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Google Ads Planner Changes Go Into Effect On September 5th & They Don’t Sound Good
According to SearchEngineWatch.com, Google Ad Planner customers have been receiving email notifications that changes are coming to the tool September 5. Including that users will no longer be able to research domains or ad placements that ...
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Google Ads Planner Changes Go Into Effect On September 5th & They Don’t Sound Good
According to SearchEngineWatch.com, Google Ad Planner customers have been receiving email notifications that changes are coming to the tool September 5. Including that users will no longer be able to research domains or ad placements that ...
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August 23, 2012, 7:20 pm

The Domains
Class Action Lawfirm “Investigating” Demand Media, Inc. To See If It “Violated Securities Laws”
According to a press release today, a class action lawfirm, Branham Law, LLP, “announced today it is investigating Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD) to determine whether it has violated securities laws by issuing false and misleading stateme...
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Class Action Lawfirm “Investigating” Demand Media, Inc. To See If It “Violated Securities Laws”
According to a press release today, a class action lawfirm, Branham Law, LLP, “announced today it is investigating Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD) to determine whether it has violated securities laws by issuing false and misleading stateme...
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August 23, 2012, 2:19 pm

The Domains
Google Granted Patent To Modify SEO Results Based On “Spamming Techniques”
According to a post in seobythesea.com, Google was granted a patent last week, which describes several ways how search results might be reordered based upon “rank-modifying spamming techniques,” may involve techniques such as: Keyword st...
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Google Granted Patent To Modify SEO Results Based On “Spamming Techniques”
According to a post in seobythesea.com, Google was granted a patent last week, which describes several ways how search results might be reordered based upon “rank-modifying spamming techniques,” may involve techniques such as: Keyword st...
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August 23, 2012, 11:15 am

The Domains
Cosm.Com & Cosm.Net Bought For “Over $55K” Saved In A UDRP
Mithral Communications & Design, Inc. brought a UDRP Complaint against the domain names cosm.com, and cosm.net, which the domain holder bought for “over $55,000″. The three member panel ruled in favor of the domain holder despite a Tr...
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Cosm.Com & Cosm.Net Bought For “Over $55K” Saved In A UDRP
Mithral Communications & Design, Inc. brought a UDRP Complaint against the domain names cosm.com, and cosm.net, which the domain holder bought for “over $55,000″. The three member panel ruled in favor of the domain holder despite a Tr...
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August 23, 2012, 10:46 am

The Domains
Possible.com Sells On Afternic.com For $150K
A reader sent me a screen shot showing that the domain name Possible.com sold back on August 6th for $150,000. Afternic.com has not yet reported the sale in its weekly report. DomainTools.com confirms the changed in ownership. The buyer of the domain...
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Possible.com Sells On Afternic.com For $150K
A reader sent me a screen shot showing that the domain name Possible.com sold back on August 6th for $150,000. Afternic.com has not yet reported the sale in its weekly report. DomainTools.com confirms the changed in ownership. The buyer of the domain...
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August 23, 2012, 10:16 am

The Domains
Feds Seize 3 More Domain Names
Homeland Security announced that it has seized 3 more domain names today. “Seizure orders have been executed against three website domain names engaged in the illegal distribution of copies of copyrighted Android cell phone apps” &l...
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Feds Seize 3 More Domain Names
Homeland Security announced that it has seized 3 more domain names today. “Seizure orders have been executed against three website domain names engaged in the illegal distribution of copies of copyrighted Android cell phone apps” &l...
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August 22, 2012, 5:57 pm

The Domains
Breaking: Dot-Nxt Cancelled Again?
I have heard from a couple of people scheduled to speak at the Dot-Nxt Conference scheduled for August 29th-31st has been cancelled. The conference was originally scheduled for June right before the Prague ICANN meeting but postponed to delays with t...
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Breaking: Dot-Nxt Cancelled Again?
I have heard from a couple of people scheduled to speak at the Dot-Nxt Conference scheduled for August 29th-31st has been cancelled. The conference was originally scheduled for June right before the Prague ICANN meeting but postponed to delays with t...
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August 22, 2012, 5:53 pm

The Domains
NetworkWorld.com: “There Are Plenty Of Good .Com’s Left”
In a post by NetworkWorld.com they disagree with Forbes Assessment that there aren’t enough good .com domains available. We wrote about the Forbes.com story a week ago which highlighted .me domains. In today’s post NetworkWorld.com writes...
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NetworkWorld.com: “There Are Plenty Of Good .Com’s Left”
In a post by NetworkWorld.com they disagree with Forbes Assessment that there aren’t enough good .com domains available. We wrote about the Forbes.com story a week ago which highlighted .me domains. In today’s post NetworkWorld.com writes...
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August 22, 2012, 11:35 am

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Domain Registrations Point To “Amazon Glacier” Data Storage Product
Amazon registered at least 57 domain names yesterday all involving a product which seems to be called Amazon Glacier. It appears from the domain name registrations to be a data storage product. Here is the list of Amazon registrations: a...
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Domain Registrations Point To “Amazon Glacier” Data Storage Product
Amazon registered at least 57 domain names yesterday all involving a product which seems to be called Amazon Glacier. It appears from the domain name registrations to be a data storage product. Here is the list of Amazon registrations: a...
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August 22, 2012, 10:21 am

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UrbanTimes.com Moves To UT.co On September 19th
For the second day in the row a online media source announced plans to change its URL from a .com to a shorter .Co address Today UrbanTimes.com writes that effective September 19th, its moving its site to the domain UT.co “Urban Times, which as...
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UrbanTimes.com Moves To UT.co On September 19th
For the second day in the row a online media source announced plans to change its URL from a .com to a shorter .Co address Today UrbanTimes.com writes that effective September 19th, its moving its site to the domain UT.co “Urban Times, which as...
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August 22, 2012, 8:33 am