Customize a Sedo parked page with your own sales channel
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Sedo lets some clients send sales leads to different channels than Sedo’s marketplace. An alert reader came across a parked page using Sedo that caught his attention. Rather than Sedo’s standard message “The domain example.com may be ...
Musta.ng Domain Name Now On The Market For Immediate Sale Announced by …
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Miva Merchant Acquires Its Original Name and Announces a Corporate Re-branding
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Musta.ng Domain Name Now On The Market For Immediate Sale Announced by Domain.l.lc
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Domain names in Luxembourg: new procedure for claimants
Monday, June 17th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »From 11 June 2013, any person or company alleging that its right to use a “.lu” domain name has been infringed may file a claim with DNS-LU (a service operated by Restena, the public service provider in charge of managing ...
Dynamic Domain Name System Archives – Benchmark Reviews
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A free tool to find targeted buyers for your domains
Monday, June 17th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Video explains a little-known tool for finding relevant buyers for domain names. Over the years a number of tools have been developed to help domain owners find buyers for their domain names. These tools typically search for ...
Explicit lesson for South Surrey website owner
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Bulktopia.com, A New Domain Name Search Tool, Makes Finding, Researching …
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Bulktopia.com, A New Domain Name Search Tool, Makes Finding, Researching …
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True Value exhibits bad values in domain name dispute
Monday, June 17th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Hardware cooperative makes shaky claims in UDRP against webhosting company. I think the best way to start this UDRP analysis is with a couple screenshots. First, here’s a shot of hardware cooperative True Value’s web site: Now, here’s a ...
True Value exhibits bad values in domain name dispute
Monday, June 17th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Hardware cooperative makes shaky claims in UDRP against webhosting company. I think the best way to start this UDRP analysis is with a couple screenshots. First, here’s a shot of hardware cooperative True Value’s web site: Now, here’s a ...
Bulktopia.com, A New Domain Name Search Tool, Makes Finding, Researching And Buying Available Domain Names A Breeze
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Before Investing in Domain Names
Sunday, June 16th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Anyone can go out and buy a domain name or buy a portfolio of domain names. Without some basic knowledge though, it’s unlikely that a person will be successful investing in domain names. I want to share some advice on ...
Small Business: getting the right domain name
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About 150 dodgy sites found to be exploiting .sg domains
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PHL govt takes away major torrent site’s domain
Sunday, June 16th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Don’t Fall For This Chinese Domain Name Scam Re: Company Trademark
Sunday, June 16th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »John practices brand creation and protection law, including trademark counseling, clearance, registration, maintenance, and enforcement both in the U.S. and overseas. His pre-legal career in publishing, marketing, and nonprofit development enables his to bring real-world business experience into his practice, ...
Kickass Torrents’ KAT.ph Domain Seized By Philippine Authorities
Saturday, June 15th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Yes, I understand that, mathematically there is "nothing lost with additional transactions". But, I think that we both agree there are some sales lost, some people would have bought the work if they couldn't get their hands on them for ...
Domainers have personal lives, too…
Saturday, June 15th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »They don’t sit behind a computer all day. (Just most of it.) I’m going to end this Friday with a post that has nothing to do with domains, except that the people it’s about are in the ...
Greece Forgot To Register NERIT.GR
Friday, June 14th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »ERT, Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission, nerit.gr, New Hellenic Radio Internet and TV
Greece is too slow to bag domain name in bid to shut broadcaster
Friday, June 14th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »By Tom Stoukas A bid by Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to shut down TV broadcaster ERT and replace it with a company called Nerit was waylaid by a news blog that claimed the domain name nerit.gr first.The domain was registered ...
War Over Public TV in Greece Features Online Trojan Horse
Friday, June 14th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »By Nektaria Stamouli Agence France-Presse/Getty Images ATHENS–The Greek government may have been very quick in announcing that the closure of the country’s public broadcaster, ERT and ...
Hagel: Cyberthreats pose ’stealthy’ danger to US
Friday, June 14th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Friday that cyberthreats pose a "quiet, stealthy, insidious" danger to the United States and called for the development of guidelines to establish "rules of the road" and foster a better understanding among nations for the ...
Quick Cash Auto Acquires New Internet Domain Name LICashforCar.com
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Target, IBM, and other big names buy domain names on the aftermarket
Friday, June 14th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Big companies turn to Sedo to buy domain names. This week’s list of Sedo end user sales includes some big names including Target, IBM, Verifone, and iRobot. There were also a couple three letter .com sales. Here’s ...
DDNS Dynamic Domain Name System: Access NAS Server Outside Home
Friday, June 14th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »How to access your NAS from outside your home For most people, internet is an opaque concept. Its layer based structure allow end-users to use and interact with all those data transmission protocol without knowing more than how to use their ...
U.S.S.R.’s Old Domain Name Attracts Cybercriminals
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Quick Cash Auto Acquires New Internet Domain Name LICashforCar.com
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Greece is too slow to bag domain name in bid to shut broadcaster
Thursday, June 13th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »By Tom Stoukas A bid by Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to shut down TV broadcaster ERT and replace it with a company called Nerit was waylaid by a news blog that claimed the domain name nerit.gr first.The domain was registered ...
Donuts explains auction results to date
Thursday, June 13th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Donuts discusses first new TLD auction results. New TLD applicant Donuts participated in six private auctions to resolve contention sets. It won one of the auctions and lost the other five. Here is a statement from ...
Latest trends: Creative branding with a .Me domain name
Thursday, June 13th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »This sponsored post is produced by DOT.ME If Shakespeare were alive in 2013 and worked in the Silicon Valley, he’d probably be wondering, “What’s in a domain name?” After the dot-com boom in the late ’90s, good .com real estate is ...
Greece Is Too Slow to Bag Domain Name in Bid to Shut Broadcaster
Thursday, June 13th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »A bid by Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to ...
Thailand’s connection to the Internet started at AIT with "AIT.TH"
Thursday, June 13th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Twenty-five years ago, Thailand was connected to the Internet for the first time at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). In the late 1980s AIT was a key hub for the early development of the Internet in Thailand, and was ...
11,000 businesses take up GetOnline offer
Thursday, June 13th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »In the past year more than 11,000 New Zealand businesses (SMEs) have built their presence online with GetOnline.co.nz, an MYOB and Westpac initiative that provides a website builder that makes it easy for every Kiwi business to get online. ...
Microsoft registers domains to thwart botnets
Thursday, June 13th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Microsoft registers domains previously used by Citadel malware. Microsoft has registered a number of domain names to thwart a cybercrime ring credited with over a half billion dollars in financial fraud. The action aims to thwart Citadel malware, ...
.Co is not just for tech startups
Thursday, June 13th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »A lawn care company uses a great .co domain name. It seems like every day TechCrunch is covering a startup using a .co domain. But it’s not just tech companies that have taken an eye to the domain. On ...
Kim Dotcom buys K.im domain name for $20000
Thursday, June 13th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Mega Upload founder buys short (and expensive) domain name. Last month I wrote about how k.im had received a $20,000 bid at Sedo, and suggested that Mega Upload founder Kim Dotcom might be the buyer. I was right. The ...
Yu have one interesting UDRP…
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »The case for Yu.com was much more complicated than it should have been. All the facts of the UDRP for Yu.com point to an slam dunk, open-and-shut victory for the respondent. Yet getting to that determination – a ...
Company ordered to pay $5000 after reverse domain name hijacking charge
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Panel believe complainant was trying to use arbitration as a “short cut” to acquire domain. Domain name attorney Zak Muscovitch has helped the owner of ClevelandCyclewerks.ca save his domain name in a cybersquatting arbitration case. Not only ...
Kiwis urged to speak up on change to internet structure
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »June 13, 2013 – Kiwis urged to speak up on consultation process that could significantly change New Zealand’s Internet structurePeople who have a .nz website or e-mail address should learn about a proposal to change ...
Kiwis urged to speak up on changes to NZ’s Internet structure
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Kiwis urged to speak up on consultation process that could significantly change New Zealand’s Internet structure People who have a .nz website or e-mail address should learn about a proposal to change New Zealand’s Domain Name System (DNS). The ...
Web Hosting and Domain Name Registration Services to Register Sites’ Domain …
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Marchex releases more details about Archeo spinoff
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »SEC filing details plans for spin-off of domain business. Later this year, Marchex hopes to spin off its pay-per-click and domain name business into a new publicly traded business called Archeo. It will trade on the NASDAQ ...
Wanna lawsuit? WannaDo battles WannaDo in court, claims cybersquatting
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »App creator sues event ticketing site over Wannado name and domain name. Two businesses offer relatively similar services at a about the same time and use the same name: WannaDo. One secures the best domain name for ...
Web Hosting and Domain Name Registration Services to Register Sites’ Domain Names: Best Cheap Website Host and Domain …
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Registrar may lose accreditation for failing to provide transfer authorization …
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »PacNames didn’t provide AuthInfo code within 5 days, according to breach notice. ICANN is threatening to cancel accreditation of New Zealand domain name registrar PacNames Ltd for the registrar’s failure to provide a domain transfer out code. In ...
London gets go-ahead to establish .london domain name
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »London Partners have been given the go-ahead to create a new domain for London.London has been granted permission to set up its own top level internet domain name, Tourism agency London Partners (LP) says the domain will boost the ...
86 civil liberties group and internet companies launch StopWatching.US in wake …
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Group chooses .us domain name to launch campaign against government surveillance. 86 civil liberties organizations and internet companies today launched a campaign to demand congress to act in light of recent National Security Administration spying program revelations. The ...
How to quickly sort through crappy domains on domain name forums
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »New site extracts domain listings from forums. Back in the good ole days, domain sales threads on domain forums were full of great domains and big transactions got done. Business still gets done on domain forums, but you ...
Domain Name Sales: Always Test
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »One of the most important aspects to a direct marketing campaign is to always test everything. Whether you’re testing your offer, your message, your listing, or your creative, you should always be testing everything to see what provides a lift ...
Domain industry heads to Austin for HostingCon
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Ten domain name companies are exhibiting at HostingCon 2013, and many of them will be pitching new TLDs. Next week a number of domain name companies are headed to Austin for HostinCon. Whereas in previous years most of ...
USSR’s old domain name attracts hackers
Monday, June 10th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »The USSR's old domain name is a haven for hackers. Source: Supplied THE Soviet Union disappeared from the map more than two decades ago. But online an 'e-vil empire' is thriving. Security experts say the .su Internet suffix ...
USSR’s old domain name attracts cybercriminals
Monday, June 10th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »MOSCOW (AP) — The Soviet Union disappeared from the map more than two decades ago. But online an 'e-vil empire' is thriving.Security experts say the .su Internet suffix assigned to the USSR ...
Mere allegations of bad faith insufficient under UDRP, even in obvious …
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Donald Trump’s Miss Universe Wins Rights To The Domain MissUniversCanada …
Monday, June 10th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Miss Universe L.P., LLLP which is owned by Donald Trump just won the rights to the domain name MissUniversCanada.com, in a one member UDRP decision. “These proceedings are between two parties who organize what are referred to as beauty pageants where ...
Kevin Murphy discovers type-in traffic
Monday, June 10th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Murphy registers domain name related to PRISM scandal. It gets traffic. Domain Incite author Kevin Murphy is a lot of things. He’s a great writer, an expert in all things ICANN… What he’s not is a domainer. But ...
Infoblox Expands Security Offerings to Help Protect Against DNS Security Threats and BYOD Risks
Monday, June 10th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »TOKYO SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Infoblox Inc., the automated network control company, today introduced new solutions to help global businesses, government agencies ...
Can CrunchBase Help You Find a Buyer for Your Domain Name?
Monday, June 10th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »I’ll start this post off with a caveat. I have a couple of CrunchBase listings for my companies, and I hate it when I receive the exact same email from people who are using CrunchBase to send out emails that ...
10 Simple Tips to Protect Your Domain Names from Bogus Legal Threats (Part 2)
Monday, June 10th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »5 more tips to protect your domain names. [In the first part of this article, Bill Sweetman gave five tips for protecting your domain names from bogus legal threats. Here are five more. 6. Insist that all complaints ...
7 reasons you should withdraw your .brand application
Monday, June 10th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »If you’re rethinking your .brand top level domain strategy, here are some things to think about. A relatively small number of .brand new TLD applicants have abandoned the process so far. Some of them are big, such ...
Domain Name Sales Launches Re-Designed Website
Saturday, June 8th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Domain Name Sales has rolled out a totally re-designed website this evening, and because of its considerable end user reach, it will likely have an impact on all of us. After spending about an hour checking things out, my first reaction ...
Tumblr loses domain dispute to stop Tublr.com from infringing on its name
Saturday, June 8th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »There are opportunists out there looking to make a quick buck with sketchy tactics – like using domain names that sound or look like a popular website and redirecting it to a scammy “survey” site. Tumblr, believing that a survey ...
XYZ.com wins .college top level domain auction
Saturday, June 8th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Donuts withdraws application after XYZ.com wins private domain auction. Domain name investor Daniel Negari, through his company XYZ.com, has won the private top level domain name auction for .college. Negari tells Domain Name Wire “I look forward to ...
USSR’s Old Domain Name Attracts Cybercriminals
Friday, June 7th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »The Soviet Union disappeared from the map more than two decades ago. But online an 'e-vil empire' ...
Donuts wins .photography auction
Friday, June 7th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Donuts won the private auction for the .photography top level domain name. Of the six new top level domain name auctions Donuts participated in this past week, the company walked away with at least one top bid. Domain ...
10 Simple Tips to Protect Your Domain Names from Bogus Legal Threats
Friday, June 7th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Limit the chances of receiving bogus legal threats with these helpful tips. [Editor's note: Bill Sweetman participated in a legal panel about domain names at TRAFFIC Las Vegas. He gave ten tips to help domain owners protect ...
6 new TLD auctions bring in average of $1.5 million each
Friday, June 7th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »How much do new TLD applicants think their strings are worth? We now have a rough idea on a half dozen. The first six private top level domain name auctions held by Innovative Auctions have closed, bringing ...
ICANN Board rules on non-safeguard GAC advice
Thursday, June 6th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Resolution doesn’t resolve much; uncertainty remains. The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) has approved a resolution ruling on a number of items of advice from the Governmental Advisory Committee with regards to new top level ...
ICANN hires new COO, moves Atallah
Thursday, June 6th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »ICANN shakes up leadership positions. ICANN has moved chief operating officer Akram Atallah to a new role and hired a replacement from outside the organization. Atallah has been named president of the Generic Domains Division. This new group ...
Fort Lauderdale company obtains .club domain name
Thursday, June 6th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »The Internet domain game got a new player as .Club Domains won the ...
Company naming agency and brand name consultant Articulated Brands of Los Angeles releases dozens of domain names for …
Thursday, June 6th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »LOS ANGELES, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Company naming agency, branding firm and copywriting agency Articulated Brands of Los Angeles opens its "company domain name vault," releasing bevy of company names and .com domains for sale. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130606/CG27489) Los Angeles company naming ...
Fort Lauderdale company obtains .club domain name
Thursday, June 6th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »The Internet domain game got a new player as .Club Domains won the ...
33 end user domain sales
Thursday, June 6th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Miami’s airport and a Boston sports network among end user domain name buyers. Afternic released a double report of domain sales this week covering the past two weeks. Here are 33 end user domain name sales from ...
Top Domain Name Wire stories of May 2013
Thursday, June 6th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Ron Paul, GoDaddy, and a video game domain name took top billing last month. May was a busy month at Domain Name Wire thanks in part to a former politician losing a battle to claim his name ...
Corporate domain name specialist strengthens senior team
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »THE Edinburgh-based ICANN accredited domain name registrar and internet intellectual property consultancy, Demys, has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of a globally-recognised internet policy practitioner, and the promotion of an online intellectual property adviser. Demys specialises in domain name ...
Irony alert: Trademark company loses cybersquatting claim on TrademarkDirect …
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »“UK’s Leading Trade Mark Service” loses cybersquatting complaint. Oh, it’s delicious. Trade Mark Direct Ltd of London has lost a cybersquatting complaint filed under the .au Dispute Resolution Policy for the domain name TrademarkDirect.com.au. The irony of the Trade ...
Microsoft buys ToDoApp.com and 16 other domain name sales
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Microsoft and Magazines.com among end user buyers at Sedo last week. Is Microsoft about to release an organization app a la Evernote and Google’s Keep? It bought ToDoApp.com last week on Sedo. Here are details on that ...
Three DNS Hosting Providers Report Possibly Linked DDoS Attacks
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Three separate domain name management and DNS hosting providers have reported DDoS attacks over the past few days Three separate domain name management and DNS hosting providers have reported DDoS attacks over the past few days, and according ...
A subtle (yet big) change in GoDaddy’s ads
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Verisign paying to include .com in GoDaddy ad. I was watching the Cardinals game last night when I noticed ads for GoDaddy.com behind the batter. This is nothing new. GoDaddy frequently advertises on baseball broadcasts. But something about ...
Scammy survey site beats Tumblr in domain dispute
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Lawyers don’t provide enough evidence to convince panel that domain was registered in bad faith. Tumblr, the company that Yahoo is acquiring for $1.1 billion, has lost a cybersquatting claim for the domain name tublr.com. In its complaint ...
Microsoft Targets Xbox1.com Domain Name
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »"; document.write(gstring); } } When it comes to squatting on popular names that are owned or trademarked by corporations, folks have managed to garner a pretty healthy profit from such moves in ...
Dot-ee Domain Name Popularity Lagging (2)
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Why do people waste money filing this sort of UDRP against Name Administration?
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »No one has ultimately prevailed after filing a UDRP against Name Administration. Before you filed a UDRP, you’d think you’d google the domain name’s owner to learn more. Yet time after time I see people file long ...
GoDaddy releases major update to Domain Manager
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Upgrades to Domain Manager make it easier to complete common tasks. GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain name registrar, has released a new Domain Manager for managing domain names held at the registrar. Compared to other registrars, GoDaddy’s system ...
Gandi Adds New Pay-as-You-Go Model for Cloud Computing
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Cloud Hosting and Domain Name Registrar Transforms Cloud VPS System Delivery for More Flexibility, Manageability SAN FRANCISCO, CA, ...
Gandi Announces New Pay-as-You-Go Model for Cloud Computing
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 4, 2013) - Gandi, a leading domain name registrar and cloud-hosting provider, today announced big improvements in the flexibility and operation of its Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) products, with new use-based billing and management. ...
Elite Brand Brokerage Announces Rare Availability of Several Valuable American Heritage Brands
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »NEW YORK NY--(Marketwired - Jun 4, 2013) - Domain Mediaries, a domain name brokerage specializing in high-end domain acquisitions and sales, today announced the availability of several valuable heritage brands, including: American Brands, Rustler Steakhouse, Breakfast Mates, Child World Toys, ...
‘Jokers Wild’ Domain Name in eBay Auction
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »A website publisher has put his Jokers Wild domain-name up for auction on eBay. Some think the name may be better suited for comedy than gambling. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - A website publisher has put his Jokers Wild domain-name up for auction ...
Can this one simple step save you in a UDRP?
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »A disclaimer on a domain offer page could help you defend against a UDRP. There was a panel on domain name law and the UDRP during last week’s TRAFFIC conference. Bill Sweetman of Name Ninja provided some ...
Telepathy fends off Valio’s attack on LGG.com
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Company tries to make claim to LGG.com 15 years after it’s registered. Telepathy, the domain name company run by domain investor Nat Cohen, has successfully defended his domain name LGG.com in a UDRP. The complaint was brought by ...
Dot-ee Domain Name Popularity Lagging (1)
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USSR’s old domain name attracts cybercriminals
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »The Soviet Union disappeared from the map more than two decades ago. But online an 'e-vil empire' is thriving.Security experts say the .su Internet suffix assigned to the USSR in 1990 has turned into a haven for hackers who've flocked ...
TLDH explains its change of heart on private domain auctions
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Antony Van Couvering explains why it believes private TLD auctions make sense. Up until last week, it appeared that Top Level Domain Holdings, one of the largest new TLD applicants, would not participate in private auctions for ...
TLDH raises $10 million for new TLDs
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »New TLD applicant issues new shares to raise money, also confirms possibility of participating in private new TLD auctions. Top Level Domain Holdings Limited, parent company of Minds + Machines, has conditionally raised $10 million. The company today ...
Samsung news site can keep its domain name despite Adsense ads
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Site with Google Adsense ads still may qualify for “non-commercial”, UDRP panel rules. SamsungHub.com, started in 2006, now forwards to SammyHub.com.The owner of SamsungHub.com can keep his domain name, a WIPO panel has ruled in a UDRP ...
14 end user domain sales from Sedo
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »End users including Taser snap up domain names. Last week’s Sedo end user sales report is late because I was at the TRAFFIC conference last week. Afternic skipped last week and is doubling up on its report ...
USSR’s domain name attracts cybercriminals
Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Group-IB, which runs one of Russia's two official internet watchdogs, says that the number of malicious websites hosted across the Soviet Union's old domain doubled in 2011 and doubled again in 2012, surpassing even the vast number of renegade ...
USSR’s old domain name attracts cybercriminals – WNCN: News, Weather for …
Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »By RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated Press MOSCOW (AP) - The Soviet Union disappeared from the map more than two decades ago. But online an 'e-vil ...
Verisign whois falsely returning “no match” results
Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 Posted in domain names | No Comments »Have to submit query twice to get correct result on Verisign’s whois. Verisign’s whois service for .com and .net is sometimes falsely returning a result of “no match” the initial time you search for a domain name. For ...