Category Archives: EN

Tue 3rd February 2015
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My Top Picks From The RightoftheDot.com Extended Auction From Namescon - The RightoftheDot.com extended auction from the Namescom conference is running on Snapnames.com and closed out on Thursday at 3:15pm EST according to the normal closing rules for Snapnames.com As of publication 19 domain names have bids. Here are my favorite domain names in the auction;  Those I think are the best buys: Photographers.com Its a category killer A Huge category with 10,200,000 results on Google for the term. This is a developed website and all content is available for purchase as well. The ... read more ...
 
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The Largest New gTLD Registry Operator – Donuts – Reaches Their 1st … - Donuts CEO and Co-Founder Paul Stahura said, "We’ve built a foundation to create vibrant online communities that drive commerce, ... read more ...
 
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My Top Picks From The RightoftheDot.com Extended Auction From Namescon - The RightoftheDot.com extended auction from the Namescom conference is running on Snapnames.com and closed out on Thursday at 3:15pm EST according to the normal closing rules for Snapnames.com As of publication 19 domain names have bids. Here are my favorite domain names in the auction;  Those I think are the best buys: Photographers.com Its a category killer A Huge category with 10,200,000 results on Google for the term. This is a developed website and all content is available for purchase as well. The ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.9 Million Led By KHC.com for $120K -

Over a past week, 616 exchange took place on Sedo’s marketplace and around SedoMLS, totaling $1.9m. 52% of sum sales were a outcome of Buy Now listings.

Highlights of open sales are:

· Top .com: KHC.Com during 120,00 USD
· Top ccTLD: anna.co during 10,000 USD
· Top “other” TLD: ysh.org during 6,950 USD

invisibly.com that sole for only 700 Euro’s looks to be a buy of a week

 

Via: thedomains.com

 
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Theralase Anti-Cancer Technology Research Accepted for Peer Reviewed … - Toronto, Ontario / ACCESSWIRE / February 3, 2015, Theralase Technologies Inc. ("Theralase") (TLT:TSXV) (TLTFF: OTC Pink(R)), a developer of advanced Photo Dynamic Therapy ("PDT"), for serious and life-threatening diseases, announced today that research on its Anti-Cancer Technology ("ACT") platform involving its lead Photo Dynamic Compound ("PDC") TLD-1433 has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication in the journal Photochemical Photobiological Sciences. Results from ... read more ...
 
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Another Blockbuster Sale: Vodafone Sells 360.com to 360.cn; The 49th Most Visited Site On The Internet -                       In what appears to be another blockbuster domain sale in two days, publicly traded Vodafone Group (Nasdaq:VOD) has sold the domain name 360.com to the company that operates 360.cn. The domain transfer took place today. 360.cn is ranked by Alexa as the 49th most visited site on the internet worldwide and the 9th most visited site in China. 360.com gives 360.cn the ability to go global and like JD.com which went public last year give the site a reach well beyond China. The ... read more ...
 
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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 ...
 
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My thoughts on $9 million Porno.com domain name sale - A mammoth domain name sale sends shock waves through the domain name business. Rick Schwartz, aka the “Domain King”, has done it again. As first reported by TheDomains yesterday, Schwartz sold the domain name Porno.com for $8,888,888.88. Here are my thoughts on the sale. 1. First, a hat tip to Schwartz. He’s a polarizing figure, and you might not agree with everything he does or says. But this latest sale solidifies him in the halls of domaining. And, regardless of what you think of his antics, ... read more ...
 
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Moniker mislaid over 60,000 .com domain names in October - Registrar plunges below 900,000 .com registrations mark. Verisign’s latest .com monthly report has been published by ICANN, and Moniker’s woes from its platform switch over the summer appear to have finally caught up with it. Moniker lost 61,191 .com domain names to transfers in October 2014. After its disastrous platform switch in June, it lost at least 17,500 .com domains to transfers each month, peaking at 26,681 in September. The October jump is huge. (ICANN publishes the reports after a ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Expects To Wind Up With About 200 New gTLD's - In a press release it issued today Donuts said it expected to win up operating around 200 new gTLD’s. “”Donuts Inc., the world’s largest registry for new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs), marked the one-year anniversary of general availability of new Internet identities today, reporting that its 150 live gTLDs are home to more than 1.2 million registrations, accounting for nearly 1/3 of the 4 million total names registered across all new gTLDs.” The company, which expects eventually ... read more ...
 
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See .Buzz domain name on Wheel of Fortune - Sydney.buzz first of many .buzz websites to be featured on Wheel of Fortune. Last night marked the start of two weeks of Wheel of Fortune shows with prizes sponsored by domains ending in the .Buzz top level domain name. The promotion is not being undertaken by the .buzz registry. Howard Lefkowitz, who is developing about 400 domain names, is behind the promotion. Talk about an end user evangelist! Last night’s prize was sponsored by Sydney.buzz. There are some unofficial Wheel of Fortune fan sites ... read more ...
 
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Wix Wins The Digital Bowl - Merkle/RKG a search and digital marketing agency, released the results of their 2nd Annual Digital Marketing Bowl. The top spots were taken by Wix and Bud Light. Wix was mentioned by CNN as the Super Bowl’s next Go Daddy. Wix and Bud Light Take Top Spots Wix brought a well rounded strategy to the table, taking home the Digital Bowl crown in paid search, SEO and social media. Its fake websites for NFL players’ ‘companies’ were just as optimized as the Super Bowl-focused landing page hosted ... read more ...
 
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Howard Neu Gets A CryptoCurrency Named After Him - Well the currency just shares the same last name as Howard, Tech Crunch is out today with an article on NeuCoin, a cryptocurrency that wants to specialize in micropayments. Speaking of Micro Payments, I had someone give me a tip on Twitter using a company called ChangeTip.com, I just had to connect my Twitter account and I received $3.50 in BTC. I need to do more research into the company as it seems kind of cool. From the article: Meet NeuCoin, a new cryptocurrency designed specifically to tip content ... read more ...
 
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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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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 ...