Monthly Archives: September 2012

Tue 11th September 2012
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Godaddy.com is Back Up: “At No Time Was Any Sensitive Customer Information Compromised” - Godaddy.com is back up and it seems according to Twitter are almost all of the domains, sites and email addresses that were under attack today Here is what is posted on Godaddy.com’s site tonight: “At 10:25 am PT, GoDaddy.com and associated customer services experienced intermittent outages. Services began to be restored for the bulk of affected customers at 2:43 pm PT. At no time was any sensitive customer information, such as credit card data, passwords or names and addresses, compromised. ... read more ...
 
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Like we was saying… Go Daddy wasn’t hacked or attacked - Guy on twitter says he took Go Daddy down. Press bites. Yesterday dozens (hundreds?) of “respectable” publications reported that Go Daddy was hacked, and that it was done by a hacker who was part of anonymous. This morning I tweeted: “incredible how major news outlets take as fact what a single twitter user said about yesterday’s #GoDaddy attack.” I followed up a few minutes later noting that “attack” wasn’t the right word: “I should clarify re: ... read more ...
 
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Have ccTLD questions? Just ask Alex - Get answers to your toughest country code domain questions. Some country code domain names are fairly easy to register. Most of them aren’t. Frankly, figuring out how to register some of the more obscure ccTLDs could take a Ph.D. But now there’s a free resource for all of your ccTLD questions: Ask Alex. It’s a new section on Tucows’ OpenSRS web site where company employee Alex Schwertner answers all of your questions about ccTLDs. Residency requirements? ... read more ...
 
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Why we won’t leave GoDaddy over yesterday’s outage - Go Daddy web hosting still makes sense for me. Yesterday Go Daddy suffered a major outage that appears to have involved its DNS services. The outage lasted about four hours. Back in May I switched from a small web host to Go Daddy, which means that Domain Name Wire was offline yesterday as a result of the outage. Let me start by saying that downtime for your web site sucks, and yesterday was a frustrating day. But does it make sense for someone like me to change hosting ... read more ...
 
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Two things that new TLDs really won’t “solve” - They won’t put a noticeable dent in phishing, nor will they alleviate the scarcity of good (.com) domain names. There are a lot of benefits that new top level domain supporters say the web will realize when new TLDs are released. Let me start by saying that I’m not really opposed to new TLDs at this point. They’re coming. It’s time to embrace it and the opportunities they will create. But I get very frustrated when I see people espousing so-called benefits ... read more ...
Mon 10th September 2012
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Brand Owners Write To Dept Of Commerce: Want No Cost URS, Loser Pays Model, TM Blocks & More - The United States Brand Owner Summit sent to the United States Department of Commerce asking the Government for new protections in the roll out of the new gTLD’s program. The letter which is called “NEW gTLD RECOMMENDATIONS TO STRENGTHEN SECOND-LEVEL RIGHTS PROTECTION MECHANISMS” was sent to Lawrence E. Strickling the Assistant Secretary for Communications & Information National Telecommunications & Information Administration United States Department of Commerce last week. “”The ... read more ...
 
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Forbes.com Just Publishes 5 Reasons Why You Should Leave Godaddy (and How) - Talk about hitting someone when there down, Forbes.com just published a post entitled 5 Reasons Why You Should Leave Godaddy (and How). Forbes writes in part: “In the last few years, GoDaddy has come under fire plenty of times – and for plenty of reasons. Not only has the company used sexual advertising several times to promote its services (reasons 1-3 why anyone paying GoDaddy money should leave, we’ll say), but CEO Bob Parsons murdered a wild elephant in Zimbabwe (reason number 4) and then ... read more ...
 
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Are 35 Million Domains/Sites Hosted On Godaddy.com Down? - According to DailyChanges.com there are almost 34 million domain names are hosted on Godaddy’s DomainControl.com servers which appear to be down. In addition another 1.2 million are hosted on Godaddy’s CashParking.com servers which also appear to be down. I did a spot check of domains and sites located on both servers and all appeared to be down. As Godaddy.com outage continues it looks like between domain, site hosting and email hosting up to 35 million domains could be affected. Godaddy.com ... read more ...
 
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Breaking: Down Goes Godaddy, Taking Millions Of Sites Including A Lot Of Domain Blogs Offline - Godaddy.com seems to be having a major outage at the time of publication. Not only is Godaddy.com down, but millions of sites and email hosted on their servers, including many popular domain industry blogs. Again as of time of publication, Elliotsblog.com, DomainNameWire.com and Domainincite.com are all down along with most if not all of the Godaddy network. DomainControl.com which hosts some 34 million domain names, sites and email addresses appear to be down. CashParking.com which is Godaddy parking ... read more ...
 
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2 Days Before Apple Event a Domain Name MiniiPad.com Hits eBay.com - A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the new Apple Mini i Pad which is rumored to be called the ipad mini and noted that Apple had not secured the matching domain names. A reader noticed that the domain name MiniiPad.com has hit the auction block at eBay.com The starting bid is $10,000. The Apple event, where the company is expected to officially announce the Mini iPad is scheduled for Wednesday September 12th. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Fairwinds Partners Leader of CADNA Hires CEO - FairWinds Partners which leads the Collation Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) announced today that it has hired Nao Matsukata, as CEO. Mr. Matsukata has “most recently served as the managing director for Six Trees Partners, working on global trade and regulatory issues in Asia and Europe for public and private sector clients”. “Starting in 1995, Matsukata served as a senior policy adviser to Sen. Joe Lieberman, and continued through the 2000 presidential campaign. He also once served as U.S. ... read more ...
 
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Nuts.com: Direct Navigation Traffic adult 105% & Google Orgainc Traffic Up 32% Since Acquisition Of Domain - The head of Marketing at Nuts.com just published some facts and figures to combat the negative stories here company received after spending “six figures” to acquire the domain name  nuts.com earlier this year and re-brand nutsonline.com to Nuts.com We told you back in March of this year that nutsonline.com a family run business had acquired nuts.com. The acquisition was attacked by mainstream media outlets as being an example of “overspending” and pointed to a loss of traffic right after ... read more ...
 
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La empresa rosarina Dattatec ahora tiene dominio antártico - 10-09-2012  Como casi todos los países del mundo, el continente antártico (definido por el Tratado Antártico como el sector que se encuentra al sur del paralelo 60°) tiene su propia extensión de dominio web o ccTLD (country code top-level domain). Así como Argentina posee el .AR, o México el .MX y la Comunidad Europea dispone ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy climbs behind online - GoDaddy.com and access to millions of sites finally being restored. With domain name registrar Go Daddy and millions of sites down today, clicking on a Google search result was a bit like playing roulette: you might get a blank result. A Go Daddy spokesperson told me the problems began around 10 am PDT today. I was in a meeting at the time, and saw a tweet from Go Daddy about site problems. I clicked over to GoDaddy.com and it didn’t resolve. I then checked Domain ... read more ...
 
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Q&A: Aron Meystedt launches March.com - Owner of the world’s oldest .com domain name launches a new web site. [Update: it appears March.com has been shut down.] Aron Meystedt and his company domain investment company XF.com investments just launched a new web site builder tool on March.com. You may have heard of XF.com because it owns Symbolics.com, the oldest .com domain name in existence. I reached out to Aron to get the background on why he launched the site on March.com and what the business plan ... read more ...
 
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GEICO wins GEIC.com domain name dispute - Insurance company wins control of domain name that leaves off the ‘o’. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has awarded the four letter domain name GEIC.com to insurance giant GEICO. The owner of the domain name did not respond to the complaint. Although GEIC.com could certainly be used for a number of legitimate purposes, the recent history of the domain name shows that it generally has been used to take advantage of its similarity to the insurance ... read more ...
 
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Adrian Peterson needs a new lawyer - Mistake ridden domain name complaints cost the player his online identity. Minnesota Vikings player Adrian Peterson needs to get a new lawyer — and not for his criminal issues. He needs new intellectual property lawyers. If your lawyers make a mistake once, perhaps you overlook it. But twice? Back in April Adrian Peterson won a UDRP for the domain name AdrianPetersonOnline.com. But his attorneys at Gant Hicks asked for the domain name registration to be canceled ... read more ...
Sun 9th September 2012
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The NFL Hires The Star of The .XXX Commericals To Do NFL Spots: Gavin McInnes - The face of all the .XXX television commercials, Gavin McInnes is now appearing in commercials for the NFL. Click here to see a couple of the commercials Gavin did for .XXX Gavin is now appearing on spots on the National Football League owned NFL Network which is kind of nice to see as the NFL has been called by some as the No Fun League. Enjoy the 1st Sunday of NFL season today:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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UDRP craziness alert: Oakley wins one “fake” case, loses a other - Win won, lose another: the inconsistency of UDRP. A couple weeks ago I wrote about how Oakley lost a UDRP case over the domain name MyFakeOakleySunglasses.com. The panelist in that case, Houston Putnam Lowry, ruled that the domain name was not confusingly similar to Oakley’s mark because it contained the word “fake”. Everybody knows what the work “fake” means. The word “fake” appears before the trademark in the domain name. The web site makes it pretty ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schilling to launch upgraded domain sales height subsequent month - Schilling says it “exceeds the best sales platforms available”. Frank Schilling has already rocked the domain parking industry with his Internet Traffic service. Now he hopes to shake up how you sell your domain names. In a blog post titled “Lobster“, Schilling explains the current state of domain name investing business as he sees it. Shilling views domain sales as a key part of a balanced approach to making money in the domain name business. Although he ... read more ...
Sat 8th September 2012
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The Decision Is In: Adrian Peterson Loses UDRP On AdrianPeterson.com & we Think Its A Bad Decision - Last night we told you that Adrian Peterson Lost his UDRP on the domain name AdrianPeterson.com. This morning the decision has been published and it was decided by a one member panel who I think came to a bad decision although Mr. Peterson’s attorney’s maybe to blame as well. Before reading the decision I assumed The panelist found that the use was a legitimate use as a “fan site” However the panelist did not decide the case on that issue, instead finding: “The name in question needs to ... read more ...
Fri 7th September 2012
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Vikings Adrian Peterson Loses UDRP On AdrianPeterson.com - Pro bowl running back Adrian Peterson has lost his UDRP claim on the domain name AdrianPeterson.com The opinion hasn’t been published yet, but the decision is in. The domain currently does not resolve, but according to Screenshots.com the domain was a “fan site” as recently as 2009 at which time the site had pictures of Mr Peterson as well as stats and other information on the running back. The site did have a disclaimer on the bottom saying that the site was not affiliated with Adrian Peterson, ... read more ...
 
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UPDATED: On The Heels of Amazon’s Event Yesterday Amazon Registered 225 Domain Names - Amazon held its big event yesterday and among its announcements was the Kindle Fire Hd, and Amazon FreeTime, which the company said lets parents control what media their children have access to, and for how long they can access that media. As you can see below Amazon registered 183 domain name many of which are related to the new products:   Here are another 43 domains registered on Friday: amazoncoverview.org amazonfreetime.org amazoninvents.com amazonkindlefirehd.org amazonlovesinvention.com amazonpowerfast.com amazonpowerfast.org amazonreplicaview.org amazontimetoread.org bigkindlefirehd.com firehd.org firehd4glte.com goldboxonkindlefire.com kindfire16gb.com kindleaudiblebook.com kindlecoverview.org kindlefire-hd.org kindlefire32gb.com kindlefire4glte.com kindlefire64gb.com kindlefiregoldbox.com kindlefirehd.org kindlefirehd16gb.org kindlefirehd32gb.org kindlefirehd4glte.com kindlefirehd64gb.org kindlefirehdwith4g.com kindlefirehdwith4glte.com kindlefirephotos.com kindlefiresd.com kindlefreetime.org kindlegoldbox.com kindlehd.org kindleimmersionreading.org kindleinstallments.com kindlepowerfast.org kindlereplicaview.org kindleserialinstallments.com kindletimetoread.org listenalittle.com loveyourkindlefire.com Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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Google Shares Back Over $700 - Shares of Google.com are up almost $10 as the time of publication breaking the $700 mark for the 1st time since 2007. Google all time high is $747 a share in 2007. Google’s 52 week low is $480 a share.     Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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eCapital.com Sells For $30K On Sedo.com - The domain name eCapital.com just sold on Sedo for $30,000 The owner of the domain was  eCapital out of Palo Alto, CA. The domain name is at Sedo escrow pending transfer. The original registration date of the domain is August 1996. The Seller also owns the domain name eCapital.net. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...