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Here’s what law enforcement wants you to do before registering a domain…
Registering a domain name might become a lot more time intensive in the future. Negotiations between ICANN and registrars to amend the registrar accreditation agreement are ongoing, and law enforcement agencies are asking for some pretty big changes ...
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Here’s what law enforcement wants you to do before registering a domain…
Registering a domain name might become a lot more time intensive in the future. Negotiations between ICANN and registrars to amend the registrar accreditation agreement are ongoing, and law enforcement agencies are asking for some pretty big changes ...
Discussion
May 15, 2012, 3:27 pm

Domain Name Wire
Bari Meyerson latest to change jobs within domain industry
Meyerson lands at eNom. Once people discover the domain industry and all it has to offer, it’s hard to move to any other industry. The latest move comes courtesy of Bari Meyerson. Meyerson left her long-time post at Moniker as it was being sold...
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Bari Meyerson latest to change jobs within domain industry
Meyerson lands at eNom. Once people discover the domain industry and all it has to offer, it’s hard to move to any other industry. The latest move comes courtesy of Bari Meyerson. Meyerson left her long-time post at Moniker as it was being sold...
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May 15, 2012, 3:05 pm

Domain Name Wire
Review: Twitter self service advertising tool
A great way to boost your social presence, but light on analytics. I have a confession to make: I’ve been buying Twitter followers. 87 of them to date. It all started when I saw a promotional tweet from American Express offering $100 in Twitter...
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Review: Twitter self service advertising tool
A great way to boost your social presence, but light on analytics. I have a confession to make: I’ve been buying Twitter followers. 87 of them to date. It all started when I saw a promotional tweet from American Express offering $100 in Twitter...
Discussion
May 15, 2012, 10:54 am

Domain Name Wire
Like I said, TAS problems doom Digital Archery
IPC questions ICANN’s ability to execute digital archery. Digital archery is doomed. The clever way ICANN plans to “batch” applications for new top level domains will either be killed, or it will be subject to accusations and lawsui...
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Like I said, TAS problems doom Digital Archery
IPC questions ICANN’s ability to execute digital archery. Digital archery is doomed. The clever way ICANN plans to “batch” applications for new top level domains will either be killed, or it will be subject to accusations and lawsui...
Discussion
May 15, 2012, 10:42 am

Domain Name Wire
The inside story of Mama.com
Mamma.com owner selling Mama.com. I was originally a bit surprised to see mama.com in Moniker’s Spring Auction ending this week. Then I realized the domain on auction is actually a typo of the once popular search engine Mamma.com — not th...
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The inside story of Mama.com
Mamma.com owner selling Mama.com. I was originally a bit surprised to see mama.com in Moniker’s Spring Auction ending this week. Then I realized the domain on auction is actually a typo of the once popular search engine Mamma.com — not th...
Discussion
May 14, 2012, 4:07 pm

Domain Name Wire
Now this is a creative UDRP argument
You violated someone’s rights when you registered the domain, even if it wasn’t our rights. Think you’ve seen them all? Here’s a very creative argument from Stabilus GmbH, maker of electronic tailgate openers, on why a UDRP pa...
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Now this is a creative UDRP argument
You violated someone’s rights when you registered the domain, even if it wasn’t our rights. Think you’ve seen them all? Here’s a very creative argument from Stabilus GmbH, maker of electronic tailgate openers, on why a UDRP pa...
Discussion
May 14, 2012, 1:58 pm

Domain Name Wire
10,000 most popular topics in domains
Cloud, tech, and tv are popular topics in domain names. LeanDomainSearch has just published a list of the 10,000 most popular topics found in .com domain names. The site used research from its list of top prefixes and suffixes for domain names to fig...
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10,000 most popular topics in domains
Cloud, tech, and tv are popular topics in domain names. LeanDomainSearch has just published a list of the 10,000 most popular topics found in .com domain names. The site used research from its list of top prefixes and suffixes for domain names to fig...
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May 14, 2012, 11:09 am

Domain Name Wire
I ordered a new license plate…
What do you think? Texas now allows you to order a dot on personalized license plates. It only works on some of the designs, though. This is technically just a six character license plate since the dot doesn’t really count. But if you have a th...
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I ordered a new license plate…
What do you think? Texas now allows you to order a dot on personalized license plates. It only works on some of the designs, though. This is technically just a six character license plate since the dot doesn’t really count. But if you have a th...
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May 14, 2012, 10:14 am

Domain Name Wire
VeriSign releases more traffic data about unregistered domains
.com and .net registry provides added detail about NXD traffic. VeriSign has enhanced its DomainScore tool to provide more insight into the traffic unregistered domains receive. DomainScore provides a relative score for the amount of traffic an unreg...
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VeriSign releases more traffic data about unregistered domains
.com and .net registry provides added detail about NXD traffic. VeriSign has enhanced its DomainScore tool to provide more insight into the traffic unregistered domains receive. DomainScore provides a relative score for the amount of traffic an unreg...
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May 11, 2012, 11:10 am

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Marchex successfully defends geo domain name in UDRP
Panel rules company can keep Norcross.com domain name. Marchex has successfully defended the domain name Norcross.com in a UDRP with the help of domain name attorney John Berryhill. Marchex acquired the domain when it bought Yun Ye’s Ultimate S...
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Marchex successfully defends geo domain name in UDRP
Panel rules company can keep Norcross.com domain name. Marchex has successfully defended the domain name Norcross.com in a UDRP with the help of domain name attorney John Berryhill. Marchex acquired the domain when it bought Yun Ye’s Ultimate S...
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May 11, 2012, 10:48 am