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Rod Beckstrom To Leave ICANN After End of Term
CEO to step down at end of three year tenure. ICANN President and CEO Rod Beckstrom will step down at the end of his three year term, the non-profit announced this afternoon. He has been at the helm of the company since July 2009 and will finish his ...
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Rod Beckstrom To Leave ICANN After End of Term
CEO to step down at end of three year tenure. ICANN President and CEO Rod Beckstrom will step down at the end of his three year term, the non-profit announced this afternoon. He has been at the helm of the company since July 2009 and will finish his ...
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August 16, 2011, 8:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
A Quick Way to Slash Your Go Daddy Premium Commissions By 33%
Reduce your commission rate by changing your price. Last week I sold a domain through GoDaddy Premium Listings for $1,750. I’m happy with the sale, although is stings to pay a $525 commission. A couple weeks ago Adam Strong noted that GoDaddy r...
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A Quick Way to Slash Your Go Daddy Premium Commissions By 33%
Reduce your commission rate by changing your price. Last week I sold a domain through GoDaddy Premium Listings for $1,750. I’m happy with the sale, although is stings to pay a $525 commission. A couple weeks ago Adam Strong noted that GoDaddy r...
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August 16, 2011, 4:21 pm
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.XXX Plans to Spend $15 Million in First Year Promoting New Domain to Web Users
Registry has ambitious plans for letting web surfers know it exists. With the first .xxx domain names from the “Founder’s” program coming online and the trademark sunrise period soon to get underway, .XXX backer ICM Registry has som...
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.XXX Plans to Spend $15 Million in First Year Promoting New Domain to Web Users
Registry has ambitious plans for letting web surfers know it exists. With the first .xxx domain names from the “Founder’s” program coming online and the trademark sunrise period soon to get underway, .XXX backer ICM Registry has som...
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August 16, 2011, 3:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
UDRP Cyberbullying Hits a New Low
German company goes after three letter domain 16 years after it’s registered. I’ve seen a lot of egregious UDRP cases over the years. This one may take the cake. Imagine the year is 1995. You register the domain name GEA.com because your ...
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UDRP Cyberbullying Hits a New Low
German company goes after three letter domain 16 years after it’s registered. I’ve seen a lot of egregious UDRP cases over the years. This one may take the cake. Imagine the year is 1995. You register the domain name GEA.com because your ...
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August 16, 2011, 10:13 am
Domain Name Wire
Rick Perry’s dot.com Problem
Republican presidential candidate could have easily gotten his .com domain name. Over the weekend Texas governor Rick Perry confirmed what a lot of us already knew: he’s running for president in 2012. Perry’s official web site is RickPerr...
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Rick Perry’s dot.com Problem
Republican presidential candidate could have easily gotten his .com domain name. Over the weekend Texas governor Rick Perry confirmed what a lot of us already knew: he’s running for president in 2012. Perry’s official web site is RickPerr...
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August 16, 2011, 9:09 am
Domain Name Wire
Will a 2 Letter Domain Help a Daily Deals Aggregator Stand Out in the Crowd?
DX.com may give site a leg up against the competition. There are dozens — perhaps hundreds — of daily deals sites on the web a la Groupon and LivingSocial. As consumers struggle to find the best deals amongst them, a number of daily deals...
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Will a 2 Letter Domain Help a Daily Deals Aggregator Stand Out in the Crowd?
DX.com may give site a leg up against the competition. There are dozens — perhaps hundreds — of daily deals sites on the web a la Groupon and LivingSocial. As consumers struggle to find the best deals amongst them, a number of daily deals...
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August 15, 2011, 9:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Free Speech Coalition Provides Template Trademark Protection Letter to Adult Sites
Letters threaten legal action if trademarks are registered as .xxx domains. Free Speech Coalition, which has been fairly quiet since organizing a poorly attended protest at an ICANN meeting in San Francisco earlier this year, is making some noise aga...
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Free Speech Coalition Provides Template Trademark Protection Letter to Adult Sites
Letters threaten legal action if trademarks are registered as .xxx domains. Free Speech Coalition, which has been fairly quiet since organizing a poorly attended protest at an ICANN meeting in San Francisco earlier this year, is making some noise aga...
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August 15, 2011, 5:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Kohler Files Cybersquatting Lawsuit Against Repeat Offenders
After paying off cybersquatters, Kohler says it got burned. Plumbing fixtures giant Kohler has filed an anticybersquatting lawsuit against a company that it had already paid to stop registering its trademarks as domain names. The federal district sui...
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Kohler Files Cybersquatting Lawsuit Against Repeat Offenders
After paying off cybersquatters, Kohler says it got burned. Plumbing fixtures giant Kohler has filed an anticybersquatting lawsuit against a company that it had already paid to stop registering its trademarks as domain names. The federal district sui...
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August 15, 2011, 12:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google Toolbar Doesn’t Recognize .XXX Yet
Toolbar treats .xxx domains as search queries rather than web site addresses. When you type a domain name into the Google Toolbar — e.g. DNW.com — it takes you directly to the URL rather than Google’s search page. The same thing hap...
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Google Toolbar Doesn’t Recognize .XXX Yet
Toolbar treats .xxx domains as search queries rather than web site addresses. When you type a domain name into the Google Toolbar — e.g. DNW.com — it takes you directly to the URL rather than Google’s search page. The same thing hap...
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August 15, 2011, 12:28 pm
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Masala.xxx Didn’t Get the Memo About India and .XXX Domain Names
Users might have a hard time reaching Indian .xxx site. I was caught a bit off guard when reading Elliot’s story today about Masala.xxx launching. This is apparently an adult site aimed at India. Although I don’t believe anything is done ...
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Masala.xxx Didn’t Get the Memo About India and .XXX Domain Names
Users might have a hard time reaching Indian .xxx site. I was caught a bit off guard when reading Elliot’s story today about Masala.xxx launching. This is apparently an adult site aimed at India. Although I don’t believe anything is done ...
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August 15, 2011, 10:08 am
