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Domain Name Wire
Malaysian company guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for Spritzer.com
Bottled water company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Chuan Sin Sdn. Bhd of Taiping, Perak, Malaysia has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in its attempt to get the domain name Spritzer.com through a UDRP. The complainant op...
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Malaysian company guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for Spritzer.com
Bottled water company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Chuan Sin Sdn. Bhd of Taiping, Perak, Malaysia has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in its attempt to get the domain name Spritzer.com through a UDRP. The complainant op...
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June 6, 2014, 5:35 pm
The Domains
Google Says Keywords In Domain Are Not Needed To Be Successful
Barry Schwartz on SERoundtable.com put up a quick blurb about a comment from Google’s John Mueller. Mueller was apparently responding to a Google Webmaster help question on whether the user needed the keyword in their domain. You don’t ne...
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Google Says Keywords In Domain Are Not Needed To Be Successful
Barry Schwartz on SERoundtable.com put up a quick blurb about a comment from Google’s John Mueller. Mueller was apparently responding to a Google Webmaster help question on whether the user needed the keyword in their domain. You don’t ne...
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June 6, 2014, 4:44 pm
The Domains
eBay: Search Ads Have No Measurable Benefit
eBay study warns search ads have ‘no measurable benefit The Guardian did a story on the efficacy of paid search based on a study conducted by eBay From the article: Customers are just as likely to click on natural search results as paid ads, a ...
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eBay: Search Ads Have No Measurable Benefit
eBay study warns search ads have ‘no measurable benefit The Guardian did a story on the efficacy of paid search based on a study conducted by eBay From the article: Customers are just as likely to click on natural search results as paid ads, a ...
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June 6, 2014, 4:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
By the Numbers: .XYZ, .Reviews lead this week’s new TLD launches
.XYZ clocks in at over 10,000 registrations and results from eight other new TLD launches. I count nine new top level domain names that launched this week, as I previewed on Monday. The top domain in terms of registrations was .xyz, although I’...
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By the Numbers: .XYZ, .Reviews lead this week’s new TLD launches
.XYZ clocks in at over 10,000 registrations and results from eight other new TLD launches. I count nine new top level domain names that launched this week, as I previewed on Monday. The top domain in terms of registrations was .xyz, although I’...
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June 6, 2014, 2:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top 5 Domain Name Wire Stories from May
Sex sells. For millions. Here’s a look back at the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month: 1. Sex.xxx domain name sells as part of $5 million deal – ICM Registry sold Sex.com for $3 million as part of a $5 million package of doma...
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Top 5 Domain Name Wire Stories from May
Sex sells. For millions. Here’s a look back at the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month: 1. Sex.xxx domain name sells as part of $5 million deal – ICM Registry sold Sex.com for $3 million as part of a $5 million package of doma...
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June 6, 2014, 1:36 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 6th, 2014
You know how I know I’m old. My friend and former neighbor has two daughters and to honest I only really noticed the daughter that ran track with my daughter. I think I would notice now. I found out that the oldest won I...
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THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 6th, 2014
You know how I know I’m old. My friend and former neighbor has two daughters and to honest I only really noticed the daughter that ran track with my daughter. I think I would notice now. I found out that the oldest won I...
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June 6, 2014, 10:24 am
DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: June 6 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: June 6, 2014.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Del Monte Appeals New Top..., Frank Schilling is The Biggest..., Company Pays $600,000 in Auction..., ReturnMoi.com, The Largest Lost &..., nTLDstats.c...
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Domain Name News: June 6 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: June 6, 2014.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Del Monte Appeals New Top..., Frank Schilling is The Biggest..., Company Pays $600,000 in Auction..., ReturnMoi.com, The Largest Lost &..., nTLDstats.c...
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June 6, 2014, 9:30 am
Domain Name Wire
Moniker CEO Bonnie Wittenburg discusses botched transition
Wittenburg discusses what went wrong and what the company is doing to fix it. It’s been a long week for Moniker and its customers. The company transitioned its entire platform over to Key-Systems’ reseller platform over the weekend and it...
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Moniker CEO Bonnie Wittenburg discusses botched transition
Wittenburg discusses what went wrong and what the company is doing to fix it. It’s been a long week for Moniker and its customers. The company transitioned its entire platform over to Key-Systems’ reseller platform over the weekend and it...
Discussion
June 6, 2014, 12:16 am
The Domains
One Hilarious Look at Net Neutrality
There has been a lot of talk about Net Neutrality and for most this is a topic that gets a bit boring. John Oliver from the HBO series “Last Week Tonight” has put a very funny, sarcastic and layman’s terms. John explains without Net...
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One Hilarious Look at Net Neutrality
There has been a lot of talk about Net Neutrality and for most this is a topic that gets a bit boring. John Oliver from the HBO series “Last Week Tonight” has put a very funny, sarcastic and layman’s terms. John explains without Net...
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June 5, 2014, 9:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Del Monte appeals new top level domain name lawsuit
Battle over .delmonte continues. Del Monte International is taking a dispute over new top level domain names to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Del Monte International (DMI) applied for the .delmonte domain name. Del Monte Corporation (DMC)...
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Del Monte appeals new top level domain name lawsuit
Battle over .delmonte continues. Del Monte International is taking a dispute over new top level domain names to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Del Monte International (DMI) applied for the .delmonte domain name. Del Monte Corporation (DMC)...
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June 5, 2014, 5:34 pm
