Monthly Archives: July 2012

Sat 14th July 2012
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Two good domain name articles to review this weekend - Two articles for your weekend. I read two great articles on domain sites this week that I wanted to bring to your attention. First is a post by Owen Frager. Now, I’ll be the first to admit I don’t usually click through to Owen’s stuff because I find the story has little to do with the headline. But when I saw that Escrow.com retweeted an article he wrote about the company, I took a look. Frager has written a fascinating story about Escrow.com and its president ... read more ...
 
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Not even .com – a F’n .me??? -

What a F@ck is News.me? Not Even .com. – A f@ck!ng .me???

Some domain name amusement per a merger of Digg by a .me web site.

Via: domainnamewire.com

Fri 13th July 2012
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Let’s Face It; Sedo.com Generic .Me Auction, It Was A Bust - The Sedo.com Generic .Me domain name auction that concluded yesterday was, well there is no other way to say it, a bust. Out of the 190 domain names for sale only 8 domain names sold and the vast majority never even got a bid. The auction was run in conjunction with Brands-and-Jingles whose principal Mark Kychma told had to say: “The result are very disappointing – Brands-and-Jingles is regularly selling .ME names in the range $5k-$50k.” “This auction failed to recognize the value of some ... read more ...
 
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Berryhill Beats Back UDRP On SideTrack.com - John Berryhill, Esq just beat back yet another UDRP this time on the domain name Sidetrack.com brought by Side by Side, Inc. /dba/ Sidetrack. The domain name was owned by generic domain investor, Alexander Lerman one of the newest members of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA). Its a good and proper decision but more importantly to domain investors in general it contains some good language where the panel expressly adopted the position that bad faith to be found to exist it under policy “there ... read more ...
 
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Class Action Suit Filed Against Microsoft For Overcharging For Pay Per Click Ads On Parked Domain Names - MediaPost.com is reporting that Microsoft has “been hit with a potential class-action lawsuit for allegedly overcharging marketers for pay-per-click ads”. The suit was filed Wednesday in a federal court in Seattle by Lane’s Gifts and Collectibles, “steaming from ads that Microsoft allegedly served on parked domains and “errors” pages”. “Web users tend to reach those sites by accident, after mistyping the addresses of sites they intend to visit.” “Lane’s Gifts says in its complaint ... read more ...
 
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Digg.com, 91 On Alexa, Is Sold & Buyer Betaworks Is Folding It Into News.Me - According to a blog post on its site, Digg.com was just sold to Betaworks who will be folding Digg.com into News.Me which is also owned by Betaworks. “We couldn’t be happier to announce that the next generation of Digg will live on with the team from Betaworks which will be combining Digg with News.me, a Betaworks company with an iPad app, iPhone app and daily email that delivers the best stories shared by your friends on Facebook and Twitter. ” Digg launched seven years ago. “To date, we’ve ... read more ...
 
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Default settlement released opposite Paris in domain fight, indemnification conference on tap - Paris may face damages in reverse domain name hijacking case. A Texas district court has filed an entry of default against Ville de Paris in a domain name squabble. The case involves Parvi.org. The city of Paris won a UDRP case for the domain name in 2009. When Paris filed the complaint it agreed to jurisdiction in Texas for matters stemming from the dispute. Domain owner Jeffrey Walter took advantage of the jurisdiction, filing a lawsuit against Paris in U.S. District ... read more ...
 
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Chicago drops office for email, Power.com launches with @Identity service - Chicago.com no longer a directory; owner also powering new email service at Power.com. This morning I read an article by Robin Wauters lampooning Power.com, which offers an @Power.com email address and subdomains for a very steep price. The site immediately reminded me of Chicago.com and its personalized @chicago.com email addresses. Indeed, Power.com is “powered” by @Identity, a company formed by Chicago.com owner Josh Metnick and Thought Convergence’s Ammar ... read more ...
Thu 12th July 2012
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ICE Seizes 70 More Domains - According to an announcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) today they “seized 70 websites that were illegally selling counterfeit merchandise”. “The 70 websites seized are part of Project Copy Cat, an iteration of Operation In Our Sites (IOS), and closely mimicked legitimate websites selling authentic merchandise and duped consumers into unknowingly buying counterfeit goods. Many of the websites so closely resembled the legitimate websites that it would be difficult ... read more ...
 
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With The Domain Space Only Growing By 17 Million A Year, Where Will All The Registrations For New gTLD’s Come From? - We know that .com/.net registrations as of the last report sits at 116 million registrations is growing at the rate 8 million new registrations a year. We also know including the 116 million .com/.net registrations, there are 225 million domains name registered as of March 31, 2012 with 10% or some 20 million new registrations coming since 4th quarter of 2,010. So basically your looking at growth in the total domain name space of 17 million or so for the last year including all ccTLD’s and half ... read more ...
 
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Apple Gets iTunes.net in UDRP - Apple was awarded the domain name,  iTunes.net and i-tune.com and today in a  UDRP decision. The domain was owned under privacy and going to a parked page. Last week Apple gained control of the domain iPad3.com after it filed a UDRP and the domain holder relinquished control of the domain. In other UDRP decision, a one member panel rejected the claim of a ‘Steven L. Vensand, contends that he paid Respondent, HelpfulHal.com, to act as the intermediary between Complainant and the registrar, by ... read more ...
 
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Intel gets dual strikes in Mexico - Company loses two UDRPs for Spanish language domain names. Big brands occasionally lose cybersquatting disputes. But two in a row with similar circumstances? That’s what happened to Intel south of the border. The company just got back-to-back losses on two Spanish language domain names including the word “Intel”. Both of the domains are registered to different people in Sonora, Mexico. The first case involved intelcompras.com. IntelCompras.com is an active business ... read more ...
 
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Owners of FirstDibs.com and 1stDibs.com duke it out in court - 1stDibs.com says owner of FirstDibs.com is cybersquatting. The registrants of FirstDibs.com and 1stDibs.com are embroiled in a court battle, with the latter saying that FirstDibs.com infringes its trademarks. The owner of FirstDibs.com is seafood wholesaler Seafood Supply Company of Dallas, Texas. 1stDibs.com is an online retailer offering upscale home decor, jewelry, and real estate. In a lawsuit (pdf) filed in New York late last month, 1stDibs.com said it first ... read more ...
 
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Apple starts forwarding iPad3.com to the web site — and it’s tracking it, too - Apple smartly measures traffic to recently recovered domain name. Late last month Apple filed a cybersquatting complaint over the domain name iPad3.com. Shortly after filing the complaint the owner of the domain acquiesced, giving the domain to Apple’s lawyers Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton. For a while after the transfer to Apple’s lawyers the domain didn’t resolve at all. Now it forwards to the iPad page on Apple. Here’s the full URL I’m forwarded to when ... read more ...
Wed 11th July 2012
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.Org Passes 10 Million Domain Names Milestone - According to a press release tonight the .Org registry has passed the 10 Million domain name mark. PIR “the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain announced tonight that it has reached a major milestone with the registration of its 10 millionth .ORG domain name: JADFORUM.ORG, which was registered on June 24, 2012 with Go Daddy. ” “The domain name was registered by the Jordan River and Dead Sea Basin Forum (JAD), an organization dedicated to advancing the sustainable and regional development ... read more ...
 
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The Sedo Generic .Me Domain Name Auction Ends Tomorrow & 53 Domains Have A Bid - The Sedo generic .Me domain name auction ends tomorrow Thursday July 12 starting at Noon EST. As of publication with just about 24 hours to go out of the 190 domain names in the auction 53 have at least 1 bid on them but only 2 domains have reached reserve. Shared.me has a high bid of $999 and has hit reserve as has the domain, Recall.me The domain namechic.me has the most number of bids 7 but a high bid of only $400 just under its top reserve range of $499. Here all domain names with at least one ... read more ...
 
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Apple Store Changes Search Algorithm in a App Store - According to TechCrunch.com Apple has changed the search algorithm in the App Store, which is now weighting app names and keywords less heavily in its search results “Previously, if you were searching for something like “san francisco parking”, apps whose names included those search terms would rank more highly. Or if you searched for something like “traffic”, you’d get a bunch of games with names like Traffic Rush. Now, you’re more likely to see apps that aren’t just a simple keyword ... read more ...
 
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50 finish user domain sales over a past dual weeks - From sports to health, fifty end user domain sales from the past two weeks. With the U.S. holiday last week I postponed the end user sales report. That means two weeks of data this week — and about 50 sales to report. Here goes… Afternic The Sportsman’s Guide, Inc. picked the UK version of its name, SportsmansGuide.co.uk, for $2,000. A Beautiful California Florist bought ABCFlorist.com (get it, ABC?) for $1,500. Sand Source Services shortened its web address ... read more ...
 
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Google’s Legalize Love debate has a domain name issue - Logical domain names for campaign forward to a decidedly edgy web site. Google has made quite a splash with its “Legalize Love” campaign announced during the Global LGBT Workplace Summit over the weekend. The first thing I did when I heard news of its new campaign was to go to LegalizeLove.com to find more information. And that’s where the problem begins. Google doesn’t own the domain names LegalizeLove.com and LegaliseLove.com. A Google spokesperson confirmed ... read more ...
 
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Would giveaway domains invert a sell domain market? - There will be plenty of free and low cost domain registration options, but don’t expect them to have a big impact on the domain registration market. I’ve had a number of conversations with people over the past month about the idea of free (as in no cost) domain names. Will some new top level domain applicants give their domains away for free? Will this upend the market for domain registrations? In short, I think the answers are “yes” to the former and “no” ... read more ...
Tue 10th July 2012
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Afternic.com Sells $2.5 Million In Domain Names - In a double report for two weeks and including a Snapnames Afternic.com domain name action, Afternic.com reported just over $2.5 Million in sales “Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to: ·         $ 1,723,546 for the week of 6/25/12 – 7/01/12 ·         $ 838,752 for the week of 7/02/12 – 7/08/12 Total of $ 2,562,298 for the past two weeks” Here is the reportable sales   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Sedo.com Sells $1.1MM In Domains Led By tackboard.com for $25K - Sedo.com just announced its weekly sales data ending July 9th, 2012. In all over $1.1MM of domains were sold. The top seller was tackboard.com at $25,000. Other domains topping the list of public sales were gamblingaffiliateprograms for £10,000 followed by eyein.com for $12,000. In all 745 domains were sold. 41% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Below is the entire list of publicly reportable sales in their respective currencies: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Afternic.com Teams Up With Godaddy.com To Sell Domains On A Request Price Basis - Afternic.com in a press release, today announced an enhanced strategic partnership with GoDaddy.com that brings Afternic’s ‘Request Price’ domain names to Go Daddy customers. Go Daddy,  already offers Afternic’s premium domains with set ‘Buy Now’ prices (BIN) but now will display domain names that are not priced. MostWantedDomains.com has been a beta tester of this service for about a week. “The inclusion of Afternic’s ‘Request Price’ inventory expands the footprint of the premium ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schilling’s DomainNameSales.com Integrated With Escrow.com - According to a press release out this morning, Escrow.com announcedthat Frank Schilling’s DomainNameSales.com has successfully integrated the Escrow.com platform into its automated completion system, to ensure all parties are protected when buying or selling a domain name on DomainNameSales.com. “Frank Schilling’s name marketing companies have been strong supporters of Escrow.com since 2001 – using Escrow.com’s secure transfer platform thousands of times to purchase and sell domain names. ... read more ...
 
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Name.com piggybacks NameCheap.com $.98 Twitter domain offer - Name.com vs. NameCheap. It’s on! Here’s an interesting duel going on between two domain registrars that have mastered social media: Name.com and NameCheap.com. NameCheap.com is asking people to retweet a message about 98 cent domain registrations. If 30,000 retweet it by July 16, then NameCheap will provide a special 24 hour sale where you can get a .com, .net, or .org domain name for $.98. Since you have to follow NameCheap in order to get the special sale price, ... read more ...