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.Facebook? It’s Highly Likely.
Facebook will likely apply for .facebook. Will Facebook apply for the new top level domain name Facebook? Most likely. This popped up on my radar today when Facebook changed the nameservers for the domain name dotFacebook.com to its main servers. I r...
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.Facebook? It’s Highly Likely.
Facebook will likely apply for .facebook. Will Facebook apply for the new top level domain name Facebook? Most likely. This popped up on my radar today when Facebook changed the nameservers for the domain name dotFacebook.com to its main servers. I r...
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August 10, 2011, 1:01 pm
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Aftermarket.com Offers Private Domain Name Brokerage
Company officially moves into domain brokerage services. Aftermarket.com is now officially offering private domain name brokerage services. The company has recently sent solicitations about domains including WorldTradeCenter.com. But today the group ...
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Aftermarket.com Offers Private Domain Name Brokerage
Company officially moves into domain brokerage services. Aftermarket.com is now officially offering private domain name brokerage services. The company has recently sent solicitations about domains including WorldTradeCenter.com. But today the group ...
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August 10, 2011, 12:41 pm
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ICANN CEO Snaps Back at ANA Over New TLDs
Beckstrom responds to advertising group with strongly worded letter. ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom has responded (pdf) to a letter (pdf) from Association of National Advertisers (ANA) that had demanded ICANN suspend its plans for the new top level domain n...
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ICANN CEO Snaps Back at ANA Over New TLDs
Beckstrom responds to advertising group with strongly worded letter. ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom has responded (pdf) to a letter (pdf) from Association of National Advertisers (ANA) that had demanded ICANN suspend its plans for the new top level domain n...
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August 10, 2011, 12:23 pm
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What Domains Starwood Hotels and Other End Users Bought This Week
Hotel chain among end user domain name buyers this week. As I do every week, here’s a look at end user domain purchases from Afternic for the past week. First let’s start with the big name: Starwood Hotels and Resorts. The company paid $1...
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What Domains Starwood Hotels and Other End Users Bought This Week
Hotel chain among end user domain name buyers this week. As I do every week, here’s a look at end user domain purchases from Afternic for the past week. First let’s start with the big name: Starwood Hotels and Resorts. The company paid $1...
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August 10, 2011, 8:03 am
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Demand Media Renews Ad Deal With Google
Demand Media renews advertising deal with Google as loss widens. Demand Media released earnings this afternoon for the second quarter. Some of the GAAP financial highlights include: -Revenue up 32% compared to Q2 2010 -Net loss increased to $2.4 mill...
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Demand Media Renews Ad Deal With Google
Demand Media renews advertising deal with Google as loss widens. Demand Media released earnings this afternoon for the second quarter. Some of the GAAP financial highlights include: -Revenue up 32% compared to Q2 2010 -Net loss increased to $2.4 mill...
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August 9, 2011, 5:22 pm
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Sedo’s Jeremiah Johnston Steps Down, Will Open Private Practice
Long time domain industry exec steps down. Sedo has just confirmed a rumor that started peculating recently: CEO Jeremiah Johnston is leaving the company. Johnston will remain General Counsel to the company as he opens his own private practice. Hones...
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Sedo’s Jeremiah Johnston Steps Down, Will Open Private Practice
Long time domain industry exec steps down. Sedo has just confirmed a rumor that started peculating recently: CEO Jeremiah Johnston is leaving the company. Johnston will remain General Counsel to the company as he opens his own private practice. Hones...
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August 9, 2011, 5:09 pm
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Nintendo 1-Ups for Popular SuperMario.com Web Site
Nintendo wants to lay claim to high traffic web site. Decades after bringing the iconic video game character Mario and the Super Mario series to millions of gamers, Nintendo has decided it wants the domain name SuperMario.com. The company just filed ...
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Nintendo 1-Ups for Popular SuperMario.com Web Site
Nintendo wants to lay claim to high traffic web site. Decades after bringing the iconic video game character Mario and the Super Mario series to millions of gamers, Nintendo has decided it wants the domain name SuperMario.com. The company just filed ...
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August 9, 2011, 11:53 am
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HostingCon Kicks Off in San Diego
Conference for the web hosting industry invades San Diego. HostingCon kicked off yesterday in San Diego, bringing together the web hosting industry and its many related service providers. I arrived late in the morning and caught the last ten minutes ...
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HostingCon Kicks Off in San Diego
Conference for the web hosting industry invades San Diego. HostingCon kicked off yesterday in San Diego, bringing together the web hosting industry and its many related service providers. I arrived late in the morning and caught the last ten minutes ...
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August 9, 2011, 11:36 am
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Product Expansion? Toys ‘R’ Us Gets Tattoos ‘R’ Us Domain Name
Company gets a bunch of unusable domain names in arbitration case. Is it the right strategy? Before long, Toys ‘R’ Us might be able to get into the credit card, insurance, legal, and even tattoos businesses. OK, so it doesn’t really...
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Product Expansion? Toys ‘R’ Us Gets Tattoos ‘R’ Us Domain Name
Company gets a bunch of unusable domain names in arbitration case. Is it the right strategy? Before long, Toys ‘R’ Us might be able to get into the credit card, insurance, legal, and even tattoos businesses. OK, so it doesn’t really...
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August 8, 2011, 11:59 am
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You May Have Missed Some Big Domain Name News Last Week
If you missed these stories, take a look. There were a couple big domain name stories last week that you may have missed, especially since some of it came out Friday afternoon. And the news all comes out of Canada. First, on Thursday I wrote about ho...
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You May Have Missed Some Big Domain Name News Last Week
If you missed these stories, take a look. There were a couple big domain name stories last week that you may have missed, especially since some of it came out Friday afternoon. And the news all comes out of Canada. First, on Thursday I wrote about ho...
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August 8, 2011, 10:45 am
