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Microsoft registers generics as they come off collision list
Tech giant registers domains such as desktop.computer and computer.systems. Microsoft has started registering generic/descriptive new top level domain names as they are released from the collision list. Specifically, Microsoft has registered at least...
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Microsoft registers generics as they come off collision list
Tech giant registers domains such as desktop.computer and computer.systems. Microsoft has started registering generic/descriptive new top level domain names as they are released from the collision list. Specifically, Microsoft has registered at least...
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July 15, 2015, 4:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
A Big .News Day
.News, one of the better new top level domain names, launches today. Rightside launches its .News domain name today, and the company is hoping it becomes one of the highlights of its new top level domain name portfolio. .News has already racked up ab...
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A Big .News Day
.News, one of the better new top level domain names, launches today. Rightside launches its .News domain name today, and the company is hoping it becomes one of the highlights of its new top level domain name portfolio. .News has already racked up ab...
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July 15, 2015, 3:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
20 End User Domain Name Purchases
A custom tea machine maker, video game company and swimsuit seller buy domain names. Sedo rebounded from the slow holiday week with good sales results, handling $1.5 million in domain name transactions. It made some good four figure sales to end user...
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20 End User Domain Name Purchases
A custom tea machine maker, video game company and swimsuit seller buy domain names. Sedo rebounded from the slow holiday week with good sales results, handling $1.5 million in domain name transactions. It made some good four figure sales to end user...
Discussion
July 15, 2015, 2:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Great domain sites: UDRPSearch.com
A good resource for domain name disputes. There are a handful of sites I visit multiple types a day, in part to get content for Domain Name Wire. One of these is David Lahoti’s UDRPSearch.com. The free (and ad-less) site makes it easy to see up...
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Great domain sites: UDRPSearch.com
A good resource for domain name disputes. There are a handful of sites I visit multiple types a day, in part to get content for Domain Name Wire. One of these is David Lahoti’s UDRPSearch.com. The free (and ad-less) site makes it easy to see up...
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July 14, 2015, 5:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Trending keywords in .com: Gay, Zone, Buzz
Used, Gay, and three keywords matching new TLDS make the list. Verisign has published its monthly “trending keywords” report, highlighting the keywords making the biggest jump from the May to June in .com domain name registrations. &ldquo...
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Trending keywords in .com: Gay, Zone, Buzz
Used, Gay, and three keywords matching new TLDS make the list. Verisign has published its monthly “trending keywords” report, highlighting the keywords making the biggest jump from the May to June in .com domain name registrations. &ldquo...
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July 14, 2015, 4:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
eNom wins eNoms.com. Registrant tried to send a message through Whois.
An amusing whois record for eNoms.com. Domain name registrar eNom has won a UDRP for eNoms.com. According to the decision, the owner of the domain name tried to sell the domain name to eNom for $1,500. That’s about the cost of filing a UDRP, bu...
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eNom wins eNoms.com. Registrant tried to send a message through Whois.
An amusing whois record for eNoms.com. Domain name registrar eNom has won a UDRP for eNoms.com. According to the decision, the owner of the domain name tried to sell the domain name to eNom for $1,500. That’s about the cost of filing a UDRP, bu...
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July 14, 2015, 1:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Former GoDaddy employees say they’re owed overtime
Plaintiffs say they shouldn’t have been categorized as exempt and are owed overtime. Three former* GoDaddy employees have sued the company, saying they should be paid overtime for work in excess of 40 hours per week. Sal Careaga, Joshua Berry a...
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Former GoDaddy employees say they’re owed overtime
Plaintiffs say they shouldn’t have been categorized as exempt and are owed overtime. Three former* GoDaddy employees have sued the company, saying they should be paid overtime for work in excess of 40 hours per week. Sal Careaga, Joshua Berry a...
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July 13, 2015, 6:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mike Mann – DNW Podcast #41
BuyDomains founder discusses domain names. My guest today is Mike Mann. Mike Mann founded BuyDomains, built it up to 500,000 domain names, and then sold it to investors. Now he’s at it again with DomainMarket.com. Mike explains how he used tech...
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Mike Mann – DNW Podcast #41
BuyDomains founder discusses domain names. My guest today is Mike Mann. Mike Mann founded BuyDomains, built it up to 500,000 domain names, and then sold it to investors. Now he’s at it again with DomainMarket.com. Mike explains how he used tech...
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July 13, 2015, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Feeling some .Love for .Site? Check out these premium prices
.Site is an appealing generic, but pricing on premiums is a big turn-off. Four top level domain names become available for registration this week. The most notable is .Site, a good generic domain name that launches Wednesday. Radix, the same company ...
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Feeling some .Love for .Site? Check out these premium prices
.Site is an appealing generic, but pricing on premiums is a big turn-off. Four top level domain names become available for registration this week. The most notable is .Site, a good generic domain name that launches Wednesday. Radix, the same company ...
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July 13, 2015, 2:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Some New TLDs shoot the whole program in the foot
.Ooo registry Infinibeam takes back 9-month-old domain names. New top level domain names aren’t exactly flying off registrar’s shelves. They face decades of head start from .com and county code domains, universal accessibility challenges,...
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Some New TLDs shoot the whole program in the foot
.Ooo registry Infinibeam takes back 9-month-old domain names. New top level domain names aren’t exactly flying off registrar’s shelves. They face decades of head start from .com and county code domains, universal accessibility challenges,...
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July 12, 2015, 8:13 pm
