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Model and .me user Bar Refaeli to start in Go Daddy commercial
Israeli model is also a .me fan. Israeli model Bar Refaeli will star alongside Danica Patrick in one of Go Daddy’s Super Bowl Commercials this year, the company announced today. A press release from the company doesn’t mention a connectio...
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Model and .me user Bar Refaeli to start in Go Daddy commercial
Israeli model is also a .me fan. Israeli model Bar Refaeli will star alongside Danica Patrick in one of Go Daddy’s Super Bowl Commercials this year, the company announced today. A press release from the company doesn’t mention a connectio...
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January 4, 2013, 10:00 am
Domain Name Wire
You’ve got to read this one: Marchex wins Reverse Domain Hijacking charge
UDRP panel finds pet transportation company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Marchex, with the help of domain name attorney John Berryhill, has won a charge of reverse domain name hijacking. The case was brought by Airpet Animal Transport, In...
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You’ve got to read this one: Marchex wins Reverse Domain Hijacking charge
UDRP panel finds pet transportation company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Marchex, with the help of domain name attorney John Berryhill, has won a charge of reverse domain name hijacking. The case was brought by Airpet Animal Transport, In...
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January 3, 2013, 8:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
FTC rules search bias is OK, settles on Google scraping
FTC says it’s OK that Google promotes its own vertical search properties over rivals since it is designed to improve overall search experience. The FTC has closed its investigation of Google and the search giant has agreed to make certain chang...
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FTC rules search bias is OK, settles on Google scraping
FTC says it’s OK that Google promotes its own vertical search properties over rivals since it is designed to improve overall search experience. The FTC has closed its investigation of Google and the search giant has agreed to make certain chang...
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January 3, 2013, 2:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
WIPO received record number of cybersquatting cases in 2012
UDRP cases hit record at WIPO in 2012. World Intellectual Property Organization received a record number of UDRP cases in 2012. The organization’s web site reports 2,879 cases were filed in 2012, compared to 2,764 in 2011. The cases covered a t...
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WIPO received record number of cybersquatting cases in 2012
UDRP cases hit record at WIPO in 2012. World Intellectual Property Organization received a record number of UDRP cases in 2012. The organization’s web site reports 2,879 cases were filed in 2012, compared to 2,764 in 2011. The cases covered a t...
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January 3, 2013, 1:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo holiday end user sales report
A slow couple weeks but some good end user domain purchases. Domain sales typically slow during the holidays, and that’s evident in Sedo’s year end sales report. The company turned in $1.38 million in sales over two weeks. It typically se...
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Sedo holiday end user sales report
A slow couple weeks but some good end user domain purchases. Domain sales typically slow during the holidays, and that’s evident in Sedo’s year end sales report. The company turned in $1.38 million in sales over two weeks. It typically se...
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January 3, 2013, 10:14 am
Domain Name Wire
2012 Domain Dunce: new TLD applicants
Many companies made big screw-ups on their $185k TLD applications. New top level domain applications are long. They are tedious. They are (mostly) boring. Still, some applicants made some huge errors on their applications. Consider VeriSign, which me...
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2012 Domain Dunce: new TLD applicants
Many companies made big screw-ups on their $185k TLD applications. New top level domain applications are long. They are tedious. They are (mostly) boring. Still, some applicants made some huge errors on their applications. Consider VeriSign, which me...
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January 3, 2013, 9:32 am
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Auctions sold 32,767 in December, led by $50k Marchex deal
Travel domain sells for $50,000 to lead Go Daddy sales last month. Go Daddy Auctions is reporting 32,767 domain names sold in December. The top sale was VisitSanFrancisco.com, a domain sold by Marchex. The $50,000 purchase was made by San Francisco T...
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Go Daddy Auctions sold 32,767 in December, led by $50k Marchex deal
Travel domain sells for $50,000 to lead Go Daddy sales last month. Go Daddy Auctions is reporting 32,767 domain names sold in December. The top sale was VisitSanFrancisco.com, a domain sold by Marchex. The $50,000 purchase was made by San Francisco T...
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January 2, 2013, 12:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
L’Oreal Chief Digital Officer to keynote new TLD conference
L’Oreal to discuss its new TLD plans at conference. L’Oreal Chief Digital Officer Georges-Edouard Dias will be a keynote speaker at the Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress in March. The even takes place March 11-12 at the Dream...
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L’Oreal Chief Digital Officer to keynote new TLD conference
L’Oreal to discuss its new TLD plans at conference. L’Oreal Chief Digital Officer Georges-Edouard Dias will be a keynote speaker at the Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress in March. The even takes place March 11-12 at the Dream...
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January 2, 2013, 11:09 am
Domain Name Wire
HSC.com domain name stolen
Technology company lost its domain name in the middle of December. Someone at communication technology company Hughes Systique Corporation must have had a rough holiday. The company, which is part of satellite company Hughes Communications, says its ...
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HSC.com domain name stolen
Technology company lost its domain name in the middle of December. Someone at communication technology company Hughes Systique Corporation must have had a rough holiday. The company, which is part of satellite company Hughes Communications, says its ...
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January 2, 2013, 10:57 am
Domain Name Wire
2012 in review: Top 10 Domain Name Wire stories
From airline mergers to politics to new TLDs, 2012 was an eventful year. There are two types of stories that catch fire on Domain Name Wire: ones relevant to domain investing and those relevant to the world at large. All of my posts have to do with d...
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2012 in review: Top 10 Domain Name Wire stories
From airline mergers to politics to new TLDs, 2012 was an eventful year. There are two types of stories that catch fire on Domain Name Wire: ones relevant to domain investing and those relevant to the world at large. All of my posts have to do with d...
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January 2, 2013, 10:49 am
