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Surveying the Domain Parking CPA Landscape
There are a number of options for CPA on parked pages, but we’re still trying to figure out what works best. Last week TheParkingPlace.com, which had been in beta for a while, opened its doors. The sample sites I’ve seen on its parking pl...
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Surveying the Domain Parking CPA Landscape
There are a number of options for CPA on parked pages, but we’re still trying to figure out what works best. Last week TheParkingPlace.com, which had been in beta for a while, opened its doors. The sample sites I’ve seen on its parking pl...
Discussion
June 7, 2011, 10:36 am

Domain Name Wire
Is ETF.com Worth $9.5 Million?
A big market but a big price tag. From a Covestor today comes this sales pitch for ETF.com. Asking price: $9.5 million. The domain is being brokered by a Seattle outfit called Broadmoor Associates. I’ve never heard of them before, and they don&...
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Is ETF.com Worth $9.5 Million?
A big market but a big price tag. From a Covestor today comes this sales pitch for ETF.com. Asking price: $9.5 million. The domain is being brokered by a Seattle outfit called Broadmoor Associates. I’ve never heard of them before, and they don&...
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June 6, 2011, 9:27 pm

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Chad Folkening’s eCorp Beats Tribune Company in Domain Dispute
Panel refuses to give Tribune Media the ChannelGuide.com domain name. Chad Folkening’s eCorp has beaten Goliath in a UDRP decision. Folkening, who recently teamed up with John Ferber for Domain Holdings, is the registrant of over 1,000 “c...
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Chad Folkening’s eCorp Beats Tribune Company in Domain Dispute
Panel refuses to give Tribune Media the ChannelGuide.com domain name. Chad Folkening’s eCorp has beaten Goliath in a UDRP decision. Folkening, who recently teamed up with John Ferber for Domain Holdings, is the registrant of over 1,000 “c...
Discussion
June 6, 2011, 11:06 am

Domain Name Wire
Kinect Disneyland May Be Just the Beginning – DisneyWorld Too?
Microsoft registers domain names for more Kinect games based on Disney theme parks. There’s a lot of buzz in the video gaming world about a new XBox Kinect “experience” called Disneyland Adventures. It will let people walk through t...
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Kinect Disneyland May Be Just the Beginning – DisneyWorld Too?
Microsoft registers domain names for more Kinect games based on Disney theme parks. There’s a lot of buzz in the video gaming world about a new XBox Kinect “experience” called Disneyland Adventures. It will let people walk through t...
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June 6, 2011, 10:19 am

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O, .Co! Overstock.com Goes with O.co Coliseum
Big Stadium gets a .Co brand. When the .co registry announced last week that it had broken through the one million domains registered barrier, Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) said it had another big .co related announcement on tap for today. And here it...
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O, .Co! Overstock.com Goes with O.co Coliseum
Big Stadium gets a .Co brand. When the .co registry announced last week that it had broken through the one million domains registered barrier, Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) said it had another big .co related announcement on tap for today. And here it...
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June 6, 2011, 10:06 am

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Warner Bros Registers Hangover 3 Domain Names
Studio registers domain names in case another sequel comes to fruition. With Hangover 2 grossing $200 million in its first five days and the director saying he’s planning a third installment of the comedy film, Warner Brothers has registered a ...
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Warner Bros Registers Hangover 3 Domain Names
Studio registers domain names in case another sequel comes to fruition. With Hangover 2 grossing $200 million in its first five days and the director saying he’s planning a third installment of the comedy film, Warner Brothers has registered a ...
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June 4, 2011, 12:22 pm

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UDRP Awards Octopus.com to Online Travel Company
Travel company gets a nice domain name upgrade through UDRP in a strange case. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has determined that the domain name Octopus.com should be transferred to Octopustravel Group Limited. The company’s ...
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UDRP Awards Octopus.com to Online Travel Company
Travel company gets a nice domain name upgrade through UDRP in a strange case. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has determined that the domain name Octopus.com should be transferred to Octopustravel Group Limited. The company’s ...
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June 3, 2011, 2:53 pm

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Bob Parsons to PETA: Look in the Mirror
Parsons tweets about PETA hypocrisy. After Go Daddy founder and CEO Bob Parsons killed an elephant in Zimbabwe, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was quick to pounce on him. The company moved its domain names from Go Daddy to a rival domain...
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Bob Parsons to PETA: Look in the Mirror
Parsons tweets about PETA hypocrisy. After Go Daddy founder and CEO Bob Parsons killed an elephant in Zimbabwe, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was quick to pounce on him. The company moved its domain names from Go Daddy to a rival domain...
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June 3, 2011, 11:27 am

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Will Microsoft App Your Web Site?
Company registers intriguing domain names. Is Microsoft working on a way to quickly turn your web site into an app? On June 1 the company registered the domain name AppYourSites.com, along with at least 6 other top level domain names of the same name...
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Will Microsoft App Your Web Site?
Company registers intriguing domain names. Is Microsoft working on a way to quickly turn your web site into an app? On June 1 the company registered the domain name AppYourSites.com, along with at least 6 other top level domain names of the same name...
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June 3, 2011, 10:21 am

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Demand Media Gets Into the Other Side of UDRP
Company files complaint to get eHow domain name. Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) has been on the receiving end of plenty of UDRP cases for domain names. In fact, it may be barred from applying for new top level domain names because of its many losses (techn...
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Demand Media Gets Into the Other Side of UDRP
Company files complaint to get eHow domain name. Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) has been on the receiving end of plenty of UDRP cases for domain names. In fact, it may be barred from applying for new top level domain names because of its many losses (techn...
Discussion
June 2, 2011, 9:58 pm