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Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 20th, 2014
Yesterday Jamie of Dotweekly talked about deep links of affiliates and although they are revenue driving, they still help and lead the readers right to the auction itself which saves time. He also discussed how CJ links used to work but stopped...
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THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 20th, 2014
Yesterday Jamie of Dotweekly talked about deep links of affiliates and although they are revenue driving, they still help and lead the readers right to the auction itself which saves time. He also discussed how CJ links used to work but stopped...
Discussion
June 20, 2014, 11:10 am

DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: June 20 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: June 20, 2014.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Verisign Backed Study Shows 80%..., Amazon Fires Up Defensive Domain..., Several Generic Domains Hit With..., 1st Day of New gTLD..., ICANN Smacks New gTL...
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Domain Name News: June 20 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: June 20, 2014.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Verisign Backed Study Shows 80%..., Amazon Fires Up Defensive Domain..., Several Generic Domains Hit With..., 1st Day of New gTLD..., ICANN Smacks New gTL...
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June 20, 2014, 9:30 am

The Domains
Canadian Court Rules Google Must Remove Websites WorldWide
We wrote previously about a ruling by the European Union with regards to the “right to be forgotten”. Now a Canadian court has ordered Google to remove sites worldwide. Amy Gesenhues covered the story on Search Engine Land, from the artic...
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Canadian Court Rules Google Must Remove Websites WorldWide
We wrote previously about a ruling by the European Union with regards to the “right to be forgotten”. Now a Canadian court has ordered Google to remove sites worldwide. Amy Gesenhues covered the story on Search Engine Land, from the artic...
Discussion
June 20, 2014, 9:10 am

Domain Name Wire
Retweet.com Resold and other expired domain sales
People inject new words into language constantly. “Tweet” has taken on new meaning thanks to Twitter, while “Retweet” would have meant nothing a decade ago. Yet in that short space of time, this formerly unkno...
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Retweet.com Resold and other expired domain sales
People inject new words into language constantly. “Tweet” has taken on new meaning thanks to Twitter, while “Retweet” would have meant nothing a decade ago. Yet in that short space of time, this formerly unkno...
Discussion
June 19, 2014, 7:50 pm

Domain Name Wire
I got my first free .XYZ domain name offer today
Network Solutions finally got around to offering me a free .xyz domain name. The .XYZ top level domain name continues to grow by thousands of registrations each day due to a Network Solutions giveaway. I got my first such free domain offer today. It&...
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I got my first free .XYZ domain name offer today
Network Solutions finally got around to offering me a free .xyz domain name. The .XYZ top level domain name continues to grow by thousands of registrations each day due to a Network Solutions giveaway. I got my first such free domain offer today. It&...
Discussion
June 19, 2014, 3:52 pm

The Domains
Shocking: Verisign Backed Study Shows 80% Of Small Businesses Prefer .Com over New gTLD’s
The results of a su...
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Shocking: Verisign Backed Study Shows 80% Of Small Businesses Prefer .Com over New gTLD’s
The results of a su...
Discussion
June 19, 2014, 3:01 pm

Domain Name Wire
Amazon fires up defensive domain registrations for Fire Phone
Amazon registers 200 or more domain names related to new phone. Amazon.com unveiled its Amazon Fire Phone yesterday. At the same time, it went on a defensive registration binge for names related to the new product. I count 200 domain name registratio...
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Amazon fires up defensive domain registrations for Fire Phone
Amazon registers 200 or more domain names related to new phone. Amazon.com unveiled its Amazon Fire Phone yesterday. At the same time, it went on a defensive registration binge for names related to the new product. I count 200 domain name registratio...
Discussion
June 19, 2014, 2:32 pm

Domain Name Wire
Several generic domains hit with UDRPs recently
A handful of generics are hit with UDRPs, and one previous complainant called me… I’ve noticed a handful of seemingly generic domain names get his with UDRPs over the past few days. Here are some that have hit my radar: southpaw.com qiq....
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Several generic domains hit with UDRPs recently
A handful of generics are hit with UDRPs, and one previous complainant called me… I’ve noticed a handful of seemingly generic domain names get his with UDRPs over the past few days. Here are some that have hit my radar: southpaw.com qiq....
Discussion
June 19, 2014, 2:16 pm

The Domains
1st Day Of New gTLD Launches .Community 2,206; .Cards 1,027; .Catering 854; .Cleaning 751
For new gTLD launched yesterday and the total registrations for all four of Donuts strings after the 1st day of general availability came under 5,000 registrations including Sunrise and Early Access Program registrations. Here are the totals for the ...
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1st Day Of New gTLD Launches .Community 2,206; .Cards 1,027; .Catering 854; .Cleaning 751
For new gTLD launched yesterday and the total registrations for all four of Donuts strings after the 1st day of general availability came under 5,000 registrations including Sunrise and Early Access Program registrations. Here are the totals for the ...
Discussion
June 19, 2014, 12:55 pm

Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 19th, 2014
Get used to it. As new products and companies come to market, most are not going to own the dot com. Less and less to be exact. As the decades pass and domains are claimed, the numbers just don’t match up. There will be severa...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 19th, 2014
Get used to it. As new products and companies come to market, most are not going to own the dot com. Less and less to be exact. As the decades pass and domains are claimed, the numbers just don’t match up. There will be severa...
Discussion
June 19, 2014, 11:15 am