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Rick Schwartz Comes In First for Greatest Domainer of All Time
Greatest Domainer of All Time ? Two years ago when we asked who was Greatest Domainer of All Time ? Frank Schilling was the runaway winner. Fast forward to today and Rick Schwartz wins going away. Rick garnered 36% of the vote, 98 out of 273 votes. F...
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Rick Schwartz Comes In First for Greatest Domainer of All Time
Greatest Domainer of All Time ? Two years ago when we asked who was Greatest Domainer of All Time ? Frank Schilling was the runaway winner. Fast forward to today and Rick Schwartz wins going away. Rick garnered 36% of the vote, 98 out of 273 votes. F...
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July 10, 2016, 4:15 pm

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HBO Registers “News Network” Domains
Home Box Office (HBO) registered several interesting new domain names yesterday through brand protection company and domain namr registrar Mark Monitor. The domain registrations indicate HBO maybe planning a “news network” either on HBO o...
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HBO Registers “News Network” Domains
Home Box Office (HBO) registered several interesting new domain names yesterday through brand protection company and domain namr registrar Mark Monitor. The domain registrations indicate HBO maybe planning a “news network” either on HBO o...
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July 8, 2016, 4:24 pm

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1st Day New gTLD Total .Tube Winds Up With Just 647 Registrations
.Tube launched into General Availability (GA) yesterday where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including the domain names registered in Sunrise, .tube wound up with just 647 registrations. As we highlighted yesterday, man...
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1st Day New gTLD Total .Tube Winds Up With Just 647 Registrations
.Tube launched into General Availability (GA) yesterday where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including the domain names registered in Sunrise, .tube wound up with just 647 registrations. As we highlighted yesterday, man...
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July 8, 2016, 3:37 pm

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I Owned 17 Single Letter/Number .Tube Domains Today Until The Registry Took Them Back
I was on the west coast this morning and decided to get up early and take a shot at registering some .tube domains at Uniregistry. I threw a bunch of domains into the system, include the single letter domain a.tube and out of the bunch of 100 or so, ...
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I Owned 17 Single Letter/Number .Tube Domains Today Until The Registry Took Them Back
I was on the west coast this morning and decided to get up early and take a shot at registering some .tube domains at Uniregistry. I threw a bunch of domains into the system, include the single letter domain a.tube and out of the bunch of 100 or so, ...
Discussion
July 7, 2016, 9:34 pm

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Do Keyword Rankings Still Matter ?
Winston Burton wrote an interesting article on Search Engine Land that dealt with the importance of keywords and ranking in Google. One of the key points made was that the answer varies based on your domain name. From the article: Do you even need ke...
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Do Keyword Rankings Still Matter ?
Winston Burton wrote an interesting article on Search Engine Land that dealt with the importance of keywords and ranking in Google. One of the key points made was that the answer varies based on your domain name. From the article: Do you even need ke...
Discussion
July 7, 2016, 8:02 pm

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The Daily Roundup for 7-6-16 – VR.CN Sells for 7 figures
Welcome to the Daily Roundup for July 6, 2016. Kredit.com buyer revealed Mike noticed that Kredit.com which sold 3 weeks ago for 46K Euros transferred to the buyer, domainers.de; up for sale for $221,166. VR.CN sells for $1.5 million ? Kassey L...
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The Daily Roundup for 7-6-16 – VR.CN Sells for 7 figures
Welcome to the Daily Roundup for July 6, 2016. Kredit.com buyer revealed Mike noticed that Kredit.com which sold 3 weeks ago for 46K Euros transferred to the buyer, domainers.de; up for sale for $221,166. VR.CN sells for $1.5 million ? Kassey L...
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July 7, 2016, 4:31 am

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New gTLD .Tube Goes Live Thursday: Less Than 50 Sunrise Domain Registrations By TM Holders
The new gTLD .Tube goes live where domain names can be registered on a first come, first serve basis at a handful of domain name registrars starting at 14:00 UTC. However some of the largest registrars are not listed on the .Tube website including Go...
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New gTLD .Tube Goes Live Thursday: Less Than 50 Sunrise Domain Registrations By TM Holders
The new gTLD .Tube goes live where domain names can be registered on a first come, first serve basis at a handful of domain name registrars starting at 14:00 UTC. However some of the largest registrars are not listed on the .Tube website including Go...
Discussion
July 6, 2016, 7:06 pm

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Phil Corwin Of The ICA To Speak At Heritage Foundation Event On ICANN With Ted Cruz
Phil Corwin from the Internet Commerce Association (ICA), of which we are a Gold Member of, is speaking at a Heritage Foundation event on ICANN taking place from 3-4:30 pm tomorrow along with Senator Ted Cruz. The event is entitled: What Are th...
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Phil Corwin Of The ICA To Speak At Heritage Foundation Event On ICANN With Ted Cruz
Phil Corwin from the Internet Commerce Association (ICA), of which we are a Gold Member of, is speaking at a Heritage Foundation event on ICANN taking place from 3-4:30 pm tomorrow along with Senator Ted Cruz. The event is entitled: What Are th...
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July 6, 2016, 5:06 pm

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Mark Monitor Registers a Bunch of 5, 6 & 7 Letter Domains
Brand protection company and domain name registrar, MarkMontior registered at least 79 domain names yesterday that are what some domainers call brandable domains; 5, 6 and 7 letters that do not spell a word. They do not seem to be typos of famous bra...
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Mark Monitor Registers a Bunch of 5, 6 & 7 Letter Domains
Brand protection company and domain name registrar, MarkMontior registered at least 79 domain names yesterday that are what some domainers call brandable domains; 5, 6 and 7 letters that do not spell a word. They do not seem to be typos of famous bra...
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July 6, 2016, 4:28 pm

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1396.com sold for $60,000 already has lottery site up and running
1396.com sold for $60,000 on Sedo yesterday. The domain was registered way back in 1999. The seller was out of the U.K. a company called Giant Games LTD. The domain looked to just have a landing page for years. The buyer is Xinpujing out of China, th...
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1396.com sold for $60,000 already has lottery site up and running
1396.com sold for $60,000 on Sedo yesterday. The domain was registered way back in 1999. The seller was out of the U.K. a company called Giant Games LTD. The domain looked to just have a landing page for years. The buyer is Xinpujing out of China, th...
Discussion
July 6, 2016, 1:38 pm