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Root Orange Releases New Geo Targeting Service
Service enables web sites to target content based on visitor’s location. Root Orange, which launched a geo-splitting domain name service a year ago, announced a private beta for a new geo-splitting technology today. GeoSkipper makes it easier f...
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Root Orange Releases New Geo Targeting Service
Service enables web sites to target content based on visitor’s location. Root Orange, which launched a geo-splitting domain name service a year ago, announced a private beta for a new geo-splitting technology today. GeoSkipper makes it easier f...
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February 22, 2011, 9:00 am
Domain Name Wire
The Moody Blues Fight for MoodyBlues.com
Aging rock group wants .com equivalent of existing domain name. English rock group The Moody Blues have asked a World Intellectual Property Forum panel to give it the domain name MoodyBlues.com. The group’s official web site is MoodyBlues.co.uk...
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The Moody Blues Fight for MoodyBlues.com
Aging rock group wants .com equivalent of existing domain name. English rock group The Moody Blues have asked a World Intellectual Property Forum panel to give it the domain name MoodyBlues.com. The group’s official web site is MoodyBlues.co.uk...
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February 21, 2011, 5:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
New Rules Proposed for Expired Domain Names
Recommendations would make existing best practices of major domain name registrars a requirement. The Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Policy Development Process Working Group has made 14 recommendations for the handling of expired domain...
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New Rules Proposed for Expired Domain Names
Recommendations would make existing best practices of major domain name registrars a requirement. The Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Policy Development Process Working Group has made 14 recommendations for the handling of expired domain...
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February 21, 2011, 4:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here Come the .Brand Top Level Domain Names
.Brand domain names are on their way, but how they’re used is still an open question. One of the specific uses of new top level domain names that has always confused me is the .brand domain name, such as .nike. I’ve often asked how someon...
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Here Come the .Brand Top Level Domain Names
.Brand domain names are on their way, but how they’re used is still an open question. One of the specific uses of new top level domain names that has always confused me is the .brand domain name, such as .nike. I’ve often asked how someon...
Discussion
February 21, 2011, 11:43 am
Domain Name Wire
Whisper.me Sells for $17,500
Another .me domain name sells for big bucks. Go Daddy Auctions has handled the sale of Whisper.me for $17,5000. I must admit that I continue to be taken aback by sales of .me domain names. Sure, some of them are catchy. But whisper.me doesn’t h...
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Whisper.me Sells for $17,500
Another .me domain name sells for big bucks. Go Daddy Auctions has handled the sale of Whisper.me for $17,5000. I must admit that I continue to be taken aback by sales of .me domain names. Sure, some of them are catchy. But whisper.me doesn’t h...
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February 21, 2011, 10:07 am
Domain Name Wire
Major Domain Parking Shift? NameDrive Adding Site Links and Site Reviews.
Google to start syndicating more ad data to parking companies. In one what could prove to be a major move for Google Adsense for Domains partners, NameDrive will begin showing site links and site reviews with some of its parked page links. These opti...
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Major Domain Parking Shift? NameDrive Adding Site Links and Site Reviews.
Google to start syndicating more ad data to parking companies. In one what could prove to be a major move for Google Adsense for Domains partners, NameDrive will begin showing site links and site reviews with some of its parked page links. These opti...
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February 19, 2011, 11:12 am
Domain Name Wire
Is Bit.ly Toast if Libya Shuts Down the Internet?
It’s possible. One of my tweeps just sent me a link to an article questioning what would happen to .ly domain names if Libya decided to “shut down” the internet. It’s a very good question. One of the most popular URL shortenin...
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Is Bit.ly Toast if Libya Shuts Down the Internet?
It’s possible. One of my tweeps just sent me a link to an article questioning what would happen to .ly domain names if Libya decided to “shut down” the internet. It’s a very good question. One of the most popular URL shortenin...
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February 18, 2011, 9:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
LionsDen.com Owner Wins Domain Dispute
WIPO panel rules in favor of domain name owner. The owner of LionsDen.com since 1995 can keep his domain name, a World Intellectual Property Organization UDRP panel has decided. Mile, Inc., which owns The Lion’s Den retail brand of adult entert...
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LionsDen.com Owner Wins Domain Dispute
WIPO panel rules in favor of domain name owner. The owner of LionsDen.com since 1995 can keep his domain name, a World Intellectual Property Organization UDRP panel has decided. Mile, Inc., which owns The Lion’s Den retail brand of adult entert...
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February 18, 2011, 11:56 am
Domain Name Wire
Will New TLDs Get Approved April 21?
Next opportunity for Board approval comes in April. We now know that ICANN’s Board will not vote on approving the new top level domain name applicant guidebook at its March meeting in San Francisco. But will the delay be just one month? ICANN&r...
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Will New TLDs Get Approved April 21?
Next opportunity for Board approval comes in April. We now know that ICANN’s Board will not vote on approving the new top level domain name applicant guidebook at its March meeting in San Francisco. But will the delay be just one month? ICANN&r...
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February 18, 2011, 10:22 am
Domain Name Wire
Zuccarini Files Another Lawsuit, This Time Adding ICANN to the List
Zuccarini sues three companies for negligence. John Zuccarini has filed another lawsuit (pdf) stemming from the sale of 14 domain names on NameJet. In this case he counts Network Solutions, NameJet, and now ICANN as defendants. Zuccarini owes the IRS...
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Zuccarini Files Another Lawsuit, This Time Adding ICANN to the List
Zuccarini sues three companies for negligence. John Zuccarini has filed another lawsuit (pdf) stemming from the sale of 14 domain names on NameJet. In this case he counts Network Solutions, NameJet, and now ICANN as defendants. Zuccarini owes the IRS...
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February 18, 2011, 9:57 am
