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Google begins mobile search rankings shakeup
Search rankings on mobile devices are shifting starting today. Today is the day. Google has begun changing search results on mobile phones based on if sites are mobile friendly or not. According to a blog post from the company, the search rankings ro...
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Google begins mobile search rankings shakeup
Search rankings on mobile devices are shifting starting today. Today is the day. Google has begun changing search results on mobile phones based on if sites are mobile friendly or not. According to a blog post from the company, the search rankings ro...
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April 21, 2015, 2:44 pm
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.London, .NYC and new ways to calculate the success of a TLD
A deep dive into how .London and .NYC are being used. The .London and .NYC top level domain names were both launched last year and have risen to the top of new TLD leaderboards. .London currently has about 60,000 registrations and .NYC has topped 75,...
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.London, .NYC and new ways to calculate the success of a TLD
A deep dive into how .London and .NYC are being used. The .London and .NYC top level domain names were both launched last year and have risen to the top of new TLD leaderboards. .London currently has about 60,000 registrations and .NYC has topped 75,...
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April 21, 2015, 1:43 pm
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New Domain this week: .Poker
Afilias launches .poker this week, and it is the only new TLD launch I could find. I can only find one new top level domain name on Calzone.org that’s launching this week, so it will get a little extra focus. Afilias launches .Poker on Tuesday ...
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New Domain this week: .Poker
Afilias launches .poker this week, and it is the only new TLD launch I could find. I can only find one new top level domain name on Calzone.org that’s launching this week, so it will get a little extra focus. Afilias launches .Poker on Tuesday ...
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April 20, 2015, 7:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Help! My Domain name was stolen! with Pablo Palatnik – DNW Podcast #29
What would happen if your business’s domain name was stolen? Imagine waking up one day and finding that your business’s domain name was stolen. That’s exactly what happened to Pablo Palatnik, founder of online sunglasses retailer Sh...
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Help! My Domain name was stolen! with Pablo Palatnik – DNW Podcast #29
What would happen if your business’s domain name was stolen? Imagine waking up one day and finding that your business’s domain name was stolen. That’s exactly what happened to Pablo Palatnik, founder of online sunglasses retailer Sh...
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April 20, 2015, 3:30 pm
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Is Amazon.com the biggest user of new domain names?
Amazon has registered a bunch of domains under new TLDs, and it’s forwarding them to pages on its website. It’s still unclear what Amazon.com’s strategy is for the many top level domain names it will soon control. But we might get a...
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Is Amazon.com the biggest user of new domain names?
Amazon has registered a bunch of domains under new TLDs, and it’s forwarding them to pages on its website. It’s still unclear what Amazon.com’s strategy is for the many top level domain names it will soon control. But we might get a...
Discussion
April 20, 2015, 2:40 pm
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Stolen domain name 608.com returned to owner in UDRP
Panel orders 608.com transferred back to its previous owner. An Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (ADNDRC) panel has ordered the domain name 608.com be returned to its previous owner, who said the domain name was stolen from him. In the dis...
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Stolen domain name 608.com returned to owner in UDRP
Panel orders 608.com transferred back to its previous owner. An Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (ADNDRC) panel has ordered the domain name 608.com be returned to its previous owner, who said the domain name was stolen from him. In the dis...
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April 20, 2015, 1:35 pm
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The history of Verisign’s Internet Official contest winners
Verisign contest hits its goal in first round. Verisign has announced the first five winners in its Internet Official contest, a promotion designed to show that good .com domain names are still available. The domain names selected have interesting hi...
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The history of Verisign’s Internet Official contest winners
Verisign contest hits its goal in first round. Verisign has announced the first five winners in its Internet Official contest, a promotion designed to show that good .com domain names are still available. The domain names selected have interesting hi...
Discussion
April 17, 2015, 4:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Judge denies motion to strike UDRP cases from MySchool.com pleadings
Plaintiff asked judge to forbid information about its two UDRP losses over the same domain to be used in pleadings. United States Magistrate Judge John F. Anderson has denied a motion to strike prior UDRPs from pleadings in a cybersquatting lawsuit f...
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Judge denies motion to strike UDRP cases from MySchool.com pleadings
Plaintiff asked judge to forbid information about its two UDRP losses over the same domain to be used in pleadings. United States Magistrate Judge John F. Anderson has denied a motion to strike prior UDRPs from pleadings in a cybersquatting lawsuit f...
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April 17, 2015, 2:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google nixing domain names in mobile search
Search results replace domain name with site name. Google is making sweeping changes to its search rankings on mobile devices next week, but the search giant just introduced another pretty big change. Starting yesterday, Google began replacing the UR...
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Google nixing domain names in mobile search
Search results replace domain name with site name. Google is making sweeping changes to its search rankings on mobile devices next week, but the search giant just introduced another pretty big change. Starting yesterday, Google began replacing the UR...
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April 17, 2015, 1:15 pm
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WaterCoolers.com sells for $25.2k, and other expired domain name sales
A look back at the past week in expired domain name sales. The gossip at the water cooler this week might be WaterCoolers.com itself, which was NameJet’s top expired domain auction, selling for $25.2k. Not too far behind (at $15.1k) is the...
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WaterCoolers.com sells for $25.2k, and other expired domain name sales
A look back at the past week in expired domain name sales. The gossip at the water cooler this week might be WaterCoolers.com itself, which was NameJet’s top expired domain auction, selling for $25.2k. Not too far behind (at $15.1k) is the...
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April 16, 2015, 5:34 pm
