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The NASDAQ 100 Rebalances With Apple Losing and Google and Microsoft Gaining
The Nasdaq-100 index will be rebalanced on May 2, to reduce the weight of Apple’s stock by about 40%. The NASDAQ-100 is an Exchange Traded FUnd (EFT) which is basically a basket of 100 of the top Nasdaq stocks weighted, meaning that the index d...
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The NASDAQ 100 Rebalances With Apple Losing and Google and Microsoft Gaining
The Nasdaq-100 index will be rebalanced on May 2, to reduce the weight of Apple’s stock by about 40%. The NASDAQ-100 is an Exchange Traded FUnd (EFT) which is basically a basket of 100 of the top Nasdaq stocks weighted, meaning that the index d...
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April 5, 2011, 8:50 am
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The Hundred Oldest Domain Names
Just came across a list of the 100 oldest domain names by registration date. I’m sure some domain blogger has published it before but I can’t remember seeing it. Of course we all know that fellow domainer Aron Meystedt owns the oldest dom...
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The Hundred Oldest Domain Names
Just came across a list of the 100 oldest domain names by registration date. I’m sure some domain blogger has published it before but I can’t remember seeing it. Of course we all know that fellow domainer Aron Meystedt owns the oldest dom...
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April 4, 2011, 11:01 am
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Why There May Never Be A 3D.XXX or 69.XXX; UnitedStates.xxx or France.XXX & That’s Just For Starters
According to the contract that ICANN signed with the the ICM registry this week to operate the .XXX registry (pdf) there may never be any 2 character .XXX domains. Exhibit 6 of the Agreement, (found on page 59 of the pdf) all 2 character .XXX d...
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Why There May Never Be A 3D.XXX or 69.XXX; UnitedStates.xxx or France.XXX & That’s Just For Starters
According to the contract that ICANN signed with the the ICM registry this week to operate the .XXX registry (pdf) there may never be any 2 character .XXX domains. Exhibit 6 of the Agreement, (found on page 59 of the pdf) all 2 character .XXX d...
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April 3, 2011, 8:08 pm
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XBiz: China Shuts Down 62 Porn Sites (& They Aren’t Even .XXX Domains)
According to Xbiznewswire.com, China shit down 62 Porn sites yesterday and guess what? None were on .XXX domains: “According to reports, the Information Office of the State Council has legally closed the sites for disseminating “por...
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XBiz: China Shuts Down 62 Porn Sites (& They Aren’t Even .XXX Domains)
According to Xbiznewswire.com, China shit down 62 Porn sites yesterday and guess what? None were on .XXX domains: “According to reports, the Information Office of the State Council has legally closed the sites for disseminating “por...
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April 2, 2011, 12:12 pm
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What If A New Extension Launched & No One Showed Up? It Did Yesterday; .So What? Pirates.So Goes For $10
The general availability of the .So extension opened yesterday April 1st 2011. Yes on April’s Fools Day. No joke. I guess its poetic justice that the ccTLD for arguably the most rouge nation on earth didn’t even know any better than to op...
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What If A New Extension Launched & No One Showed Up? It Did Yesterday; .So What? Pirates.So Goes For $10
The general availability of the .So extension opened yesterday April 1st 2011. Yes on April’s Fools Day. No joke. I guess its poetic justice that the ccTLD for arguably the most rouge nation on earth didn’t even know any better than to op...
Discussion
April 2, 2011, 9:42 am
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Bob Parsons Stars On Extra & CNN’s Piers Morgan & Is Unapologetic On Elephant Hunting: “It Was A Wonderful Thing To Be Doing.&rdqu
Bob Parsons CEO of Godaddy made the rounds on National TV today appearing on the syndicated television show Extra as well as debating a PETA spokesman and the host of the CNN Piers Morgan Show. On both shows Parsons was unapologetic for his elephant ...
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Bob Parsons Stars On Extra & CNN’s Piers Morgan & Is Unapologetic On Elephant Hunting: “It Was A Wonderful Thing To Be Doing.&rdqu
Bob Parsons CEO of Godaddy made the rounds on National TV today appearing on the syndicated television show Extra as well as debating a PETA spokesman and the host of the CNN Piers Morgan Show. On both shows Parsons was unapologetic for his elephant ...
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April 2, 2011, 1:05 am
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Schilling’s MahjongGames.com Sells On Sedo.com For $46,000
The domain name MahjongGames.com just sold on Sedo.com For $46,000 The domain was owned by Frank Schilling Name Administration. Frank A. Aiello brokered the deal for Sedo.com Frank also brokered another Nameadminstration domain last week when X...
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Schilling’s MahjongGames.com Sells On Sedo.com For $46,000
The domain name MahjongGames.com just sold on Sedo.com For $46,000 The domain was owned by Frank Schilling Name Administration. Frank A. Aiello brokered the deal for Sedo.com Frank also brokered another Nameadminstration domain last week when X...
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April 1, 2011, 9:04 am
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Registrars Jump On Bob Parsons Video To Offer Special Discounts For Those Wanting To Transfer Domains Out Of GoDaddy.com
Two domain registrars, NameCheap.com and Domainit.com just jumped on the Bob Parsons hunting controversy by offering special discounts for domain name transfers including contributions for each domain transferred to a wildlife charities “In res...
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Registrars Jump On Bob Parsons Video To Offer Special Discounts For Those Wanting To Transfer Domains Out Of GoDaddy.com
Two domain registrars, NameCheap.com and Domainit.com just jumped on the Bob Parsons hunting controversy by offering special discounts for domain name transfers including contributions for each domain transferred to a wildlife charities “In res...
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March 31, 2011, 4:03 pm
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The Hits Keep Coming For Sedo As Another $80K In Sales Led By CurioCity.com At $25K
Wow Sedo.com is on fire as the sales just keep coming. Just hours after writing about some nice .Org sales on Sedo, here come another batch of .Com sales from today: CurioCity.com $25K Seo.in $18,500 Naruko.com $15K SharkCapital.com$14K ...
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The Hits Keep Coming For Sedo As Another $80K In Sales Led By CurioCity.com At $25K
Wow Sedo.com is on fire as the sales just keep coming. Just hours after writing about some nice .Org sales on Sedo, here come another batch of .Com sales from today: CurioCity.com $25K Seo.in $18,500 Naruko.com $15K SharkCapital.com$14K ...
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March 31, 2011, 3:35 pm
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IndianOil.com Beats Back A WIPO Challenge from Indian Oil Corporation Who Won A UDRP On IndianOil.Org In January
Back In January we wrote and criticized a WIPO decision handing the generic domain name IndianOil.Org to the Indian Oil Corporation Limited of New Delhi, India Back at the time we asked, knowing that the same company filed a UDRP against the com vers...
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IndianOil.com Beats Back A WIPO Challenge from Indian Oil Corporation Who Won A UDRP On IndianOil.Org In January
Back In January we wrote and criticized a WIPO decision handing the generic domain name IndianOil.Org to the Indian Oil Corporation Limited of New Delhi, India Back at the time we asked, knowing that the same company filed a UDRP against the com vers...
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March 31, 2011, 3:12 pm
