Category Archives: EN

Thu 24th September 2015
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Google Threatens To Block Repeat Offenders of the Webmaster Guidelines - In a blog post yesterday Google warned sites that volatile Google’s Webmaster Guidelines repeatedly can be barred from the search engine results pages (SERPs) permanently. “In order to protect the quality of our search results, we take automated and manual actions against sites that violate our Webmaster Guidelines. When your site has a manual action taken, you can confirm in the [Manual Actions] page in Search Console which part of your site the action was taken and why. After fixing the site, ... read more ...
 
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The Brooklyn Brewery Corporation Files 7 Separate UDRP - The Brooklyn Brewery Corporation has filed 7 separate UDRP’s this year the most recent one was filed yesterday. The company owns and operate its website under the domain name BrooklynBrewery.com The company has a Federally Registered Trademark for the term “Brooklyn Brewery”     I searched the USPTO and did not find any trademark for the term Brooklyn Beer: Here are 5 pending domain names on which The Brooklyn Brewery Corporation has filed UDRP on: BrooklynBeer.com BrooklynBeers.com BrooklynAle.com BrooklynBrew.com BrooklynBrews.com The ... read more ...
 
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Volkswagen registers domain names associated to emissions scandal - Domain names might be used to provide updates and recall information. Auto maker Volkswagen has registered a handful of domain names related to the diesel emissions scandal. The names don’t seem defensive and could be used to disseminate information about what it is doing in the wake of the revelations that it outfitted cars with software to outsmart emissions tests. [Update 9/24/15 5:20 PM: The nameservers for the domains have been moved to Rackspace and if you visit them you’ll get a login ... read more ...
 
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The DNA Launches Its Own YouTube Channel With Interviews With "Industry Leaders" - The DNA trade association launched a YouTube channel with video’s from “DNA “Industry Leaders” including; Becky Burr of Neustar; Roland LaPlante of Afilias; Roelof Meijer CEO of the company that runs the .nl ccTLD; Jodee Rich of .CEO, .Best  and .Kred and Jeff Sass of .Club The video are also streaming from DNA’s website here The DNA YouTube Channel is here. Here are direct links for each interview: Becky BurrRoland LaPlanteRoelof MeijerJodee RichJeff Sass     ... read more ...
Wed 23rd September 2015
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SRL: InterNetX Corp. launches next Business Extension - Regensburg/Miami – InterNetX Corp. launches another domain extension for a corporate identifier: The top level domain .SRL is aimed mainly at companies from Spanish and Italian speaking countries, registered under the legal form S.R.L. – similarly to an LLC in the US. As of September 22, 15:00 (UTC), trademark owners can register domains matching their trademarks. After the launch of .LTDA, .SRL is the second domain extension of InterNetX Corp. which has been conceived specifically ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines Group insider Buys £52000 in Stock (MMX) - Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX) insider Elliott,Guy acquired 650,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 23rd. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 8 ($0.12) per share, for a total transaction of £52,000 ($80,732.81). Shares of Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX) traded down 2.899% on Wednesday, hitting GBX 8.375. 336,883 shares of the stock traded hands. Minds + Machines Group has a 12-month low of GBX 6.75 and a 12-month ... read more ...
 
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Company that bought eBet.com for $1.35M buys another domain name + 20 finish user sales - eBet buys V68.com and GE buys a financial domain name. eBet, which bought its eBet.com domain name from Rick Schwartz for $1.35 million, just paid $44,000 to acquire the domain name v68.com at Sedo. It doesn’t resolve yet. Perhaps an additional brand? v68.com was one of a higher-than-usual 615 domain name transactions taking place at Sedo last week for a total of $1.3 million. Another notable end user buyer is GE. Here’s a look at end user domain name sales from the past week: (You can view ... read more ...
 
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Domain Movers: Doers.com, Store.com, ColorSnap.com & More Domains - This is Domain Movers! This exclusive series focuses on domain names that are on the move for one reason or another and most of the time this is because of a domain name sale. Domain Movers focuses on corporate transactions, startups and simply valuable domain names. These are often early detection’s and can lead to new advertising campaigns, new brands, products, services and much more. Here we go with the latest. PLR IP Holdings, LLC has registered the domain name PolaroidSnapCamera.com . New ... read more ...
 
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An engaging craziness in UDRP rulings - This panelist has a different standard for the first element of UDRP. This morning I was reading the UDRP decision for CallFinder.com. Panelist David Einhorn got the answer correct — the domain name shouldn’t have been transferred to a company that got a trademark for CallFinder many years after the domain name was registered. But I was surprised to see that Einhorn found that 800 Response Marketing, LLC failed to prove the first prong of the UDRP. The first prong basically says that the domain ... read more ...
 
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UDRP row doesn't give behind OnlineMBA.com, stolen from Moniker - Company says domain name was stolen from its Moniker account, but UDRP panel determines it didn’t prove trademark rights. An Austin company that once owned OnlineMBA.com has failed to recover the allegedly stolen domain name through a UDRP. Mascot Media Circle, LLC has owned the domain name since 2010. This summer it realized it was no longer in control of the domain name, and alleges that it was stolen from its Moniker account. This sounds plausible, given the number of security issues discussion ... read more ...
 
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My Most Ridiculous Domain Pricing Award In The New gTLD Space Goes To Mind & Machines - I just got a renewal  bill from my registrar, Hexonet on some Minds + Machines domain names I registered last year at normal registration prices. I have spent well into the six figures on new gTLD’s, so I put my money at risk all the time in the very speculative new gTLD space. In this case there was an issue with the pricing sent over by the registry Minds + Machines to  my registrar, Hexonet. Along the way in the registration process the retail price got screwed. Unlike mostly every domain ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines Group Given "corporate" Rating at N+1 Singer (MMX) - N+1 Singer reissued their corporate rating on shares of Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX) in a research report sent to investors on Tuesday, Marketbeat reports. Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX) opened at 8.25 on Tuesday. The firm’s market capitalization is GBX 68.94 million. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 8.13 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 8.17. Minds + Machines Group has a 52-week low of GBX 6.75 and a 52-week high of GBX 12.50. Minds + Machines ... read more ...
Tue 22nd September 2015
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Apple Uses the .NEWS TLD for Its News Platform - Apple has elected to use the .NEWS top-level domain for its new app on iOS 9. The 'apple.news' domain will also be used within the app for shortening news links. CEO of Rightside, the company that manages the TLD, says: "This is just the start, but Apple.NEWS is the most significant use of a new top-level domain (TLD) yet, and I am very excited at the promise and potential that this development signals. Whether they're used as a complementary domain, content-sharing links (bit.ly, but with ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines Group Given corporate Rating at N+1 Singer (MMX) - Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX)‘s stock had its “corporate” rating reissued by analysts at N+1 Singer in a research note issued on Tuesday, MarketBeat reports. Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX) traded up 5.8462% during trading on Tuesday, hitting GBX 8.6000. 3,444,201 shares of the company were exchanged. The company’s market capitalization is GBX 71.89 million. Minds + Machines Group has a 12 month low of GBX 6.75 and a 12 month high of GBX 12.50. The stock’s 50-day moving ... read more ...
 
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MySchool.com lawsuit moves brazen with several twists and turns - Lawyers withdraw, defendant asks for attorneys fees based on comment on DNW. A lawsuit over the domain name MySchool.com is heating up, with the defendant’s lawyers citing a comment made on Domain Name Wire as grounds to recover attorneys fees. Joseph Carpenter, who runs the site MySchool411.com, filed a federal lawsuit to get the domain name MySchool.com. This was after he lost two separate UDRP cases for the domain name. Carpenter has switched lawyers in the case multiple times. Most recently, ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.3million led by v68.com during $44,000 - Sedo had 615 transactions take place on their marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1,3m. 59% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.  Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: v68.com at 44,000 USD Top ccTLD:  tutu.de at 6,800 EUR Top “other” TLD: tgl.net at 10,000 EUR New Gtld sales: sportsbetting.tips    4,700    EUR com.ink                       1,250    USD sun.energy                     999    USD abnehmen.club             ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines set for strong second half - ---ADDS MANAGEMENT COMMENTS--- Half-year results from Internet domain name specialist Minds + Machines (LON:MMX) reveal a company that is changing gear. The company has been laying the groundwork for some time, applying for the rights to generic top level domains (gTLDs) – the part of an Internet address after the final dot - in the land grab that followed the relaxation of restrictions on the range of gTLDs that are available. It is still in the running for some more domains ... read more ...
 
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Kaiser registers "killing" domains - Will these defensive domain name registrations actually deter detractors? A Mark Monitor client has registered a bunch of defensive domain names about how the company killed mom, dad and grandma. Although the registrations are protected with whois privacy, I can only assume the registrant is healthcare company and Mark Monitor client Kaiser Permanente. A number of sites have been set up to criticize the company, including KaiserKills.com, KaiserPapers.org and kaiserthrive.org. The domain names registered ... read more ...
 
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After 50 DNW podcasts, here are a tip Five - This week I published my 51st weekly Domain Name Wire Podcast. The podcasts are a lot of work to produce, but it’s been very rewarding. It has given me the chance to sit down for extended, in-depth conversations with key people in the domain name industry and provide these to you. You can listen to all previous episodes from your browser here. You can also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes (just search for “Domain Name Wire” in podcasts). Android users can use Stitcher. There’s not much ... read more ...
 
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Did You Know That New gTLD's .Men: & .Lotto Launched & .Game Got Delayed? - I read Andrew’s post yesterday on DomainNameWire.com, about new gTLD extensions launching this week;  Tickets, .Rent and .Courses. I realized  that a couple of  other strings launched in the last couple of weeks that basically went unnoticed by the domain blogger community. .Lotto was launched by Afilias, at 101domain.com a .Lotto registration, not a premium but any .Lotto registration will set you back $1,899 a year per domain. The .Lotto domain extension was offered, not over a 5 day Early ... read more ...
 
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JC.com, KC.com and MW.com 2 Letter Domain Names All Sell - It seems I have been reporting A LOT lately on 2 letter .com domain name sales and today is no different with 3 more changing ownership. A couple of things to keep in mind: There are only 676, 2 letter .com domain names Minimum wholesale IMO is riding about $600,000 USD based on a couple recent sales around that price point BrokerageFirm.com who I personally do not know much about prior to recently, had its hand in two of the recent purchases. According to its website: “We’re a confidential digital ... read more ...
 
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Protecting Your Domain – What’s In a Name Anyway? - The start of 2015 has seen a large number of new generic top level domain names (gTLDs) created, in numbers previously unprecedented in the history of the internet. A gTLD is the suffix used in web addresses (for example .com or .co.uk). These had previously been restricted to 22 versions and the number of gTLDs is set to rise from 22 to 617 by the end of 2015.Shortly after the meteoric rise of the internet in the early nineties, domain name squatting became a serious issue. Opportunistic individuals ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines Finds Operating New gTLD Much Less Profitable Than Selling Apps: Swing To a Loss - Minds + Machines Group Ltd  (LON:MMX) reported today the company’s financial results for the 1st half of 2015. Minds + Machines swung to a pretax loss for the first half of 2015 “due to it seeing a lower gain from participating in generic top-level domain auctions” Minds + Machines reported a  pretax loss of $3.7 million for the half year to ending June 30th, from a pretax profit of $4.9 million, “mostly as a result of lower profit from participating in generic top-level domain auctions”. In ... read more ...
 
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Get a ambience of dmexco in these videos - Videos show large crowd at digital marketing conference. The dmexco digital marketing conference in Germany last week attracted over 40,000 people. Sedo has published two videos from the event. The first shows scenes from the conference, including people interacting with Sedo’s exhibit. Sedo partnered with a number of top level domain name companies to put the exhibit together. As it did last year, the company also offered free frozen yogurt with toppings named after top level domain names. The ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines posts earnings, skeleton £15 million share buyback - Company continues its shift to sales and marketing organization. Minds + Machines released unaudited first half results this morning. The company reported $1.974 in billings for the quarter — this is essentially a revenue number if it didn’t have to recognize domain registration revenue over time. Its adjusted EBITDA using the billings number was -$1.216 million. Using traditional accounting principles, the company had earnings of -$3.695. The company’s board has approved a plan to return ... read more ...