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Winners from China
A look at some of the winners from the Chinese domain name boom, from last week’s Domain Name Wire newsletter. Do you subscribe to the Domain Name Wire Newsletter? If you don’t, here’s what you’re missing. This was published a...
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Winners from China
A look at some of the winners from the Chinese domain name boom, from last week’s Domain Name Wire newsletter. Do you subscribe to the Domain Name Wire Newsletter? If you don’t, here’s what you’re missing. This was published a...
Discussion
December 15, 2015, 3:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Women in Domaining returns to NamesCon
One of the most important events during NamesCon is returning for next month’s event in Las Vegas. Women in Domaining, a networking event for women in the domain name industry, will take place on Tuesday, January 12. This year’s event wil...
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Women in Domaining returns to NamesCon
One of the most important events during NamesCon is returning for next month’s event in Las Vegas. Women in Domaining, a networking event for women in the domain name industry, will take place on Tuesday, January 12. This year’s event wil...
Discussion
December 15, 2015, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Eco loser files trademark application for .Eco
What is planet.ECO up to with its latest trademark filing? A company that appears to be out of the running for the .Eco top level domain name has filed an intent-to-use trademark application for “.Eco”. planet.ECO LLC was one of four appl...
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.Eco loser files trademark application for .Eco
What is planet.ECO up to with its latest trademark filing? A company that appears to be out of the running for the .Eco top level domain name has filed an intent-to-use trademark application for “.Eco”. planet.ECO LLC was one of four appl...
Discussion
December 14, 2015, 6:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Michael Blend – DNW Podcast #62
How Michael Blend finally struck gold with domain names. The domain name opportunity was staring Michael Blend in the face on two occasions, but he missed it. The third time around he finally pounced on the opportunity…and it paid off. Blend d...
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Michael Blend – DNW Podcast #62
How Michael Blend finally struck gold with domain names. The domain name opportunity was staring Michael Blend in the face on two occasions, but he missed it. The third time around he finally pounced on the opportunity…and it paid off. Blend d...
Discussion
December 14, 2015, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company says new TLD is “cool”, but comes with drawbacks
Classic Engineering has a cool domain name, but founder Eduardo Umaña sometimes has to explain it to people. A couple weeks ago I profiled Huemor, a company that moved from a .com domain name to the new top level domain .Rocks. Today I’m...
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Company says new TLD is “cool”, but comes with drawbacks
Classic Engineering has a cool domain name, but founder Eduardo Umaña sometimes has to explain it to people. A couple weeks ago I profiled Huemor, a company that moved from a .com domain name to the new top level domain .Rocks. Today I’m...
Discussion
December 14, 2015, 3:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Constipated.com, Roper.com and more expired domain name sales
Last time, China was conspicuously absent from the high end of NameJet / SnapNames expired domain auctions; and I proposed 1 theory as to why. Since then, Chinese-style domains have made a comeback; but they’re clearly playi...
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Constipated.com, Roper.com and more expired domain name sales
Last time, China was conspicuously absent from the high end of NameJet / SnapNames expired domain auctions; and I proposed 1 theory as to why. Since then, Chinese-style domains have made a comeback; but they’re clearly playi...
Discussion
December 11, 2015, 6:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICA issues statement on horrible Camilla.com UDRP decision
Policy and advocacy group takes unusual step of issuing statement about a particular UDRP case. The UDRP for Camilla.com was truly horrible. A three-person panel essentially stole a valuable, generic domain name from the heirs of the late Igal Lichtm...
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ICA issues statement on horrible Camilla.com UDRP decision
Policy and advocacy group takes unusual step of issuing statement about a particular UDRP case. The UDRP for Camilla.com was truly horrible. A three-person panel essentially stole a valuable, generic domain name from the heirs of the late Igal Lichtm...
Discussion
December 11, 2015, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google files complaint to take down Adsense click fraud site
Site purported to offer “no risk” way to increase Google Adsense revenue. Google has filed a cybersquatting complaint against the owner of the site AdsenseClickers.com in order to take over the domain name. Until recently, the website at ...
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Google files complaint to take down Adsense click fraud site
Site purported to offer “no risk” way to increase Google Adsense revenue. Google has filed a cybersquatting complaint against the owner of the site AdsenseClickers.com in order to take over the domain name. Until recently, the website at ...
Discussion
December 11, 2015, 2:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
It was just a bug: .Com shortcut is back in iOS 9.2
Shortcut that dissapeared with iOS 9.1 is back in iOS 9.2. Last month I wrote about how Apple changed the functionality of the top level domain shortcut button on its keyboard for iPad devices. When you press and hold the period “.” key, ...
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It was just a bug: .Com shortcut is back in iOS 9.2
Shortcut that dissapeared with iOS 9.1 is back in iOS 9.2. Last month I wrote about how Apple changed the functionality of the top level domain shortcut button on its keyboard for iPad devices. When you press and hold the period “.” key, ...
Discussion
December 11, 2015, 2:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google Domains pitches new TLDs with Q&A post
See a new TLD in action by searching for “coffee club”, company suggests. It’s not from Google’s search team, but a new blog post today from Google Domains seeks to clear up any misunderstanding about new domain names and sear...
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Google Domains pitches new TLDs with Q&A post
See a new TLD in action by searching for “coffee club”, company suggests. It’s not from Google’s search team, but a new blog post today from Google Domains seeks to clear up any misunderstanding about new domain names and sear...
Discussion
December 10, 2015, 6:43 pm
