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healthcarepayments.com Sells For $35K on Sedo.com
The domain name healthcarepayments.com just sold on Sedo.com for $35,000 The domain is currently parked and looks like it has little to no traffic. A really nice price for the seller IMHO. Congrats
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healthcarepayments.com Sells For $35K on Sedo.com
The domain name healthcarepayments.com just sold on Sedo.com for $35,000 The domain is currently parked and looks like it has little to no traffic. A really nice price for the seller IMHO. Congrats
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April 6, 2011, 10:42 am
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TechCrunch: “3.4 Million .EU Domain Names Registered In Five Years I Call Dismal Failure”
Shortly after EURid the .eu top-level domain (TLD) registry, sent out a glowing press release marking the domain’s fifth birthday, TechCrunch blasted the extension and the press release in a post entitled “3.4 Million .EU Domain Nam...
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TechCrunch: “3.4 Million .EU Domain Names Registered In Five Years I Call Dismal Failure”
Shortly after EURid the .eu top-level domain (TLD) registry, sent out a glowing press release marking the domain’s fifth birthday, TechCrunch blasted the extension and the press release in a post entitled “3.4 Million .EU Domain Nam...
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April 6, 2011, 10:03 am
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Are The National TV Ads For MyMarriageMatters.org Really An Anti-AshleyMadison.com Campaign Or Great Guerrilla Advertising
I’ve noticed over the last few days a commerical that’s running on National Television, principally CNN, for the site MyMarriageMatters.org. The Commercials which seem to have been running for a few months is essentially a commercial agai...
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Are The National TV Ads For MyMarriageMatters.org Really An Anti-AshleyMadison.com Campaign Or Great Guerrilla Advertising
I’ve noticed over the last few days a commerical that’s running on National Television, principally CNN, for the site MyMarriageMatters.org. The Commercials which seem to have been running for a few months is essentially a commercial agai...
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April 6, 2011, 9:18 am
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ICANN 2010 Annual Report Just Published & They Close The Year With $64 Million In Net Assets
ICANN just published its annual report (pdf), including its financial’s for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010. ICANN finished its fiscal year with $64 Million in assets, including $17 million in cash, investments of over $45 million o...
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ICANN 2010 Annual Report Just Published & They Close The Year With $64 Million In Net Assets
ICANN just published its annual report (pdf), including its financial’s for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010. ICANN finished its fiscal year with $64 Million in assets, including $17 million in cash, investments of over $45 million o...
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April 5, 2011, 11:01 pm
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Afternic.com Sells Over $775k In Domains Led By AWI.comAW For $22k
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday April 3rd. All reportable sales domain sales $1k and over totalled $775,259. The top seller of the week AWI.com at $22,500 followed by AtlanticCoastMortgage.com at $18,000.
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Afternic.com Sells Over $775k In Domains Led By AWI.comAW For $22k
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday April 3rd. All reportable sales domain sales $1k and over totalled $775,259. The top seller of the week AWI.com at $22,500 followed by AtlanticCoastMortgage.com at $18,000.
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April 5, 2011, 5:50 pm
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How Did a Domain With 9 Hyphens Make It To The Top Of Google?
Admittedly I know very little about who to get a site to rank high through SEO, but I found it strange that a search on Google returned as its top result a domain name with 9 Hyphens in it, well ahead of the word with no Hyphens. The word is “d...
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How Did a Domain With 9 Hyphens Make It To The Top Of Google?
Admittedly I know very little about who to get a site to rank high through SEO, but I found it strange that a search on Google returned as its top result a domain name with 9 Hyphens in it, well ahead of the word with no Hyphens. The word is “d...
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April 5, 2011, 12:08 pm
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The NASDAQ 100 Rebalances With Apple Losing and Google and Microsoft Gaining
The Nasdaq-100 index will be rebalanced on May 2, to reduce the weight of Apple’s stock by about 40%. The NASDAQ-100 is an Exchange Traded FUnd (EFT) which is basically a basket of 100 of the top Nasdaq stocks weighted, meaning that the index d...
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The NASDAQ 100 Rebalances With Apple Losing and Google and Microsoft Gaining
The Nasdaq-100 index will be rebalanced on May 2, to reduce the weight of Apple’s stock by about 40%. The NASDAQ-100 is an Exchange Traded FUnd (EFT) which is basically a basket of 100 of the top Nasdaq stocks weighted, meaning that the index d...
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April 5, 2011, 8:50 am
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The Hundred Oldest Domain Names
Just came across a list of the 100 oldest domain names by registration date. I’m sure some domain blogger has published it before but I can’t remember seeing it. Of course we all know that fellow domainer Aron Meystedt owns the oldest dom...
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The Hundred Oldest Domain Names
Just came across a list of the 100 oldest domain names by registration date. I’m sure some domain blogger has published it before but I can’t remember seeing it. Of course we all know that fellow domainer Aron Meystedt owns the oldest dom...
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April 4, 2011, 11:01 am
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Why There May Never Be A 3D.XXX or 69.XXX; UnitedStates.xxx or France.XXX & That’s Just For Starters
According to the contract that ICANN signed with the the ICM registry this week to operate the .XXX registry (pdf) there may never be any 2 character .XXX domains. Exhibit 6 of the Agreement, (found on page 59 of the pdf) all 2 character .XXX d...
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Why There May Never Be A 3D.XXX or 69.XXX; UnitedStates.xxx or France.XXX & That’s Just For Starters
According to the contract that ICANN signed with the the ICM registry this week to operate the .XXX registry (pdf) there may never be any 2 character .XXX domains. Exhibit 6 of the Agreement, (found on page 59 of the pdf) all 2 character .XXX d...
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April 3, 2011, 8:08 pm
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XBiz: China Shuts Down 62 Porn Sites (& They Aren’t Even .XXX Domains)
According to Xbiznewswire.com, China shit down 62 Porn sites yesterday and guess what? None were on .XXX domains: “According to reports, the Information Office of the State Council has legally closed the sites for disseminating “por...
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XBiz: China Shuts Down 62 Porn Sites (& They Aren’t Even .XXX Domains)
According to Xbiznewswire.com, China shit down 62 Porn sites yesterday and guess what? None were on .XXX domains: “According to reports, the Information Office of the State Council has legally closed the sites for disseminating “por...
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April 2, 2011, 12:12 pm
