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2013 Top Stories: A new direction for GoDaddy
GoDaddy has a new CEO and is moving in a new direction. Blake Irving took the helm of domain name registrar and webhosting giant GoDaddy this year. It was a big shift for the company, which had been run by insiders until an investment group bought in...
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2013 Top Stories: A new direction for GoDaddy
GoDaddy has a new CEO and is moving in a new direction. Blake Irving took the helm of domain name registrar and webhosting giant GoDaddy this year. It was a big shift for the company, which had been run by insiders until an investment group bought in...
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December 30, 2013, 4:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
2013 Top Stories: First new top level domain name contracts signed
A big milestone in the new top level domain name program. It’s been a long at winding road to the introduction of new top level domain names on the internet. It’s taken many more years than some applicants expected. For some companies, th...
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2013 Top Stories: First new top level domain name contracts signed
A big milestone in the new top level domain name program. It’s been a long at winding road to the introduction of new top level domain names on the internet. It’s taken many more years than some applicants expected. For some companies, th...
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December 27, 2013, 3:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
2013 Top Stories: the 2013 RAA
A new Registrar Accreditation Agreement is finalized and signed by many registrars. 2013 saw the finalization of the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), which is the contract between ICANN and domain name registrars that offer domain names ...
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2013 Top Stories: the 2013 RAA
A new Registrar Accreditation Agreement is finalized and signed by many registrars. 2013 saw the finalization of the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), which is the contract between ICANN and domain name registrars that offer domain names ...
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December 26, 2013, 4:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
NAR pitches .realtor domains (free for 1 year) and disses .re
NAR to provide free .realtor registration for one year. National Association of REALTORS (NAR) sent an email to its members earlier this month pitching “priority registration” for .realtor domain names. Priority Registration basically mea...
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NAR pitches .realtor domains (free for 1 year) and disses .re
NAR to provide free .realtor registration for one year. National Association of REALTORS (NAR) sent an email to its members earlier this month pitching “priority registration” for .realtor domain names. Priority Registration basically mea...
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December 26, 2013, 4:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
HomeAway sues Airbnb over birdhouses
Airbnb irks rival by launching birdhouse ad campaign. Publicly traded vacation rental site HomeAway (NASDAQ: AWAY) has sued upstart rival Airbnb for trademark infringement after the latter launched an ad campaign featuring birdhouses. HomeAway’...
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HomeAway sues Airbnb over birdhouses
Airbnb irks rival by launching birdhouse ad campaign. Publicly traded vacation rental site HomeAway (NASDAQ: AWAY) has sued upstart rival Airbnb for trademark infringement after the latter launched an ad campaign featuring birdhouses. HomeAway’...
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December 26, 2013, 3:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
2013 in review: the top Domain Name stories of the year
Check in daily from December 26 until the New Year for a recap of 2013′s biggest domain name stories. 2014 is going to be big for the domain industry. BIG. 2013 set the stage for 2014. So before moving on to the new year, Domain Name Wire is go...
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2013 in review: the top Domain Name stories of the year
Check in daily from December 26 until the New Year for a recap of 2013′s biggest domain name stories. 2014 is going to be big for the domain industry. BIG. 2013 set the stage for 2014. So before moving on to the new year, Domain Name Wire is go...
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December 24, 2013, 3:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Calle: New TLDs will be good for .Co
.Co Internet CEO thinks new TLDs will gain acceptance over time and ultimately be good for his own .co domain name. Everyone has been asking the question about what new TLDs mean for .com. Few have been asking what new TLDs mean for existing alternat...
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Calle: New TLDs will be good for .Co
.Co Internet CEO thinks new TLDs will gain acceptance over time and ultimately be good for his own .co domain name. Everyone has been asking the question about what new TLDs mean for .com. Few have been asking what new TLDs mean for existing alternat...
Discussion
December 23, 2013, 5:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
WIPO panel awards StAndrews.com domain name to golf course
Famous golf course to get control of StAndrews.com domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization UDRP panelist has awarded the StAndrews.com domain name to St Andrews Links, one of the oldest golf courses in the world. This was an interesti...
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WIPO panel awards StAndrews.com domain name to golf course
Famous golf course to get control of StAndrews.com domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization UDRP panelist has awarded the StAndrews.com domain name to St Andrews Links, one of the oldest golf courses in the world. This was an interesti...
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December 23, 2013, 4:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
A domainer looks back at 2013
One domainer says 2013 was more good than bad – but that had a lot to do with lowered expectations. It’s human nature that most people broadcast their successes yet hide their failures. That’s especially common in the domain name in...
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A domainer looks back at 2013
One domainer says 2013 was more good than bad – but that had a lot to do with lowered expectations. It’s human nature that most people broadcast their successes yet hide their failures. That’s especially common in the domain name in...
Discussion
December 23, 2013, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Water Night at NamesCon is open for registration
Charitable event hopes to raise $55,000 for clean water. Water Night, a charitable event benefiting The Water School, will take place on the last night of NamesCon next month in Las Vegas. The event is from 8 pm to midnight on January 14 at the Havan...
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Water Night at NamesCon is open for registration
Charitable event hopes to raise $55,000 for clean water. Water Night, a charitable event benefiting The Water School, will take place on the last night of NamesCon next month in Las Vegas. The event is from 8 pm to midnight on January 14 at the Havan...
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December 23, 2013, 3:09 pm
