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Namejet.com To Auction Of Premium .Buzz Domains
NameJet just opened bidding on “35 premium .Buzz domain names. “One of the first pure generic strings to be launched, .BUZZ is short, edgy, fun, and globally recognized. “ “The term “buzz” typically refers to what ...
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Namejet.com To Auction Of Premium .Buzz Domains
NameJet just opened bidding on “35 premium .Buzz domain names. “One of the first pure generic strings to be launched, .BUZZ is short, edgy, fun, and globally recognized. “ “The term “buzz” typically refers to what ...
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May 2, 2014, 3:14 pm

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NewsRepublic.com Saved In UDRP As Complainant Doesn’t Even Allege Bad Faith
Mobile’s Republic (MR) of Bordeaux France, just lost its attempt to grab the domain name NewsRepublic.com in a UDRP The domain holder was represented by ESQwire.com MR was represented by in-house council. The domain holder offered to sell the d...
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NewsRepublic.com Saved In UDRP As Complainant Doesn’t Even Allege Bad Faith
Mobile’s Republic (MR) of Bordeaux France, just lost its attempt to grab the domain name NewsRepublic.com in a UDRP The domain holder was represented by ESQwire.com MR was represented by in-house council. The domain holder offered to sell the d...
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May 2, 2014, 2:52 pm

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Dot.CEO Puts Out Some Stats – $170,000 in Retail Revenue – 1023 Registrations
The people behind Dot.Ceo put out some stats to show how things are going so far. They claim $170,000 in retail revenue. The Stats Over 50 Premium names sold at $500 – $5,000 per year Hot dotCEO&...
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Dot.CEO Puts Out Some Stats – $170,000 in Retail Revenue – 1023 Registrations
The people behind Dot.Ceo put out some stats to show how things are going so far. They claim $170,000 in retail revenue. The Stats Over 50 Premium names sold at $500 – $5,000 per year Hot dotCEO&...
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May 1, 2014, 10:19 pm

The Domains
Marchex Reports & Archeo Sells $1.9 Million In Domains In 1st Quarter of 2014
Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX),today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Q1 2014 Financial Highlights GAAP revenue was $50.5 million for the first quarter of 2014, compared to $34.7 million for the first quarter o...
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Marchex Reports & Archeo Sells $1.9 Million In Domains In 1st Quarter of 2014
Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX),today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Q1 2014 Financial Highlights GAAP revenue was $50.5 million for the first quarter of 2014, compared to $34.7 million for the first quarter o...
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May 1, 2014, 9:49 pm

The Domains
Google Testing A Version of Chrome that hides the URL
Venture Beat covered a story today that will peak the interest of domain investors. Do we still need the URL — that gangly collection of slashes and gobbledygook? A new experimental version of the Google Chrome browser says no. Chrome Ca...
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Google Testing A Version of Chrome that hides the URL
Venture Beat covered a story today that will peak the interest of domain investors. Do we still need the URL — that gangly collection of slashes and gobbledygook? A new experimental version of the Google Chrome browser says no. Chrome Ca...
Discussion
May 1, 2014, 8:10 pm

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Politico: House Appropriations Proposes To Cut NTIA Funding To Prevent ICANN Transition
According to Politico.com the House Appropriations Committee is proposing to slash NTIA spending by 20% to defund the IANA transition. “The House Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations subcommittee report on its FY15 funding bill unveiled this...
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Politico: House Appropriations Proposes To Cut NTIA Funding To Prevent ICANN Transition
According to Politico.com the House Appropriations Committee is proposing to slash NTIA spending by 20% to defund the IANA transition. “The House Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations subcommittee report on its FY15 funding bill unveiled this...
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May 1, 2014, 7:02 pm

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Which New gTLD will be the first to hit 100K Registrations – Our Poll Results Say .Club
Results from our April Poll show that most people think .Club will be the first to reach 100,000 registrations, .Web came in second and None came in third. In total 373 readers voted. Thank you for taking the time to participate and vote. Which New g...
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Which New gTLD will be the first to hit 100K Registrations – Our Poll Results Say .Club
Results from our April Poll show that most people think .Club will be the first to reach 100,000 registrations, .Web came in second and None came in third. In total 373 readers voted. Thank you for taking the time to participate and vote. Which New g...
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May 1, 2014, 4:57 pm

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Rightside Signs With Architelos For NameSentry Service Used By 44% Of All New gTLD’s
Architelos, Inc., the premier provider of automated domain name abuse detection and mitigation services, announced it has reached 44% market share for its SaaS based NameSentry abuse detection and mitigation service. Architelos has implemented, or is...
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Rightside Signs With Architelos For NameSentry Service Used By 44% Of All New gTLD’s
Architelos, Inc., the premier provider of automated domain name abuse detection and mitigation services, announced it has reached 44% market share for its SaaS based NameSentry abuse detection and mitigation service. Architelos has implemented, or is...
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May 1, 2014, 4:19 pm

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Namecheap Debuts “State-of-the-Art Domain Search Functionality”
Namecheap, announced today the launch of our new, more efficient, more responsive search functionality. The new “tailored” search capabilities is described in a Press Release from the comapny t as being “leading-edge technology.&rdq...
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Namecheap Debuts “State-of-the-Art Domain Search Functionality”
Namecheap, announced today the launch of our new, more efficient, more responsive search functionality. The new “tailored” search capabilities is described in a Press Release from the comapny t as being “leading-edge technology.&rdq...
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May 1, 2014, 3:34 pm

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Go Daddy Auctions Sells 41,812 in April 2014
Go Daddy Auctions Market Report April 2014 Go Daddy sold 41,812 domains in April vs 42,122 in March. Go Daddy adjusted the March 2014 number, it is not uncommon to see adjustments from the previous month. In this report March was increased from 41,24...
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Go Daddy Auctions Sells 41,812 in April 2014
Go Daddy Auctions Market Report April 2014 Go Daddy sold 41,812 domains in April vs 42,122 in March. Go Daddy adjusted the March 2014 number, it is not uncommon to see adjustments from the previous month. In this report March was increased from 41,24...
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May 1, 2014, 9:21 am