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How two-number domains are used in China
Kassey Lee studies how two-digit domains are being used. Recently, I was curious about how numeric domains are used in corporate China. So, I checked those .com from 1 to 100 and found the following domains already developed by end users in China. Do...
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How two-number domains are used in China
Kassey Lee studies how two-digit domains are being used. Recently, I was curious about how numeric domains are used in corporate China. So, I checked those .com from 1 to 100 and found the following domains already developed by end users in China. Do...
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March 13, 2020, 1:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain sales: Sky and comparison sites
British broadcaster and creators of three comparison sites bought domain names. The British broadcaster Sky is the highest-profile buyer on this week’s end user sales list of names sold at Sedo. Another thing you’ll notice is that buyers ...
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End user domain sales: Sky and comparison sites
British broadcaster and creators of three comparison sites bought domain names. The British broadcaster Sky is the highest-profile buyer on this week’s end user sales list of names sold at Sedo. Another thing you’ll notice is that buyers ...
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March 12, 2020, 6:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tutorial: How to Track Verisign’s Monthly Top Popular Keywords using DomainScope API
Alvin Brown provides a tutorial on how to use Verisign DomainScope’s API to produce and store monthly popular keywords for .com and .net domain registrations. Once upon a time, Verisign provided a monthly email and blog post reporting the top t...
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Tutorial: How to Track Verisign’s Monthly Top Popular Keywords using DomainScope API
Alvin Brown provides a tutorial on how to use Verisign DomainScope’s API to produce and store monthly popular keywords for .com and .net domain registrations. Once upon a time, Verisign provided a monthly email and blog post reporting the top t...
Discussion
March 12, 2020, 6:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fox creates dedicated site—on dedicated domain—for coronavirus news
Company registers .com and .fox domains for news site. This morning, as I perused lists of recently registered domains, I noticed that Fox media registered the domain name Coronavirus.fox. .Fox is the company’s dot-brand top level domain name, ...
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Fox creates dedicated site—on dedicated domain—for coronavirus news
Company registers .com and .fox domains for news site. This morning, as I perused lists of recently registered domains, I noticed that Fox media registered the domain name Coronavirus.fox. .Fox is the company’s dot-brand top level domain name, ...
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March 12, 2020, 4:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reviewing three-letter domain sales from a Chinese perspective
Here is why Chinese companies might like these domain names. Among the three letter .com sold in February (as reported by Namebio), I’ve found the following domains interesting from a Chinese perspective. BTI.com sold for $100,000 The “i&...
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Reviewing three-letter domain sales from a Chinese perspective
Here is why Chinese companies might like these domain names. Among the three letter .com sold in February (as reported by Namebio), I’ve found the following domains interesting from a Chinese perspective. BTI.com sold for $100,000 The “i&...
Discussion
March 12, 2020, 4:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Russian firm found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed cybersquatting complaint against domain name registered prior to its trademark rights. A World Intellectual Property Forum panelist has determined that Kontsern Radioelektronnye Tehnologii tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain ...
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Russian firm found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed cybersquatting complaint against domain name registered prior to its trademark rights. A World Intellectual Property Forum panelist has determined that Kontsern Radioelektronnye Tehnologii tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain ...
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March 11, 2020, 6:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lotto Sport Italia tried reverse domain name hijacking, court rules
Company tried to take two ‘lotto’ domain names away from Canadian man. A Canadian man who registered LottoStore.com and LottoWorks.com has prevailed in a legal dispute with Lotto Sport Italia, with the court granting his motion for summar...
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Lotto Sport Italia tried reverse domain name hijacking, court rules
Company tried to take two ‘lotto’ domain names away from Canadian man. A Canadian man who registered LottoStore.com and LottoWorks.com has prevailed in a legal dispute with Lotto Sport Italia, with the court granting his motion for summar...
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March 11, 2020, 5:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rob Monster sues after losing UDRP for BC30.com
Monster chose to blast WIPO rather than respond to the three elements of UDRP. Rob Monster, the CEO of domain name registrar Epik, has filed a lawsuit after losing the domain name BC30.com in a UDRP. Ganeden Biotech, Inc. filed a UDRP with World Inte...
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Rob Monster sues after losing UDRP for BC30.com
Monster chose to blast WIPO rather than respond to the three elements of UDRP. Rob Monster, the CEO of domain name registrar Epik, has filed a lawsuit after losing the domain name BC30.com in a UDRP. Ganeden Biotech, Inc. filed a UDRP with World Inte...
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March 11, 2020, 4:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com rankings: Google tops 3 million .com domains
Google hits a milestone. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers November 2019. Google’s domain name registrar hit the 3 million .com domain m...
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.Com rankings: Google tops 3 million .com domains
Google hits a milestone. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers November 2019. Google’s domain name registrar hit the 3 million .com domain m...
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March 11, 2020, 1:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top domain name stories and podcasts
Here’s what trended in February. These were the top stories on Domain Name Wire in February, ranked by the number of views: GoDaddy acquires Uniregistry and Frank Schilling’s domain portfolio – Frank Schilling has cashed out of the ...
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Top domain name stories and podcasts
Here’s what trended in February. These were the top stories on Domain Name Wire in February, ranked by the number of views: GoDaddy acquires Uniregistry and Frank Schilling’s domain portfolio – Frank Schilling has cashed out of the ...
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March 10, 2020, 5:31 pm
