Monthly Archives: August 2014

Thu 7th August 2014
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Use HTTPS? Google will give we a strike in hunt rankings. - Search ranking change should be good news for domain name registrars. Google announced this morning that it’s starting to give extra credit in search results to companies offering websites secured by SSL. That means sites where you see httpS:// might show up higher in search results than those without added encryption. Google explains the added ranking factor in a post on its blog: …over the past few months we’ve been running tests taking into account whether ... read more ...
Wed 6th August 2014
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Hong Kong Court Rules Entertainment Tycoon Can Sue Google Over Autocomplete Suggestions - We all start searches at Google and get the autocomplete function going into full effect, giving us suggestions as we type each letter. Apparently one Hong Kong tycoon did not like the results the autocomplete suggested when it came to him. He wants to sue Google for defamation and a Hong Kong court has ruled he can go right ahead and do just that. The South China Morning Post wrote: A Hong Kong court has ruled that a local entertainment tycoon can go ahead with his defamation lawsuit against Google, ... read more ...
 
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Montreal Looks Like The Next City That Wants To Apply For Its Own New gTLD … - According to the MontrealGazette.com, the city of Montreal seems to be the next city expressing Interest in applying for its own new gTLD, of .MTL “It’s an interesting possibility for Montreal,” said city councillor Harout Chitilian, the vice chairperson of the city executive committee. “We have to be creative to promote Montreal, and it’s a tool that we’ll take a serious look at.” But that gives Montreal time to plan a .mtl initiative, if and when an opportunity comes around again. A ... read more ...
 
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Montreal Looks Like The Next City That Wants To Apply For Its Own New gTLD; .MTL - According to the MontrealGazette.com, the city of Montreal seems to be the next city expressing Interest in applying for its own new gTLD, of .MTL “It’s an interesting possibility for Montreal,” said city councillor Harout Chitilian, the vice chairperson of the city executive committee. “We have to be creative to promote Montreal, and it’s a tool that we’ll take a serious look at.” But that gives Montreal time to plan a .mtl initiative, if and when an opportunity comes around again. A ... read more ...
 
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Russian Hackers Steal 1.2 Billion Internet Passwords & 500 Million Email Addresses - According to a blog post on Hold Security company blog, which conducted an 18-month investigation finding that a Russian hacking gang stoled 1.2 billion username and password combos, as well as more than 500 million email addresses. According to Hold Security the hackers pulled off the heist, using unsuspecting systems of botnet network victims (in this case, computers with viruses that allowed a single operator to control a large group of affected systems) to test websites for SQL vulnerabilities. ... read more ...
 
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Porn.com Stolen? UDRP Filed By Company That Paid $9.5 Million For It -       A UDRP has been filed on the grandfather of adult generic domain names, Porn.com with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) The company filing the complaint, MXN Limited bought the domain name back in 2007 for more than $9.5 Million dollars. The domain name Porn.com was registered at Moniker.com for a many years until just a week ago or so when it was transferred to the Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER (.RU) under privacy. We have not been able to confirm ... read more ...
 
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WhatTheFuck.WTF & Other Taken .WTF Domain Names - The new gTLD goes into general availability (GA) today where domains can be registered on a first come first served basis .WTF domain names are priced at $27.99 for a domain registrations, for a non-premium domain and yes there are some .WTF domains priced at premium  registration and renewal prices. We went through the zone file to find the domain names taken in Sunrise for trademark holders and during the Early Access Program (EAP) where people pay extra for early access which seem to total around ... read more ...
 
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Marchex Reports: Archeo Sells $2.2 Million In Domains, But Other Revenue From Domains Dives - Marchex, Inc. (MCHX), reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. The good news on the domain front is that Marchex’s Archeo division sold some $2.2 Million in domain names in the quarter (although the financials indicate this number to be $2.3 some verbiage below says its $2.2 in sales) compared to $1.3 Million for the same quarter last year.  The bad news is that revenue from Archeo from domain name monetization or ay revenue other than sales from domains dropped ... read more ...
 
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Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc. | further protection against cybersquatters -

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The impact of the expanding web on charities - The Internet as we know it is currently growing and changing with the release of more than 1,400+ new generic top level domains (gTLDs) including .london, .ngo, and .coke. For charities, this presents a great opportunity to increase their online presence. Whether you’re looking to attract more donors, increase SEO or interact with similar charities from around the globe, Brian Cute, CEO of Public Interest Registry, the non-profit operators of the .org domain name and soon-to-come .ngo domain, ... read more ...
 
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Does Anyone Actually Care About Security Online ? - It has been reported by just about every major media outlet that the largest ever heist of user data took place recently by a group of Russian hackers. 1.2 billion passwords and 500 million email addresses. Over 420,000 websites are apparently involved. Kashmir Hill from Forbes had the most interesting take on the story out of all the sites I read on the topic. Hill delved into how Hold Security the security firm who uncovered the hack was offering a service to tell people if they were vulnerable. From ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Launches 18 More New Internet Domains in August - More Related Stories email article print page <![CDATA[ ]]> .CREDIT, .TAX, .CASH, .FITNESS .DENTAL, .CLINIC, .HEALTHCARE, and others released this month August 05, 2014 -- BELLEVUE, Wash., Aug. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Donuts Inc., the world's largest registry for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), continues to expand and diversify the Internet's global addressing system ... read more ...
 
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With a Success of Twitch.tv, Justin.tv is shutting down - Justin.tv was always one of the most popular sites discussed when people in the .TV sub forum at Namepros would ask for examples of developed sites. The site started back in 2007 and grew to have one million registered users by July 0f 2008. Out of Justin.tv came Twitch.tv which is reportedly in talks to be acquired by Google for $1billion. So now with the focus on Twitch.tv, Justin.tv is shutting down. The Verge reported: So in June of 2011 the team decided to focus in on the most popular section ... read more ...
 
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Marketer sind gegen die neuen Top Level Domains - © C. Rietsch - Fotolia.com Die 1.000 neuen TLDs sorgen für Verwirrtheit im Netz. Online Marketer befürchten, dass sie das World Wide Web unübersichtlicher machen werden. Die neuen Domainendungen sind da! Diese Nachricht erfreute in den vergangenen Wochen viele Onliner. Doch gemäß eines aktuellen Berichtes von Sedo, dem Marketführer im Domainhandel, teilen nicht alle diese Freude. 74 Prozent der US-Marketer sagten, dass die 1.000 neuen Domainendungen ... read more ...
 
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2 really peculiar UDRP cases explain “technological confusion” - Part of brand is in domain names, but you have to look closely for it. I was rather confused a couple months ago when I saw fashion designer Philipp Plein filed UDRPs against peopleincasinos.com and supportpeopleinneed.org. Both sites featured clothing that the sites claimed was authentic Philipp Plein clothing. But what did these domain names have to do with Philipp Plein? Well, take a look at the domain names again: PeoPLEINcasinos.com SupportPeoPLEINneed.org The ... read more ...
 
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One of my favorite 3 minute domain names, pleasantness of Coke - Coke makes you say Ahh. I took a mini-vacation to San Antonio with my family this week, including a trip to Six Flags. It was there that I was reminded of one of my favorite uses of a three letter domain name: Ahh.com. It’s not the usual use of a three letter domain name (acronyms). It’s not a word. Heck, it probably even fails the radio test. Yet the promotional site for Coke is a great use of a three letter domain name. They actually use a bunch of similar ... read more ...
 
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4 subscription domain name services we use - Here are four subscription-based domain name services I use regularly. There are a lot of great subscription-based services for the domain name industry. Here are four that I use on a regular basis. FreshDrop $19.95 per month FreshDrop is my go-to source for finding the best expiring domain names. A recent redesign might take long-time users a bit to get used to, but Freshdrop has a number of powerful filtering tools under the hood. I’ve used FreshDrop to find a ... read more ...
Tue 5th August 2014
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.7 Million - Sedo just listed its transactions report for the past week and in all 632 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 Million. 54% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. If you love hacks you might love lea.se for $1,500 Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: jtf.com at 25,100 USD · Top ccTLD: 13.de at 15,000 EUR · Top “other” TLD: eurasianunion.org at 7,800 EUR               ... read more ...
 
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Marchex Sued In Federal Court Over SmartPlanner.com; TM in 2014; Domain Registered in 2002 - This certainly goes into the anyone can sue anyone, for anything at anytime, file. Marchex (MCHX) has been sued over the domain name SmartPlanner.com by SMART PLANNER SUITE, LLC of Newton Massachusetts for trademark infringement under 15 U.S.C. § 1114(a) and cybersquatting under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d), and violation of the Anti- Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (“ACPA”). The suit was filed in the United States District Court of Massachusetts today. The relevant allegations from the ... read more ...
 
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GCA.com customer is a Turkish Real Estate Developer – Gürallar Yapı - GCA.com sold back on 7/15/14 for $90,000. The seller was Glenhaven Capital Associates out of Toronto, Canada. The whois has finally updated and the buyer is Gürallar Yapı a Turkish real estate developer out of Istanbul. The domain currently does not resolve, the company website is at gurallaryapi.com. A little about the company: Gürallar Yapı Malz.ve Kim. San. A.Ş. started business in 1948 within the body of Gürallar Group. The name Gürallar has led the way to the creation of brand values ... read more ...
 
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Chinese Police Bust “Domain Brokerage Scam” Which Made Over $4.5 Million, Arrest 100 - According to ifeng.com, a Chinese publication, on July 30, Changping police announced the busting of the an online domain name brokerage scam and detained over 100 suspects. “The scam company, with over 130 employees, markets itself as a subsidiary of China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), operating under the cover of domain name brokerage. Its “business development” team regularly searches the web, for information of owners of domain names with commercial potential, and makes contact, ... read more ...
 
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US Marketers Skeptical of New Website Domain Extensions - Ayaz Nanji is a digital strategy and content consultant. He is also a research writer for MarketingProfs. His experience includes working as a strategist and producer of digital content for Google/YouTube, the Travel Channel, and AOL.LinkedIn: Ayaz NanjiTwitter: @ayaznanji ... read more ...
 
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15 Year Old QIQ.com Saved In UDRP Against Trademark Registered in 2012 - The domain name QIQ.com was saved in a UDRP bought by QIQ Communications Pty Ltd of Terrigal, New South Wales, Australia who got a trademark on the term QIQ in 2012 The domain owner was Netico, Inc. of California registered the domain back on March 28, 1999. The panel refused to find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) although there does not seem to be any reason why RDNH was not found. Here are the relevant parts of the one member panel of Gabriela Kennedy: “The Panel accepts that the Complainant ... read more ...
 
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Namejet.com Reports Over $500K in Sales For July -

Namejet.com reported over 500,000 in domain auctions of $2,000 or some-more for a month of July.

All such sales totaled $509,926.00 lead by BigDeals.com during $36.100 and Gains.com for $25,500

 

Via: thedomains.com

 
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Visa Rebrands From 1 Letter .Me Domain to 12 Letter. Com; V.Me To VisaCheckout.com - Visa Intentional has decided to rebrand its new digital wallet product from V.Me to VIsaCheckout.com stating that the name change is going to help the company “a great deal” in helping explain what the solution is about. It was just back in November that we told you, Visa was rolling out V.Me  a new service  that lets you shop without sharing your card account information with the seller when you pay.”” “V.ME allows you to “make payments without sharing your card account information ... read more ...