Monthly Archives: December 2011

Sat 3rd December 2011
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Homeland Security Seizes 11 More Domain Names - Homeland Security/ICE has seized 11 more domain names. Domains seized yesterday were: 007disk.com 007disk.net 82movie.com 82movie.net 82us.com bzserv.info itvwmg.com ktvwmg.com wmgitv.com wmgus.com wmgus.net Of these domain names, 007disk.com, has a PR of 2 and had as many as 4K visitors a month a and 82movie.com got as many as 9,000 visitors a month, according to Compete.com   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Youporn.com Owner Bans All Business With Any Website Using A .XXX Domain - According to a story in xBiz.com today, the company that owns YouPorn.com, Manwin today it says has banned “all activity between its brands and Internet sites registered with a .XXX TLD, including advertising for .XXX websites on its tube sites.” “In addition, Manwin said it won’t permit its content to be used or advertised on .XXX websites. ” Manwin filed suit against ICM the sponsor of the .XXX TLD a few weeks ago claiming anti-trust violations among other claims. The xbiz.com story quotes ... read more ...
 
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Apparently a lot of people have nonetheless to switch to DNS parking - Google will cut you off at the end of the year. The “deadline” to change your domains parked on Google parking services from URL forwarding to DNS has passed, but apparently a lot of people haven’t made the switch yet. Sedo sent an email out to customers this week encouraging them to comply with the changes. Apparently the final, drop dead deadline is January 1. According to the email, Google tested not monetizing URL forwarded domains for three day in the middle ... read more ...
Fri 2nd December 2011
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MGM Files Federal Trademark Lawsuit Over Poker Domains - According to Vegasinc.com, MGM Resorts International filed suit in the U.S. District Court in Las Vegas on Thursday against four individuals and two companies it claims have been infringing on its trademarks by registering poker website names that include the names of MGM casinos in Las Vegas. The lawsuit alleging trademark infringement was against the owners of: bellagioonlinepoker.com circuscircuspoker.com excaliburpoker.com luxorpoker.com mandalaybayonlinepoker.com mgmpoker.com ariapoker.com In ... read more ...
 
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NewYorkTimes.com Covers Chicago.com Plan To Sell Subdomains & Email’s Addresses For Up To $250K Per - An interesting story today in the NewYorkTimes.com on the owner of Chicago.com’s plan to sell sub domains and eMail Addresses ending in Chicago.com “In 2001 Mr. Josh Metnick beat out The Tribune Company and bought chicago.com for $500,000″ “Now his four-person operation is retooling the site to offer e-mail addresses with chicago.com domains.” “He has sold a few names to friends and prominent businessmen whose identities I agreed not to disclose. Businesses include Lettuce Entertain You ... read more ...
 
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Porn Fight: Manwin says it won’t do business with .xxx domain names - Porn site operator follows up anti-trust suit with competitive threat. Porn purveyor Manwin has taken its battle against the .xxx domain name a step further following its antitrust lawsuit: it’s not going to have anything to do with sites that use the new top level domain. That’s according to a post on XBIZ this afternoon. According to the article: Manwin, with the announcement, has banned all activity between its brands and Internet sites registered with a .XXX ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy investment should tighten before finish of year - Investment from big name private equity groups should be completed before the end of the year. A private equity investment by KKR, Silver Lake, and Technology Crossover Ventures in GoDaddy should close by the end of the year, according to Iowa news station KCRG. The deal has finally passed its big regulatory challenge — approval by the People’s Republic of China, the report says. Foreign government approval is important since one of the main points of the investment ... read more ...
 
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Afilias: Could be 10 years before another new TLD focus turn opens - Registry urges brands to get their act together. With just forty days to go before ICANN opens the application process for new top level domains, Afilias has a warning for brands: this opportunity could be once in a decade. Here’s how it figures this: If you take one of ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom’s numbers for possible applications (4,000) and consider a delegation rate of 500 domains per year, along with other possible delays, it could be a decade. Indeed, it could ... read more ...
 
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Mike Tyson wins heavyweight cyber fight - Tyson gets domain name MikeTyson.com. Knock out! A World Intellectual Property Organization has determined that retired Boxer Mike Tyson should get the domain name MikeTyson.com. The domain name was originally registered in 2001, but it expired in 2004 and was picked up by the current owner. The registrant appears to have gone by the name “In Stealth Mode”, according to historical whois records and a former placeholder on the domain name. The content of the page ... read more ...
Thu 1st December 2011
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Clips4Sale Buys $700K In .XXX Domains - According to a press release from ICM Registry, Clips4Sale has purchased $700,000 in . XXX domains. The exact domains were not mentioned in the press release but one of the included domains sold for $300,000. Here is the full press release: “ICM Registry, the operator of the new .xxx top-level domain (TLD), announced today that it signed a major deal with Clips4Sale, the number one downloadable video clip site, for 30 premium adult-entertainment related domain names. A spokesperson for Clips4Sale ... read more ...
 
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Leading UK Adult Internet Company Rebrands To .XXX - ICM Registry, the company behind the new .XXX extension, today announced global adult entertainment brand, Paul Raymond Publishing, will rebrand its core brand websites and its most popular online dating properties with the .xxx domain extension. This marks the largest single migration of an adult brand to the .xxx top level domain to date. “We believe the future of adult entertainment online is in the .xxx top level domain,” said Adam Osborn, Head of Digital at Paul Raymond Publications. “We ... read more ...
 
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Rick Schwartz Calls It “Mission Accomplished” As he Bows Out Of The Daily Blogging World - In a blog post today, Rick Schwartz says he is going to stop blogging on any regular basis on Ricksblog.com “”For over a decade I have devoted my time to the “Industry of Domains”. “While that won’t change, I will now adjust my focus and time from domainers to new avenues in a maturing universe that is presenting some huge opportunities.” “I feel in the last days I have said all I can possibly say.” “I am not closing this blog.” “I will still post from time to time. ” “But ... read more ...
 
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Chrome Overtakes Firefox For The 1st Time. - According to Statcounter.com,  Google’s Chrome browser has passed Firefox for market share for the 1st time on a global basis in November. “”Chrome took 25.69% of the worldwide market (up from 4.66% in November 2009) compared to Firefox’s 25.23%. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer still maintains a strong lead globally with 40.63%. “We can look forward to a fascinating battle between Microsoft and Google as the pace of growth of Chrome suggests that it will become a real rival to Internet ... read more ...
 
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A Special Thanks To The Domainer Community & Some Special Friends - This is just a personal thank you from Judi and I. In the last week since Bandit passed the response from the domain community has been nothing less than incredible. I got a least as many personal emails,  as posts on the blog and even more on Facebook;  we got some flowers, cards in the mail, and a ton of calls. Each one was greatly appreciated. People we never met but read about Bandit somewhere or heard about him even reached out to us. As they say,  Friends and foe, from close and far, some ... read more ...
 
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Google tweaks algorithm to flog parked domains out of the index - Hi, @ Arrgo Frank does not need or rely Google search results for the success of “Internet Traffic”. So, you will be ‘hoping’ for a very long time…IMO ____ @RED This discussion is not just about domain parking pages’ getting ranked in Google. Even, going back to the boom of domain parking days, from 2004 – 2008, very few or any domain parking pages ranked high or at all in Google. ___ The problem with Google is that they want it both ways. They do not want the “SOPA/Protect ... read more ...
 
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Where to find a cheapest .xxx domain pricing - .XXX domain names become available early next week. But you need to reserve now to get the good ones. If you want to register .xxx domain names then you better get your act together. General availability starts December 6. But to get the best domains you’ll need to pre-reserve them with a registrar. They will then submit the registration the moment the registry opens December 6. Many registrars have a pre-registration deadline of December 5. I expect lots of attention ... read more ...
 
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6 things to do in Dec to make 2012 your best year in domaining - It’s time to set the stage for a successful 2012. There’s just one month left in the year. Rather than settling in for the holidays and vacation, savvy domainers will make December a critical month to set the stage for 2012 — and make it their best ever. Here are 6 things you should do before the end of the year to prep for 2012. 1. Look for end-of-the-year bargains. A lot of hand-to-mouth domainers sell domains in December to raise cash for holiday presents. ... read more ...