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Domain Name Wire
New TLD registrations now up to at least 329
329 people have registered for ICANN’s new TLD system. ICANN has updated its new top level domain program statistics to show that it has 329 registrants for its TLD Application System (TAS). Each registrant can apply for up to 50 top level doma...
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New TLD registrations now up to at least 329
329 people have registered for ICANN’s new TLD system. ICANN has updated its new top level domain program statistics to show that it has 329 registrants for its TLD Application System (TAS). Each registrant can apply for up to 50 top level doma...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 10:12 am
Domain Name Wire
Facebook registers a bunch of domains but the strategy makes no sense
Company appears to be registering previously expired domains, but isn’t picking up some obvious domains. Facebook registered at least 22 domain names yesterday, many of them typos of Facebook. But the strategy is perplexing. Here’s the li...
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Facebook registers a bunch of domains but the strategy makes no sense
Company appears to be registering previously expired domains, but isn’t picking up some obvious domains. Facebook registered at least 22 domain names yesterday, many of them typos of Facebook. But the strategy is perplexing. Here’s the li...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 10:06 am
Elliot's Blog
Is There a Google Analytics Issue?
Does anyone know if Google Analytics has been having issues with accuracy lately? I use Google Analytics and Stat Counter on my blog, and they have generally been in line with each other. For some reason, Google Analytics has lately been off by over ...
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Is There a Google Analytics Issue?
Does anyone know if Google Analytics has been having issues with accuracy lately? I use Google Analytics and Stat Counter on my blog, and they have generally been in line with each other. For some reason, Google Analytics has lately been off by over ...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 10:03 am
The Domains
Eye Tracking Study Says A Visitors 1st Impression Of A Site Is Made In Fraction Of A Second & The Site’s Logo’s Is The Most Important
According to a new report by the Missouri University of Science and Technology, it takes a website visitor less than two-tenths of a second to form a first impression. Using eye-tracking software and an infrared camera the research found that the sec...
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Eye Tracking Study Says A Visitors 1st Impression Of A Site Is Made In Fraction Of A Second & The Site’s Logo’s Is The Most Important
According to a new report by the Missouri University of Science and Technology, it takes a website visitor less than two-tenths of a second to form a first impression. Using eye-tracking software and an infrared camera the research found that the sec...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 8:19 am
Domain Shane
Thursday’s List of Domain At Auction or Dropping Around the Net 3-22-12
You know what you get when you combine a 42 year old man, record high temperatures, and a Garden Center? A happy, exhausted, sunburned guy. Makes me want to get out and buy and sell some domains. I don’t know why it is, whenever I’ve work...
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Thursday’s List of Domain At Auction or Dropping Around the Net 3-22-12
You know what you get when you combine a 42 year old man, record high temperatures, and a Garden Center? A happy, exhausted, sunburned guy. Makes me want to get out and buy and sell some domains. I don’t know why it is, whenever I’ve work...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 5:40 am
Elliot's Blog
TrafficZ Changes Default Landing Pages
Pay per click parking provider TrafficZ has announced a big change to its default landing page template. According to the company, after an undisclosed testing period, the “TrafficZ Royal” landing page showed “significant increases ...
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TrafficZ Changes Default Landing Pages
Pay per click parking provider TrafficZ has announced a big change to its default landing page template. According to the company, after an undisclosed testing period, the “TrafficZ Royal” landing page showed “significant increases ...
Discussion
March 21, 2012, 6:14 pm
The Domains
New York Said To Be Gyarnateed $3.6 Million For .NYC TLD
According to an article in the New York Times, the city of New York is on the verge of making a deal with a “Virgina based company” that would apply for and operate the gTLD of .NYC. According to the story the city would be guaranteed a t...
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New York Said To Be Gyarnateed $3.6 Million For .NYC TLD
According to an article in the New York Times, the city of New York is on the verge of making a deal with a “Virgina based company” that would apply for and operate the gTLD of .NYC. According to the story the city would be guaranteed a t...
Discussion
March 21, 2012, 5:52 pm
The Domains
Zynga Acquires OMGPOP Developer of DrawSomething
Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), just announced that it acquired the developer of the hottest gaming app Draw Something. We wrote about Draw Something last week. According to a Press release issued minutes ago, Zynga just acquired “New York-based social g...
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Zynga Acquires OMGPOP Developer of DrawSomething
Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), just announced that it acquired the developer of the hottest gaming app Draw Something. We wrote about Draw Something last week. According to a Press release issued minutes ago, Zynga just acquired “New York-based social g...
Discussion
March 21, 2012, 3:16 pm
The Domains
Ari Goldberger Beats Back UDRP On UTV.com
Ari Goldberger beat back a UDRP on the domain name UTV.com brought by UTV Limited of Belfast The Complainant was formed in November 1958 as Programme Contractor for Northern Ireland and was incorporated as Ulster Television in 1959. It has been broad...
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Ari Goldberger Beats Back UDRP On UTV.com
Ari Goldberger beat back a UDRP on the domain name UTV.com brought by UTV Limited of Belfast The Complainant was formed in November 1958 as Programme Contractor for Northern Ireland and was incorporated as Ulster Television in 1959. It has been broad...
Discussion
March 21, 2012, 2:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hot gossip: media company demands GossipGirl.com domain name
Alloy Entertainment wants the GossipGirl.com domain name. Alloy Entertainment, the company behind the Gossip Girl books and TV show on CW, has filed a complaint to get the domain name GossipGirl.com. The complaint was filed with World Intellectual Pr...
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Hot gossip: media company demands GossipGirl.com domain name
Alloy Entertainment wants the GossipGirl.com domain name. Alloy Entertainment, the company behind the Gossip Girl books and TV show on CW, has filed a complaint to get the domain name GossipGirl.com. The complaint was filed with World Intellectual Pr...
Discussion
March 21, 2012, 1:53 pm
