Wed 4th February 2015
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Meet Two More Judges Of The Verisign 30th Anniversary Contest #internetofficial - Last week I was introduced as one of three judges for the contest Verisign the .Com Registry is running to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of .Com in which they are giving away over $100,000 in cash. Over the last couple of days Verisign announced two other judges (celebrity judge still to be announced) and though I would publish their information so you can see who will be judging the contest By the way you can enter the contest here. Best of luck to everyone. As I mentioned I’m the only judge ... read more ...
 
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Google+ Vanity-URL: das „Biest“ ohne TLD oder Suffix - Aktive Nutzer von Social-Media-Netzwerken, insbesondere Unternehmen, sind stets auf der Suche nach kurzen und prägnanten Online-Namen. Bei manchen Netzwerken, z. B. bei Twitter, ist das einfach der Benutzername. Bei anderen, wie Facebook oder Google+, hat das Profil zu Beginn eine kryptische Zahlen- oder Buchstabenkombination, kann aber ab einer bestimmten Menge an Followern oder Fans in einen eigenen Begriff geändert werden, was häufig Vanity-URL genannt wird. Einfache und sprechende URLs sind ... read more ...
 
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January's Top 5 Domain Name Stories - Super Bowl commercials and a two letter domain name registration attracted eyeballs in January. Between NamesCon and GoDaddy’s Super Bowl plans, there was a lot going on in the domain biz last month. Here are the top five stories on Domain Name Wire from January. 1. GoDaddy’s Super Bowl switcheroo – when GoDaddy released its planned 2015 Super Bowl ad, I called it the “most controversial yet”. Apparently, I was correct. GoDaddy decided to yank the ad from the big game. 2. 27 End User Sales ... read more ...
 
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TLD obtient le label d’excellence NetObserver - Vous vous rappelez sans doute que nous vous proposions à l'automne dernier de participer à l'étude indépendante NetObserver organisée par l'institut Harris Interactive. Celle-ci vous permettait de donner votre avis sur le site. Nous venons d'apprendre que TousLesDrivers.com s'est vu décerner, pour la troisième fois après 2011 et 2013, le label d'excellence NetObserver 2014 dans la catégorie Sites Editoriaux qui comporte un panel de plus de sites web Français. Pour attribuer cette distinction, ... read more ...
 
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What a DNA news about new TLDs tells us - Few people know about them, but they like the idea of more choice. The Domain Name Association (DNA) released results of a survey this morning designed to understand consumer sentiment toward domain names, and especially new top level domain names. DNA is very much an advocacy group for the adoption of new top level domain names, yet I found its survey to be fair about the challenges to collecting data about new TLDs and its question methodology. A lot of the questions were hypothetical about which ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Marks One Year of New gTLD Availability with More Than 12 Million … - BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --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 one third of the four million total names registered across all new gTLDs. The company, which expects eventually to run approximately 200 gTLDs, said it currently ... read more ...
 
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Neustar grossed about $2 million income from new TLDs in Q4 - Company is “cautiously bullish” about new TLDs over next few quarters, but I’m not the only one who doesn’t know what that means. Domain name registry and telephone services company Neustar (NYSE: NSR) reported 4th quarter 2014 earnings yesterday after the market closed. On the company’s conference call, CFO Paul Lalljie reported that the company pulled in about $2 million in revenue in the fourth quarter from new top level domain names, and much of that came from the .NYC launch. The ... read more ...
 
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The DNA.org Global Domain Name Preferences Survey: 85% Type Domains Into Browsers -         The DNA.org, a trade association whose members include new gTLD registries, domain name registrars and consultants to the industry (Disclaimer a company I’m a Director of RightoftheDot.com is a member of the DNA) released the results of a poll conducted by  Research Now a a global firm headquartered in the U.S., the Global Domain Name Preferences Survey. This Domain Name Preference study was conducted during the period of October – November 2014 in 10 countries and had over 5,000 ... read more ...
 
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ThinkingPhones.com Acquires Klink.com and Contactive & Its 1.5 Million Customers - ThinkingPhones, a three-time Gartner Magic Quadrant for UCaaS “Leader,” has announced its acquisition of Contactive.com, a big data solution that connects profiles and identities created by people and businesses online and associates them with a telephone number to create an identity graph and Klink.com which  leverages big data to provide in-depth customer profiles in real-time before and during calls. Klink.com automates the process of Googling phone numbers and names, scanning public directories, ... read more ...
 
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Flippa.com Sells $2.15 Million In Domains in 2014 - According to a  post on its company blog, Flippa.com sold $2.15 million dollars in domain names in 2014. “It’s been 13 months since Flippa’s Domains division officially put itself on the map. ” Beginning with less than 850 open auctions, our domains platform found itself accommodating over a quarter million by year’s end. We reached $2.15 million in gross sales, a 50% increase from 2013′s slate. ” In its blog post, Flippa.com is point to a DomainSherpa post calling itself one of ... read more ...
 
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.cancerresearch – Can a New TLD Beat a Global Disease? - I wish cancer research didn't exist. Imagine a world without cancer, where a cure existed to eradicate this disease. Today, the best way for us to achieve this is through cancer research, and extremely bold goals like this require game-changing innovation. Fittingly, the .cancerresearch Top Level Domain will launch on World Cancer Day (February 4) and use this fantastic new digital platform to show that cancer, its treatments and its cures, are not beyond us. You can see the promotional ... read more ...
 
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Digital collective for cancer research using top-level domain - The Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) has launched what it says is the world’s first charity-driven site using a top-level domain (TLD) naming system. The ACRF plans to use the .CancerResearch domain name as part of a new 'digital collective', which will provide information, awareness movements and research news in collaboration with cancer scientists, research centres, patients, advocates and fundraisers. As part of World Cancer Day today, the ACRF has launched a new awareness campaign ... read more ...
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 ...