Monthly Archives: June 2014

Sun 1st June 2014
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Ferrero und das .kinder-Monopol im Netz - Der Süßwarenhersteller Ferrero will die Internet-Endung .kinder betreiben, passend zu seiner gleichnamigen Produktlinie — zur Empörung des Deutschen Kinderschutzbundes. Bis 1989 stritten sich zwei Systeme um den Kindertag. Der Westblock feierte den Weltkindertag (20.09.). Der Ostblock hingegen feierte den Internationalen Kindertag (01.06.), der auch heute noch von vielen Ostdeutschen begangen und zudem von der Spielwaren-Industrie als willkommener Anlass für Geschenkkäufe ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Summer is heating up, and everyone is heading out to the .club — are you in the … - Everyone is talking about the new gTLD .club, which surpassed .guru this week as the most popular new gTLD in the world. It now has the most domain name registrations of all new gTLDs with more than 60,000 registrations. Marketing of the new gTLD has been impeccable; .club hosted a launch party in New York City last week featuring 50 Cent — maximizing the hype and providing a clear example of how important it is for trademark owners to be proactive in monitoring new gTLDs. It’s ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Go Daddy Auctions Market Report May 2014 – Sales adult 7.96% led by SteamEngine.com - Go Daddy Auctions Market Report  May 2014 Go Daddy sales were up 7.96% in May over April as they sold 45,852 domains vs 42,480. The top sale for the month was SteamEngine.com at $38,000 followed by filmesonline.com at $28,000. Online was the top selling keyword, followed by home and blog. ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Counterfeiters Using Google Adwords is a Big Problem - Randy Pickard made a guest post on Search Engine Land that took a look at all the counterfeiters buying ads on Google that trick consumers into buying knock off goods. The article looked at a few categories, one being prom dresses. From the article: Among the websites buying AdWords sponsored ads for [prom dress] related terms, approximately half of these websites are filled with copyright-infringing photos of designer dresses. The prom and special-occasion dress product categories are target rich ... read more ...
 
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Yahoo Set To Launch Their Answer To You Tube - AdAge did an article on the launch of the Yahoo answer to You Tube. One of the selling points to publishers seems to be a revenue split higher than what Google offers You Tube publishers. Exclusivity will also not be required so content creators can be utilizing both sites. One point of contention centered on content ownership. In contracts presented to creators, Yahoo stipulated that Yahoo would be given a perpetual license to any videos that were shared to Tumblr. That would effectively transfer ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
GoDaddy Auctions sells 45,852 domains in May - SteamEngine.com leads the way at $38,000. GoDaddy Auctions sold 45,852 domain names in May, according to preliminary numbers posted on the company’s Domain Market Report. Some of the top ten sales have been reported previously while others haven’t. Check out the $20,000 sale of michaelpitts.com. The buyer’s name isn’t Michael Pitts, although the buyer appears to have a connection to someone by that name. steamengine.com $38,000 filmesonline.com $28,000 sepg.com $23,000 ... read more ...