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ICA Tells ICANN: Don’t Fold Under Government Pressure
In a letter addressed to the US Department of Commerce, but also sent to Rod Beckstrom and other ICANN execs, Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association told ICANN not to cede the new gTLD process to governments represented by the GAC (Governme...
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ICA Tells ICANN: Don’t Fold Under Government Pressure
In a letter addressed to the US Department of Commerce, but also sent to Rod Beckstrom and other ICANN execs, Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association told ICANN not to cede the new gTLD process to governments represented by the GAC (Governme...
Discussion
February 25, 2011, 7:57 am
The Domains
Google Changes Algorithm “In Last Day Or 2″ To Drop Content Farms
A few weeks ago, Google promised that they were gunning for content farms and today it looks that they fired the first shot. According to a post on Google’s blog: “In the last day or so we launched a pretty big algorithmic improvement to ...
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Google Changes Algorithm “In Last Day Or 2″ To Drop Content Farms
A few weeks ago, Google promised that they were gunning for content farms and today it looks that they fired the first shot. According to a post on Google’s blog: “In the last day or so we launched a pretty big algorithmic improvement to ...
Discussion
February 25, 2011, 12:09 am
The Domains
ICANN Moves June Meeting As We Predicted To Singapore
We heard a rumor a couple of weeks ago that ICANN was going to cancel the June Meeting scheduled for Jordan to Singapore and wrote about it back on ICANN has just made it official that the June ICANN meeting where the new gTLD’s my finall...
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ICANN Moves June Meeting As We Predicted To Singapore
We heard a rumor a couple of weeks ago that ICANN was going to cancel the June Meeting scheduled for Jordan to Singapore and wrote about it back on ICANN has just made it official that the June ICANN meeting where the new gTLD’s my finall...
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February 24, 2011, 10:50 pm
The Domains
Sedo Heats Up As They Sell 100K Of Domains In A Day But Misses On $125k More
The domain name Service.net just sold for $19,000 on Sedo tonight. In a few other auctions that just closed, the domain Oxi.com sold for 8,000 Euro’s or around 12K The domain Allspice.com sold for $7,657, yes its trademarked but just since 2006...
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Sedo Heats Up As They Sell 100K Of Domains In A Day But Misses On $125k More
The domain name Service.net just sold for $19,000 on Sedo tonight. In a few other auctions that just closed, the domain Oxi.com sold for 8,000 Euro’s or around 12K The domain Allspice.com sold for $7,657, yes its trademarked but just since 2006...
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February 24, 2011, 9:25 pm
The Domains
DomainSherpa.Com: From A $60 Purchase To A $7,500 Sale: “I Want To Bring More People Into The Industry”
I have noticed over the past few days some consistent traffic coming to TheDomains.com from a new site DomainSherpa.com. DomainSherpa.com which bills its self as “The Domain Name Authority”, is the brand child of Michael Cyger. The site l...
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DomainSherpa.Com: From A $60 Purchase To A $7,500 Sale: “I Want To Bring More People Into The Industry”
I have noticed over the past few days some consistent traffic coming to TheDomains.com from a new site DomainSherpa.com. DomainSherpa.com which bills its self as “The Domain Name Authority”, is the brand child of Michael Cyger. The site l...
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February 24, 2011, 8:39 am
The Domains
In A Ruling That Will Certain Please My Wife Betty Boop Is Fair Game
According to the Wall Street Journal Betty Boop is now fair game. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling that animator Max Fleischer doesn’t hold a valid copyright or trademark for cartoon character Betty Bo...
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In A Ruling That Will Certain Please My Wife Betty Boop Is Fair Game
According to the Wall Street Journal Betty Boop is now fair game. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling that animator Max Fleischer doesn’t hold a valid copyright or trademark for cartoon character Betty Bo...
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February 23, 2011, 10:11 pm
The Domains
S7.com Survives a UDRP Challenge But Dissenting Opinion Is An Eye Opener
A UDRP decision released today held in favor of the domain holder on The domain name S7.com, despite that the domain holder did not even respond to the UDRP. The complainant a German company had a trademark on the term “S7″ However a majo...
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S7.com Survives a UDRP Challenge But Dissenting Opinion Is An Eye Opener
A UDRP decision released today held in favor of the domain holder on The domain name S7.com, despite that the domain holder did not even respond to the UDRP. The complainant a German company had a trademark on the term “S7″ However a majo...
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February 23, 2011, 11:39 am
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.Me To Star At Webfest Along With Founders of About.me and Word Press
The .ME Registry announced today that Montenegro will host the opening of the 2011 WebFest, Eastern Europe’s largest Internet conference. “Webfest.me runs September 22th-24th in Budva, Montenegro “World recognized speakers and...
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.Me To Star At Webfest Along With Founders of About.me and Word Press
The .ME Registry announced today that Montenegro will host the opening of the 2011 WebFest, Eastern Europe’s largest Internet conference. “Webfest.me runs September 22th-24th in Budva, Montenegro “World recognized speakers and...
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February 23, 2011, 10:54 am
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This Week Afternic Changes Up Its Reporting Rules & Proves It Is a Numbers Game
I hear a lot of domainers asking why they don’t get the sales that others so publicly do. Frankly sometimes its just a numbers game. If you own 1,000 quality domains your not going to get the sales volume of those with 100,000 quality domains o...
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This Week Afternic Changes Up Its Reporting Rules & Proves It Is a Numbers Game
I hear a lot of domainers asking why they don’t get the sales that others so publicly do. Frankly sometimes its just a numbers game. If you own 1,000 quality domains your not going to get the sales volume of those with 100,000 quality domains o...
Discussion
February 22, 2011, 10:19 pm
The Domains
ICANN Working Group Issues Recommendations Regarding Domain Hijacking
“”The GNSO Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part B Policy Development Process Working Group was tasked to address five issues focusing on issues related to domain hijacking, the urgent return of an inappropriately transferred name a...
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ICANN Working Group Issues Recommendations Regarding Domain Hijacking
“”The GNSO Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part B Policy Development Process Working Group was tasked to address five issues focusing on issues related to domain hijacking, the urgent return of an inappropriately transferred name a...
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February 21, 2011, 2:34 pm
