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PIR Confirms Continued .Org Domain Name Registration Growth
Total .org domains registered hits 9.2 million at end of June. Public Interest Registry, which operates .org, today confirmed continued strong registration growth of .org domain names. Total domains under management eclipsed 9 million on March 2 and ...
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PIR Confirms Continued .Org Domain Name Registration Growth
Total .org domains registered hits 9.2 million at end of June. Public Interest Registry, which operates .org, today confirmed continued strong registration growth of .org domain names. Total domains under management eclipsed 9 million on March 2 and ...
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August 15, 2011, 9:55 am
Domain Name Wire
Trader Joe’s Sues Grocery Delivery Web Site
Trader Joe’s unhappy with food delivery service. Fast growing and trendy grocery store chain Trader Joe’s has sued the owner of TJsDeliveryService.com for trademark infringement. The web site technically stands for “Traffic Jam&rsqu...
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Trader Joe’s Sues Grocery Delivery Web Site
Trader Joe’s unhappy with food delivery service. Fast growing and trendy grocery store chain Trader Joe’s has sued the owner of TJsDeliveryService.com for trademark infringement. The web site technically stands for “Traffic Jam&rsqu...
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August 14, 2011, 4:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
The Confusing State of ICANN’s Web Site
ICANN’s web site gets a minor face lift, but there’s a long way to go. It’s not a big change, and it’s welcome, but why can’t there be a reasonably usable ICANN web site? ICANN has refreshed the color scheme on its ICANN...
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The Confusing State of ICANN’s Web Site
ICANN’s web site gets a minor face lift, but there’s a long way to go. It’s not a big change, and it’s welcome, but why can’t there be a reasonably usable ICANN web site? ICANN has refreshed the color scheme on its ICANN...
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August 14, 2011, 4:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
DOMAINfest Sets Dates for 2012 Show
The big show returns, but I bet the final party will have a new location. Mark your calendars, folks. Next year’s DOMAINfest Global conference will take place January 31 to February 2. The event will again take place at the Fairmont Miramar Hot...
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DOMAINfest Sets Dates for 2012 Show
The big show returns, but I bet the final party will have a new location. Mark your calendars, folks. Next year’s DOMAINfest Global conference will take place January 31 to February 2. The event will again take place at the Fairmont Miramar Hot...
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August 11, 2011, 4:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Are Domain Names Less Important?
Domain names are now competing for space. I received a catalog from Bissinger’s last week and thoroughly inspected the mailer (it’s great chocolate). What caught my attention was the back of the catalog. Take a look: What do you notice? 1...
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Are Domain Names Less Important?
Domain names are now competing for space. I received a catalog from Bissinger’s last week and thoroughly inspected the mailer (it’s great chocolate). What caught my attention was the back of the catalog. Take a look: What do you notice? 1...
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August 11, 2011, 11:00 am
Domain Name Wire
DONE! Ventures Reaches Settlement with NBC and Sedo Over Women.com
Settlement reached over failed seven figure domain name sale. DONE! Ventures has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit it brought against NBC Universal and Sedo. The lawsuit was over a failed purchase for Women.com and Women.net. DONE! says tha...
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DONE! Ventures Reaches Settlement with NBC and Sedo Over Women.com
Settlement reached over failed seven figure domain name sale. DONE! Ventures has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit it brought against NBC Universal and Sedo. The lawsuit was over a failed purchase for Women.com and Women.net. DONE! says tha...
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August 10, 2011, 8:36 pm
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.Facebook? It’s Highly Likely.
Facebook will likely apply for .facebook. Will Facebook apply for the new top level domain name Facebook? Most likely. This popped up on my radar today when Facebook changed the nameservers for the domain name dotFacebook.com to its main servers. I r...
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.Facebook? It’s Highly Likely.
Facebook will likely apply for .facebook. Will Facebook apply for the new top level domain name Facebook? Most likely. This popped up on my radar today when Facebook changed the nameservers for the domain name dotFacebook.com to its main servers. I r...
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August 10, 2011, 1:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Aftermarket.com Offers Private Domain Name Brokerage
Company officially moves into domain brokerage services. Aftermarket.com is now officially offering private domain name brokerage services. The company has recently sent solicitations about domains including WorldTradeCenter.com. But today the group ...
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Aftermarket.com Offers Private Domain Name Brokerage
Company officially moves into domain brokerage services. Aftermarket.com is now officially offering private domain name brokerage services. The company has recently sent solicitations about domains including WorldTradeCenter.com. But today the group ...
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August 10, 2011, 12:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN CEO Snaps Back at ANA Over New TLDs
Beckstrom responds to advertising group with strongly worded letter. ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom has responded (pdf) to a letter (pdf) from Association of National Advertisers (ANA) that had demanded ICANN suspend its plans for the new top level domain n...
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ICANN CEO Snaps Back at ANA Over New TLDs
Beckstrom responds to advertising group with strongly worded letter. ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom has responded (pdf) to a letter (pdf) from Association of National Advertisers (ANA) that had demanded ICANN suspend its plans for the new top level domain n...
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August 10, 2011, 12:23 pm
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What Domains Starwood Hotels and Other End Users Bought This Week
Hotel chain among end user domain name buyers this week. As I do every week, here’s a look at end user domain purchases from Afternic for the past week. First let’s start with the big name: Starwood Hotels and Resorts. The company paid $1...
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What Domains Starwood Hotels and Other End Users Bought This Week
Hotel chain among end user domain name buyers this week. As I do every week, here’s a look at end user domain purchases from Afternic for the past week. First let’s start with the big name: Starwood Hotels and Resorts. The company paid $1...
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August 10, 2011, 8:03 am
