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Shorter .Org Domain Names May Be On The Way
Public Interest Registry asks for permission to allocate one and two character .org domain names. .Org domain name registry Public Interest Registry is asking (pdf) ICANN to allow it to allocate certain one and two character .org domain names. PIR&rs...
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Shorter .Org Domain Names May Be On The Way
Public Interest Registry asks for permission to allocate one and two character .org domain names. .Org domain name registry Public Interest Registry is asking (pdf) ICANN to allow it to allocate certain one and two character .org domain names. PIR&rs...
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September 28, 2011, 8:49 am
Domain Name Wire
Amazon.com Buys KindleFire.com Domain Name
Yes, Amazon.com owns KindleFire.com. Amazon is rumored to be launching the Kindle Fire tablet and eReader on Wednesday. But a lot of people have asked, “what about the domain name?” After all, the company owns a lot of other nature Kindle...
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Amazon.com Buys KindleFire.com Domain Name
Yes, Amazon.com owns KindleFire.com. Amazon is rumored to be launching the Kindle Fire tablet and eReader on Wednesday. But a lot of people have asked, “what about the domain name?” After all, the company owns a lot of other nature Kindle...
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September 27, 2011, 5:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy’s Real Number: 225 Million
Registrar has 50 million domains on the books. But how about over time? This past weekend Go Daddy topped the 50 million domain name mark. This number is kind of like a balance sheet: it means the company has 50 million domain names currently registe...
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Go Daddy’s Real Number: 225 Million
Registrar has 50 million domains on the books. But how about over time? This past weekend Go Daddy topped the 50 million domain name mark. This number is kind of like a balance sheet: it means the company has 50 million domain names currently registe...
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September 27, 2011, 12:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Moniker Accepting Submissions for Premium Year-End Auction
Company to hold month long auction with just 50 domains. Moniker is holding a premium domain name auction starting next month that will be limited to 50 top domains. The auction will run for a full month beginning October 18. Domain submissions are d...
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Moniker Accepting Submissions for Premium Year-End Auction
Company to hold month long auction with just 50 domains. Moniker is holding a premium domain name auction starting next month that will be limited to 50 top domains. The auction will run for a full month beginning October 18. Domain submissions are d...
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September 27, 2011, 12:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
The Return of WWW.
www. will make a comeback with new top level domain names. Type in any correctly configured domain name and you don’t need to include www. Technically www is merely a subdomain. That’s why you usually see ads that just promote something l...
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The Return of WWW.
www. will make a comeback with new top level domain names. Type in any correctly configured domain name and you don’t need to include www. Technically www is merely a subdomain. That’s why you usually see ads that just promote something l...
Discussion
September 27, 2011, 10:33 am
Domain Name Wire
You Must Read This Before Developing Your Domains
Why developing your domain names might be a bad idea. From time to time I read excellent blog posts that explain aspects of domaining much better than I can. Nat Cohen delivered yesterday with a post titled “The Dangers of Optimism -or- Don&rsq...
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You Must Read This Before Developing Your Domains
Why developing your domain names might be a bad idea. From time to time I read excellent blog posts that explain aspects of domaining much better than I can. Nat Cohen delivered yesterday with a post titled “The Dangers of Optimism -or- Don&rsq...
Discussion
September 27, 2011, 10:25 am
Domain Name Wire
.Mobi Turns Five
Mobile domain reaches five year anniversary. Five years ago yesterday .Mobi launched its landrush period, officially opening the doors to what would become a wild roller coaster for domain investors. Remember Flowers.mobi? I quickly came full circle ...
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.Mobi Turns Five
Mobile domain reaches five year anniversary. Five years ago yesterday .Mobi launched its landrush period, officially opening the doors to what would become a wild roller coaster for domain investors. Remember Flowers.mobi? I quickly came full circle ...
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September 27, 2011, 10:12 am
Domain Name Wire
Sedo Introduces CNAME Parking
Parking company touts benefits over DNS. Domain parkers have only a few days left before the end of URL forwarding for Google parking. For most people that means switching to DNS parking. But there’s another option at some parking companies, in...
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Sedo Introduces CNAME Parking
Parking company touts benefits over DNS. Domain parkers have only a few days left before the end of URL forwarding for Google parking. For most people that means switching to DNS parking. But there’s another option at some parking companies, in...
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September 26, 2011, 2:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Group Wants to Commercialize .NA But Is Getting Ahead of Itself
Premature press release discusses re-launch of .na. Could the African country of Namibia be the next to capitalize on a commercialized TLD, a la .tv or .co? A consortium within the country would like to, but it may be getting ahead of itself. I recei...
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Group Wants to Commercialize .NA But Is Getting Ahead of Itself
Premature press release discusses re-launch of .na. Could the African country of Namibia be the next to capitalize on a commercialized TLD, a la .tv or .co? A consortium within the country would like to, but it may be getting ahead of itself. I recei...
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September 26, 2011, 1:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Hit 50 Million Domain Milestone Over Weekend
Big milestone for world’s largest domain name registrar. Last week I said Go Daddy was going to hit 50 million domains sometime this week. Turns out the world’s insatiable appetite for domain names made it happen a bit faster than predict...
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Go Daddy Hit 50 Million Domain Milestone Over Weekend
Big milestone for world’s largest domain name registrar. Last week I said Go Daddy was going to hit 50 million domains sometime this week. Turns out the world’s insatiable appetite for domain names made it happen a bit faster than predict...
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September 26, 2011, 1:14 pm
