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Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy climbs back online
GoDaddy.com and access to millions of sites finally being restored. With domain name registrar Go Daddy and millions of sites down today, clicking on a Google search result was a bit like playing roulette: you might get a blank result. A Go Daddy spo...
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Go Daddy climbs back online
GoDaddy.com and access to millions of sites finally being restored. With domain name registrar Go Daddy and millions of sites down today, clicking on a Google search result was a bit like playing roulette: you might get a blank result. A Go Daddy spo...
Discussion
September 10, 2012, 5:56 pm
The Domains
Brand Owners Write To Dept Of Commerce: Want No Cost URS, Loser Pays Model, TM Blocks & More
The United States Brand Owner Summit sent to the United States Department of Commerce asking the Government for new protections in the roll out of the new gTLD’s program. The letter which is called “NEW gTLD RECOMMENDATIONS TO STRENGTH...
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Brand Owners Write To Dept Of Commerce: Want No Cost URS, Loser Pays Model, TM Blocks & More
The United States Brand Owner Summit sent to the United States Department of Commerce asking the Government for new protections in the roll out of the new gTLD’s program. The letter which is called “NEW gTLD RECOMMENDATIONS TO STRENGTH...
Discussion
September 10, 2012, 5:26 pm
Domain Shane
Oh The Irony. Elliot Could Be Getting Mad Traffic With Godaddy Sites and Email Going Down
I came home today and found the traffic to my site had nearly doubled today and I was pretty sure why. It all led back to an article I wrote about the last time that Godaddy’s email and websites went down. Two years ago people were furious and ...
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Oh The Irony. Elliot Could Be Getting Mad Traffic With Godaddy Sites and Email Going Down
I came home today and found the traffic to my site had nearly doubled today and I was pretty sure why. It all led back to an article I wrote about the last time that Godaddy’s email and websites went down. Two years ago people were furious and ...
Discussion
September 10, 2012, 5:16 pm
The Domains
Forbes Just Publishes 5 Reasons Why You Should Leave Godaddy (and How)
Talk about hitting someone when there down, Forbes.com just published a post entitled 5 Reasons Why You Should Leave Godaddy (and How). Forbes writes in part: “In the last few years, GoDaddy has come under fire plenty of times – and for p...
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Forbes Just Publishes 5 Reasons Why You Should Leave Godaddy (and How)
Talk about hitting someone when there down, Forbes.com just published a post entitled 5 Reasons Why You Should Leave Godaddy (and How). Forbes writes in part: “In the last few years, GoDaddy has come under fire plenty of times – and for p...
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September 10, 2012, 4:26 pm
The Domains
Are 35 Million Domains/Sites Hosted On Godaddy Down?
According to DailyChanges.com there are almost 34 million domain names hosted on Godaddy’s DomainControl.com servers. In addition another 1.2 million are hosted on Godaddy’s CashParking.com servers which also appear down. I did a spot che...
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Are 35 Million Domains/Sites Hosted On Godaddy Down?
According to DailyChanges.com there are almost 34 million domain names hosted on Godaddy’s DomainControl.com servers. In addition another 1.2 million are hosted on Godaddy’s CashParking.com servers which also appear down. I did a spot che...
Discussion
September 10, 2012, 4:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Q&A: Aron Meystedt launches March.com
Owner of the world’s oldest .com domain name launches a new web site. Aron Meystedt and his company domain investment company XF.com investments just launched a new web site builder tool on March.com. You may have heard of XF.com because it own...
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Q&A: Aron Meystedt launches March.com
Owner of the world’s oldest .com domain name launches a new web site. Aron Meystedt and his company domain investment company XF.com investments just launched a new web site builder tool on March.com. You may have heard of XF.com because it own...
Discussion
September 10, 2012, 2:44 pm
The Domains
Breaking: Down Goes Godaddy, Taking Millions Of Sites Including A Lot Of Domain Blogs Offline
Godaddy.com seems to be having a major outage at the time of publication. Not only is Godaddy.com down but many of the sites hosted on their servers, including many popular domain industry blogs. Again as of time of publication, Elliotsblog.com, Doma...
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Breaking: Down Goes Godaddy, Taking Millions Of Sites Including A Lot Of Domain Blogs Offline
Godaddy.com seems to be having a major outage at the time of publication. Not only is Godaddy.com down but many of the sites hosted on their servers, including many popular domain industry blogs. Again as of time of publication, Elliotsblog.com, Doma...
Discussion
September 10, 2012, 2:33 pm
Domain Name News
DNS Denial of Service Attack takes down Go Daddy and their customer’s sites
As reported by a number of sources and experienced by ourselves, Go Daddy appears to be experiencing a Denial of Service Attack on their nameservers, taking down customers websites as well. TechCrunch reported on the issue and according to rumours th...
Discussion
DNS Denial of Service Attack takes down Go Daddy and their customer’s sites
As reported by a number of sources and experienced by ourselves, Go Daddy appears to be experiencing a Denial of Service Attack on their nameservers, taking down customers websites as well. TechCrunch reported on the issue and according to rumours th...
Discussion
September 10, 2012, 2:29 pm
The Domains
2 Days Before Apple Event the Domain Name MiniiPaid.com Hits eBay.com
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the new Apple Mini i Pad which is rumored to be called the ipad mini and noted that Apple had not secured the matching domain names. A reader noticed that the domain name MiniiPad.com has hit the auction block at ...
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2 Days Before Apple Event the Domain Name MiniiPaid.com Hits eBay.com
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the new Apple Mini i Pad which is rumored to be called the ipad mini and noted that Apple had not secured the matching domain names. A reader noticed that the domain name MiniiPad.com has hit the auction block at ...
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September 10, 2012, 11:59 am
Domain Name Wire
GEICO wins GEIC.com domain name dispute
Insurance company wins control of domain name that leaves off the ‘o’. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has awarded the four letter domain name GEIC.com to insurance giant GEICO. The owner of the domain name did not respon...
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GEICO wins GEIC.com domain name dispute
Insurance company wins control of domain name that leaves off the ‘o’. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has awarded the four letter domain name GEIC.com to insurance giant GEICO. The owner of the domain name did not respon...
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September 10, 2012, 11:26 am
