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Domain Name Wire
New TLDs find their religion: .Church wins the day
.Church was the top TLD launch yesterday. Going into yesterday, I bet that .guide would be Donuts’ top domain name launch of the week. It’s a fairly generic domain that works with a number of second level domains, similar to .tips (which ...
Discussion
New TLDs find their religion: .Church wins the day
.Church was the top TLD launch yesterday. Going into yesterday, I bet that .guide would be Donuts’ top domain name launch of the week. It’s a fairly generic domain that works with a number of second level domains, similar to .tips (which ...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 12:22 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 9/18
It was nice to hear that the two IDNs Chinese website and Chinese Online are doing well. My thoughts about investing in China have always been the same. You don’t need much market share in China to make a whole lotta cash. Mo...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 9/18
It was nice to hear that the two IDNs Chinese website and Chinese Online are doing well. My thoughts about investing in China have always been the same. You don’t need much market share in China to make a whole lotta cash. Mo...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 11:45 am
The Domains
There are now over 1Billion Websites on the Internet
The Internet now has over 1 Billion websites, that is according to Internet Live Stats. The website points out, “By “Website” we mean unique hostname (a name which can be resolved, using a name server, into an IP Address). It must b...
Discussion
There are now over 1Billion Websites on the Internet
The Internet now has over 1 Billion websites, that is according to Internet Live Stats. The website points out, “By “Website” we mean unique hostname (a name which can be resolved, using a name server, into an IP Address). It must b...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 8:31 am
DomainSherpa
16 New TLDs, Which Don’t Suck; SEM & SEO Results for New TLDs; .Whatever or Dash?…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• Will Rick Schwartz be roasted at the upcoming TRAFFIC conference?• Results of two new gTLD search engine studies (SEO & SEM) - the results are in!• What's more valuable: word.newTLD or word-ne...
Discussion
16 New TLDs, Which Don’t Suck; SEM & SEO Results for New TLDs; .Whatever or Dash?…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• Will Rick Schwartz be roasted at the upcoming TRAFFIC conference?• Results of two new gTLD search engine studies (SEO & SEM) - the results are in!• What's more valuable: word.newTLD or word-ne...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 7:02 am
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Church 4,044; .Guide 3,387; .Life 2,106; .Loans 632; .Republican 385
Five new gTLD’s went into general availability (GA) on Wednesday. Including domains registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders and by those willing to pay an extra charge to register domain name in the Early Access Program (EAP) prio...
Discussion
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Church 4,044; .Guide 3,387; .Life 2,106; .Loans 632; .Republican 385
Five new gTLD’s went into general availability (GA) on Wednesday. Including domains registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders and by those willing to pay an extra charge to register domain name in the Early Access Program (EAP) prio...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 7:01 am
The Domains
Google & Donuts Lose All 3 ICANN New gTLD Auctions: What Did We Learn Today?
ICANN published results of the first three ICANN Last Resort Auctions (there was an auction in June for a IDN String) tonight and we certainly learned a few things. Many people had the opinion that Google and Amazon would simply outbid all other appl...
Discussion
Google & Donuts Lose All 3 ICANN New gTLD Auctions: What Did We Learn Today?
ICANN published results of the first three ICANN Last Resort Auctions (there was an auction in June for a IDN String) tonight and we certainly learned a few things. Many people had the opinion that Google and Amazon would simply outbid all other appl...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 6:44 am
Domain Name Wire
Wow: Amazon.com buys .Buy for $4.6 million, .Tech sells for $6.8 million
You might think new top level domain names aren’t meeting early expectations, but applicants still apparently value the opportunity very high. ICANN held its second “auction of last resort” for new top level domain names today. Thre...
Discussion
Wow: Amazon.com buys .Buy for $4.6 million, .Tech sells for $6.8 million
You might think new top level domain names aren’t meeting early expectations, but applicants still apparently value the opportunity very high. ICANN held its second “auction of last resort” for new top level domain names today. Thre...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 2:18 am
Domain Shane
Mainstream Bloggers Reinforce the Benefits of Controlling Their Own Domain Name
I was recently catching up on some reading over at AVC.com, which is the blog of popular venture capitalist Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures. He mentioned that Elizabeth Spiers, an entrepreneur and journalist (and founding editor of Gawker), had...
Discussion
Mainstream Bloggers Reinforce the Benefits of Controlling Their Own Domain Name
I was recently catching up on some reading over at AVC.com, which is the blog of popular venture capitalist Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures. He mentioned that Elizabeth Spiers, an entrepreneur and journalist (and founding editor of Gawker), had...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 1:24 am
The Domains
Radix Registry Giving You A Chance to Win a Free Go Pro
Radix Registry the company behind the .Website extension wants to give you a chance to win a free Go Pro. The company is running a one day contest. Participate in the .website launch contest to win a GoPro! Guess the number of regs we will be at by t...
Discussion
Radix Registry Giving You A Chance to Win a Free Go Pro
Radix Registry the company behind the .Website extension wants to give you a chance to win a free Go Pro. The company is running a one day contest. Participate in the .website launch contest to win a GoPro! Guess the number of regs we will be at by t...
Discussion
September 17, 2014, 11:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
WWE accepts the challenge, fights for WWE.org
Domain name owner makes preemptive defense against UDRP. A UDRP for WWE.org was just filed with National Arbitration Forum. You’ll see a curious message when you visit the domain name: Disclaimer: wwe.org (Western Women Entrepreneurs) is not as...
Discussion
WWE accepts the challenge, fights for WWE.org
Domain name owner makes preemptive defense against UDRP. A UDRP for WWE.org was just filed with National Arbitration Forum. You’ll see a curious message when you visit the domain name: Disclaimer: wwe.org (Western Women Entrepreneurs) is not as...
Discussion
September 17, 2014, 8:43 pm
