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.Co to return to Super Bowl in GoDaddy commercial
.Co to be featured in GoDaddy Super Bowl commercial. The .co top level domain name will get heavy exposure at the Super Bowl for a second year in a row. Today domain name registrar GoDaddy announced that one of its two commercials in next year’...
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.Co to return to Super Bowl in GoDaddy commercial
.Co to be featured in GoDaddy Super Bowl commercial. The .co top level domain name will get heavy exposure at the Super Bowl for a second year in a row. Today domain name registrar GoDaddy announced that one of its two commercials in next year’...
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December 5, 2011, 8:51 am

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Apparently a lot of people have yet to switch to DNS parking
Google will cut you off at the end of the year. The “deadline” to change your domains parked on Google parking services from URL forwarding to DNS has passed, but apparently a lot of people haven’t made the switch yet. Sedo sent an ...
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Apparently a lot of people have yet to switch to DNS parking
Google will cut you off at the end of the year. The “deadline” to change your domains parked on Google parking services from URL forwarding to DNS has passed, but apparently a lot of people haven’t made the switch yet. Sedo sent an ...
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December 3, 2011, 12:06 pm

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Porn Fight: Manwin says it won’t do business with .xxx domain names
Porn site operator follows up anti-trust suit with competitive threat. Porn purveyor Manwin has taken its battle against the .xxx domain name a step further following its antitrust lawsuit: it’s not going to have anything to do with sites that ...
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Porn Fight: Manwin says it won’t do business with .xxx domain names
Porn site operator follows up anti-trust suit with competitive threat. Porn purveyor Manwin has taken its battle against the .xxx domain name a step further following its antitrust lawsuit: it’s not going to have anything to do with sites that ...
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December 2, 2011, 7:57 pm

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GoDaddy investment should close before end of year
Investment from big name private equity groups should be completed before the end of the year. A private equity investment by KKR, Silver Lake, and Technology Crossover Ventures in GoDaddy should close by the end of the year, according to Iowa news s...
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GoDaddy investment should close before end of year
Investment from big name private equity groups should be completed before the end of the year. A private equity investment by KKR, Silver Lake, and Technology Crossover Ventures in GoDaddy should close by the end of the year, according to Iowa news s...
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December 2, 2011, 11:40 am

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Afilias: Could be 10 years before another new TLD application round opens
Registry urges brands to get their act together. With just forty days to go before ICANN opens the application process for new top level domains, Afilias has a warning for brands: this opportunity could be once in a decade. Here’s how it figure...
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Afilias: Could be 10 years before another new TLD application round opens
Registry urges brands to get their act together. With just forty days to go before ICANN opens the application process for new top level domains, Afilias has a warning for brands: this opportunity could be once in a decade. Here’s how it figure...
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December 2, 2011, 11:20 am

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Mike Tyson wins heavyweight cyber fight
Tyson gets domain name MikeTyson.com. Knock out! A World Intellectual Property Organization has determined that retired Boxer Mike Tyson should get the domain name MikeTyson.com. The domain name was originally registered in 2001, but it expired in 20...
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Mike Tyson wins heavyweight cyber fight
Tyson gets domain name MikeTyson.com. Knock out! A World Intellectual Property Organization has determined that retired Boxer Mike Tyson should get the domain name MikeTyson.com. The domain name was originally registered in 2001, but it expired in 20...
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December 2, 2011, 9:44 am

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Google tweaks algorithm to kick parked domains out of its index
Algorithm change designed to push parked domains out of Google.com index. Google released an update on new changes made to its algorithm today, and one of them is bad news for anyone who still manages to get their parked domain names in the search in...
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Google tweaks algorithm to kick parked domains out of its index
Algorithm change designed to push parked domains out of Google.com index. Google released an update on new changes made to its algorithm today, and one of them is bad news for anyone who still manages to get their parked domain names in the search in...
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December 1, 2011, 2:42 pm

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Where to find the cheapest .xxx domain pricing
.XXX domain names become available early next week. But you need to reserve now to get the good ones. If you want to register .xxx domain names then you better get your act together. General availability starts December 6. But to get the best domains...
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Where to find the cheapest .xxx domain pricing
.XXX domain names become available early next week. But you need to reserve now to get the good ones. If you want to register .xxx domain names then you better get your act together. General availability starts December 6. But to get the best domains...
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December 1, 2011, 10:56 am

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6 things to do in December to make 2012 your best year in domaining
It’s time to set the stage for a successful 2012. There’s just one month left in the year. Rather than settling in for the holidays and vacation, savvy domainers will make December a critical month to set the stage for 2012 — and ma...
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6 things to do in December to make 2012 your best year in domaining
It’s time to set the stage for a successful 2012. There’s just one month left in the year. Rather than settling in for the holidays and vacation, savvy domainers will make December a critical month to set the stage for 2012 — and ma...
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December 1, 2011, 9:16 am

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Arbitration panel gives Noah Cyrus domain name
Youngest Cyrus gets domain name. Noah Cyrus, the eleven year old sister of Miley Cyrus and son of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, has won rights to the domain name NoahCyrus.com. The domain name was registered in 2006 just as Cyrus became a household...
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Arbitration panel gives Noah Cyrus domain name
Youngest Cyrus gets domain name. Noah Cyrus, the eleven year old sister of Miley Cyrus and son of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, has won rights to the domain name NoahCyrus.com. The domain name was registered in 2006 just as Cyrus became a household...
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November 30, 2011, 9:40 pm