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Domain Name Wire
ICANN’s Attorney General problem
ICANN has a big problem if it can’t placate the California Attorney General. ICANN’s Board of Directors was ready to decide on whether or not to approve the sale of Public Interest Registry (PIR), the non-profit registry overseeing the .o...
Discussion
ICANN’s Attorney General problem
ICANN has a big problem if it can’t placate the California Attorney General. ICANN’s Board of Directors was ready to decide on whether or not to approve the sale of Public Interest Registry (PIR), the non-profit registry overseeing the .o...
Discussion
April 21, 2020, 5:26 pm
The Domains
The domain name industry’s obligation to protect the public from harm
Dave Piscitello wrote an interesting article on SPAMHAUS.org that took issue with the practice of bulk domain name registrations. Piscitello described the allure of bulk registration for cyber criminals. He talks about the weaponizing of domain names...
Discussion
The domain name industry’s obligation to protect the public from harm
Dave Piscitello wrote an interesting article on SPAMHAUS.org that took issue with the practice of bulk domain name registrations. Piscitello described the allure of bulk registration for cyber criminals. He talks about the weaponizing of domain names...
Discussion
April 21, 2020, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy patent: Images to Domain Names
Clever idea uses image information to suggest domain names and create a website. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,630,639 (pdf) to GoDaddy for “Suggesting a domain name from digital image metadata.” The pa...
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GoDaddy patent: Images to Domain Names
Clever idea uses image information to suggest domain names and create a website. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,630,639 (pdf) to GoDaddy for “Suggesting a domain name from digital image metadata.” The pa...
Discussion
April 21, 2020, 3:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Gameloft recovers Asphalt 9 domain names
Company wins cybersquatting cases. Gameloft, a popular mobile gaming company, has recovered two domain names related to the latest game in its Asphalt racing video game series. The company won cybersquatting cases against the owners of asphalt9legend...
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Gameloft recovers Asphalt 9 domain names
Company wins cybersquatting cases. Gameloft, a popular mobile gaming company, has recovered two domain names related to the latest game in its Asphalt racing video game series. The company won cybersquatting cases against the owners of asphalt9legend...
Discussion
April 21, 2020, 3:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
State Farm loses another domain dispute – state-shaped farm bowls!
Is that The State Farm Bowl or the State “farm bowl”? State Farm has lost another cybersquatting dispute because of how its name can be interpreted when combined with other words. The latest decision is for TheStateFarmBowl(.)com. Just lo...
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State Farm loses another domain dispute – state-shaped farm bowls!
Is that The State Farm Bowl or the State “farm bowl”? State Farm has lost another cybersquatting dispute because of how its name can be interpreted when combined with other words. The latest decision is for TheStateFarmBowl(.)com. Just lo...
Discussion
April 20, 2020, 11:20 pm
The Domains
Facebook Is Giving Away $100M Free Ad Credits. Apply Now
Facebook is giving away$100M Free Ad Credits. Larry Kim detailed how to do apply along with some tools to get started with Facebook ads. Facebook says it will accept up to 30,000 eligible small businesses in more than 30 countries to receive the gran...
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Facebook Is Giving Away $100M Free Ad Credits. Apply Now
Facebook is giving away$100M Free Ad Credits. Larry Kim detailed how to do apply along with some tools to get started with Facebook ads. Facebook says it will accept up to 30,000 eligible small businesses in more than 30 countries to receive the gran...
Discussion
April 20, 2020, 10:09 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – Apr 20: BeUnstoppable.com, Tours.com, BTCVault.com/BitcoinVault.com package, RemoteTests.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: BeUnstoppable.com, Tours.com, BTCVault.com/BitcoinVault.com package, RemoteTests.com• Get your bid...
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DomainSherpa Review – Apr 20: BeUnstoppable.com, Tours.com, BTCVault.com/BitcoinVault.com package, RemoteTests.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: BeUnstoppable.com, Tours.com, BTCVault.com/BitcoinVault.com package, RemoteTests.com• Get your bid...
Discussion
April 20, 2020, 7:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Laws forcing Google to pay for news “content” hurt small publishers
Google is the lifeblood of small publishers. Australia is the latest country to consider mandating that Google pay news publishers for “content,” even if this content is just a headline and short snippet. Google and Google News have becom...
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Laws forcing Google to pay for news “content” hurt small publishers
Google is the lifeblood of small publishers. Australia is the latest country to consider mandating that Google pay news publishers for “content,” even if this content is just a headline and short snippet. Google and Google News have becom...
Discussion
April 20, 2020, 5:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domains in Hollywood – DNW Podcast #282
Why movies have such crappy domain names. There was a time, not so long ago, when people went to movie theaters to watch movies. They were subjected to 30 minutes of previews before the movie began. And these previews included domain names for each m...
Discussion
Domains in Hollywood – DNW Podcast #282
Why movies have such crappy domain names. There was a time, not so long ago, when people went to movie theaters to watch movies. They were subjected to 30 minutes of previews before the movie began. And these previews included domain names for each m...
Discussion
April 20, 2020, 3:30 pm
The Domains
Security experts are struggling to keep pace with the flood of domains invoking the virus
KrebsonSecurity.com published a piece that takes a look at the security professionals trying to keep up with the onslaught of corona/covid related domain names. From the article: By most measures, the volume of new domain registrations that include t...
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Security experts are struggling to keep pace with the flood of domains invoking the virus
KrebsonSecurity.com published a piece that takes a look at the security professionals trying to keep up with the onslaught of corona/covid related domain names. From the article: By most measures, the volume of new domain registrations that include t...
Discussion
April 19, 2020, 8:40 am
