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Domain Name Wire
Will Microsoft App Your Web Site?
Company registers intriguing domain names. Is Microsoft working on a way to quickly turn your web site into an app? On June 1 the company registered the domain name AppYourSites.com, along with at least 6 other top level domain names of the same name...
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Will Microsoft App Your Web Site?
Company registers intriguing domain names. Is Microsoft working on a way to quickly turn your web site into an app? On June 1 the company registered the domain name AppYourSites.com, along with at least 6 other top level domain names of the same name...
Discussion
June 3, 2011, 10:21 am
The Domains
.TV Registry Changes Policy To Take Back Any Expired 1 Character Domain As They Take Back G.TV
Over last weekend the super premium one letter .TV domain name G.TV was suppose to drop as the former owner failed to renew it. However instead of dropping the domain for what would have been a one time payment of $4,750, the domain name was taken ba...
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.TV Registry Changes Policy To Take Back Any Expired 1 Character Domain As They Take Back G.TV
Over last weekend the super premium one letter .TV domain name G.TV was suppose to drop as the former owner failed to renew it. However instead of dropping the domain for what would have been a one time payment of $4,750, the domain name was taken ba...
Discussion
June 3, 2011, 8:05 am
Domain Shane
Friday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction Picks
Got to the list a little late because I have been working the Thursday night TV gig. No I’m not Morgan Linton, I am pushing my wares on local television. Here’s a little peak at what I do and yes I know. My hair seems to...
Discussion
Friday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction Picks
Got to the list a little late because I have been working the Thursday night TV gig. No I’m not Morgan Linton, I am pushing my wares on local television. Here’s a little peak at what I do and yes I know. My hair seems to...
Discussion
June 3, 2011, 2:40 am
Domain Shane
Girls Are Like Domain Names
I realize it’s a little childish but I thought it was funny. I was reading through Reddit and noticed they had a pretty funny thread going called “Girls are like Domain Names” Here were my favorite of the responses 1. Th...
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Girls Are Like Domain Names
I realize it’s a little childish but I thought it was funny. I was reading through Reddit and noticed they had a pretty funny thread going called “Girls are like Domain Names” Here were my favorite of the responses 1. Th...
Discussion
June 2, 2011, 11:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Demand Media Gets Into the Other Side of UDRP
Company files complaint to get eHow domain name. Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) has been on the receiving end of plenty of UDRP cases for domain names. In fact, it may be barred from applying for new top level domain names because of its many losses (techn...
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Demand Media Gets Into the Other Side of UDRP
Company files complaint to get eHow domain name. Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) has been on the receiving end of plenty of UDRP cases for domain names. In fact, it may be barred from applying for new top level domain names because of its many losses (techn...
Discussion
June 2, 2011, 9:58 pm
Domain Name News
Trademarkia Adds Domain Registration Services with Trademark Verification
According to GigaOm Trademarkia has releasesed a domain name registration service. As reported in the comments on GigaOm, the domain registration service will only notice trademarks that exactly match an existing trademark.Another caveat is that the ...
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Trademarkia Adds Domain Registration Services with Trademark Verification
According to GigaOm Trademarkia has releasesed a domain name registration service. As reported in the comments on GigaOm, the domain registration service will only notice trademarks that exactly match an existing trademark.Another caveat is that the ...
Discussion
June 2, 2011, 8:39 pm
Domain Shane
An End of Month Report for The DomainShane Blog
When I set out to write this blog I did it for one reason. I enjoy writing. It gives me a voice, inspires thoughts, and generates creativity. I was a domain investor and felt that the domain investing community would enjoy my ...
Discussion
An End of Month Report for The DomainShane Blog
When I set out to write this blog I did it for one reason. I enjoy writing. It gives me a voice, inspires thoughts, and generates creativity. I was a domain investor and felt that the domain investing community would enjoy my ...
Discussion
June 2, 2011, 6:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
USDA Gets Domain Names Half Right with “MyPlate”
Government agency registers .com domain, but still brands program with a domain name it doesn’t own. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) just launched a new campaign to replace the old food pyramid. At first glance I thought the USDA did ...
Discussion
USDA Gets Domain Names Half Right with “MyPlate”
Government agency registers .com domain, but still brands program with a domain name it doesn’t own. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) just launched a new campaign to replace the old food pyramid. At first glance I thought the USDA did ...
Discussion
June 2, 2011, 4:22 pm
The Domains
WSJ: Groupon.com Files For IPO
According to the Wall Street Journal, Groupon Inc. filed today to go public today. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Credit Suisse are the lead underwriters for the IPO Groupon posted $644.7 million in revenue for the first quarter o...
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WSJ: Groupon.com Files For IPO
According to the Wall Street Journal, Groupon Inc. filed today to go public today. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Credit Suisse are the lead underwriters for the IPO Groupon posted $644.7 million in revenue for the first quarter o...
Discussion
June 2, 2011, 3:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nationnal.com and Natiional.com – One is a Trademark Typo, the Other Isn’t
Two different panels come to different conclusions in essentially the same case. I’m frequently perplexed by UDRP decisions for similar domain names. Here’s another example. National Arbitration Forum has handed down decisions for nationn...
Discussion
Nationnal.com and Natiional.com – One is a Trademark Typo, the Other Isn’t
Two different panels come to different conclusions in essentially the same case. I’m frequently perplexed by UDRP decisions for similar domain names. Here’s another example. National Arbitration Forum has handed down decisions for nationn...
Discussion
June 2, 2011, 2:10 pm
