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The Domains
IPOFinancial: “No Way Godaddy’s IPO Can Move Forward As Is With Google Entering The Market”
I chatted with David Menlow, who is the founder IPOfinancial.com yesterday about Godaddy’s planned IPO and Google’s announcement this week that they were entering the domain name registrar business “I don’t see how ...
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IPOFinancial: “No Way Godaddy’s IPO Can Move Forward As Is With Google Entering The Market”
I chatted with David Menlow, who is the founder IPOfinancial.com yesterday about Godaddy’s planned IPO and Google’s announcement this week that they were entering the domain name registrar business “I don’t see how ...
Discussion
June 26, 2014, 5:27 pm
The Domains
MyRedbook.com Seized By Feds & Owners Arrested
According to Sfgate.com, two San Fransisco based websites MyRedbook.com and sfredbook.com were seized by the federal government yesterday. The alleged operators of the sites, Eric Omuro, and Annmarie Lanoce, were arrested Wednesday. “Omur...
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MyRedbook.com Seized By Feds & Owners Arrested
According to Sfgate.com, two San Fransisco based websites MyRedbook.com and sfredbook.com were seized by the federal government yesterday. The alleged operators of the sites, Eric Omuro, and Annmarie Lanoce, were arrested Wednesday. “Omur...
Discussion
June 26, 2014, 3:26 pm
The Domains
.Com Breaks Through The 113.5 Million Domain Mark; Adding 500K Domains In 3 Months
According to zone file for the .com registry the number of .Com domain name registrations has passed 113.5 Million domains for the first time. Of course everyday tens of thousands of .com domains are deleted for non-renewal and tens of thousands are ...
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.Com Breaks Through The 113.5 Million Domain Mark; Adding 500K Domains In 3 Months
According to zone file for the .com registry the number of .Com domain name registrations has passed 113.5 Million domains for the first time. Of course everyday tens of thousands of .com domains are deleted for non-renewal and tens of thousands are ...
Discussion
June 26, 2014, 1:06 pm
The Domains
Here Is The GAC Communique From The ICANN London That Was Just Released
The Government Advisory Counsel (GAC) has just issued its Communique from the ICANN London meeting. It has been the practice of the GAC to issue such a Communique at the end of each ICANN meeting outlining its decisions its advice to the ICANN Board ...
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Here Is The GAC Communique From The ICANN London That Was Just Released
The Government Advisory Counsel (GAC) has just issued its Communique from the ICANN London meeting. It has been the practice of the GAC to issue such a Communique at the end of each ICANN meeting outlining its decisions its advice to the ICANN Board ...
Discussion
June 26, 2014, 12:34 pm
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals .Tools 1,759.Supplies 1,143; .Parts 1,010; .Supply 864; .Industries 566
Several new gTLD’s went into its first day of general availability yesterday. For the second week in a row, no new gTLD that launched had any particularly great results. Matter of fact the total amount of all the new gTLD’s that wen...
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1st Day New gTLD Totals .Tools 1,759.Supplies 1,143; .Parts 1,010; .Supply 864; .Industries 566
Several new gTLD’s went into its first day of general availability yesterday. For the second week in a row, no new gTLD that launched had any particularly great results. Matter of fact the total amount of all the new gTLD’s that wen...
Discussion
June 26, 2014, 12:21 pm
The Domains
Afnic: “Launch of the new TLDs: validity of the 50/50 law”
French Study Has Some Interesting Assumptions Afnic the organization that governs the .fr extension put out a report where they took a look at the 50/50 law and how it correlates to new gtlds. It seems the study refers to a law they say is well known...
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Afnic: “Launch of the new TLDs: validity of the 50/50 law”
French Study Has Some Interesting Assumptions Afnic the organization that governs the .fr extension put out a report where they took a look at the 50/50 law and how it correlates to new gtlds. It seems the study refers to a law they say is well known...
Discussion
June 26, 2014, 9:00 am
The Domains
Our 7000th Post on TheDomains
204 days after hitting post #6000 TheDomains.com has reached post #7000. This post is actually 7,001 number 7000 is here Thank you to all our readers and advertisers who come each day and read and comment. Yesterday was actually the third highe...
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Our 7000th Post on TheDomains
204 days after hitting post #6000 TheDomains.com has reached post #7000. This post is actually 7,001 number 7000 is here Thank you to all our readers and advertisers who come each day and read and comment. Yesterday was actually the third highe...
Discussion
June 25, 2014, 7:53 pm
The Domains
If Google Domains Is Going To Be About New gTLD’s, Google.Domains Should Be Resolving
The domain name world is still chatting about this weeks announcement that Google is getting into the domain registrar business. The “official site” right now for Google Domains is a subdomain of Google.com: domains.go...
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If Google Domains Is Going To Be About New gTLD’s, Google.Domains Should Be Resolving
The domain name world is still chatting about this weeks announcement that Google is getting into the domain registrar business. The “official site” right now for Google Domains is a subdomain of Google.com: domains.go...
Discussion
June 25, 2014, 5:09 pm
The Domains
Google Releases Data to Help With Adwords Confusion
Google has released a couple pieces of data over the last two days that are worth reviewing for those who use the Google Adwords product. Google released a white paper to try to dispel some myths when it comes to the subject of quality score. As Ginn...
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Google Releases Data to Help With Adwords Confusion
Google has released a couple pieces of data over the last two days that are worth reviewing for those who use the Google Adwords product. Google released a white paper to try to dispel some myths when it comes to the subject of quality score. As Ginn...
Discussion
June 25, 2014, 3:23 pm
The Domains
DomainNameSales; Maybe You Should Put Filters On Offers, I Just Got One For $5,433,464,834
We love the folks over at DomainNameSales.com but guys you do have to put some filters in place. We got an offer overnight on the domain name nudelive.com for $5,433,464,834. The offer went through the DomainNameSales.com system and generated an emai...
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DomainNameSales; Maybe You Should Put Filters On Offers, I Just Got One For $5,433,464,834
We love the folks over at DomainNameSales.com but guys you do have to put some filters in place. We got an offer overnight on the domain name nudelive.com for $5,433,464,834. The offer went through the DomainNameSales.com system and generated an emai...
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June 25, 2014, 2:19 pm
