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Last week’s Expired Domain Name Sales
After seeing English and Chinese jostling for king of the mountain week after week, it’s a real pleasure to see Spanish climb to that top spot, as if reminding us that it – not English – stands as the world’s 2n...
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Last week’s Expired Domain Name Sales
After seeing English and Chinese jostling for king of the mountain week after week, it’s a real pleasure to see Spanish climb to that top spot, as if reminding us that it – not English – stands as the world’s 2n...
Discussion
December 19, 2014, 2:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club raising more money, valued at $25.4 million
.Club to be valued at $25.4 million after investment. The .Club top level domain name registry is raising more funds, and the latest round will value the company at $25.4 million after the investment closes. .Club previously raised $7.5 million, with...
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.Club raising more money, valued at $25.4 million
.Club to be valued at $25.4 million after investment. The .Club top level domain name registry is raising more funds, and the latest round will value the company at $25.4 million after the investment closes. .Club previously raised $7.5 million, with...
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December 18, 2014, 8:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Union Bank loses cases against gripe websites
Former customer registered ten domain names to air grievances about the bank. Union Bank has lost three domain name arbitration cases involving an upset former customer. The bank filed three separate actions covering UnionBank.me, unionbancal.co, uni...
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Union Bank loses cases against gripe websites
Former customer registered ten domain names to air grievances about the bank. Union Bank has lost three domain name arbitration cases involving an upset former customer. The bank filed three separate actions covering UnionBank.me, unionbancal.co, uni...
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December 18, 2014, 6:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
A look back at November’s NameJet Sales
November for Namejet – as measured by domain auctions that closed above $2,000 – was a slow month. Just one month prior, 12 out of the 66 charted sales surpassed $10k, with the highest attaining $91.8k; but last m...
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A look back at November’s NameJet Sales
November for Namejet – as measured by domain auctions that closed above $2,000 – was a slow month. Just one month prior, 12 out of the 66 charted sales surpassed $10k, with the highest attaining $91.8k; but last m...
Discussion
December 18, 2014, 4:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cuba domain names take off after yesterday’s announcement
Yesterday was a good day for Rob Sequin’s domain name portfolio. Yesterday, President Obama announced renewed relations with the government of Cuba. The announcement has immediate ramifications for trade and travel between the two countries, an...
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Cuba domain names take off after yesterday’s announcement
Yesterday was a good day for Rob Sequin’s domain name portfolio. Yesterday, President Obama announced renewed relations with the government of Cuba. The announcement has immediate ramifications for trade and travel between the two countries, an...
Discussion
December 18, 2014, 3:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Johnson & Johnson pays $3.1M for .Baby, CREA $3.4M for .MLS
.Baby and .MLS new TLDs awarded. Two new top level domain names contention sets were resolved at auction today. The auction with six participants ended with a lower price than the one with just two. Consumer products company Johnson & Johnson won...
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Johnson & Johnson pays $3.1M for .Baby, CREA $3.4M for .MLS
.Baby and .MLS new TLDs awarded. Two new top level domain names contention sets were resolved at auction today. The auction with six participants ended with a lower price than the one with just two. Consumer products company Johnson & Johnson won...
Discussion
December 17, 2014, 11:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Last week’s end user domain name sales at Sedo
Some end user sales…and some probable end user sales. Sedo handled 573 transactions last week for a total of about $1.0 million of domain name sales. This week’s end user list is shorter than usual, but that doesn’t mean there were...
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Last week’s end user domain name sales at Sedo
Some end user sales…and some probable end user sales. Sedo handled 573 transactions last week for a total of about $1.0 million of domain name sales. This week’s end user list is shorter than usual, but that doesn’t mean there were...
Discussion
December 17, 2014, 8:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Could new TLDs have an SEO benefit in the future?
Only if it improves search results. Using a new top level domain name instead of a .com or other gTLD does not give you a benefit in Google search results. Ditto for using a .com instead of a new TLD. They’re basically the same. That’s wh...
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Could new TLDs have an SEO benefit in the future?
Only if it improves search results. Using a new top level domain name instead of a .com or other gTLD does not give you a benefit in Google search results. Ditto for using a .com instead of a new TLD. They’re basically the same. That’s wh...
Discussion
December 17, 2014, 4:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN hacked, zone file system among victims
Hackers phished ICANN employees to gain access to systems. ICANN revealed today that its systems were compromised by a phishing attack. The attack involved emails designed to look like they came from ICANN’s own domain name being sent to member...
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ICANN hacked, zone file system among victims
Hackers phished ICANN employees to gain access to systems. ICANN revealed today that its systems were compromised by a phishing attack. The attack involved emails designed to look like they came from ICANN’s own domain name being sent to member...
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December 17, 2014, 1:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Brown Shoe Co. sells Shoes.com busines
Owners of SHOEme and OnlineShoes.com buy Shoes.com. Publicly traded Brown Shoe Co has sold its Shoes.com online business to online shoe-seller SHOEme. SHOEme operates Shoeme.ca/com and OnlineShoes.com. Hardy Capital acquired both of these companies e...
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Brown Shoe Co. sells Shoes.com busines
Owners of SHOEme and OnlineShoes.com buy Shoes.com. Publicly traded Brown Shoe Co has sold its Shoes.com online business to online shoe-seller SHOEme. SHOEme operates Shoeme.ca/com and OnlineShoes.com. Hardy Capital acquired both of these companies e...
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December 16, 2014, 8:21 pm
