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TechCrunch.com Covers One Applicant For .Art
We haven’t seen Techcrunch.com cover the new gTLD program very much but today they did and picked out a story surrounding one applicant for .Art, deviantART The TechCrunch article covers the letter sent to ICANN by deviantART’s as to why ...
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TechCrunch.com Covers One Applicant For .Art
We haven’t seen Techcrunch.com cover the new gTLD program very much but today they did and picked out a story surrounding one applicant for .Art, deviantART The TechCrunch article covers the letter sent to ICANN by deviantART’s as to why ...
Discussion
May 31, 2014, 12:55 am

The Domains
One Site Owner Wants to Trade His .Com for a .Link
Switching from a .com to a .link Jean Guillon runs newsgtlds.com and he wrote about wanting to change to a .link on gtld.club. From the article: This is one question that I have at the moment Prior to the first new domain name launchings, I had ...
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One Site Owner Wants to Trade His .Com for a .Link
Switching from a .com to a .link Jean Guillon runs newsgtlds.com and he wrote about wanting to change to a .link on gtld.club. From the article: This is one question that I have at the moment Prior to the first new domain name launchings, I had ...
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May 31, 2014, 12:14 am

The Domains
15 Year Old Generic Kaleidoscope.com Hit With A UDRP
The domain name Kaleidoscope.com, about a generic as a term as you can get, was just hit with a UDRP. The domain is owned by Xedoc Holding SA., who has owned the domain since...
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15 Year Old Generic Kaleidoscope.com Hit With A UDRP
The domain name Kaleidoscope.com, about a generic as a term as you can get, was just hit with a UDRP. The domain is owned by Xedoc Holding SA., who has owned the domain since...
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May 30, 2014, 10:59 pm

The Domains
Las Vegas Review Journal Covers .Vegas; The City Is Getting $4 a Domain & Expects $250K In Revenue A Year
.Vegas gets a big boost up in A story published by the Las Vegas Review Journal entitled “New .vegas domain could transform online marketing.” Interestedly in the article, Bill Arent the Director of the Las Vegas Office of Economic and Ur...
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Las Vegas Review Journal Covers .Vegas; The City Is Getting $4 a Domain & Expects $250K In Revenue A Year
.Vegas gets a big boost up in A story published by the Las Vegas Review Journal entitled “New .vegas domain could transform online marketing.” Interestedly in the article, Bill Arent the Director of the Las Vegas Office of Economic and Ur...
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May 30, 2014, 5:35 pm

The Domains
Scroogle.org Closes at $17,100 on Go Daddy Auctions, 2 Years After Website Closed
Scroogle.org closed today on Go Daddy Auctions at $17,100. The site and its owner Daniel Brandt have not seen eye to eye with the search engine giant. Tech Republic covered the site back in 2011 with the headline, “Scroogle: Adding privacy to G...
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Scroogle.org Closes at $17,100 on Go Daddy Auctions, 2 Years After Website Closed
Scroogle.org closed today on Go Daddy Auctions at $17,100. The site and its owner Daniel Brandt have not seen eye to eye with the search engine giant. Tech Republic covered the site back in 2011 with the headline, “Scroogle: Adding privacy to G...
Discussion
May 30, 2014, 6:52 am

The Domains
The Internet Commerce Association’s Website Gets A Big Makeover
The Internet Commerce Association’s (ICA) Website has undergone a massive resign. The ICA has a new, sharp-looking website at InternetCommerce.org. The ICA wants to thank Michael Castello for leading the initiative to update the I...
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The Internet Commerce Association’s Website Gets A Big Makeover
The Internet Commerce Association’s (ICA) Website has undergone a massive resign. The ICA has a new, sharp-looking website at InternetCommerce.org. The ICA wants to thank Michael Castello for leading the initiative to update the I...
Discussion
May 29, 2014, 10:06 pm

The Domains
Uniregisty Wins Private Auctions For .Help and .Diet; Famous Four Participates In Its 1st Private Auction
At the TRAFFIC show today, Sevan Derderian, Director of Sales of Uniregistry announced that Uniregistry has won the private auction for the new gTLD’s .Help and .Diet this week. There were two other applicants for .Help; Dot Tech LLC of K...
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Uniregisty Wins Private Auctions For .Help and .Diet; Famous Four Participates In Its 1st Private Auction
At the TRAFFIC show today, Sevan Derderian, Director of Sales of Uniregistry announced that Uniregistry has won the private auction for the new gTLD’s .Help and .Diet this week. There were two other applicants for .Help; Dot Tech LLC of K...
Discussion
May 29, 2014, 8:23 pm

The Domains
How one Google Algorithm Change Can Damage A Business
There was an article over at Motley Fool yesterday by Adam Levy that took a look at how one Google algorithm changed can ruin a business. The article discussed the recent Panda change and the effect on RetailMeNot. From the article: Last week, shares...
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How one Google Algorithm Change Can Damage A Business
There was an article over at Motley Fool yesterday by Adam Levy that took a look at how one Google algorithm changed can ruin a business. The article discussed the recent Panda change and the effect on RetailMeNot. From the article: Last week, shares...
Discussion
May 29, 2014, 7:07 pm

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Two Letter .Com; QM.com Hits The Market For 1st Time & Already Has a High Bid of $260K
RightoftheDot.com is exclusively brokering the two letter .com domain QM.com which is on the market for the first time. The domain is corporate owned not domainer owned. The owner is looking for offers of $500,000 or more. ROTD has a current hi...
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Two Letter .Com; QM.com Hits The Market For 1st Time & Already Has a High Bid of $260K
RightoftheDot.com is exclusively brokering the two letter .com domain QM.com which is on the market for the first time. The domain is corporate owned not domainer owned. The owner is looking for offers of $500,000 or more. ROTD has a current hi...
Discussion
May 29, 2014, 5:19 pm

The Domains
.Ninja Wins The Week With 5,200 Regitrations; .Rentals 5K+; .immobilien 4.5K; .Vacations 1,600
Yesterday marked the first day of General Availability for several new domain extensions (new gTLD’s) and .Ninja led the way ending with 5,200 registrations. Closely behind .Ninja was .Rentals which is sitting at 5,044 domains. .immobilie...
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.Ninja Wins The Week With 5,200 Regitrations; .Rentals 5K+; .immobilien 4.5K; .Vacations 1,600
Yesterday marked the first day of General Availability for several new domain extensions (new gTLD’s) and .Ninja led the way ending with 5,200 registrations. Closely behind .Ninja was .Rentals which is sitting at 5,044 domains. .immobilie...
Discussion
May 29, 2014, 11:09 am