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The Domains
Forbes: 7 Things To Consider Before Registering A New gTLD; What The Author Got Right & Wrong
Forbes.com just published a post entitled “Seven Things To Think About Before You Register That New Domain” clearly chatting about new gTLD domain names and I think of the 7 issues the author raises 6 are good points yes there is a counte...
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Forbes: 7 Things To Consider Before Registering A New gTLD; What The Author Got Right & Wrong
Forbes.com just published a post entitled “Seven Things To Think About Before You Register That New Domain” clearly chatting about new gTLD domain names and I think of the 7 issues the author raises 6 are good points yes there is a counte...
Discussion
January 30, 2014, 3:31 pm
The Domains
Go Daddy Statement on the @N Hack
Go Daddy addressed the situation about the @N Twitter user who had his account hacked. GoDaddy Statement RE: @N Issue Our review of the situation reveals that the hacker was already in possession of a large portion of the customer information...
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Go Daddy Statement on the @N Hack
Go Daddy addressed the situation about the @N Twitter user who had his account hacked. GoDaddy Statement RE: @N Issue Our review of the situation reveals that the hacker was already in possession of a large portion of the customer information...
Discussion
January 29, 2014, 11:35 pm
The Domains
“The .com is the way to attract traffic and make it easier for your audience to find you.”
Sharon Gaudin wrote an article on Computer World, “Brace Yourself For Flood of New Domain Names” In the article she spoke to James Cole from ICANN about the new gtlds coming to market. She also spoke to Ezra Gottheil an analyst at ...
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“The .com is the way to attract traffic and make it easier for your audience to find you.”
Sharon Gaudin wrote an article on Computer World, “Brace Yourself For Flood of New Domain Names” In the article she spoke to James Cole from ICANN about the new gtlds coming to market. She also spoke to Ezra Gottheil an analyst at ...
Discussion
January 29, 2014, 9:56 pm
The Domains
Neustar Reports & Shares Are Down 25% Afterhours
Neustar, Inc. (NSR), today announced results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2013 and provided guidance for 2014. The market didn’t like the news, with shares of the company plummeting 25% after hours to $32 a share. Neust...
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Neustar Reports & Shares Are Down 25% Afterhours
Neustar, Inc. (NSR), today announced results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2013 and provided guidance for 2014. The market didn’t like the news, with shares of the company plummeting 25% after hours to $32 a share. Neust...
Discussion
January 29, 2014, 9:37 pm
The Domains
Public Company Files UDRP On Generic 15 Year Old Domain SteelBuildings.com
A UDRP was just filed on the domain name SteelBuildings.com by a public company in the metal building business: The UDRP was filed by NCI Group, Inc. which is publicly traded as NCI Building Systems Inc. (NYSE: NCS) “Founded in 1984, NCI...
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Public Company Files UDRP On Generic 15 Year Old Domain SteelBuildings.com
A UDRP was just filed on the domain name SteelBuildings.com by a public company in the metal building business: The UDRP was filed by NCI Group, Inc. which is publicly traded as NCI Building Systems Inc. (NYSE: NCS) “Founded in 1984, NCI...
Discussion
January 29, 2014, 3:51 pm
The Domains
Start up Defense.net Covered on Tech Crunch
Its not everyday you see a start up built on a .net, I usually see more built on a .co or .me. Defense.net is a start up focused on DDOS mitigation services. The company got a write up this morning on Tech Crunch. According to Crunchbase the co...
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Start up Defense.net Covered on Tech Crunch
Its not everyday you see a start up built on a .net, I usually see more built on a .co or .me. Defense.net is a start up focused on DDOS mitigation services. The company got a write up this morning on Tech Crunch. According to Crunchbase the co...
Discussion
January 29, 2014, 2:16 pm
The Domains
$1277 seems to be a magic number this week, but something does not seem right
In the Sedo weekly sales report it seems a lot of names that should fetch a price far greater than $1277 sold this week. As astutely pointed out in the comments by Dan, Jose and Todd Finlay there seems to be something odd here. Thighs, Their, Byline,...
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$1277 seems to be a magic number this week, but something does not seem right
In the Sedo weekly sales report it seems a lot of names that should fetch a price far greater than $1277 sold this week. As astutely pointed out in the comments by Dan, Jose and Todd Finlay there seems to be something odd here. Thighs, Their, Byline,...
Discussion
January 29, 2014, 12:49 am
The Domains
Epic Bet: Name.com Vs. Enom Who You Got?
Rightside, Enom and Name.com is involved in an epic bet between our eNom office in Seattle and our Name.com office in Denver. “So not only will this Sunday spell a showdown for Russell vs. Peyton, but for Registar’s eNom vs. N...
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Epic Bet: Name.com Vs. Enom Who You Got?
Rightside, Enom and Name.com is involved in an epic bet between our eNom office in Seattle and our Name.com office in Denver. “So not only will this Sunday spell a showdown for Russell vs. Peyton, but for Registar’s eNom vs. N...
Discussion
January 28, 2014, 10:44 pm
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.7 Million
Over the past week, 769 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 Million 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: true.com at 350,000 USD &mi...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.7 Million
Over the past week, 769 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 Million 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: true.com at 350,000 USD &mi...
Discussion
January 28, 2014, 9:09 pm
The Domains
TheDomains.com/Domaining.com Ticker Is Sold Out
We announced the release of the Domaining.com/TheDomains.com ticker about two weeks ago and today I’m happy to announce that we are sold out. As we chatted about in announcing the ticker that runs both on TheDomains.com and Domaining.com, is st...
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TheDomains.com/Domaining.com Ticker Is Sold Out
We announced the release of the Domaining.com/TheDomains.com ticker about two weeks ago and today I’m happy to announce that we are sold out. As we chatted about in announcing the ticker that runs both on TheDomains.com and Domaining.com, is st...
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January 28, 2014, 6:52 pm
