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GoDaddy Auctions sells close to 40,000 domain names in December
Top reported sale was Uber.org for $36,000. GoDaddy Auctions tallied 38,841 domain name sales in December, according to preliminary numbers in the company’s Domain Market Report. The top reportable sale was Uber.org for $36,000. Although the wh...
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GoDaddy Auctions sells close to 40,000 domain names in December
Top reported sale was Uber.org for $36,000. GoDaddy Auctions tallied 38,841 domain name sales in December, according to preliminary numbers in the company’s Domain Market Report. The top reportable sale was Uber.org for $36,000. Although the wh...
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January 2, 2014, 5:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy gets sixth patent for “Adwords for Top Level Domains”
Domain registrar continues to collect patents for ways to prioritize domain name search results. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a sixth patent to GoDaddy related to a way to position domain names in response to a user’s domain...
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GoDaddy gets sixth patent for “Adwords for Top Level Domains”
Domain registrar continues to collect patents for ways to prioritize domain name search results. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a sixth patent to GoDaddy related to a way to position domain names in response to a user’s domain...
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January 2, 2014, 5:11 pm
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Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg launch AllThingsD successor on a .net domain
New tech publication Re/code acquires and launches on a .net domain name. Tech journalists Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg have shut down AllThingsD after their contract with NewsCorp/Wall Street Journal concluded without a new deal. With backing from...
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Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg launch AllThingsD successor on a .net domain
New tech publication Re/code acquires and launches on a .net domain name. Tech journalists Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg have shut down AllThingsD after their contract with NewsCorp/Wall Street Journal concluded without a new deal. With backing from...
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January 2, 2014, 3:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo and Tucows ink domain listing distribution deal
Tucows has joined SedoMLS, giving access to the domain sales network to its thousands of resellers. Sedo has gained a big customer for its SedoMLS network. Tucows, which is generally considered the third or fourth largest domain name registrar, is jo...
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Sedo and Tucows ink domain listing distribution deal
Tucows has joined SedoMLS, giving access to the domain sales network to its thousands of resellers. Sedo has gained a big customer for its SedoMLS network. Tucows, which is generally considered the third or fourth largest domain name registrar, is jo...
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December 31, 2013, 4:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
2013 Top Stories: Demand Media to spin off domain business
Rightside will make some noise in 2014. Demand Media has had its share of ups and downs since it was founded in 2006. 2013 was mostly a year of downs for its content business, which includes eHow and Livestrong.com, thanks to Google’s search en...
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2013 Top Stories: Demand Media to spin off domain business
Rightside will make some noise in 2014. Demand Media has had its share of ups and downs since it was founded in 2006. 2013 was mostly a year of downs for its content business, which includes eHow and Livestrong.com, thanks to Google’s search en...
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December 31, 2013, 3:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows executes reverse stock split, starts trading on NASDAQ
Tucows shares trading close to $13.00. Domain name company Tucows is now trading on the NASDAQ at a double digit number, thanks to its reverse stock split. As of the time of posting, is shares (NASDAQ: TCX) are trading at $12.95. Shares closed at $3....
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Tucows executes reverse stock split, starts trading on NASDAQ
Tucows shares trading close to $13.00. Domain name company Tucows is now trading on the NASDAQ at a double digit number, thanks to its reverse stock split. As of the time of posting, is shares (NASDAQ: TCX) are trading at $12.95. Shares closed at $3....
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December 31, 2013, 2:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
It’s almost 2014, and people are registering 2014 domain names in droves
Over 6,000 2014 domain names registered in December. It’s almost 2014, and the market for registering domain names that include “2014″ is apparently quite robust. Verisign data show that 6,108 .com and .net domain names including &l...
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It’s almost 2014, and people are registering 2014 domain names in droves
Over 6,000 2014 domain names registered in December. It’s almost 2014, and the market for registering domain names that include “2014″ is apparently quite robust. Verisign data show that 6,108 .com and .net domain names including &l...
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December 30, 2013, 6:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Anti-Google group FairSearch.org loses objection against .map
Panelist unmoved by FairSearch.org’s arguments against Google’s bid to run a .map top level domain name. FairSearch.org, a consortium representing companies that compete against Google, is now 0-for-2 in community objections it filed agai...
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Anti-Google group FairSearch.org loses objection against .map
Panelist unmoved by FairSearch.org’s arguments against Google’s bid to run a .map top level domain name. FairSearch.org, a consortium representing companies that compete against Google, is now 0-for-2 in community objections it filed agai...
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December 30, 2013, 5:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
2013 Top Stories: A new direction for GoDaddy
GoDaddy has a new CEO and is moving in a new direction. Blake Irving took the helm of domain name registrar and webhosting giant GoDaddy this year. It was a big shift for the company, which had been run by insiders until an investment group bought in...
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2013 Top Stories: A new direction for GoDaddy
GoDaddy has a new CEO and is moving in a new direction. Blake Irving took the helm of domain name registrar and webhosting giant GoDaddy this year. It was a big shift for the company, which had been run by insiders until an investment group bought in...
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December 30, 2013, 4:40 pm
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2013 Top Stories: First new top level domain name contracts signed
A big milestone in the new top level domain name program. It’s been a long at winding road to the introduction of new top level domain names on the internet. It’s taken many more years than some applicants expected. For some companies, th...
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2013 Top Stories: First new top level domain name contracts signed
A big milestone in the new top level domain name program. It’s been a long at winding road to the introduction of new top level domain names on the internet. It’s taken many more years than some applicants expected. For some companies, th...
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December 27, 2013, 3:56 pm
