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Domain Name Wire
Peruvian Broadcaster Loses Case for RPP.com
Broadcast company can’t have three letter domain name, panel rules. Peru broadcast company GRUPORPP S.A., which has an online news portal at rpp.com.pe, has lost an arbitration case in which it fought for the domain name RPP.com. According to t...
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Peruvian Broadcaster Loses Case for RPP.com
Broadcast company can’t have three letter domain name, panel rules. Peru broadcast company GRUPORPP S.A., which has an online news portal at rpp.com.pe, has lost an arbitration case in which it fought for the domain name RPP.com. According to t...
Discussion
May 17, 2011, 2:30 pm
The Domains
.Tv Domains In The News: Blip.Tv Hits 3 BILLION Views & Bee.Tv Gets Another $1.5 In Funding
A couple of .Tv sites are in the news today In a press release, Blip.tv announced it has relaunched its site. Blip.tv also announced today that it has reached more than three billion views to date, making it one of the Internet’s largest ...
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.Tv Domains In The News: Blip.Tv Hits 3 BILLION Views & Bee.Tv Gets Another $1.5 In Funding
A couple of .Tv sites are in the news today In a press release, Blip.tv announced it has relaunched its site. Blip.tv also announced today that it has reached more than three billion views to date, making it one of the Internet’s largest ...
Discussion
May 17, 2011, 1:14 pm
Domain Shane
Would You Have Been Better Off Putting Your Domain Investment Money in the Markets?
It’s not really the kind of news that people around here promote but it’s a real question. For most domain investors would you have been better off just putting your money in the stock market for the last two years than having it si...
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Would You Have Been Better Off Putting Your Domain Investment Money in the Markets?
It’s not really the kind of news that people around here promote but it’s a real question. For most domain investors would you have been better off just putting your money in the stock market for the last two years than having it si...
Discussion
May 17, 2011, 12:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Are Investors or Inviduals Driving .Co Registrations?
Data shows that bulk of domain registrations are not from domainers. Are domain investors or individual site owners and end users driving most of the .co domain registrations? I just got some data from the .co registry that suggests it’s the la...
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Are Investors or Inviduals Driving .Co Registrations?
Data shows that bulk of domain registrations are not from domainers. Are domain investors or individual site owners and end users driving most of the .co domain registrations? I just got some data from the .co registry that suggests it’s the la...
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May 17, 2011, 12:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Oversee.net Gets Updated Domain Parking Patent
Company granted continuation patent for parked domain optimization. Today Oversee.net, parent company of domain parking company DomainSponsor, was granted U.S. patent #7,945,662 for “Internet domain keyword optimization” (pdf). This paten...
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Oversee.net Gets Updated Domain Parking Patent
Company granted continuation patent for parked domain optimization. Today Oversee.net, parent company of domain parking company DomainSponsor, was granted U.S. patent #7,945,662 for “Internet domain keyword optimization” (pdf). This paten...
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May 17, 2011, 11:48 am
Elliot's Blog
Earn Extra WhyPark Revenue Rewards
I just noticed a new WhyPark “Revenue Rewards” program and wanted to share the information with you. I am not sure how long it’s been around, but I just noticed it. According to the company, “WhyPark Revenue Rewards are bonus ...
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Earn Extra WhyPark Revenue Rewards
I just noticed a new WhyPark “Revenue Rewards” program and wanted to share the information with you. I am not sure how long it’s been around, but I just noticed it. According to the company, “WhyPark Revenue Rewards are bonus ...
Discussion
May 17, 2011, 11:43 am
The Domains
Sedo.com Sued For $10 Million Dollars Over Failed Women.com Purchase
According to a press release issued today: “”DONE! Ventures, LLC has added domain name broker, Sedo, LLC, to its lawsuit over the domain names Women.com and Women.net. Sedo is a business unit of Sedo Holding AG (XETRA: SDO.DE ), headquart...
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Sedo.com Sued For $10 Million Dollars Over Failed Women.com Purchase
According to a press release issued today: “”DONE! Ventures, LLC has added domain name broker, Sedo, LLC, to its lawsuit over the domain names Women.com and Women.net. Sedo is a business unit of Sedo Holding AG (XETRA: SDO.DE ), headquart...
Discussion
May 17, 2011, 10:46 am
Domain Name Wire
VeriSign and 25 Others Ask ICANN for “Packaged” IDN TLD Applications
Request asks for bundling of multiple transliterations and translations of new gTLDs in applications. VeriSign is amongst 26 signatories on a letter (pdf) to ICANN requesting “packaged” top level domain name applications. The group writes...
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VeriSign and 25 Others Ask ICANN for “Packaged” IDN TLD Applications
Request asks for bundling of multiple transliterations and translations of new gTLDs in applications. VeriSign is amongst 26 signatories on a letter (pdf) to ICANN requesting “packaged” top level domain name applications. The group writes...
Discussion
May 17, 2011, 10:13 am
The Domains
Will Today’s SnapNames.com Showcase Auction Today Be The 2nd In A Row Without A Bid?
Last week we wrote about a SnapNames.com Shwocase auction that was about to end without a bid on any domain name. That auction did in fact seem to end without a bid placed on any domain name. Today another such auction is ending, and as of the time o...
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Will Today’s SnapNames.com Showcase Auction Today Be The 2nd In A Row Without A Bid?
Last week we wrote about a SnapNames.com Shwocase auction that was about to end without a bid on any domain name. That auction did in fact seem to end without a bid placed on any domain name. Today another such auction is ending, and as of the time o...
Discussion
May 17, 2011, 9:10 am
Elliot's Blog
Hipster Gets $1M in Funding: Should They Buy Hipster.com?
I was reading Techcrunch last night, and I learned that the cool startup called Hipster received $1,000,000 in funding. There were several companies involved in this round of funding, including Google Ventures, Mitch Kapor, Dave McClure, Charles Rive...
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Hipster Gets $1M in Funding: Should They Buy Hipster.com?
I was reading Techcrunch last night, and I learned that the cool startup called Hipster received $1,000,000 in funding. There were several companies involved in this round of funding, including Google Ventures, Mitch Kapor, Dave McClure, Charles Rive...
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May 17, 2011, 8:51 am
