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Domain Name Wire
Escrow.com: domain and web site transactions up 21%
Escrow.com sees transaction growth yet again. How’s the domain name market doing? Quite well, thank you very much. I reached out to Brandon Abbey, president of Escrow.com, to find out how business is this year. Abbey says that Escrow.com’...
Discussion
Escrow.com: domain and web site transactions up 21%
Escrow.com sees transaction growth yet again. How’s the domain name market doing? Quite well, thank you very much. I reached out to Brandon Abbey, president of Escrow.com, to find out how business is this year. Abbey says that Escrow.com’...
Discussion
August 9, 2012, 10:14 am
Elliot's Blog
Conan.XXX Video: “Big Dick, Little Chicks”
I don’t remember hearing about this, but Conan O’Brien launched an adult-themed website on Conan.XXX, and it features funny videos that probably couldn’t be shown on his television show. With a tagline “The Third X is for XXX,...
Discussion
Conan.XXX Video: “Big Dick, Little Chicks”
I don’t remember hearing about this, but Conan O’Brien launched an adult-themed website on Conan.XXX, and it features funny videos that probably couldn’t be shown on his television show. With a tagline “The Third X is for XXX,...
Discussion
August 9, 2012, 9:22 am
The Domains
In The Last Of A Trio Of Cases Already In Federal Court, A UDRP Panel Finally Refuses To Rule
In the last couple of weeks we have cited two UDRP cases in which they domain holder had already filed a federal court action for declaratory judgement and the UDRP panel decided the case anyway. Today a UDRP panel finally did the right thing and pas...
Discussion
In The Last Of A Trio Of Cases Already In Federal Court, A UDRP Panel Finally Refuses To Rule
In the last couple of weeks we have cited two UDRP cases in which they domain holder had already filed a federal court action for declaratory judgement and the UDRP panel decided the case anyway. Today a UDRP panel finally did the right thing and pas...
Discussion
August 9, 2012, 8:37 am
Domain Shane
Thursday’s Big List of Names at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 8-9-12
Outside the entire day and barely looked at the computer or phone all day. Was a very nice day and have to admit, made the evening a little more exciting when I got to catch up on the day’s events. The biggest problem is all my cust...
Discussion
Thursday’s Big List of Names at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 8-9-12
Outside the entire day and barely looked at the computer or phone all day. Was a very nice day and have to admit, made the evening a little more exciting when I got to catch up on the day’s events. The biggest problem is all my cust...
Discussion
August 9, 2012, 6:37 am
Domain Name Wire
Amazing! If you search for chicken in a search box, you’ll get chicken related results
Lawyer manipulates parked page links in UDRP. Here’s a fun fact: if you search for “chicken” in the search box of a parked page, you’ll get search results related to chicken. And if you are a complainant basing your allegation...
Discussion
Amazing! If you search for chicken in a search box, you’ll get chicken related results
Lawyer manipulates parked page links in UDRP. Here’s a fun fact: if you search for “chicken” in the search box of a parked page, you’ll get search results related to chicken. And if you are a complainant basing your allegation...
Discussion
August 9, 2012, 5:25 am
Elliot's Blog
.CO Seeing Strong Renewal Rate
Since the launch of .CO, there has been quite a bit of chatter about how people who registered or who bought .CO domain names in the aftermarket would drop them after a year or two. There were primarily two reasons cited for this assumption. The firs...
Discussion
.CO Seeing Strong Renewal Rate
Since the launch of .CO, there has been quite a bit of chatter about how people who registered or who bought .CO domain names in the aftermarket would drop them after a year or two. There were primarily two reasons cited for this assumption. The firs...
Discussion
August 8, 2012, 4:52 pm
The Domains
Seminole Tribe of Florida Loses UDRP On SeminoleCasino.com & SeminoleGaming.com
The Seminole Tribe of Florida which operates in conjunction with Hard Rock, the Hard Rock Seminole Casino’s in Hollywood Florida andin Tampa Florida just lost a UDRP on three domain names, casinoseminole.com, seminolecasino.com and seminolegami...
Discussion
Seminole Tribe of Florida Loses UDRP On SeminoleCasino.com & SeminoleGaming.com
The Seminole Tribe of Florida which operates in conjunction with Hard Rock, the Hard Rock Seminole Casino’s in Hollywood Florida andin Tampa Florida just lost a UDRP on three domain names, casinoseminole.com, seminolecasino.com and seminolegami...
Discussion
August 8, 2012, 12:55 pm
The Domains
April’s ICANN Registry Reports Are Out & .XXX Adds 30,000 Registrations Since December
The Registry reports are out for April 2012, and it looks like ICM registry the owner of .XXX extension is up to 134,884 registrations. As of December 2011, the month .XXX launched, they reported 106K registrations, so they have added almost 30K doma...
Discussion
April’s ICANN Registry Reports Are Out & .XXX Adds 30,000 Registrations Since December
The Registry reports are out for April 2012, and it looks like ICM registry the owner of .XXX extension is up to 134,884 registrations. As of December 2011, the month .XXX launched, they reported 106K registrations, so they have added almost 30K doma...
Discussion
August 8, 2012, 11:59 am
The Domains
Report: New York Times Selling About.com To Answers.com For $270 Million
According to a AllthingsD.com, the New York Times is selling About.com to Answers.com for $270 Million dollars. “”AllthingsD goes on to say, the deal hasn’t closed yet, and I’m told that Answers’ backers — PE firms...
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Report: New York Times Selling About.com To Answers.com For $270 Million
According to a AllthingsD.com, the New York Times is selling About.com to Answers.com for $270 Million dollars. “”AllthingsD goes on to say, the deal hasn’t closed yet, and I’m told that Answers’ backers — PE firms...
Discussion
August 8, 2012, 11:46 am
Elliot's Blog
New Brokerage Listings – August 8
As I mentioned last week, I am going to list some of the best new domain sales listings from domain brokers and aftermarket platforms. I have asked that only one listing be submitted, and it must either be a great new name under exclusive or a notabl...
Discussion
New Brokerage Listings – August 8
As I mentioned last week, I am going to list some of the best new domain sales listings from domain brokers and aftermarket platforms. I have asked that only one listing be submitted, and it must either be a great new name under exclusive or a notabl...
Discussion
August 8, 2012, 11:35 am
