Monthly Archives: May 2012

Wed 2nd May 2012
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Why is ICANN still usually budgeting for 500 new TLD applications? - Main ICANN budget still assumes 500 applications. In January ICANN released its framework for the FY 2013 budget (which begins in July). Its framework for new TLD revenue was based on 500 applications for new top level domains. ICANN just published its draft budget and now it’s budgeting for… only 500 applications. I realize these things have a long lead time, but this is ludicrous. It’s quite clear there will be over 1,000 applications for new top level domains. Releasing ... read more ...
 
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RipOff Reports files the possess Ripoff Report - Site files complaint over .info domain name. The controversial RipOff Report web site that allows people to leave reports of alleged ripoffs and scams has filed a “report” of its own. The owner of RipOff Report has filed a UDRP case against the registrant of RipOffReport.info. RipOff Report’s web address is RipOffReport.com. RipOffReport.com is one of the top 1,000 sites in the U.S. according to Quantcast. Until recently RipOffReport.info was registered to a ... read more ...
 
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Union pays for VeriGreedy.com and 14 other finish user domain sales - 15 end user domain purchases in the past week. Communication Workers of America bought the clever domain VeriGreedy.com last week to take a jab at Verizon. It looks like the domain owner wasn’t very greedy, too. Here are details on that sale and other “end user” domain buys from the past week. Sales at Afternic South Texas Innovations LLC bought STIConstruction.com for $1,895. Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port, which owns NCSP-net.com, bought NCSP.com for $6,400. San ... read more ...
Tue 1st May 2012
Written by The Domains in EN
Warning: Twitter Forgery Attack Going On - I just received two emails in the last 1/2 both messages look like someone is sending a direct message from Twitter but in fact are trying to get you to sign into a forged site. The emails are coming from people I follow on Twitter so it looks credible  but its not. Here is what the email say: “”Hey this user is making really bad things about you” The email then has a link that it wants you to click on which goes to a twitter phishing site, twititre.com DO NOT RESPOND TO THESE EMAILS, DO NOT ... read more ...
 
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UDRP Filed on A 3 Letter Domain, SMA.com Owned By A Non-Domainer - A UDRP has just been filed by SMA Solar Technology AG for the three letter domain, SMA.com Here’s the really scary part The owner of the domain is not a domainer. The domain is owned by Specialized Micro Architects, a company’s who initials match the domain SMA. The domain was first registered in 1995. The oldest record on DomainTools.com for the domain is from 2001 and at that time the current domain owner owned the domain. The domain does not currently resolve and Screenshots.com had nothing ... read more ...
 
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Sedo.com Sells $1.9 Million in Domains - Sedo just published its weekly report and in all 719 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace, totaling nearly $1.9 million. 43.8% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: directcremation.com at 20,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: sommerhus.dk at 87,500 EUR ·         Top “other” TLD: hot.net at 56,700 EUR Here are all the reportable sales: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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QuinStreet’s Revenue & Profits Tank & So Does The Stock - Quinstreet (QNST) reported its earnings for the 1st quarter of 2012 and the nine months ended March 31, 2012, today and they reported lower revenue and earnings than the street was expecting. Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue dropped and earnings per share dropped significantly. QuinStreet revenue was $93.0 million which was down 14% over the same quarter last year,  where they reported $107.7 million. The street was looking for revenue of $102.6 million. For the nine month period, the ... read more ...
 
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Oman Relaunches .om With a Support of ARI Registry Services - According to a press release today .Om is being officially relaunched today. .Om certainly has some typo potential and should be an extension brand holders and other high traffic sites keep an eye on. “”The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Sultanate of Oman, with the support of ARI Registry Services, officially relaunched the .om country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) today in a move to ensure the ongoing stability and growth of the Internet within the country and greater Gulf ... read more ...
 
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5 ISP’s In Britian Are Ordered To Shut Down The Pirate Bay - The High Court in England ruled today that 5 of the UK’s largest internet service providers (ISP’s) have been ordered to prevent their subscribers from accessing the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay. The five ISP’s are Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media. According to zdnet.co.uk, blocking will “come into place over the course of  the next few weeks” “The High Court has confirmed that The Pirate Bay infringes copyright on a massive scale. Its operators line their ... read more ...
 
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Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories of Apr 2012 - Here’s a look back at April on Domain Name Wire. 1. GoDaddy now offers free domain appraisals, but… – Go Daddy has dropped the price of its automated domain appraisals to zero, but don’t expect it to give you an accurate value for good domain names. 2. Francois Carrillo’s ZUT.com hit with UDRP – the entrepreneur behind Domaining.com is forced to defend his ZUT.com domain name in a UDRP case. 3. From $10 domain registration to $4,050 sale in two weeks; ... read more ...
 
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3 .com typos that might be practical for as new TLDs - They may have meaning but are very similar to .com. A number of country codes, such as .cm and .co, can result in misguided visitors looking for a .com web address. Will we see some other domains that could be considered typos push their way through the new top level domain process? I first thought of this when I wrote about .cpm. An online ad company is trying to trademark the term, which stands for “cost per thousand”. As readers pointed out to me, .cpm is just ... read more ...
 
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.XXX registry and many other domain companies conduct to INTA assembly subsequent week - There’s money in brand protection. 9,000 people are expected to attend the International Trademark Association (INTA) annual meeting in Washington, DC May 5-9. Some of the topics on the agenda for next week include domain names and how companies can protected their brands in an expanding top level name space. There will be a lot of domain name companies in attendance. Here are some that are exhibiting: 101domain.com DomainTools GoDaddy ICM Registry (.xxx registry) Key-Systems Marksmen ... read more ...
 
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Owner of SMA.de files UDRP opposite SMA.com - Spinning the wheel in UDRP roulette. SMA Solar Technology AG has filed a UDRP case with World Intellectual Property Organization for the domain name SMA.com. SMA.com belongs to Specialized Micro Architects. It was originally registered in 1995 and currently has an expiration date of 2017. The oldest whois record at Domain Tools shows that Specialized Micro Architects has owned the domain since at least 2001, although it may have been the original registrant. The most ... read more ...