Monthly Archives: February 2015

Tue 3rd February 2015
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Are New gTLDs More Memorable than Country Code Domains ? - Stuart Fuller, director, commercial operations at NetNames spoke with FE Brandwagon/FinancialExpress.com and gave his view why the new gtlds are more memorable and why brands can have more security if they take the time to get their own Dot Brand. NetNames also put together a couple of graphics on the topic. From the article: Could you elaborate on how the new domain system will change the internet landscape? I hope we see a safer environment, one where innovation is fostered and where brand holders ... read more ...
Mon 2nd February 2015
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‘dotBank, dotBeer or dotFootball are more memorable than country code domain … - Face off:  Stuart Fuller, director, commercial operations, NetNames EVER since internet came into being, people typed “.com” or “.org” to visit websites of their choice. It was in 2011 that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced a shake-up in the system that millions of people across the world used to navigate the web. ICANN proposed the introduction of a new domain name system that will allow entities—individuals and corporations alike—to create ... read more ...
 
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Marketing Land: Super Bowl Commercials With Hashtags Slipped To 50% In 2015 - Marketing Land publised the results of their fourth annual Hashtag Bowl. Half of all commercials run during the Super Bowl carried a hashtag according to the article. Facebook was the most mentioned social media network edging out Twitter, 4 to 3. For those interested they listed every ad and the order in which they ran. From the article: Fifty percent of 2015 Super Bowl ads carried hashtags, a bit of a slip from the record 57% during the 2014 game. Facebook was the social network most mentioned, ... read more ...
 
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Record Setter: Porno.com Sale Is The Largest Single Domain Escrow.com Has Ever Handled - According to Brandon Abbey who has been the president of Escrow.com since 2004 the sale of Porno.com for $8,888,88 which we reported earlier today,  was the largest single domain sale they have ever handled. Although Escrow.com has handled over $2 Billion dollars in transactions, and bigger domain name transactions than the $8.9 Million sale of Porno.com those where for multiple domains inside one transaction. So Porno.com is now the official escrow.com record holder for a single domain name. Again ... read more ...
 
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Rick Schwartz Sells Porno.Com For $8,888,888: The 4th Highest Reported Domain Sale Of All Time - Rick Schwartz the Domain King, has just sold the domain name Porno.com for $8,888,888 in an all cash transaction handled by Escrow.com. The sale will rank as the 4th highest publicly reported, all cash, domain sale of all time, according to DNjournal.com. Porno.com becomes the highest reported domain name sale in five year, since of Sex.com resold in 2010 for $13 million dollars. Rick bought this domain in August of 1997 for $42,000 “from a college student that bought it the week before for $5,000” Since ... read more ...
 
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Now Open: 2015 Domain Name Wire Survey - The 10th annual survey is now open. It’s that time of year again…time to complete the 2015 Domain Name Wire Survey. This is the 10th Annual Domain Name Wire Survey: Click here to complete the survey This year’s survey is very similar to last year’s. It takes about 10 minutes to complete and will ask you about: Domain name registrars and their most important features Domain name marketplaces and selling trends New top level domains Domain parking Escrow services ICANN and internet governance Results ... read more ...
 
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3° Campionato italiano F-Class 2015 -  La National Rifle Association of Italy (Nra It) e il comitato Fi-Tld hanno annunciato l’apertura delle iscrizioni al 3° Campionato italiano F-Class 2015, a partire da mercoledì 21 gennaio. Il Campionato è  riservato unicamente agli associati della Nra It, in regola con il tesseramento per l’anno 2015 al momento dell’iscrizione. Come da regolamento internazionale, le categorie ammesse sono due: – F-Class Tr con carabina in 223 o 308, utilizzo di bipiede, peso fino 8,25 kg compresi di ... read more ...
 
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NamesCon Domain Name Conference Recap – DNW Podcast #018 - Listen in at last month’s NamesCon domain name conference. Take a walk on the floor of NamesCon 2015 in Las Vegas in this episode of the Domain Name Wire Podcast. I walk the exhibit floor talking to exhibitors, pop in on a few sessions, and also play part of Frank Shilling’s keynote. Featured on this episode: Frank Schilling, Bret Fausett, Domain Capital, Escrow.com, TLD Registry, Top Level Design, .Buzz, .Club, Ron Sheridan and InternetX. Also: GoDaddy Super Bowl ad, buying bids at Flippa, Photo.com ... read more ...
 
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Blake Irving on Fox & Friends: Super Bowl ad barter was not designed (and we trust him) - GoDaddy’s CEO discusses this year’s Super Bowl ad controversy. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving was on Fox Friends this morning talking about the Super Bowl ad controversy. He claims the original ad and changing it was not a publicity stunt. (See video below.) After watching the final commercial yesterday, I believe him when he says that nixing the first ad was not a publicity stunt. After all, the company ended up with a commercial that: Was produced with stock video footage Had voiceover from someone ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schilling's North Sound Names Registers Over 9,000 .Hosting Domains - Frank Schilling’s North Sound Names registered over 9,000 domain names in the new gTLD .Hosting on January 31th .Hosting which is owned by Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry had about 2,312 domain names registrations as of January 30th, now has over 11,600 registered domain names. Mr. Schilling has long said he would go ahead and register domain names he thought would be premium domain names after the new gTLD extension of Uniregistry has been available to the public. .Hosting has been available for ... read more ...
Sun 1st February 2015
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Watch GoDaddy's deputy Super Bowl commercial - GoDaddy Super Bowl ad doesn’t show a puppy dog…it shows a small business owner. GoDaddy’s Super Bowl commercial is puppy dog-less, making it seem that the initial Buddy commercial was not intended to be a PR stunt. The real commercial is a great nod to GoDaddy’s customer, the hard working small business owner. He’s not watching the game at a party, the narrator says, because he’s working. The commercial makes a subtle nod to its aborted “Journey Home” commercial, or at least the ones ... read more ...
 
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Generic Top Level Domains – Current Sunrise Periods Open January 2015 Update - You are responsible for reading, understanding and agreeing to the National Law Review's (NLR’s) and the National Law Forum LLC's  Terms of Use and Privacy Policy before using the National Law Review website. The National Law Review is a free to use, no-log in database of legal and business articles. The content and links on www.NatLawReview.com are intended for general information purposes only. Any legal analysis, legislative updates or other content and links should not be construed ... read more ...
 
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Compete.com Takes A demeanour during Football From an Online Traffic POV - Compete took a look at the popularity of Football from an online traffic viewpoint. I kind of think their findings make sense and its not really a surprise to see a downward trend going into January as most fans don’t have a horse in the race. There is more excitement for fans outside of the conference champions around which ad is going to be controversial and which will become a hit. The article goes on to look at which teams ranked the highest and which keywords rated high. From the article: For ... read more ...
 
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Is This The Domain With The Longest Registration Date? SMITHSONIAN.US Expires 2102 - Here is new one on me. A domain name that doesn’t expire until the next century. The domain name is Smithsonian.us and it is as you would expect owned by the Smithsonian Institution of Washington. The domain is not registered through a registrar, but instead is still showing as being registered through NeuStar the company that operates the .US registry under license of the United States Government. I didn’t know that a domain name could be registered without a domain name registrar, but that ... read more ...