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I Love You Rick, But Your Poll Results Are BullSh*t
Rick Schwartz published the results of the poll he took last week on topics ranging from readers thoughts of his blog, to what they thought about the new gTLD program in a post entitled Rick’s 2013-2014 Poll Results. What They Mean and Pointed ...
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I Love You Rick, But Your Poll Results Are BullSh*t
Rick Schwartz published the results of the poll he took last week on topics ranging from readers thoughts of his blog, to what they thought about the new gTLD program in a post entitled Rick’s 2013-2014 Poll Results. What They Mean and Pointed ...
Discussion
December 17, 2013, 1:01 pm
The Domains
ICANN Opens Comment Period On Last Resort Auctions
ICANN has opened a comment period on its Last Resort Auctions “To gather community input regarding the detailed rules and processes for Auctions to resolve string contention sets in the New gTLD Program.” “The Auction Rules have bee...
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ICANN Opens Comment Period On Last Resort Auctions
ICANN has opened a comment period on its Last Resort Auctions “To gather community input regarding the detailed rules and processes for Auctions to resolve string contention sets in the New gTLD Program.” “The Auction Rules have bee...
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December 17, 2013, 2:34 am
The Domains
SnapNames.com BuyDomains.com Auction Ends Thursday Led By Hikers.com At $11,000
Snapnames.com is holding an auction of BuyDomains.com owned domain names which closes at Thursday 3:15PM on accordance with Snapnames.com normal closing rules. All bidding so far is led by Hikers.com which has a bid of $11,000 but which has n...
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SnapNames.com BuyDomains.com Auction Ends Thursday Led By Hikers.com At $11,000
Snapnames.com is holding an auction of BuyDomains.com owned domain names which closes at Thursday 3:15PM on accordance with Snapnames.com normal closing rules. All bidding so far is led by Hikers.com which has a bid of $11,000 but which has n...
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December 16, 2013, 3:46 pm
The Domains
With 20 Million Domain Registration, The Registry Behind .TK Raises $3 Million In Funding
Freenom SARL who is the registry for the .TK which is the ccTLD of Tokelau, which offers free domain names has closed a $3 million Series A funding round led by Kima Ventures, one of the world’s most active angel-investment companies. &nb...
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With 20 Million Domain Registration, The Registry Behind .TK Raises $3 Million In Funding
Freenom SARL who is the registry for the .TK which is the ccTLD of Tokelau, which offers free domain names has closed a $3 million Series A funding round led by Kima Ventures, one of the world’s most active angel-investment companies. &nb...
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December 16, 2013, 3:23 pm
The Domains
Zynga Drops 130 + Names
Zynga dropped about 130 names that were either going to be projects that never came top fruition or were just protection names in alt extensions. Some of the names included: Hospitalville.info is an interesting one as Zynga has branded many games ar...
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Zynga Drops 130 + Names
Zynga dropped about 130 names that were either going to be projects that never came top fruition or were just protection names in alt extensions. Some of the names included: Hospitalville.info is an interesting one as Zynga has branded many games ar...
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December 15, 2013, 11:55 pm
The Domains
German Court Orders Release Of 20,000 Names Of Online Porn-Watchers
A German court has released the names and addresses of about 20,000 people whose IP addresses were detected on porn website Redtube in a copyright infringement case, NBC News reports. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/german-court-porn-relea...
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German Court Orders Release Of 20,000 Names Of Online Porn-Watchers
A German court has released the names and addresses of about 20,000 people whose IP addresses were detected on porn website Redtube in a copyright infringement case, NBC News reports. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/german-court-porn-relea...
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December 15, 2013, 6:49 pm
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UDRP Panel Hands Over 12 Year Old Domain AmericanConnection.com To AA
A one member UDRP panel has awarded the 12 year old domain name americanconnection.com to American Airlines (AA) The domain holder who is a Canadian Citizen and resident registered the domain name on June 19, 2001. Complainant is American Airlines, ...
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UDRP Panel Hands Over 12 Year Old Domain AmericanConnection.com To AA
A one member UDRP panel has awarded the 12 year old domain name americanconnection.com to American Airlines (AA) The domain holder who is a Canadian Citizen and resident registered the domain name on June 19, 2001. Complainant is American Airlines, ...
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December 14, 2013, 4:03 pm
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20% of The Domain Name Conferences.com Sold For $50,000, All In Bitcoins
Josh Metnick who is best known in the domain world as having owned Chicago.com, just purchased a 20% interest in the domain name Conferences.com for $50,000, and in what maybe a first, the purchase price for the %20 interest was paid entirely in Bit...
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20% of The Domain Name Conferences.com Sold For $50,000, All In Bitcoins
Josh Metnick who is best known in the domain world as having owned Chicago.com, just purchased a 20% interest in the domain name Conferences.com for $50,000, and in what maybe a first, the purchase price for the %20 interest was paid entirely in Bit...
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December 13, 2013, 8:43 pm
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Oktogo.Ru Acquires & Rebrands As Travel.Ru
TechCrunch.com just covered Oktogo, “one of the larger hotel-booking sites in Russia which acquired , acquired Travel.ru, for around $2 million”. Travel.Ru was a site not just a domain name. “Today, Oktogo announced that it will reb...
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Oktogo.Ru Acquires & Rebrands As Travel.Ru
TechCrunch.com just covered Oktogo, “one of the larger hotel-booking sites in Russia which acquired , acquired Travel.ru, for around $2 million”. Travel.Ru was a site not just a domain name. “Today, Oktogo announced that it will reb...
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December 13, 2013, 3:36 pm
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The Pirate Bay is Sailing Toward A World Where The Domain Name is irrelevant
The Pirate Bay has had to sail the high seas of the DNS many times throughout its existence. Recently the site has moved from .SX (Sint Maarten) to the .pe extension (Peru). The Pirate Bay has told TorrentFreak.com that they will soon no longe...
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The Pirate Bay is Sailing Toward A World Where The Domain Name is irrelevant
The Pirate Bay has had to sail the high seas of the DNS many times throughout its existence. Recently the site has moved from .SX (Sint Maarten) to the .pe extension (Peru). The Pirate Bay has told TorrentFreak.com that they will soon no longe...
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December 13, 2013, 2:54 am
