Tue 27th May 2014
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In Da Club, 50 Cent, and New TLD marketing - .Club is spending a lot to promote .Club. That’s good news for .Club domain registrants. Last Thursday night .Club hosted a launch party at Tao Downtown in Manhattan featuring celebrity endorser 50 Cent. I just barely made it to the party thanks to bad weather, a presidential visit to New York, and the plane running out of fuel (necessitating an unexpected stop in Baltimore). But I made it for the last half of the party and saw Fiddy, albeit from behind velvet ropes. The ... read more ...
 
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This week in new TLDs: Ninjas and non-profits - A TLD.ninja’s overview of this week in new top level domain names. A handful of new top level domain names hit the market this week, and we’re not just talking about sprinkled donuts. Today Public Interest Registry launches three internationalized domain name (IDN) versions of its popular .org domain name: .орг Russian (Cyrillic) .संगठन Hindi (Devanagari) .机构 Simplified Chinese The domains are priced around $15 retail, but registrar coverage ... read more ...
Mon 26th May 2014
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USA Today Covers New gTLDs: “Start-ups See Gold Mine in Burst of Net Domains” - USA Today just covered new gTLD’s in a story entitled “Start-ups see gold mine in burst of Net Domains” “Visit GoDaddy for a new Internet domain name and you’ll be greeted with an advertisement for one of at least 16 new domain alternatives to .com, .gov or .edu, descriptive of whatever it is you’re trying to do”. “Are you an expert? There’s .guru. Starting an organization? Try .club. Opening a restaurant in New York City? Consider .nyc. Running a daily news site? How about .today?” “After ... read more ...
 
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USA Today Covers New gTLDs: “Start-ups See Gold Mine in Burst of Net Domains” - USA Today just covered new gTLD’s in a story entitled “Start-ups see gold mine in burst of Net Domains” “Visit GoDaddy for a new Internet domain name and you’ll be greeted with an advertisement for one of at least 16 new domain alternatives to .com, .gov or .edu, descriptive of whatever it is you’re trying to do”. “Are you an expert? There’s .guru. Starting an organization? Try .club. Opening a restaurant in New York City? Consider .nyc. Running a daily news site? How about .today?” “After ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schilling’s North Sound Names Wins Its 1st URS On Finn.Sexy - Finn.no AS of Oslo, Norway just lost a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) on the the domain name Finn.sexy. The domain name is owned by North Sound Names which is a company associated with Frank Schilling, who also owns Uniregistry and of course John Berryhill, Esq represented the domain holder. This is the first URS case decided that involved North Sound Names and the 1st URS represented by John Berryhill. North Sound Names is the company that was set up to register New gTLD’s of Uniregistry. North ... read more ...
 
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Bitcoin Set to Overtake Paypal - The IB Times did a piece on Bitcoin surpassing Paypal in terms of USD transactions. From the article: Popular digital currency bitcoin is expected to overtake e-commerce giant eBay’s payment processor PayPal in terms of US dollar transactions in the near future. California-based hedge fund Laureate Trust says that bitcoin is fast establishing itself as the currency to use globally and instantly to make purchases or payments over the internet recording nearly $300m (£178m, €220m) daily in transactions. “Whenever ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schilling defends URS opposite indifferent .sexy domain name - Uniform Rapid Sexy. When Frank Schilling released his first handful of new top level domain names he also held back tens of thousands of second level domain names for himself. These were registered in the name of North Sound Names. Since the domains aren’t just held back as premiums for registration but are actually registered, they are subject to URS proceedings. Schilling has successfully defended the first such proceeding against one of his domains, a URS for ... read more ...
Sun 25th May 2014
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If You Want a Great .Vacations Domain Bring Your Wallet & These Are Gone - .Vacations which went into the 5th day of the Early Access Program today, goes into General Availability on Wednesday with a host of other domain extensions. In my opinion its the best of the Donuts domains this week. I was taking a look at some great .Vacation domains and found that if you want one,  your going to pay up as many of them carry high premium registration and renewal rates. From what I can see there are 4 price points on premium .Vacations domain names, $5,500, $1,500, $400 and $200 ... read more ...
 
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NameStat.org Offers New gTLD Info - .Link gains 6,710 registrations in 2 days #newgtlds #newdomains — namestats (@NameStats) May 23, 2014   Jean Guillon retweeted the above tweet, which made me aware of NameStat.org this morning. I spent some time looking around the website, and it looks like they offer some interesting information about new gTLD domain name registrations. On the home page, you can quickly reference the “Top 10″ in categories including fastest growing gTLDs, best selling gTLDs, fastest growing IDNs, ... read more ...
 
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LG G3 F400L Korean version valued at $635, hosted in top level domain - South Korea-based technology firm - LG Electronics - is scheduled to hold an event this coming Tuesday, May 27, where the company is expected to launch the highly anticipated top-tier premium flagship smartphone - the LG G3, and it is also expected the possibly of the G Watch appearance as well. The mobile handset appeared on the product listing on LG U+, a South Korean wireless carrier owned and operated by LG, confirmed the pricing of the LG G3 in its homeland territory, and not to mention ... read more ...
Sat 24th May 2014
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1st .Ninja Domains Including Car.Ninja; Brand.Ninja, SEO.Ninja; Wine.Ninja & Fart.Ninja - I just review the .Ninja zone file which includes domain names registered in Sunrise and Landrush (with only 1 application). Note that some of these  domain names carry a premium annual renewal and registration fee. Long time domain industry veteran  Jothan Frakes scored with Brand.ninja and Conference.ninja. The University of Michigan registered Personal.Ninja The strangest registration in our opinion goes to a Matthew Mahler of California who is now officially the Fart.Ninja Here are the .Ninja ... read more ...
 
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PVP.com sells for $70,000, A demeanour behind during a story of a domain - PVP.com sold for $70,000 on Afternic.  PVP commonly referred to as Player Vs Player in gaming circles. The domain currently is under Afternic escrow for whois, and does not propagate properly and timing out. The domain has a registration date of 12/14/08 which seemed odd to me. It looks like the history of the domain started in the Cayman Islands, if we go back to the earliest records Domain Tools has on the name, we see: Modern Limited - Cayman Web Development PO Box 908 Suite #147 George Town, ... read more ...
 
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An anti-Obama dentist just bought up the best new Democrat domain names - This post has been updated with comment from Rightside. On Wednesday (May 21), the .democrat top-level domain (TLD) went on sale to the general public. By the end of the day, Dr Larry Kawa, an orthodontist from Boca Raton, Florida, had bought up dozens of high-profile domains, including obamacare.democrat, medicaid.democrat, and medicare.democrat. He also purchased more general domains, including usa.democrat, vote2016.democrat, america.democrat—and liar.democrat. (You can check who has ... read more ...
Fri 23rd May 2014
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Quoted: It’s about to get .real — on politics and domain names - “The right to purchase sites is emblematic of free speech and I embrace the opportunity to do so. As the left has taken control of the mainstream media, I feel it is interesting that one individual can express themselves on the Internet.” — Larry Kawa, an orthodontist from Boca Raton, Fla., who this week bought a bunch top-level domain .democrat and other domains such as liar.democrat. In case you haven’t guessed, he is not a Democrat; he has filed suit ... read more ...
 
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Interpol Takes Down Over 10,000 Websites and Targets Rogue Registrars - Interpol takes down over 10,000 websites and targets rogue domain name registrars. In what was the largest global operation ever for taking down bad pharmacies, Interpol included rogue registrars as one of the main areas used by those involved in illegal pharmaceuticals. Here is the full release: LYON, France – Nearly 200 enforcement agencies across 111 countries have taken part in Operation Pangea VII targeting criminal networks behind the sale of fake medicines via illicit online pharmacies. ... read more ...
 
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Mail.Ru Quietly Buys My.com - Internet giant Mail.Ru Group bought the domain name My.com very quietly sometime between October 2012 and April 2013. The domain was registered under privacy at Moniker.com for many years until it changed to Tip Powers of My Acquisition Corporation in September 2012. In October 2012, the whois changed again to the the brand protection company Marksmen. It wasn’t until April 2013 until Mail.Ru Group showed up as the owner of the domain. Its not exactly clear if Marksmen acquired the domain immediately ... read more ...
 
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DomainIndex Is Holding Virtual WebFair 2014, a 1st Virtual Show of Its Kind & Expect 5K People - Virtual WebFair 2014 is the first conference of its kind for the domain, hosting, and SEO industries which offers participation in an event without the delegates or exhibitors having to leave their home or office. The concept is the brainchild of Michael Marcovici of Domainindex.com, who is one of the main sponsors and organizers of the happening. The virtual event takes place on a sophisticated 3D platform provided by Hyperfair.com and expects 5,000 plus visitors with about a hundred of exhibitors ... read more ...
 
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QNET Gets Exclusive URL That Will Change the Internet Forever - QNET Gets Exclusive URL That Will Change the Internet Forever PRWEB.COM Newswire Hong Kong (PRWEB) May 23, 2014 Asian Direct Selling Company, QNET has secured its own top-level domain .quest, making it one of only a few hundred companies in the world to be part of the first wave that will eventually transform almost every URL on the Internet. QNET has already begun thinking about how it will use the .quest domain but it is not likely to see it anywhere before early 2015. QNET ... read more ...
 
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RetailMeNot Sees it Stock Get Whacked By Google Algorithm Update - RetailMeNot is see its stock get hit hard by the recent Google algorithm change. Barry Schwartz wrote on Search Engine Land: On Tuesday, Google pushed out their revised Panda Algorithm code-named Panda 4.0. Panda is designed to remove low-quality content from Google’s search results. Yesterday, we published an early Winners Losers report on which large sites were impacted the most both in a positive and negative way. RetailMeNot was one of the larger sites on the losers list, where Searchmetrics ... read more ...
 
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EDR: Over 120 lapsed domain sales formula and analysis - This week’s Expired Domain Report (EDR) covers over ten dozen domain names sold over the past week, plus a look at the week ahead. What’s the value of a good book?  Or a piece of art?  If you thought you couldn’t put a number on such subjective, intangible components of human culture, guess again!  At least in .COM, a good book is worth $565 and a piece of art $616. Domains are often compared to real estate because they’re a finite resource people pay ... read more ...
 
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Here’s what your favorite TLDs are (and a ones that will sell a most) - Your forecast for the best selling TLDs. This year’s Domain Name Wire survey asked you what your favorite new top level domain names are, as well as the ones you expect to get the most registrations. There was no clear runaway winner on which TLD you like the most. .Guru received the most votes. Although .guru is a fine domain name, I suspect that has a lot to do with it being on top of the registration leaderboard for the duration of the survey period. It’s top ... read more ...
Thu 22nd May 2014
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New generic top-level domain names do more harm than good - It’s been a few months now since the bevy of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) were made available. These were supposed to rock the domain name registration business and change the Internet landscape forever. We’re all used to the traditional TLDs, such as .net, .com and .org, and the point of the initiative is to add a bunch of new gTLDs to create more options because the Internet is running out of good domain names to use. Now if I own a tattoo parlor, I can register company.tattoo. ... read more ...
 
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New generic top-level domain names do more harm than good - It’s been a few months now since the bevy of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) were made available. These were supposed to rock the domain name registration business and change the Internet landscape forever. We’re all used to the traditional TLDs, such as .net, .com and .org, and the point of the initiative is to add a bunch of new gTLDs to create more options because the Internet is running out of good domain names to use. Now if I own a tattoo parlor, I can register company.tattoo. ... read more ...
 
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50 Cent Is Officially In The .Club As His Site, 50inDa.Club Goes Live - 50 Cent’s .Club Fan site just went live minutes ago. The Site, 50inDa.Club, now combines all of his fan sites, a store where you can buy merchandise, watch videos, listen to music engage in all of his social networks. Basically any and things 50 are a part of the site. The site went live just a few hours before the big .Club Launch party that is being held in New York tonight and 50 will be in attendance. The venue is already decked out and its all about .Club As we sit today .Club has the 2nd ... read more ...