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Oversee.net launches TrafficMatch to pitch domain traffic to advertisers
TrafficMatch promotes domain name traffic to advertisers. Oversee.net, the parent company of DomainSponsor, somewhat quietly launched TrafficMatch last month. TrafficMatch pitches the company’s 300 million monthly visitors direct to advertisers...
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Oversee.net launches TrafficMatch to pitch domain traffic to advertisers
TrafficMatch promotes domain name traffic to advertisers. Oversee.net, the parent company of DomainSponsor, somewhat quietly launched TrafficMatch last month. TrafficMatch pitches the company’s 300 million monthly visitors direct to advertisers...
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July 29, 2013, 3:03 pm

Domain Name Wire
Matt Cutts releases new video about using ccTLDs for generic purposes
Cutts explains when Google decides to make a ccTLD global. Google’s SEO/Webspam leader Matt Cutts has released a new video about using a country code top level domain name for a website not targeted to that country. His message is the same that...
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Matt Cutts releases new video about using ccTLDs for generic purposes
Cutts explains when Google decides to make a ccTLD global. Google’s SEO/Webspam leader Matt Cutts has released a new video about using a country code top level domain name for a website not targeted to that country. His message is the same that...
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July 29, 2013, 2:28 pm

Domain Name Wire
Gmail vs. Snail Mail: Google wins challenge by USPS
USPS’ challenge to Google over .mail top level domain is denied. Last week, a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist delivered some bad news to the The United States Postal Service: its challenge to Amazon.com’s application to ...
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Gmail vs. Snail Mail: Google wins challenge by USPS
USPS’ challenge to Google over .mail top level domain is denied. Last week, a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist delivered some bad news to the The United States Postal Service: its challenge to Amazon.com’s application to ...
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July 29, 2013, 2:06 pm

Domain Name Wire
How right-to-left domain names work in practice
Depending on your language, new TLDs might be about new opportunities to the left of the dot. When ICANN unveiled the list of top level domain name applications at a media event in London last summer, some in the community were upset that Arabic IDNs...
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How right-to-left domain names work in practice
Depending on your language, new TLDs might be about new opportunities to the left of the dot. When ICANN unveiled the list of top level domain name applications at a media event in London last summer, some in the community were upset that Arabic IDNs...
Discussion
July 29, 2013, 1:23 pm

Domain Name Wire
JustFab.com sues Fab.com for infringing its trademark
Two fashion startups argue over which one is the most fabulous. This legal battle is absolutely fabulous! Just Fabulous, the company behind online fashion site JustFab.com, has sued white-hot e-commerce site Fab.com. Just Fabulous claims that Fab.com...
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JustFab.com sues Fab.com for infringing its trademark
Two fashion startups argue over which one is the most fabulous. This legal battle is absolutely fabulous! Just Fabulous, the company behind online fashion site JustFab.com, has sued white-hot e-commerce site Fab.com. Just Fabulous claims that Fab.com...
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July 29, 2013, 11:34 am

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Law firm sues JustDropped.com and its owner, claiming cybersquatting
Law firm with the generic name “Outside General Counsel” sues Dan Rubin over OutsideGeneralCounsel.com domain name. A law firm called Outside General Counsel Plc has sued JustDropped.com and its owner Dan Rubin, claiming he is cybersquatt...
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Law firm sues JustDropped.com and its owner, claiming cybersquatting
Law firm with the generic name “Outside General Counsel” sues Dan Rubin over OutsideGeneralCounsel.com domain name. A law firm called Outside General Counsel Plc has sued JustDropped.com and its owner Dan Rubin, claiming he is cybersquatt...
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July 29, 2013, 9:30 am

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Frank Schilling planning a domain name conference?
Schilling files trademark application related to domain conferences. Is Frank Schilling planning to hold domain name conferences in the future? The thought has at least crossed his mind – if not gone further. George Kirikos spotted that Schilli...
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Frank Schilling planning a domain name conference?
Schilling files trademark application related to domain conferences. Is Frank Schilling planning to hold domain name conferences in the future? The thought has at least crossed his mind – if not gone further. George Kirikos spotted that Schilli...
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July 28, 2013, 11:34 am

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Verisign files first UDRP since 2007
.Com registry wants a .com. Verisign, the company that runs the .com registry, has filed a UDRP against a .com domain name. It’s the first UDRP the company has filed since it went after verisigngateway.com in 2007. The filing targets PoweredByV...
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Verisign files first UDRP since 2007
.Com registry wants a .com. Verisign, the company that runs the .com registry, has filed a UDRP against a .com domain name. It’s the first UDRP the company has filed since it went after verisigngateway.com in 2007. The filing targets PoweredByV...
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July 27, 2013, 11:15 am

Domain Name Wire
Arrested Development domain name joke
The challenge of finding a good domain name is illustrated perfectly on Arrested Development. I’m finally getting to the end of the Netflix season of Arrested Development (no binge viewing for me!). I’m not going to play spoiler here, but...
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Arrested Development domain name joke
The challenge of finding a good domain name is illustrated perfectly on Arrested Development. I’m finally getting to the end of the Netflix season of Arrested Development (no binge viewing for me!). I’m not going to play spoiler here, but...
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July 26, 2013, 12:45 pm

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What’s the market size for a top level domain?
Can new TLDs increase demand for domain names, or will they merely take a percentage of the existing market? A few weeks ago Dan Warner posted an analysis of sports related top level domain name applications. He compared the strings applied for (e.g....
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What’s the market size for a top level domain?
Can new TLDs increase demand for domain names, or will they merely take a percentage of the existing market? A few weeks ago Dan Warner posted an analysis of sports related top level domain name applications. He compared the strings applied for (e.g....
Discussion
July 26, 2013, 9:29 am