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Domainer April Fools Roundup
Plenty to laugh at on this April Fools’ Day April Fools day came early for domainers yesterday when TechCrunch posted an article titled “Google Inadvertently Classifies Google Places As A “Content Farm” And Removes From Search...
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Domainer April Fools Roundup
Plenty to laugh at on this April Fools’ Day April Fools day came early for domainers yesterday when TechCrunch posted an article titled “Google Inadvertently Classifies Google Places As A “Content Farm” And Removes From Search...
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April 1, 2011, 11:40 am
Domain Name Wire
PETA Moves Domains from Go Daddy to Register.com
Animal rights group moves domain names to competitor. Making good on its promise, PETA has moved its domains (well at least peta.org) away from Go Daddy. The domain name is now registered at Register.com. This whole elephant shooting video is obvious...
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PETA Moves Domains from Go Daddy to Register.com
Animal rights group moves domain names to competitor. Making good on its promise, PETA has moved its domains (well at least peta.org) away from Go Daddy. The domain name is now registered at Register.com. This whole elephant shooting video is obvious...
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March 31, 2011, 3:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is Cybersquatting Up or Just Enforcement of Cybersquatting?
WIPO’s headline is misleading. Today World Intellectual Property Forum (WIPO) did its annual release of how many UDRP cases it handled last year. It was a record 2,696 cases. That’s a lot of cases, and National Arbitration Forum also saw ...
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Is Cybersquatting Up or Just Enforcement of Cybersquatting?
WIPO’s headline is misleading. Today World Intellectual Property Forum (WIPO) did its annual release of how many UDRP cases it handled last year. It was a record 2,696 cases. That’s a lot of cases, and National Arbitration Forum also saw ...
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March 31, 2011, 3:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Registries Blast ICANN Over .Jobs Breach Notice
Registries ask for prior communications prior to sending a breach or termination notice. Last month ICANN sent a breach notice to .jobs registry Employ Media. This came as a surprise to Employ Media (for good reason) and probably freaked out some .jo...
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Domain Registries Blast ICANN Over .Jobs Breach Notice
Registries ask for prior communications prior to sending a breach or termination notice. Last month ICANN sent a breach notice to .jobs registry Employ Media. This came as a surprise to Employ Media (for good reason) and probably freaked out some .jo...
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March 31, 2011, 10:42 am
Domain Name Wire
PETA Plays Into Bob Parson’s Hands Over Elephant Hunting
PETA is closing its Go Daddy account over elephant hunting incident. Poor Bob Parsons. The Go Daddy founder is about to lose a few hundred domain name registrations from its client People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). I’m sure he...
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PETA Plays Into Bob Parson’s Hands Over Elephant Hunting
PETA is closing its Go Daddy account over elephant hunting incident. Poor Bob Parsons. The Go Daddy founder is about to lose a few hundred domain name registrations from its client People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). I’m sure he...
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March 31, 2011, 9:55 am
Domain Name Wire
Short and Number-Only .Tel Domain Landrush Timeline Announced
Short and numeric .tel domain names coming this summer. Starting June 1 you’ll be able to get your hands on two character and all number .tel domain names. The domain names will be available on a first-come first-served basis, but at premium pr...
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Short and Number-Only .Tel Domain Landrush Timeline Announced
Short and numeric .tel domain names coming this summer. Starting June 1 you’ll be able to get your hands on two character and all number .tel domain names. The domain names will be available on a first-come first-served basis, but at premium pr...
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March 31, 2011, 9:23 am
Domain Name Wire
30 Rock Makes Fun of Slurls Domain Names
Show makes fun of domains that sound different than they really are. We’ve all seen domain names that have double meanings. Some people call them Slurls, and there are enough to fill a book. Think TherapistFinder.com and FredsHatBlocks.com. I w...
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30 Rock Makes Fun of Slurls Domain Names
Show makes fun of domains that sound different than they really are. We’ve all seen domain names that have double meanings. Some people call them Slurls, and there are enough to fill a book. Think TherapistFinder.com and FredsHatBlocks.com. I w...
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March 30, 2011, 11:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
AutoInsurance.org Web Site Sells for $440,000
Auto insurance web site and domain name sells for $440,000. 360 Quote LLC has purchased AutoInsurance.org (the domain name and web site) for $440,000. 360 Quote LLC is run by Joel Ohman, who also runs the DomainSuperstar site. The company has a numbe...
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AutoInsurance.org Web Site Sells for $440,000
Auto insurance web site and domain name sells for $440,000. 360 Quote LLC has purchased AutoInsurance.org (the domain name and web site) for $440,000. 360 Quote LLC is run by Joel Ohman, who also runs the DomainSuperstar site. The company has a numbe...
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March 30, 2011, 3:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top10.co Explains Its Choice of .Co for New Web Site
Company that made a big .com domain purchase in 2010 launches a new product on .co in 2011. Top10.com Media Ltd is no stranger to domain names. Last year the company forked over $1 million in cash and equity for the domain name Top10.com, which it us...
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Top10.co Explains Its Choice of .Co for New Web Site
Company that made a big .com domain purchase in 2010 launches a new product on .co in 2011. Top10.com Media Ltd is no stranger to domain names. Last year the company forked over $1 million in cash and equity for the domain name Top10.com, which it us...
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March 30, 2011, 1:18 pm
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From A.com to Z.com, Single Letter .Com Domains Have Been Gamed at the Trademark Office
The incredible game of duping the USPTO to get single letter .com trademarks. Did you know Amazon.com has a registered trademark for A.com? It’s true. A company filed for a trademark on A.com back in 2005, and submitted evidence of its use in c...
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From A.com to Z.com, Single Letter .Com Domains Have Been Gamed at the Trademark Office
The incredible game of duping the USPTO to get single letter .com trademarks. Did you know Amazon.com has a registered trademark for A.com? It’s true. A company filed for a trademark on A.com back in 2005, and submitted evidence of its use in c...
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March 30, 2011, 11:44 am
