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No Online Bidding For Live Domain Auction From TRAFFIC
The organizers of the TRAFFIC conference just announced there will NOT be any online bidding at the live domain name auction held at the conference. Of course for many of the first domain TRAFFIC conferences there was no online bidding, but lat...
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No Online Bidding For Live Domain Auction From TRAFFIC
The organizers of the TRAFFIC conference just announced there will NOT be any online bidding at the live domain name auction held at the conference. Of course for many of the first domain TRAFFIC conferences there was no online bidding, but lat...
Discussion
August 29, 2011, 9:33 am
The Domains
In The Post Of The Year Frank Schilling Says Gold Could Hit $6K An Ounce & Why You Need To Save Your Money & Why The Best Play On The New gTLD
Frank Schilling sent out an update the other day to customers of InternetTraffic.com and as usual was a brilliant piece, written in a way only Frank can. The letter made an obvious reference to the comments of Rob Hall of Pool.com that I wrote a post...
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In The Post Of The Year Frank Schilling Says Gold Could Hit $6K An Ounce & Why You Need To Save Your Money & Why The Best Play On The New gTLD
Frank Schilling sent out an update the other day to customers of InternetTraffic.com and as usual was a brilliant piece, written in a way only Frank can. The letter made an obvious reference to the comments of Rob Hall of Pool.com that I wrote a post...
Discussion
August 28, 2011, 7:34 am
The Domains
From The Dot Nxt Conference: The Top Auction For A New gTLD May Top $50 Million
I moderated a panel on from the Dot Nxt conference yesterday and asked the panel how much they predicted the highest price of a auction new gTLD extension would go for. As you may know if more than one application is received for the same strin...
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From The Dot Nxt Conference: The Top Auction For A New gTLD May Top $50 Million
I moderated a panel on from the Dot Nxt conference yesterday and asked the panel how much they predicted the highest price of a auction new gTLD extension would go for. As you may know if more than one application is received for the same strin...
Discussion
August 27, 2011, 2:37 pm
The Domains
.XXX Invades Times Sqaure As iFriends.XXX Billboard Goes Up For A Day
The ICM Registry in conjun...
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.XXX Invades Times Sqaure As iFriends.XXX Billboard Goes Up For A Day
The ICM Registry in conjun...
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August 26, 2011, 5:12 pm
The Domains
Check Out The Guy Who Is Using A Six Figure Domain For His LinkedIn Page
As domainers we have seen a lot of great domains used pretty strange ways. Lets add the domain name SEC.com to that list Without a doubt SEC.com is a six figure, if not a seven figure domain name. SEC stands for among other things the Security and Ex...
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Check Out The Guy Who Is Using A Six Figure Domain For His LinkedIn Page
As domainers we have seen a lot of great domains used pretty strange ways. Lets add the domain name SEC.com to that list Without a doubt SEC.com is a six figure, if not a seven figure domain name. SEC stands for among other things the Security and Ex...
Discussion
August 25, 2011, 9:23 pm
The Domains
DomainTools.com Makes A “Strategic Investment” & Gets A Board Seat On OpenRegistry.com
OpenRegistry SA, ” announced today in a press release, is has raised capital “from strategic investors including DomainTools (www.domaintools.com) and that DomainTools.com will be getting a seat on the Board.” OpenRegistry provides ...
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DomainTools.com Makes A “Strategic Investment” & Gets A Board Seat On OpenRegistry.com
OpenRegistry SA, ” announced today in a press release, is has raised capital “from strategic investors including DomainTools (www.domaintools.com) and that DomainTools.com will be getting a seat on the Board.” OpenRegistry provides ...
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August 25, 2011, 6:17 pm
The Domains
John Perry Barlow of the Electronic Frontier Foundation: “I Don’t Think Domain Names Are Necessary”
John Perry Barlow of the Electronic Frontier foundation was the keynote speaker at the Dot Nxt show this morning and pretty much blasted the new gTLD program, ICANN and domain names in general. “”I can’t see how expanding the ...
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John Perry Barlow of the Electronic Frontier Foundation: “I Don’t Think Domain Names Are Necessary”
John Perry Barlow of the Electronic Frontier foundation was the keynote speaker at the Dot Nxt show this morning and pretty much blasted the new gTLD program, ICANN and domain names in general. “”I can’t see how expanding the ...
Discussion
August 25, 2011, 1:58 pm
The Domains
Rob Hall Of Pool.com on The Coming New gTLD’s : If I Was A Big Domain Holder I Would Start Dumping Domains
Today at opening session of the Dot Nxt conference entitled: Setting the Scene, a questions was asked what would you tell large domain holders in anticipation of hundreds or thousands of new gTLD’s Rob Hall of Pool.com made stated “if&nbs...
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Rob Hall Of Pool.com on The Coming New gTLD’s : If I Was A Big Domain Holder I Would Start Dumping Domains
Today at opening session of the Dot Nxt conference entitled: Setting the Scene, a questions was asked what would you tell large domain holders in anticipation of hundreds or thousands of new gTLD’s Rob Hall of Pool.com made stated “if&nbs...
Discussion
August 24, 2011, 8:07 pm
The Domains
Don’t Hate The Extension, Hate The Lousy Domains; Godaddy .Co Auction Shows You What Crap People Registered On Day 1
Yesterday as many of you know was the day that the first day of .Co drop auctions closed on Godaddy. Thousand and thousands of non-renewed .Co domains dropped and were on Godaddy.com auction platform. What amazed me was these were the cream of the cr...
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Don’t Hate The Extension, Hate The Lousy Domains; Godaddy .Co Auction Shows You What Crap People Registered On Day 1
Yesterday as many of you know was the day that the first day of .Co drop auctions closed on Godaddy. Thousand and thousands of non-renewed .Co domains dropped and were on Godaddy.com auction platform. What amazed me was these were the cream of the cr...
Discussion
August 24, 2011, 12:22 pm
The Domains
Google To Pay US $500 Million To Settle “illegal” Pharmacy Ads
According to TechCrunch Google is agreeing to pay $500 Million dollars to the US government over charges related to advertisements for illegal online pharmacies. “The pharmacies appearing in Google ads were operating outside the law, leading to...
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Google To Pay US $500 Million To Settle “illegal” Pharmacy Ads
According to TechCrunch Google is agreeing to pay $500 Million dollars to the US government over charges related to advertisements for illegal online pharmacies. “The pharmacies appearing in Google ads were operating outside the law, leading to...
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August 24, 2011, 11:55 am
