Thu 29th January 2015
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New .BAND Domains Offer Online Visibility For MusicIans - Industry veteran Jeff Pollack, CEO of Global Media Entertainment for Pollack Music Media Group, knows firsthand the importance of recognizable branding for bands and musicians. "Artists require not only talent, but also a strong, creative identity that will allow them to stand out in a highly competitive musical landscape," he said. "New domain name options, like .BAND, give musicians exciting new opportunities to extend a unique identity online." .BAND offers a unique platform that artists ... read more ...
 
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Puppy dogs for sale on GoDaddy satire site - Someone is having fun with GoDaddy’s withdrawn commercial…and doing it with GoDaddy services. GoDaddy won’t run its controversial Journey Home commercial during the Super Bowl on Sunday. The ad featured a site called Gabby’s Goldens that sold dogs online. It drew the ire of pet lovers and advocates everywhere. Yet someone is having some fun with it, and using GoDaddy’s services to boot. GoDaddy registered GabbysGoldens.com ahead of the commercial. Another customer just registered GabbysGoldens.org ... read more ...
 
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1st Day New gTLD Totals .Space 1784; .Band 776: .Rip 348; .How 250; .Ryukyu … - Five new gTLD’s had their first day of general availability (GA) yesterday. Here the total number of domain registrations after the first day. These total include all domains registered in Sunrise by trademark holders as well as any domains registered during an Early Access Program or Landrush where people paid extra money to get early access to domain registrations: .Space 1,784 .Band 776 .Rip 348 .How 250 .Ryukyu 143 The purpose of .ryukyu is to promote Okinawa and spread to the world Okinawa ... read more ...
 
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LeadPages is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker - WIPO panel finds that lead generation technology company abused UDRP. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found the company behind LeadPages.net to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a cybersquatting complaint. Avenue 81, Inc., which offers lead generation software and tools at LeadPages.net, filed a cybersquatting complaint against Karl Payne, the owner of LeadPages.com. Payne registered the .com domain name in 2004. LeadPages.net was formed and its domain ... read more ...
 
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27 End User Domain Name Sales - A weekly run-down of end user domain name sales at Sedo. Sedo’s top reported sale last week was SuperSeats.com, which Michael Berkens sold for a staggering $48,888. With Sedo still in possession of the domain, I can’t confirm my hunch that SuperSeats.net was the buyer. Some other large sales are in the same boat, including RBU.com ($27,500) and 2009.com ($22,500). Below are 27 Sedo sales from last week where the end user is identifiable. Previous weeks’ lists can be found here. If you’d ... read more ...
 
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Whoops: Mayor Of New York Fails To Register His Own .NYC Domain: Billdeblasio.NYC - This goes right to the you can’t make this stuff up file. Crainsnewyork.com,  published a post today chatting about how the the Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, who has been touting “the new .nyc domain names as “a unique opportunity” for New Yorkers “to own who they are online,” did not buy what he was selling.” “Records show that billdeblasio.nyc was purchased by Thomas Anderson, a digital developer at Publishers Clearing House with no ties to the mayor. ” Mr. Anderson ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy's Super Bowl ad switcheroo: designed or not? - GoDaddy, once again, is getting a lot of press for its Super Bowl ad. How much of it was planned? If you pay for a Super Bowl commercial and no one talks about it before or after the big game, you got ripped off. GoDaddy discovered this many years ago and has mastered the art of getting extra impressions of its ads and Monday morning water cooler talk. GoDaddy’s ads are often criticized and sometimes ranked as the “worst” ads on the Super Bowl. Yet “worst” is a heck of a lot better than ... read more ...
 
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.Space wins this week's new TLD releases - .Space tops in registrations with about 1,700 on first day. When it comes to most registrations, .space appears to have topped the list of this week’s new top level domain name launches. That doesn’t come as a big surprise since it’s the most generic (and lowest priced) domain of the lot. Here’s a run down of this week’s new TLD launches, starting with the most registrations… 1. According to namestat, .Space added 1,700 domain names in the zone yesterday, bringing its total to 1,784. ... read more ...
 
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1st Day New gTLD Totals .Space 1,784; .Band 776: .Rip 348; .How 250; .Ryukyu 143 - Five new gTLD’s had their first day of general availability (GA) yesterday. Here the total number of domain registrations after the first day. These total include all domains registered in Sunrise by trademark holders as well as any domains registered during an Early Access Program or Landrush where people paid extra money to get early access to domain registrations: .Space 1,784 .Band 776 .Rip 348 .How 250 .Ryukyu 143 The purpose of .ryukyu is to promote Okinawa and spread to the world Okinawa ... read more ...
 
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Want Your Baby To Have A Unique Name ? Do we have an additional $31,000 fibbing around to compensate for it ? - Huffington Post did a story on Erfolgwelle a firm that focuses on giving your baby a unique name. They do all this for $31,000. The article lays out the process and who they bring to the table as far as their staff. From the article: Erfolgswelle is firm devoted entirely to generating unique baby names. With 14 naming experts, four historians, and 12 translators on hand — not to mention two trademark attorneys to ensure names don’t conflict with companies and products — the staff at Erfolgswelle ... read more ...
Wed 28th January 2015
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Watch: Darryn Durham Shreds Castillo Ranch MX - Double D signed with the Lucas Oil/TLD/Red Bull KTM crew for 2015 after two years with the Pro Circuit Kawasaki team. His SX season thus far has unfortunately played to the same tune as his past two seasons – he was injured at Anaheim 1, and is again on the sidelines. In fact, the only race we’ve seen him finish on the KTM has been Red Bull Straight Rhythm. The truth still remains, though, that Durham is one of the most talented riders in the country right now. As with most professional riders ... read more ...
 
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For Brands With a gTLD, It’s Time to Rethink Your SEO Strategy - Tweet Buffer Owning your own generic top-level domain (gTLD) means it's important to rethink your SEO strategy, as gTLDs will ultimately change how people search and navigate the Internet. Search engine optimization (SEO) is always evolving in response to changes in user behavior and the algorithms that users rely upon to find their way around the Internet. Apps and social media have also become dominant players into SEO strategy as we learn ... read more ...
 
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Good.com Files Federal Lawsuit For Trademark Infringement Against Good.co - Good Technology Corporation and Good Technology Software, Inc. (collectively, “Good”) which operates Good.com, filed a federal lawsuit against Good.Co, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California yesterday for trademark infringement and volition of the ACPA. Here are the highlights: Good was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Since its founding, Good has established itself as a pioneer in mobile technology software and as the leader ... read more ...
 
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Owner of Good.com sues business that uses Good.co - Company miffed that consumers may be confused by Good.co vs. Good.com. Good vs. GoodGood Technology Corporation, a mobility services company that uses the domain name Good.com, has sued (pdf) a career app and social network company using the name Good.co. I suspect Good Technology Corporation is facing an uphill battle here. It uses a dictionary term with broad usage, and the arguments it makes in its case seem rather weak to me. For example: Defendant should have performed a trademark search before ... read more ...
 
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Estibot Values RightoftheDot.com Extended Namescon Auction At Over $13 Million Dollars - The RightoftheDot.com extended auction from the Namescon conference is ongoing on Snapnames.com and ends on February 5th which is a week from tomorrow. I ran the list of the domain names included in the extended auction through Estibot and the total value of the inventory came to over $13 Million dollars All domains were led by Investment.com which makes sense since invest.com recently sold for over $5 Million and investing.com sold a couple of years ago for $2.5 Million Auctions which is certainly ... read more ...
 
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Was Michele.watch purebred for Pole Dances or for Watches? - Domain name registrant came up with a creative defense in UDRP. A National Arbitration Forum panel has ordered the domain name Michele.watch transferred to watchmaker Fossil Group, Inc. I’ve got to hand it to the respondent in this case. He put up a spirited defense of his registration of Michele.watch. Kucevic said he didn’t register the domain name to take advantage of Fossil’s Michele brand of watches. Instead, he registered it for use as a pole dancing site. The idea was that visitors ... read more ...
 
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Vanity.com Loses Bid To Grab VanityShops.com from Vertical Axis - Vanity Shop which just acquired the domain name Vanity.com last year after another UDRP and a federal lawsuit of its own, just lost its bid to grab the domain name vanityshop.com from it’s owner Vertical Axis Inc. which was represented by Ari Goldberger of Esqwire.com. The three member panel of the The Hon. Nelson A. Diaz, the Hon. Neil Brown Q.C., and David E. Sorkin found that the term Vanity Shop was generic as was Vanity and that the domain holder did not acquire the domain with the trademark ... read more ...
 
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.Global Puts Up Site With Over 3,500 Domains/ Many Previous Premiums Available For Registration - The .Global registry has put up a site to highlight over 3,500 domain names that are available for immediate registration many of which were formally on the reserved/restricted list. Domain names registered through January 31st are also eligible for the $25 per domain rebate for those that register 10 or more domains. Each listed domain name is click-able from the site, which will tell you if they are still available (some have been taken) and gives you some suggested registrars where the domain ... read more ...
Tue 27th January 2015
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Openbaar Vervoer De Lijn wordt vanaf 1 februari flink duurder - Het zonetarief verdwijnt omdat het huidige zonetarief achterhaald is en te ingewikkeld voor de reizigers, aldus De Lijn. In de plaats komt er een tijdstarief van 1 uur. Tijdens dat uur mogen reizigers onbeperkt overstappen. Na dat uur mag dat niet meer, maar mag de rit wel nog afgemaakt worden. Een gewoon biljet, waarmee je dus een uur kan reizen, kost voortaan 3 euro. Er komt één Lijnkaart -goed voor 10 maal een uur reizen- voor de prijs van 14 euro, in plaats van 10 euro nu. ... read more ...
 
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Howard Lefkowitz Shares Insight About His New Company - Howard Lefkowitz is something of an icon in Las Vegas. As the former CEO of Vegas.com, Lefkowitz has tremendous experience building and managing a great brand, and he has a massive rolodex of contacts in Las Vegas and in the travel industry. While attending NamesCon, I had the opportunity to have dinner with Lefkowitz, and we chatted about his new company, One Degree World. To me, one of the most interesting aspects of this travel technology company is that it is in the process of launching ... read more ...
 
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Dogs Win: Godaddy Follows Our Advice & Pulls The #Godaddypuppy Super Bowl Ad - It was just 8 hours ago when we posted the Godaddy Super Bowl Ad known as the #Godaddypuppy which went tragically wrong. Now the CEO of Godaddy has given in to the overwhelming condemnation of the ad and announced the commercial will not air during the Super Bowl. Had they reached out to anyone in the industry before hand like myself, we would have told them there we;re heading down the wrong path, but after investing what is probably million of dollars towards this campaign GoDaddy wisely followed ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy to change argumentative Super Bowl Commercial - GoDaddy won’t run controversial “Journey Home” commercial. GoDaddy’s 2015 Super Bowl commercial, which it just released this morning, won’t air on Sunday after all. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving tweeted this afternoon: The ad was criticized by many animal lovers. In many ways, the commercial was classic GoDaddy. It was sure to spark outrage, which got people talking about the company…much like its previous GoDaddy commercials. I wondered this morning if the plan was to get this commercial ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.2 Million, Led By One of Ours SuperSeats.com For $48,888 - 559 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS last week totaling $1.2 Million Dollars All sales this week were led by one of our domain names,  SuperSeats.com which sold for $48,888 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .com: superseats.com at 48,888 USD · Top ccTLD: autoteile.eu at 7,000 EUR · Top “other” TLD: mouser.net at 6,000 USD Here are all the reportable sales: ... read more ...
 
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Internet grows to 284 million domain names in Q3 2014: Verisign - New Delhi: US-based Internet infrastructure services provider Verisign today said 4 million domain names were added to the Internet in July-September 2014 taking the total number to 284 million globally.Domain names rose by 1.6 per cent quarter-on-quarter compared to the second quarter of 2014, while globally registrations grew 18.1 million or 6.8 per cent, year-on-year.“Four million domain names were added to the Internet in third quarter of 2014, bringing the total number ... read more ...
 
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TechCrunch Covers TheDrop.Club: By Twitch/Exec co-founder and Y Combinator Partner Justin Kan - Techcrunch.com just covered TheDrop.club, what they describe as a “Digg/Reddit/Hacker News/Product Hunt for electronic dance music” The site is Thedrop.club and “Twitch/Exec co-founder and Y Combinator partner Justin Kan told TechCrunch: “I wanted something to create a constant stream of new electronic music tracks every day” TechCrunch.com goes on to describe the site: “Built on open-source curation interface Telescope and the SoundCloud API, The Drop.club lets you stream through a list ... read more ...