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GoDaddy plans layoffs and is closing Austin offices
Company struggles with outbound sales and social media products. GoDaddy’s (NYSE: GDDY) revenue is topping expectations, but the company is laying off employees and restructuring its business because Covid-19 is impacting part of its business. ...
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GoDaddy plans layoffs and is closing Austin offices
Company struggles with outbound sales and social media products. GoDaddy’s (NYSE: GDDY) revenue is topping expectations, but the company is laying off employees and restructuring its business because Covid-19 is impacting part of its business. ...
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June 24, 2020, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts’ TrueName service offers brand protection to registrants
Donuts has announced TrueName, a registrant service that automatically blocks registrations of homographs of registered domains. When a customer registers a Donuts TLD such as .guru, .money or .live, Donuts will block registrations of lookalike domai...
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Donuts’ TrueName service offers brand protection to registrants
Donuts has announced TrueName, a registrant service that automatically blocks registrations of homographs of registered domains. When a customer registers a Donuts TLD such as .guru, .money or .live, Donuts will block registrations of lookalike domai...
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June 24, 2020, 1:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign gets domain search ranking patent
Patent describes way to personalize domain search results. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,693,837 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for System for and method of ranking domain names based on user properties. The pate...
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Verisign gets domain search ranking patent
Patent describes way to personalize domain search results. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,693,837 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for System for and method of ranking domain names based on user properties. The pate...
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June 23, 2020, 7:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expert.ai domain sells for record €95,000
.Ai has a new record-holder. Sedo has brokered the sale of Expert.ai for €95,000 (about $108,000), a record for a publicly-disclosed .ai domain name sale. According to Whois records, the Italian firm Expert System SpA bought the domain name. Exp...
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Expert.ai domain sells for record €95,000
.Ai has a new record-holder. Sedo has brokered the sale of Expert.ai for €95,000 (about $108,000), a record for a publicly-disclosed .ai domain name sale. According to Whois records, the Italian firm Expert System SpA bought the domain name. Exp...
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June 23, 2020, 3:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Michael Rodenbaugh sues UDRPSearch owner David Lahoti
Attorney sues after UDRPSearch owner forwards website to other site with derogatory comments. Attorney Michael Rodenbaugh has filed a lawsuit (pdf) against David Lahoti, owner of the UDRP search site UDRPSearch.com. For the past few weeks, Lahoti has...
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Michael Rodenbaugh sues UDRPSearch owner David Lahoti
Attorney sues after UDRPSearch owner forwards website to other site with derogatory comments. Attorney Michael Rodenbaugh has filed a lawsuit (pdf) against David Lahoti, owner of the UDRP search site UDRPSearch.com. For the past few weeks, Lahoti has...
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June 22, 2020, 5:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Security report names domain registrar – DNW Podcast #291
Report about malware distributed through browser plugins questions registrar’s role. My guest this week is Eric Poyton, a security researcher with Awake. Awake security issued a report last week about a network of malware and connected it to a ...
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Security report names domain registrar – DNW Podcast #291
Report about malware distributed through browser plugins questions registrar’s role. My guest this week is Eric Poyton, a security researcher with Awake. Awake security issued a report last week about a network of malware and connected it to a ...
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June 22, 2020, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Facebook and Google ad credits are like the Fed printing money
Ad auction platforms are giving out advertising funds to keep ad prices up. Ad auction markets have been in turmoil since Covid-19 shut down much of the economy. Ad rates plummeted at Facebook and Google. Both companies announced various promotional ...
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Facebook and Google ad credits are like the Fed printing money
Ad auction platforms are giving out advertising funds to keep ad prices up. Ad auction markets have been in turmoil since Covid-19 shut down much of the economy. Ad rates plummeted at Facebook and Google. Both companies announced various promotional ...
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June 22, 2020, 1:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Intel and Metlife terminate their top level domains
Two large companies ditch their dot-brands. Chip company Intel and insurance giant Metlife have canceled their dot-brand top level domain names. The two companies notified ICANN about their decisions last month, and ICANN published preliminary determ...
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Intel and Metlife terminate their top level domains
Two large companies ditch their dot-brands. Chip company Intel and insurance giant Metlife have canceled their dot-brand top level domain names. The two companies notified ICANN about their decisions last month, and ICANN published preliminary determ...
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June 20, 2020, 1:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Org generated $95 million revenue last year
Public Interest Registry reveals financials in its annual report. The .org top level domain generated close to $95 million in revenue last year, Public Interest Registry (PIR) disclosed. Public Interest Registry released its 2019 annual report (pdf) ...
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.Org generated $95 million revenue last year
Public Interest Registry reveals financials in its annual report. The .org top level domain generated close to $95 million in revenue last year, Public Interest Registry (PIR) disclosed. Public Interest Registry released its 2019 annual report (pdf) ...
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June 19, 2020, 5:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
4 reasons virtual events can be better than in-person events
There are benefits to virtual events vs. in-person events. NamesCon has announced a virtual conference taking place September 9-11, 2021. Organizers promise educational sessions, regional tracks, networking, and virtual vendor booths. You might think...
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4 reasons virtual events can be better than in-person events
There are benefits to virtual events vs. in-person events. NamesCon has announced a virtual conference taking place September 9-11, 2021. Organizers promise educational sessions, regional tracks, networking, and virtual vendor booths. You might think...
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June 19, 2020, 3:50 pm
