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Elliot's Blog
Official Statement from Go Daddy Regarding Front Running Allegation
Some serious charges have been lodged against Go Daddy regarding alleged domain name frontrunning, and because the person who wrote the article didn’t mention the domain name in question, it’s impossible to see what really happened. Mike ...
Discussion
Official Statement from Go Daddy Regarding Front Running Allegation
Some serious charges have been lodged against Go Daddy regarding alleged domain name frontrunning, and because the person who wrote the article didn’t mention the domain name in question, it’s impossible to see what really happened. Mike ...
Discussion
August 9, 2012, 2:25 pm
Elliot's Blog
Did Internet Traffic Pass Domain Sponsor?
I was looking at DomainTools’ DailyChanges.com today, and I noticed that Internet Traffic DNS now has more domain names on them than Domain Sponsor DNS. I don’t look at Daily Changes every day, so this likely did not just happen, and the ...
Discussion
Did Internet Traffic Pass Domain Sponsor?
I was looking at DomainTools’ DailyChanges.com today, and I noticed that Internet Traffic DNS now has more domain names on them than Domain Sponsor DNS. I don’t look at Daily Changes every day, so this likely did not just happen, and the ...
Discussion
August 9, 2012, 12:47 pm
The Domains
Bill Hartzer.com Reports Front Running By Godaddy.com
In a story published a couple of days ago blogger BillHartzer.com citing another report, says Godaddy.com maybe front running domain registrations. “Godaddy, the domain name registrar, has apparently been caught registering domain names ...
Discussion
Bill Hartzer.com Reports Front Running By Godaddy.com
In a story published a couple of days ago blogger BillHartzer.com citing another report, says Godaddy.com maybe front running domain registrations. “Godaddy, the domain name registrar, has apparently been caught registering domain names ...
Discussion
August 9, 2012, 12:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Interview: Kieren McCarthy on .Nxt conference
Kieren McCarthy discusses the upcoming .Nxt conference. The .Nxt conference on new top level domain names is August 29-31 in London. I reached out to show organizer Kieren McCarthy for details. 1. You postponed the London conference to August. Why? Q...
Discussion
Interview: Kieren McCarthy on .Nxt conference
Kieren McCarthy discusses the upcoming .Nxt conference. The .Nxt conference on new top level domain names is August 29-31 in London. I reached out to show organizer Kieren McCarthy for details. 1. You postponed the London conference to August. Why? Q...
Discussion
August 9, 2012, 11:58 am
Domain Name Wire
Escrow.com: domain and web site transactions up 21%
Escrow.com sees transaction growth yet again. How’s the domain name market doing? Quite well, thank you very much. I reached out to Brandon Abbey, president of Escrow.com, to find out how business is this year. Abbey says that Escrow.com’...
Discussion
Escrow.com: domain and web site transactions up 21%
Escrow.com sees transaction growth yet again. How’s the domain name market doing? Quite well, thank you very much. I reached out to Brandon Abbey, president of Escrow.com, to find out how business is this year. Abbey says that Escrow.com’...
Discussion
August 9, 2012, 10:14 am
Elliot's Blog
Conan.XXX Video: “Big Dick, Little Chicks”
I don’t remember hearing about this, but Conan O’Brien launched an adult-themed website on Conan.XXX, and it features funny videos that probably couldn’t be shown on his television show. With a tagline “The Third X is for XXX,...
Discussion
Conan.XXX Video: “Big Dick, Little Chicks”
I don’t remember hearing about this, but Conan O’Brien launched an adult-themed website on Conan.XXX, and it features funny videos that probably couldn’t be shown on his television show. With a tagline “The Third X is for XXX,...
Discussion
August 9, 2012, 9:22 am
The Domains
In The Last Of A Trio Of Cases Already In Federal Court, A UDRP Panel Finally Refuses To Rule
In the last couple of weeks we have cited two UDRP cases in which they domain holder had already filed a federal court action for declaratory judgement and the UDRP panel decided the case anyway. Today a UDRP panel finally did the right thing and pas...
Discussion
In The Last Of A Trio Of Cases Already In Federal Court, A UDRP Panel Finally Refuses To Rule
In the last couple of weeks we have cited two UDRP cases in which they domain holder had already filed a federal court action for declaratory judgement and the UDRP panel decided the case anyway. Today a UDRP panel finally did the right thing and pas...
Discussion
August 9, 2012, 8:37 am
Domain Shane
Thursday’s Big List of Names at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 8-9-12
Outside the entire day and barely looked at the computer or phone all day. Was a very nice day and have to admit, made the evening a little more exciting when I got to catch up on the day’s events. The biggest problem is all my cust...
Discussion
Thursday’s Big List of Names at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 8-9-12
Outside the entire day and barely looked at the computer or phone all day. Was a very nice day and have to admit, made the evening a little more exciting when I got to catch up on the day’s events. The biggest problem is all my cust...
Discussion
August 9, 2012, 6:37 am
Domain Name Wire
Amazing! If you search for chicken in a search box, you’ll get chicken related results
Lawyer manipulates parked page links in UDRP. Here’s a fun fact: if you search for “chicken” in the search box of a parked page, you’ll get search results related to chicken. And if you are a complainant basing your allegation...
Discussion
Amazing! If you search for chicken in a search box, you’ll get chicken related results
Lawyer manipulates parked page links in UDRP. Here’s a fun fact: if you search for “chicken” in the search box of a parked page, you’ll get search results related to chicken. And if you are a complainant basing your allegation...
Discussion
August 9, 2012, 5:25 am
Elliot's Blog
.CO Seeing Strong Renewal Rate
Since the launch of .CO, there has been quite a bit of chatter about how people who registered or who bought .CO domain names in the aftermarket would drop them after a year or two. There were primarily two reasons cited for this assumption. The firs...
Discussion
.CO Seeing Strong Renewal Rate
Since the launch of .CO, there has been quite a bit of chatter about how people who registered or who bought .CO domain names in the aftermarket would drop them after a year or two. There were primarily two reasons cited for this assumption. The firs...
Discussion
August 8, 2012, 4:52 pm
