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GeekWire “Buying A New gTLD The Process Really .Sucks”
Kevin Lisota is not a domain investor, instead he is CEO & Co-Founder of findwell, a Seattle real estate startup. He wrote a very good article for Geekwire that shows the frustation for many when trying to research and purchase new gtld...
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GeekWire “Buying A New gTLD The Process Really .Sucks”
Kevin Lisota is not a domain investor, instead he is CEO & Co-Founder of findwell, a Seattle real estate startup. He wrote a very good article for Geekwire that shows the frustation for many when trying to research and purchase new gtld...
Discussion
June 8, 2014, 11:10 pm

The Domains
Famous Four’s First New gTLD’s Go Live Monday
Famous Four Media’s first new gTLD extension go live tomorrow Monday June 9th at noon EST. Famous Four which applied for over 60 new gTLD’s first new gTLD’s are .Webcam, .Trade and .Bid. All three new gTLD’s are priced at $39....
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Famous Four’s First New gTLD’s Go Live Monday
Famous Four Media’s first new gTLD extension go live tomorrow Monday June 9th at noon EST. Famous Four which applied for over 60 new gTLD’s first new gTLD’s are .Webcam, .Trade and .Bid. All three new gTLD’s are priced at $39....
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June 8, 2014, 9:10 pm

The Domains
Google Looking To Create Satellite Network
Tim Beyers at Motley Fool wrote a piece on Google looking to blanket the entire world with some form of broadband. The company is looking to spend upwards of $3billion to develop and launch Google satellites in orbit. From the article: According to T...
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Google Looking To Create Satellite Network
Tim Beyers at Motley Fool wrote a piece on Google looking to blanket the entire world with some form of broadband. The company is looking to spend upwards of $3billion to develop and launch Google satellites in orbit. From the article: According to T...
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June 8, 2014, 6:42 pm

The Domains
Dish Network Set to be the largest company in the world that accepts Bitcoin
In a piece on Reason.com, Paul Best took a look at some recent news related to companies who are now embracing Bitcoin. From Apple to Facebook to Dish Networks. From the article: As government agencies have started assessing ways to regulate Bitcoin,...
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Dish Network Set to be the largest company in the world that accepts Bitcoin
In a piece on Reason.com, Paul Best took a look at some recent news related to companies who are now embracing Bitcoin. From Apple to Facebook to Dish Networks. From the article: As government agencies have started assessing ways to regulate Bitcoin,...
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June 7, 2014, 7:13 pm

The Domains
New gTLD Domain Name Registrations Top 1 Million (With some Caveats)
New gTLD Domain Name Registrations has just passed the 1 Million domain name mark according to ntldstats.com. The official ntldstats count is 1,001,461. Of course thedomains as well and other blogs have pointed out there should be some caveats to the...
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New gTLD Domain Name Registrations Top 1 Million (With some Caveats)
New gTLD Domain Name Registrations has just passed the 1 Million domain name mark according to ntldstats.com. The official ntldstats count is 1,001,461. Of course thedomains as well and other blogs have pointed out there should be some caveats to the...
Discussion
June 7, 2014, 3:36 pm

The Domains
.Club Asks & Answers “How do You Define Succcess”
A very interesting, well written post by Jeff Sass, DOT CLUB’s Chief Marketing Officer, was posted on their company blog today entitled “How do You Define Success” I assume most of you do not subscribe to the .Club blog and would ot...
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.Club Asks & Answers “How do You Define Succcess”
A very interesting, well written post by Jeff Sass, DOT CLUB’s Chief Marketing Officer, was posted on their company blog today entitled “How do You Define Success” I assume most of you do not subscribe to the .Club blog and would ot...
Discussion
June 6, 2014, 8:59 pm

The Domains
Google Says Keywords In Domain Are Not Needed To Be Successful
Barry Schwartz on SERoundtable.com put up a quick blurb about a comment from Google’s John Mueller. Mueller was apparently responding to a Google Webmaster help question on whether the user needed the keyword in their domain. You don’t ne...
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Google Says Keywords In Domain Are Not Needed To Be Successful
Barry Schwartz on SERoundtable.com put up a quick blurb about a comment from Google’s John Mueller. Mueller was apparently responding to a Google Webmaster help question on whether the user needed the keyword in their domain. You don’t ne...
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June 6, 2014, 4:44 pm

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eBay: Search Ads Have No Measurable Benefit
eBay study warns search ads have ‘no measurable benefit The Guardian did a story on the efficacy of paid search based on a study conducted by eBay From the article: Customers are just as likely to click on natural search results as paid ads, a ...
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eBay: Search Ads Have No Measurable Benefit
eBay study warns search ads have ‘no measurable benefit The Guardian did a story on the efficacy of paid search based on a study conducted by eBay From the article: Customers are just as likely to click on natural search results as paid ads, a ...
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June 6, 2014, 4:25 pm

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One Hilarious Look at Net Neutrality
There has been a lot of talk about Net Neutrality and for most this is a topic that gets a bit boring. John Oliver from the HBO series “Last Week Tonight” has put a very funny, sarcastic and layman’s terms. John explains without Net...
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One Hilarious Look at Net Neutrality
There has been a lot of talk about Net Neutrality and for most this is a topic that gets a bit boring. John Oliver from the HBO series “Last Week Tonight” has put a very funny, sarcastic and layman’s terms. John explains without Net...
Discussion
June 5, 2014, 9:28 pm

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My Preorder For Cool.Vegas Just Got A $35,525 Bill & CoolVegas.com Is Priced at $12K
I placed a pre-order for the domain name Cool.Vegas on a landrush basis with 101domain.com a while back. I got word the other day that the domain name was placed on the reserved list of the registry and made a premium domain. So I got a bill for the ...
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My Preorder For Cool.Vegas Just Got A $35,525 Bill & CoolVegas.com Is Priced at $12K
I placed a pre-order for the domain name Cool.Vegas on a landrush basis with 101domain.com a while back. I got word the other day that the domain name was placed on the reserved list of the registry and made a premium domain. So I got a bill for the ...
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June 5, 2014, 1:59 pm