The company (Tra...
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January 24, 2012, 12:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
HostExploit says Oversee.net is improving, making a case study
HostExploit applauds Oversee.net for fixing problems that landed it at top spot at recent “Bad Hosts” list. HostExploit, a group that compiles a list of what it calls “Bad Hosts”, no longer lists Oversee.net as the #1 bad host...
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HostExploit says Oversee.net is improving, making a case study
HostExploit applauds Oversee.net for fixing problems that landed it at top spot at recent “Bad Hosts” list. HostExploit, a group that compiles a list of what it calls “Bad Hosts”, no longer lists Oversee.net as the #1 bad host...
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January 24, 2012, 10:18 am
Domain Name Wire
SOPA goes to Ireland
Ireland may enact a SOPA-like law without much debate. The Stop Online Piracy Act in America may be “dead” for now, but the United States isn’t the only country that wants to fiddle with the internet. Net heads in Ireland are revolt...
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SOPA goes to Ireland
Ireland may enact a SOPA-like law without much debate. The Stop Online Piracy Act in America may be “dead” for now, but the United States isn’t the only country that wants to fiddle with the internet. Net heads in Ireland are revolt...
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January 23, 2012, 5:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Buy.XXX: a case study of consumer awareness of TLDs
The general public doesn’t know that domains can end something other than .com. On November 22 I wrote an article about ICM Registry’s TV ad campaign. The ad campaign invited viewers to visit www.buy.xxx to learn more about the new .xxx d...
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Buy.XXX: a case study of consumer awareness of TLDs
The general public doesn’t know that domains can end something other than .com. On November 22 I wrote an article about ICM Registry’s TV ad campaign. The ad campaign invited viewers to visit www.buy.xxx to learn more about the new .xxx d...
Discussion
January 23, 2012, 2:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
New domain search to find available domains…fast
Lean Domain Search finds available domain names that include your search term. A couple years ago I wrote about domain finding tool Domain Pigeon. Creator Matt Mazur is back with a new tool to identify available domain names that include a specific k...
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New domain search to find available domains…fast
Lean Domain Search finds available domain names that include your search term. A couple years ago I wrote about domain finding tool Domain Pigeon. Creator Matt Mazur is back with a new tool to identify available domain names that include a specific k...
Discussion
January 23, 2012, 1:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
USPTO wising up to new TLD frontrunning
Cancels two approvals, more to come? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is finally catching on to a game I’ve reported about many times: trying to sneak through a trademark on a top level domain name. The USPTO has a policy of not issuing tra...
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USPTO wising up to new TLD frontrunning
Cancels two approvals, more to come? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is finally catching on to a game I’ve reported about many times: trying to sneak through a trademark on a top level domain name. The USPTO has a policy of not issuing tra...
Discussion
January 23, 2012, 12:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mail Boxes Etc. in Spain gets Mailboxes.org in dispute
UDRP panel hands over Mailboxes.org domain name. MBE Spain 2000, S.L., which manages franchises of Mail Boxes Etc. in Spain, has been awarded the domain name Mailboxes.org by a World Intellectual Property Organization panel. The domain name was owned...
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Mail Boxes Etc. in Spain gets Mailboxes.org in dispute
UDRP panel hands over Mailboxes.org domain name. MBE Spain 2000, S.L., which manages franchises of Mail Boxes Etc. in Spain, has been awarded the domain name Mailboxes.org by a World Intellectual Property Organization panel. The domain name was owned...
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January 23, 2012, 11:51 am
Domain Name Wire
CIT gets control of nasty John Thain domain names
Domains transferred to Thain’s latest employer. There are a lot of people out there who don’t care for John Thain, current chairman and CEO of CIT. He was, after all, at the helm of Merrill Lynch during the banking meltdown…and app...
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CIT gets control of nasty John Thain domain names
Domains transferred to Thain’s latest employer. There are a lot of people out there who don’t care for John Thain, current chairman and CEO of CIT. He was, after all, at the helm of Merrill Lynch during the banking meltdown…and app...
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January 23, 2012, 10:35 am
Domain Name Wire
Which domain forum is best?
Take this five minute survey. There’s been a bit of news in the domain name forum world recently, with NamePros selling to the owner of Bodis.com. Will that shake up the “ranking” of domain forums? You tell me… You have the o...
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Which domain forum is best?
Take this five minute survey. There’s been a bit of news in the domain name forum world recently, with NamePros selling to the owner of Bodis.com. Will that shake up the “ranking” of domain forums? You tell me… You have the o...
Discussion
January 23, 2012, 10:06 am
Domain Name Wire
Bob Parsons credits Super Bowl ads for $1 billion in sales
GoDaddy.com founder says $70 million investment has driven $1 billion in business. GoDaddy.com founder Bob Parsons says he’s generated $1 billion in business from running Super Bowl ads. In a USA Today article about the sexing up of Super Bowl ...
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Bob Parsons credits Super Bowl ads for $1 billion in sales
GoDaddy.com founder says $70 million investment has driven $1 billion in business. GoDaddy.com founder Bob Parsons says he’s generated $1 billion in business from running Super Bowl ads. In a USA Today article about the sexing up of Super Bowl ...
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January 20, 2012, 10:25 am
