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The Domains
Elliot Sells His Shares Of Apple & The Stock Sinks
Elliot Silver, of ElliotsBlog.com tweeted back in April that he just bought shares of Apple. Accrdoing to his tweet at the time he wrote , “Bad new if you own Apple stock. I just made an investment this morning, so my guess is the stock i...
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Elliot Sells His Shares Of Apple & The Stock Sinks
Elliot Silver, of ElliotsBlog.com tweeted back in April that he just bought shares of Apple. Accrdoing to his tweet at the time he wrote , “Bad new if you own Apple stock. I just made an investment this morning, so my guess is the stock i...
Discussion
August 21, 2012, 8:34 pm
The Domains
Report: IAC Gets Into Bidding War With Answers.com Over About.com & Demand Maybe Interested Too
According to a report from Reuters.com today Bary Diller’s IAC is getting into a bidding war with Answers.com over About.com and Demand Media, Inc. may have interest in About.com as well. Reuters.com is saying that Interactive corp (IAC) submit...
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Report: IAC Gets Into Bidding War With Answers.com Over About.com & Demand Maybe Interested Too
According to a report from Reuters.com today Bary Diller’s IAC is getting into a bidding war with Answers.com over About.com and Demand Media, Inc. may have interest in About.com as well. Reuters.com is saying that Interactive corp (IAC) submit...
Discussion
August 21, 2012, 6:24 pm
The Domains
MIT Rips ICANN’s Over New gTLD Program: ICANN’s Boondoggle
MIT just published a post ripping ICANN for what it calls ICANN’s Boondoggle referring to the new gTLD program “ICANN is itself a monopoly. It has the freedom to mint new gTLDs and incorporate them into the “root zone file,” t...
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MIT Rips ICANN’s Over New gTLD Program: ICANN’s Boondoggle
MIT just published a post ripping ICANN for what it calls ICANN’s Boondoggle referring to the new gTLD program “ICANN is itself a monopoly. It has the freedom to mint new gTLDs and incorporate them into the “root zone file,” t...
Discussion
August 21, 2012, 5:59 pm
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells Almost $1.1 Million in Domain Names
Afternic.com just reported it sales for the week ending August 19th 2012 and recorded sales of $1,072.90 Sales were led by medilert.com for $15,800 .com Sales medilert.com $15,800.00 southernrecycling.com $13,100.00 goodgift...
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Afternic.com Sells Almost $1.1 Million in Domain Names
Afternic.com just reported it sales for the week ending August 19th 2012 and recorded sales of $1,072.90 Sales were led by medilert.com for $15,800 .com Sales medilert.com $15,800.00 southernrecycling.com $13,100.00 goodgift...
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August 21, 2012, 5:44 pm
The Domains
Sedo.com Sells $1.2MM In Domains Led By Work.org for $55K
Sedo.com just announced its sales data for the week ending July 20th, 2012. In all over $1.2MM of domains were sold. The top seller was Work.org at $55,000. Other domains topping the list of public sales were metformina.it for €14,900 and hypnob...
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Sedo.com Sells $1.2MM In Domains Led By Work.org for $55K
Sedo.com just announced its sales data for the week ending July 20th, 2012. In all over $1.2MM of domains were sold. The top seller was Work.org at $55,000. Other domains topping the list of public sales were metformina.it for €14,900 and hypnob...
Discussion
August 21, 2012, 4:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nominet’s alleged anti-domainer scheme and MIT Tech Review on new TLDs
Two domain name articles worth reading. There are a couple recent articles about the domain name industry that are worth reading. The first is Kevin Murphy’s report for The Register about Nominet’s alleged “Plan G”. Under the ...
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Nominet’s alleged anti-domainer scheme and MIT Tech Review on new TLDs
Two domain name articles worth reading. There are a couple recent articles about the domain name industry that are worth reading. The first is Kevin Murphy’s report for The Register about Nominet’s alleged “Plan G”. Under the ...
Discussion
August 21, 2012, 4:58 pm
Elliot's Blog
Reserve the Skyscraper Banner on My Blog for RMH
I’m a bit behind in my 2012 fundraising goal of $10,000 for the Ronald McDonald House, but I am determined to help raise/donate that amount or more before the year is over. I am offering the 120 x 600 skyscraper banner on my blog for two m...
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Reserve the Skyscraper Banner on My Blog for RMH
I’m a bit behind in my 2012 fundraising goal of $10,000 for the Ronald McDonald House, but I am determined to help raise/donate that amount or more before the year is over. I am offering the 120 x 600 skyscraper banner on my blog for two m...
Discussion
August 21, 2012, 4:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google Apps makes .co an option (and promotes it)
.co front and center with the big three on Google Apps. Google Apps has added .co as a registration option when you open a new account. Given that you can currently register 27 different top level domains with Google Apps, that’s not big news b...
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Google Apps makes .co an option (and promotes it)
.co front and center with the big three on Google Apps. Google Apps has added .co as a registration option when you open a new account. Given that you can currently register 27 different top level domains with Google Apps, that’s not big news b...
Discussion
August 21, 2012, 3:18 pm
Domain Name News
Freshbooks becomes Cloud Accounting, forgets to buy domain?
Freshbooks just sent out an announcement from their CEO Mike McDerment to their clients – which include my own company (DomainCocoon). The company will become “Cloud Accounting” – there’s just one little snag. The domain...
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Freshbooks becomes Cloud Accounting, forgets to buy domain?
Freshbooks just sent out an announcement from their CEO Mike McDerment to their clients – which include my own company (DomainCocoon). The company will become “Cloud Accounting” – there’s just one little snag. The domain...
Discussion
August 21, 2012, 2:50 pm
Elliot's Blog
Startups.com For Sale
As recently as April, Startups.com was a daily deals type of site similar in scope to Groupon. TechCrunch published an article in May reporting that the site shut down, and that the company decided not to list it for sale at the time. According to th...
Discussion
Startups.com For Sale
As recently as April, Startups.com was a daily deals type of site similar in scope to Groupon. TechCrunch published an article in May reporting that the site shut down, and that the company decided not to list it for sale at the time. According to th...
Discussion
August 21, 2012, 1:11 pm
