Category Archives: EN

Wed 31st December 2014
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Bonus podcast: The Internet of Things - An Internet of Things podcast, with a domain name bonus. On Monday I posted a 2014 Year In Review episode of the Domain Name Wire Podcast. I’m sure you’ve already listened to it by now and are clamoring for an extra podcast to listen to over the holiday. You’re in luck. This week my wife needed a last minute fill-in on her Internet of Things podcast. I was that fill-in, and we bantered about the many connected gadgets we have in our home. Why post about this ... read more ...
 
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2014 in Review: Domain Theft and Phishing - A lot of people went phishing for domain names in 2014. This is the third in a five part series covering the top stories in the domain name industry in 2014. You can also listen to the companion podcast covering these five themes of 2014. It’s a lot easier to steal a million dollar domain name from most domain name registrars than it is to steal a million bucks from the bank. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that domain theft continued to be a problem in 2014. ... read more ...
Tue 30th December 2014
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Yikes: Rightside Falls Below $7 A Shares Hitting Another All Time Low: Down 30%+ In 6 Weeks - Shares of Rightside (NAME) which we actually own some of have been falling like a rock. Today shares fell below $7 which I guess stock market guys might call a support level, hitting an intraday all time low of $6.73. Shares have recovered slightly and are trading as of publication at $6.83. Volume is like yesterday, when the shares hit that $7 a share number, before closing at $7.10 trading just over 80,000 shares with less than 1 1/2 hours left in the trading session which is below the 3 month ... read more ...
 
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Is Microsoft Getting Ready To Replace Internet Explorer ? - With Microsoft getting ready for a Windows 10 launch there is talk they may be scrapping Internet Explorer for a new browser with the codename Spartan. ZDNet covered the story. MicrosoftSpartan.com was registered today, not by Microsoft but by a registrant in Nepal. Other names like DownloadSpartan.com and SpartanExplorer.com were registered today. From the article: There’s been talk for a while that Microsoft was going to make some big changes to Internet Explorer in the Windows 10 time frame, ... read more ...
 
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2014 in Review: New TLDs - They’re off to a fairly slow start. Will that change in 2015? This is the second in a five part series covering the top stories in the domain name industry in 2014. You can also listen to the companion podcast covering these five themes of 2014. 2014 was the Year of the New Top Level Domain Name. Hold on — Let’s qualify that. For the domain name industry, 2014 was the Year of the New Top Level Domain Name. Outside the industry? Not so much. New TLDs started ... read more ...
 
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Just Bulbs takes a 3rd gash during JustBulbs.com - After losing two UDRPs, light bulb store files federal lawsuit. If at first you don’t succeed… New York City light bulb store Just Bulbs has filed a federal lawsuit (pdf) against the owner of the JustBulbs.com domain name, marking its third attempt to get the domain name through an arbitration or legal filing. The company filed and lost a UDRP against domain name owner Greg Ricks in 2003. It then filed a case in 2013 that it also lost. Now it’s turning to the ... read more ...
Mon 29th December 2014
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Yes There is a Googles.com & Apparently It’s Allowed & They Are Looking For Investors - Here is a a press release that is just out that caught my eye “Googles.com (Not Affiliated with Google) in a continuing effort to redesign its existing children’s website is seeking equity partners/content providers to help develop and/or fund the re-launch of its children’s website. The googles.com domain name was registered before Google.com and the opportunity to develop the children’s website utilizing the domain name Googles.com is permitted pursuant to a settlement agreement with Google. ... read more ...
 
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Twentieth Century Fox Now Own Avatar.com: Still The Largest Gross Movie of All Time - Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation now owns the domain name Avatar.com Avatar is still the the largest grossing movie in history, and the sequel Avatar 2 is planned for a 2016 release, which will also be directed by James Cameron. The domain name appears to have sold in December 2012. The domain was owned by a consulting company out of Billings, Montana known as Avatar Consultants which it used for its site. The domain name has an original creation date of August 22, 1990. The domain name Avatar.com ... read more ...
 
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Yes Max Hardcore Will Be Bidding On MaxHardcore.com: “I’m Gonna Take It Back” - The porn star and producer Max Hardcore told XBIZ.com that he would be be bidding on the upcoming expired domain name auction of MaxHardcore.com. Over the weekend we wrote that the domain name MaxHardcore.com was in pending delete/renewal status and already had multiple backorders at Namejet.com The domain name is presently owned by the Department of Justice. XBIZ.com spoke to Max Hardcore over the weekend after our story ran and he confirmed that he would be a bidder on the domain if it went to ... read more ...
 
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Using Gmail to Sell/Negotiate Offers On Domains To Chinese Buyers? They Are Not Getting Them - According to multiple reports today including the New York Times, the Government of China is blocking Gmail access to people located in China. As most in the domain name space know, many domain buyers are located in China. Therefore if you doing any outbound marketing of domain names to people in China or even trying to respond to offers you receive from buyers in China and if your using a Gmail account to do so they are most likely not receiving your emails. Of course if the buyers in China are ... read more ...
 
 
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2014 Domain Name Industry in Review – Podcast 013 - What were the major themes in the domain name business in 2014? 2014 was a crazy year for the domain name industry, and it’s just a few days from being behind us. In this week’s podcast, I’ll review five of the major stories of 2014: new top level domain names, public domain name company woes, consolidation, domain theft phishing and solid domain name sales. Also, stay tuned to Domain Name Wire this week for in-depth articles on each of these topics. Subscribe ... read more ...
 
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Interesting motive for a city changing the domain name - City cites credibility for switching from .org to .gov. The Town of West Hartford recently changed its domain name from a .org to a .gov, and I found its rationale for doing so rather interesting. Here’s a news brief from West Hartford News: This month, the Town of West Hartford changed its domain name from westhartford.org to westhartfordct.gov. The .gov domain offers a higher level of scrutiny that only federal, state and local governments are allowed to use. ... read more ...
 
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2014 in Review: Domain Name Industry Consolidation Continues - 2014 had its share of blockbuster acquisitions in the domain name space. This is the first in a five part series covering the top stories in the domain name industry in 2014. You can also listen to the companion podcast covering these five themes of 2014. The consolidation of domain name companies continued in 2014 and it probably won’t end there. Here are some of the transactions that were announced or completed during the year: Neustar bought .co for over $100M Endurance ... read more ...
Sun 28th December 2014
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Why Hasn’t Godaddy Filed UDRP On Phishing Domains? - Domaingang.com has been reporting on many domain names that have been involved in phishing attacks on Godaddy which have resulted in domain names being stolen out of Godaddy accounts. Unlike most phishing attacks where someone uses a domain controlled by the phisher, to actually send the  customers to which wind up appearing in the URL bar,  recent attacks actually use domain names containing the register’s name, but are owned by third parties just like the one’s Godaddy recently warned its ... read more ...
 
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TrafficZ shuts down on Wednesday - End of an era: TrafficZ to shut its doors on Wednesday. Thought Convergence sold off its primary operating businesses this year: it sold Agreed to Escrow.com and Aftermarket.com to Igloo. That left domain name parking company TrafficZ. Today, the company emailed clients informing them that the service will cease operations at 12 am on Wednesday. I’m not sure how much domain name traffic was still running through TrafficZ. Thought Convergence offered domain name ... read more ...
Sat 27th December 2014
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Tip For The New Year: Don’t Buy Domains When You’re High: This Guy Did & Spent Over $5K - With marijuana becoming legal in more and more states to varying degrees, here is a cautionary tale for anyone who is thinking about smoking and domaining. Don’t do it. This story comes from a guy who told his tale on Reddit.com who spend over $5,000 registering domain names while high after he went on a buying spree on godaddy. Could you do this when you were drunk, well sure but if you look at the domain names the guy registered you can clearly see that Mary Jane paid a visit: “Last Monday ... read more ...
 
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Seized By Feds, Domain MaxHardcore.com May Be Auctioned Off & The Govt Won’t Make A Penny - Back in 2005 the Federal Government raided the offices of one of the most controversial, and well known porn stars/porn producers, known as Max Hardcore. In 2007 Max Hardcore whose real name is Paul F. Little, and his company, Max World Entertainment, Inc., were indicted by the United States Department of Justice Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section with five counts of transporting obscene matter by use of an interactive computer service and five counts of mailing obscene material. In 2008 Little ... read more ...
Fri 26th December 2014
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NamesCon Session: “All About Chinese Numeric Domains” - I have not sold many numeric domain names, but I have witnessed the rise in values of numeric domain names during the last few years. I believe much of the rise in value of these domain names has been fueled by Chinese investment in that sector. Mitch Watkins from TLD Registry emailed me this afternoon to share some information about the Chinese Domaining Masterclass that is being offered at NamesCon. One of the sessions that was just announced is called All About Chinese Numeric Domains, ... read more ...
Thu 25th December 2014
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Dentist 907: .Rehab 293 - Two new gTLD went into General Availability yesterday on Christmas eve day. Including all registrations by trademark holders in Sunrise and those who paid an additional fee to register domain names before GA in the Early Access Program (EAP) here are the total number of registrations after the first day of GA: .Dentist 907 .Rehab 293 We noted yesterday on Twitter that only 25 domain names in .Rehab were registered in Sunrise and the EAP period combined, going into GA There is already a .Dental new ... read more ...
 
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Dentist 907: .Rehab 293 - Two new gTLD went into General Availability yesterday on Christmas eve day. Including all registrations by trademark holders in Sunrise and those who paid an additional fee to register domain names before GA in the Early Access Program (EAP) here are the total number of registrations after the first day of GA: .Dentist 907 .Rehab 293 We noted yesterday on Twitter that only 25 domain names in .Rehab were registered in Sunrise and the EAP period combined, going into GA There is already a .Dental new ... read more ...
 
 
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Bitcoin to Sponsor Bowl Game - With all the talk and stories on Bitcoin over the last 18 months it only made sense for them to get involved in College Football. One of the most popular activities in the U.S. and with so many college age people driving the future of Bitcoin, sponsoring a bowl game seems to be the next step. Years ago many outside of domaining did not know who Go Daddy was and their Superbowl commercial helped grow their popularity. Go Daddy has a bowl game which will be played Jan 4, 2015 between Toledo and Arkansas ... read more ...
 
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Nissan Loses Its 2nd Domain Proceeding In a Row on New gTLD Nissan.email - Nissan has lost the 2nd URS in the last three days after winning 10 in a row. This time Nissan lost the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) on the domain name Nissan.email The examiner Kendall C. Reed held: “The Respondent holds the domain name as inventory, which is not inherently wrongful and can represent a legitimate interest, provided however that, at a minimum, the intended use would not constitute a bad faith use. As is noted below, Respondent’s intended use is not inevitably a bad faith use. Registrant ... read more ...
 
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Nissan Loses Its 2nd Domain Proceeding In a Row on New gTLD Nissan.email - Nissan has lost the 2nd URS in the last three days after winning 10 in a row. This time Nissan lost the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) on the domain name Nissan.email The examiner Kendall C. Reed held: “The Respondent holds the domain name as inventory, which is not inherently wrongful and can represent a legitimate interest, provided however that, at a minimum, the intended use would not constitute a bad faith use. As is noted below, Respondent’s intended use is not inevitably a bad faith use. Registrant ... read more ...