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The Domains
Google Scrapping Banner Ad Experiment
Harrison Weber is reporting on Venture Beat and Ginn Marvin is reporting on Marketing Land, that Google is going to scrap its banner ad experiment. Google started showing banner ads last October which sparked many to become upset as Google had ...
Discussion
Google Scrapping Banner Ad Experiment
Harrison Weber is reporting on Venture Beat and Ginn Marvin is reporting on Marketing Land, that Google is going to scrap its banner ad experiment. Google started showing banner ads last October which sparked many to become upset as Google had ...
Discussion
March 12, 2014, 6:00 pm
The Domains
Namejet.com Holding Domainfest Premium Domain Auction
NameJet announced today its running an auction for over 40 premium domain names in partnership with Oversee.net. All auctions scheduled to close during the DomainFest domain industry and investor conference on April 1st and 2nd. All of these exclus...
Discussion
Namejet.com Holding Domainfest Premium Domain Auction
NameJet announced today its running an auction for over 40 premium domain names in partnership with Oversee.net. All auctions scheduled to close during the DomainFest domain industry and investor conference on April 1st and 2nd. All of these exclus...
Discussion
March 12, 2014, 5:47 pm
The Domains
Dior Files URS On Dior.Clothing & I’m Going To Blame The Company For This One
A URS wwas filed by designer fashion house Christian Dior on the domain name Dior.clothing yesterday. I’m going to blame the company for this one. No one likes to pay for insurance just like no one wants to spend money to register defensive dom...
Discussion
Dior Files URS On Dior.Clothing & I’m Going To Blame The Company For This One
A URS wwas filed by designer fashion house Christian Dior on the domain name Dior.clothing yesterday. I’m going to blame the company for this one. No one likes to pay for insurance just like no one wants to spend money to register defensive dom...
Discussion
March 12, 2014, 5:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
New York man may have lucked out with Apple CarPlay
New York registered CarPlay.com domain name in 2000. Nearly 14 years ago New Yorker Thomas Fitzgibbon registered the domain name CarPlay.com. “I just thought cars are going to be automated in the future, and we’re getting to the point whe...
Discussion
New York man may have lucked out with Apple CarPlay
New York registered CarPlay.com domain name in 2000. Nearly 14 years ago New Yorker Thomas Fitzgibbon registered the domain name CarPlay.com. “I just thought cars are going to be automated in the future, and we’re getting to the point whe...
Discussion
March 12, 2014, 4:47 pm
The Domains
HA.com Domain Auction Is Live: Tablets.com; Digital.com; Future.com; LK.com
Heritage Auctions second domain auction is now live. Most names have reserves, which will be made public for everyone to see 7 days before the auction. Some names have no reserve price. Prices range from $100 up to near $1MM. Here are some of the mor...
Discussion
HA.com Domain Auction Is Live: Tablets.com; Digital.com; Future.com; LK.com
Heritage Auctions second domain auction is now live. Most names have reserves, which will be made public for everyone to see 7 days before the auction. Some names have no reserve price. Prices range from $100 up to near $1MM. Here are some of the mor...
Discussion
March 12, 2014, 4:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Grumpy the Cat and Rob Corddry give Name.com a High Five
Celebrities give Name.com a high five. Name.com did a rather clever marketing gimmick during SXSW Interactive in Austin. It sent one of its customer service reps to the city as “High Five Guy”. For every high five he got (10,000) the comp...
Discussion
Grumpy the Cat and Rob Corddry give Name.com a High Five
Celebrities give Name.com a high five. Name.com did a rather clever marketing gimmick during SXSW Interactive in Austin. It sent one of its customer service reps to the city as “High Five Guy”. For every high five he got (10,000) the comp...
Discussion
March 12, 2014, 3:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Obama: I don’t go to .com and .net sites
Obama discusses top level domain names in humor video. As of this morning Barrack Obama’s appearance on Funny or Die’s Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis has been viewed a whopping 12 million times. Obama’s appearance on the s...
Discussion
Obama: I don’t go to .com and .net sites
Obama discusses top level domain names in humor video. As of this morning Barrack Obama’s appearance on Funny or Die’s Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis has been viewed a whopping 12 million times. Obama’s appearance on the s...
Discussion
March 12, 2014, 1:57 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Discussion – Mar 12, 2014
This is the show where we discuss domain name industry news with a panel of veterans and thought leaders.In this DomainSherpa Discussion:* Question from the audience: is a firstname.newTLD worth registering?* Question from the audience: should I have...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Discussion – Mar 12, 2014
This is the show where we discuss domain name industry news with a panel of veterans and thought leaders.In this DomainSherpa Discussion:* Question from the audience: is a firstname.newTLD worth registering?* Question from the audience: should I have...
Discussion
March 12, 2014, 1:18 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on March 12th, 2014
You know the funny thing about the whole Uniregistry delay thing is nobody would have even noticed or cared if there wasn’t a giant countdown banner on the right side of Domaining.com and DomainGang talking up the big grand opening. Just ...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on March 12th, 2014
You know the funny thing about the whole Uniregistry delay thing is nobody would have even noticed or cared if there wasn’t a giant countdown banner on the right side of Domaining.com and DomainGang talking up the big grand opening. Just ...
Discussion
March 12, 2014, 11:12 am
The Domains
Agreed Becomes the 1st Licensed Internet Escrow Service to Accept Bitcoin & Litecoin
California-based Agreed Escrow announce today it has partnered with GoCoin to become the first licensed Internet escrow service to allow clients to pay with Bitcoin and Litecoin through its site at Agreed.com. “Agreed is licensed by the Califor...
Discussion
Agreed Becomes the 1st Licensed Internet Escrow Service to Accept Bitcoin & Litecoin
California-based Agreed Escrow announce today it has partnered with GoCoin to become the first licensed Internet escrow service to allow clients to pay with Bitcoin and Litecoin through its site at Agreed.com. “Agreed is licensed by the Califor...
Discussion
March 12, 2014, 3:11 am
