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Businessweek’s Advice On Domain Names REALLY Sucks
In an article published by Businessweek.com today on domain names, they gave pretty some bad advice to business owners on a domain name strategies and there importance. The article quotes several sources including a Michael Weiss, partner at Imagisti...
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Businessweek’s Advice On Domain Names REALLY Sucks
In an article published by Businessweek.com today on domain names, they gave pretty some bad advice to business owners on a domain name strategies and there importance. The article quotes several sources including a Michael Weiss, partner at Imagisti...
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December 11, 2011, 7:56 pm
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Our Exclusive Interview With The New Co-President Of Oversee.net Debra Domeyer
We reached out to Debra Domeyer the new Co-President and Chief Technology Officer of Oversee.net who took over a leadership roll once former CEO Jeff Kupietzky left at the end of August. Special Thanks to Gregg McNair who was instrumental to introduc...
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Our Exclusive Interview With The New Co-President Of Oversee.net Debra Domeyer
We reached out to Debra Domeyer the new Co-President and Chief Technology Officer of Oversee.net who took over a leadership roll once former CEO Jeff Kupietzky left at the end of August. Special Thanks to Gregg McNair who was instrumental to introduc...
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December 10, 2011, 8:44 am
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Citibank Online Advertising To Grow 21% This Year
According to a story in MediaPost.com, Citigroup estimates online advertising will grow 21% this year, up from 15% in 2010. Citibank estimates online advertising will grow 17% in 2012 and 14% in 2013. “Search will grow more rapidly than o...
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Citibank Online Advertising To Grow 21% This Year
According to a story in MediaPost.com, Citigroup estimates online advertising will grow 21% this year, up from 15% in 2010. Citibank estimates online advertising will grow 17% in 2012 and 14% in 2013. “Search will grow more rapidly than o...
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December 9, 2011, 4:59 pm
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Here Come The .XXX Sunrise/LandRush Auctions & It Looks Like They Don’t Start Until January
Just getting a bunch of notices on some Sunrise/LandRush .XXX domain name applications we filed for domain names that had more than 1 application. So far the earliest start date I have for any auction is January 3, 2012 which will end on January 10th...
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Here Come The .XXX Sunrise/LandRush Auctions & It Looks Like They Don’t Start Until January
Just getting a bunch of notices on some Sunrise/LandRush .XXX domain name applications we filed for domain names that had more than 1 application. So far the earliest start date I have for any auction is January 3, 2012 which will end on January 10th...
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December 9, 2011, 10:58 am
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Its Time For ICM & Registrars To Start Selling .XXX On Its Merits Rather Than For Protection
A few weeks ago DomainShane.com wrote a piece on the sales pitch many of the registrars and even ICM the registry for .XXX was using to sell .XXX domain names. Today I’m going to agree with Shane. At the time Shane Cultra wrote the piece the Su...
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Its Time For ICM & Registrars To Start Selling .XXX On Its Merits Rather Than For Protection
A few weeks ago DomainShane.com wrote a piece on the sales pitch many of the registrars and even ICM the registry for .XXX was using to sell .XXX domain names. Today I’m going to agree with Shane. At the time Shane Cultra wrote the piece the Su...
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December 8, 2011, 8:38 am
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ICA Letter To The House Against SOPA: “”Potentially Devastating For ICANN Registrars & Others in Domain Name Industry
Phil Corwin on behalf of The Internet Commerce Association sent a letter to today to the senior members of the House Judiciary Committee “regarding the likely unintended but potentially devastating impact of H.R. 3261 (”SOPA”) as in...
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ICA Letter To The House Against SOPA: “”Potentially Devastating For ICANN Registrars & Others in Domain Name Industry
Phil Corwin on behalf of The Internet Commerce Association sent a letter to today to the senior members of the House Judiciary Committee “regarding the likely unintended but potentially devastating impact of H.R. 3261 (”SOPA”) as in...
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December 7, 2011, 10:05 pm
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ICM: .XXX 1st 24 Hours OF GA; 56,000 Registrations; A Total Of 160K Domain Names Registered
According to the ICM Registry sponsor of the .XXX TLD, in the first 24 hours of General Availability 55,367 .XXX new domain name registrations. Including the Founders Program, Sunrise and Land Rush there are a total of 159,351 .XXX domain names regis...
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ICM: .XXX 1st 24 Hours OF GA; 56,000 Registrations; A Total Of 160K Domain Names Registered
According to the ICM Registry sponsor of the .XXX TLD, in the first 24 hours of General Availability 55,367 .XXX new domain name registrations. Including the Founders Program, Sunrise and Land Rush there are a total of 159,351 .XXX domain names regis...
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December 7, 2011, 2:23 pm
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FTC Chairman Comes Out Swinging Against ICANN’s New gTLD Plan
According to several reports to The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Jon Leibowitzsaid said today that a proposal to allow for an unlimited number of new Internet addresses could be a “disaster” for consumers and businesses. The p...
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FTC Chairman Comes Out Swinging Against ICANN’s New gTLD Plan
According to several reports to The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Jon Leibowitzsaid said today that a proposal to allow for an unlimited number of new Internet addresses could be a “disaster” for consumers and businesses. The p...
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December 7, 2011, 1:29 pm
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Sedo.com Sells $1.67 Million in Domain Names Led By LiveCloud.com For $92K
Sedo.com just announced it weekly sales and in all sold 865 domain names for $1.67 Million dollars led by yet another cloud domain, LiveCloud.com for a nice $92K. In non.com sales krant.nl led the way selling for 35,000 Euro’s or around $...
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Sedo.com Sells $1.67 Million in Domain Names Led By LiveCloud.com For $92K
Sedo.com just announced it weekly sales and in all sold 865 domain names for $1.67 Million dollars led by yet another cloud domain, LiveCloud.com for a nice $92K. In non.com sales krant.nl led the way selling for 35,000 Euro’s or around $...
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December 6, 2011, 6:52 pm
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Afternic.com Sells $1.3MM In Domains Led By BonnieAndClyde.com At $13K
Afternic.com reported $1,263,330 in domain sales for the week ending December 4th. The publicly reportable sales included in the total above were $675,785 and led by BonnieAndClyde.com at $13,000 followed by ParkModelHomes.com at $12,696. Below is th...
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Afternic.com Sells $1.3MM In Domains Led By BonnieAndClyde.com At $13K
Afternic.com reported $1,263,330 in domain sales for the week ending December 4th. The publicly reportable sales included in the total above were $675,785 and led by BonnieAndClyde.com at $13,000 followed by ParkModelHomes.com at $12,696. Below is th...
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December 6, 2011, 6:01 pm
