Monthly Archives: January 2015

Sat 31st January 2015
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New Dot Media, LLC launches TheNotComRevolution.Guide - A frequent commenter on TheDomains Tom Gilles is the founder of New Dot Media, LLC, his company published a press release relating to an educational website TheNotComRevolution.Guide. An educational website, http://TheNotcomRevolution.Guide, has been launched by New Dot Media, LLC to help internet users better understand and navigate the new “Not Com” Internet. The website provides insight and tips for consumers, businesses, parents, and professionals regarding the epic expansion of web domains. The ... read more ...
 
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Super Bowl Sunday and the impact on Online Sales - The Super Bowl and eCommerce Abbe Miller wrote a piece on Business2Community that looked at how big television events impact online sales both during and after the event. The article mentioned some stats from the previous two years culled from a couple different sources. Hashtags included  in ad spots jumped to 57%. Go Daddy decided to pull its puppy ad, Go Daddy has benefited greatly from Super Bowl ads in the past. According to PointRoll, the company saw a 45 percent increase in hosting and dot-com ... read more ...
 
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Would you have applied for a new GTLD if you knew what you know now ? - On the one year anniversary of the rollout of new gtlds to the public, our January poll question was, “Would you have applied for a new GTLD if you knew what you know now ?” We had 110 votes and 62 people voted no while 48 voted yes. This may have been a tricky question because a lot of participants may not have had the ability to embark on such an adventure due to the price. I think if you could have been one string registry, that secured its string uncontested it would be intriguing , something ... read more ...
 
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Jazz At Lincoln Center Acquires & Re-brands To Jazz.org & Some Fans Are Not Happy - Thejazzline.com, reports that the organization that operates Jazz at Lincoln Center, recently aand re-branded the organization to Jazz.org from it former address, jalc.org which is owned and operated under since it started in the early 2000’s Although the story does not say how much the organization paid for the domain, it says that the domain was recently  appraised for $40,000 (Estibot.com has the value at $43,000) Although the story says the organization recently acquired the domain Jazz.org, ... read more ...
 
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Would we have practical for a new GTLD if we knew what we know now ? - On the one year anniversary of the rollout of new gtlds to the public, our January poll question was, “Would you have applied for a new GTLD if you knew what you know now ?” We had 110 votes and 62 people voted no while 48 voted yes. This may have been a tricky question because a lot of participants may not have had the ability to embark on such an adventure due to the price. I think if you could have been one string registry, that secured its string uncontested it would be intriguing , something ... read more ...
 
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CNN: "Is this a Super Bowl's subsequent GoDaddy?" - CNN asked if Wix Is this the Super Bowl’s next GoDaddy? A company mostly unknown to the public that went public over a year ago, in the article they actually compare and contrast Wix to Apple. From the article: But while tech companies like Wix aren’t quite household names, they’ve been betting big on Super Bowl ads for decades. Most famously, Apple (AAPL, Tech30) did so with its 1984 Super Bowl Ad. “It was an insane success,” said Kelly O’Keefe, professor of brand strategy at the Virginia ... read more ...
Fri 30th January 2015
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NameJet Expired Domain Name Review - Joseph Peterson looks back at the past week in expired domain name sales at NameJet. NameJet’s top expired domain sale during the past week was Lucie.com at only $5.6k. Last week, that same domain would have been #7 – far behind the $29.1k leader. That isn’t to say that Lucie.com was NameJet’s biggest auction; actually I counted 16 that closed last week between $8.1k and $21k, but they weren’t expired domains. For those who are just joining us, I’d better explain that these weekly articles ... read more ...
 
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Business Insider Interview With Bidtellect - Business Insider did an interview with Lon Otremba the CEO of Bidtellect an advertising company that was co founded by John Ferber of Domain Holdings. Bidtellect is the first open native ad exchange. Native advertising is becoming more popular, I have been playing around with some concepts for publications I own or co – manage. Native advertising can be less intrusive and also has shown to producing higher engagement numbers as opposed to display ads. From the article: How did native advertising ... read more ...
 
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Theralase’s Latest Research on Anti-Cancer Technology Accepted for … - (via Thenewswire.ca) Toronto, Ontario / TheNewswire / January 29, 2015 / Theralase Technologies Inc. ("Theralase") (TLT:TSXV) (TLTFF: OTC Pink(R)) announced today that its latest research on its lead Photo Dynamic Compound ("PDC") TLD-1433 binding to transferrin has been accepted for presentation at the 15th International Photodynamic Association ("IPA") / Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers ("SPIE") Biophotonics Conference taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from May 22 to 26, ... read more ...
Thu 29th January 2015
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Disposable Email Services Product to be rolled out on Discard.Email - Appfield.net is a German technology services provider that is rolling out a new product, Discard.email. The product is a disposable email service that will let users use their own domain name if they wish. Of course it is hard business out there competing with the likes of Gmail and Yahoo. The service claims to be better at fighting spam and providing other features. “Users can use their own unused domains privately and anonymously on our email service. If someone wishes to provide a domain publicly ... read more ...
 
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Owner of Airlineonline.aero Files UDRP On Airlineonline.com -       The owner of the domain name airlineonline.com just got hit with a UDRP by the owner of the domain name Airlineonline.aero It doesn’t look like the ownership of the .com has changed since at least January 2013. Obviously in my opinion as generic a domain as you can get The Complainant was filed by Efzed Pty Ltd. Mr. Frank Zimmermann Simulate Pty Ltd. which owns the domain name Airlineonline.aero as well as simulate.aero. For the record the domain name airlineonline.aero doesn’t resolve ... read more ...
 
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New .BAND Domains Offer Online Visibility For MusicIans - Industry veteran Jeff Pollack, CEO of Global Media Entertainment for Pollack Music Media Group, knows firsthand the importance of recognizable branding for bands and musicians. "Artists require not only talent, but also a strong, creative identity that will allow them to stand out in a highly competitive musical landscape," he said. "New domain name options, like .BAND, give musicians exciting new opportunities to extend a unique identity online." .BAND offers a unique platform that artists ... read more ...
 
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Puppy dogs for sale on GoDaddy satire site - Someone is having fun with GoDaddy’s withdrawn commercial…and doing it with GoDaddy services. GoDaddy won’t run its controversial Journey Home commercial during the Super Bowl on Sunday. The ad featured a site called Gabby’s Goldens that sold dogs online. It drew the ire of pet lovers and advocates everywhere. Yet someone is having some fun with it, and using GoDaddy’s services to boot. GoDaddy registered GabbysGoldens.com ahead of the commercial. Another customer just registered GabbysGoldens.org ... read more ...
 
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1st Day New gTLD Totals .Space 1784; .Band 776: .Rip 348; .How 250; .Ryukyu … - Five new gTLD’s had their first day of general availability (GA) yesterday. Here the total number of domain registrations after the first day. These total include all domains registered in Sunrise by trademark holders as well as any domains registered during an Early Access Program or Landrush where people paid extra money to get early access to domain registrations: .Space 1,784 .Band 776 .Rip 348 .How 250 .Ryukyu 143 The purpose of .ryukyu is to promote Okinawa and spread to the world Okinawa ... read more ...
 
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LeadPages is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker - WIPO panel finds that lead generation technology company abused UDRP. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found the company behind LeadPages.net to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a cybersquatting complaint. Avenue 81, Inc., which offers lead generation software and tools at LeadPages.net, filed a cybersquatting complaint against Karl Payne, the owner of LeadPages.com. Payne registered the .com domain name in 2004. LeadPages.net was formed and its domain ... read more ...
 
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27 End User Domain Name Sales - A weekly run-down of end user domain name sales at Sedo. Sedo’s top reported sale last week was SuperSeats.com, which Michael Berkens sold for a staggering $48,888. With Sedo still in possession of the domain, I can’t confirm my hunch that SuperSeats.net was the buyer. Some other large sales are in the same boat, including RBU.com ($27,500) and 2009.com ($22,500). Below are 27 Sedo sales from last week where the end user is identifiable. Previous weeks’ lists can be found here. If you’d ... read more ...
 
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Whoops: Mayor Of New York Fails To Register His Own .NYC Domain: Billdeblasio.NYC - This goes right to the you can’t make this stuff up file. Crainsnewyork.com,  published a post today chatting about how the the Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, who has been touting “the new .nyc domain names as “a unique opportunity” for New Yorkers “to own who they are online,” did not buy what he was selling.” “Records show that billdeblasio.nyc was purchased by Thomas Anderson, a digital developer at Publishers Clearing House with no ties to the mayor. ” Mr. Anderson ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy's Super Bowl ad switcheroo: designed or not? - GoDaddy, once again, is getting a lot of press for its Super Bowl ad. How much of it was planned? If you pay for a Super Bowl commercial and no one talks about it before or after the big game, you got ripped off. GoDaddy discovered this many years ago and has mastered the art of getting extra impressions of its ads and Monday morning water cooler talk. GoDaddy’s ads are often criticized and sometimes ranked as the “worst” ads on the Super Bowl. Yet “worst” is a heck of a lot better than ... read more ...
 
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.Space wins this week's new TLD releases - .Space tops in registrations with about 1,700 on first day. When it comes to most registrations, .space appears to have topped the list of this week’s new top level domain name launches. That doesn’t come as a big surprise since it’s the most generic (and lowest priced) domain of the lot. Here’s a run down of this week’s new TLD launches, starting with the most registrations… 1. According to namestat, .Space added 1,700 domain names in the zone yesterday, bringing its total to 1,784. ... read more ...
 
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1st Day New gTLD Totals .Space 1,784; .Band 776: .Rip 348; .How 250; .Ryukyu 143 - Five new gTLD’s had their first day of general availability (GA) yesterday. Here the total number of domain registrations after the first day. These total include all domains registered in Sunrise by trademark holders as well as any domains registered during an Early Access Program or Landrush where people paid extra money to get early access to domain registrations: .Space 1,784 .Band 776 .Rip 348 .How 250 .Ryukyu 143 The purpose of .ryukyu is to promote Okinawa and spread to the world Okinawa ... read more ...
 
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Want Your Baby To Have A Unique Name ? Do we have an additional $31,000 fibbing around to compensate for it ? - Huffington Post did a story on Erfolgwelle a firm that focuses on giving your baby a unique name. They do all this for $31,000. The article lays out the process and who they bring to the table as far as their staff. From the article: Erfolgswelle is firm devoted entirely to generating unique baby names. With 14 naming experts, four historians, and 12 translators on hand — not to mention two trademark attorneys to ensure names don’t conflict with companies and products — the staff at Erfolgswelle ... read more ...
Wed 28th January 2015
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Watch: Darryn Durham Shreds Castillo Ranch MX - Double D signed with the Lucas Oil/TLD/Red Bull KTM crew for 2015 after two years with the Pro Circuit Kawasaki team. His SX season thus far has unfortunately played to the same tune as his past two seasons – he was injured at Anaheim 1, and is again on the sidelines. In fact, the only race we’ve seen him finish on the KTM has been Red Bull Straight Rhythm. The truth still remains, though, that Durham is one of the most talented riders in the country right now. As with most professional riders ... read more ...
 
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For Brands With a gTLD, It’s Time to Rethink Your SEO Strategy - Tweet Buffer Owning your own generic top-level domain (gTLD) means it's important to rethink your SEO strategy, as gTLDs will ultimately change how people search and navigate the Internet. Search engine optimization (SEO) is always evolving in response to changes in user behavior and the algorithms that users rely upon to find their way around the Internet. Apps and social media have also become dominant players into SEO strategy as we learn ... read more ...
 
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Good.com Files Federal Lawsuit For Trademark Infringement Against Good.co - Good Technology Corporation and Good Technology Software, Inc. (collectively, “Good”) which operates Good.com, filed a federal lawsuit against Good.Co, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California yesterday for trademark infringement and volition of the ACPA. Here are the highlights: Good was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Since its founding, Good has established itself as a pioneer in mobile technology software and as the leader ... read more ...
 
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Owner of Good.com sues business that uses Good.co - Company miffed that consumers may be confused by Good.co vs. Good.com. Good vs. GoodGood Technology Corporation, a mobility services company that uses the domain name Good.com, has sued (pdf) a career app and social network company using the name Good.co. I suspect Good Technology Corporation is facing an uphill battle here. It uses a dictionary term with broad usage, and the arguments it makes in its case seem rather weak to me. For example: Defendant should have performed a trademark search before ... read more ...