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Thu 9th January 2014
Written by The Domains in EN
Paul Sloan Author Of Mainstream Domain Articles; CNET & Business 2.0 Lands At Coupons.com - Paul Sloan, who has written some of the most read articles about the domain industry is the new head of communications of Coupons.com According to the bizjournals.com, “Coupons.com is among a record group of venture-backed companies that are valued at more then $1 billion.” “In addition to his time at CBS Interactive’s CNET, Sloan has worked at Fortune, Business 2.0, CNN Bloomberg and U.S. News and World Report.” Paul has written about Mike Mann for CNET (Meet the Mann who registered 14,962 ... read more ...
Wed 3rd April 2013
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
Top 5 contingency review domain articles from March - Here are the top five stories from Domain Name Wire last month. March saw the first batch of new TLD objections, a warning from Verisign, and a high profile company found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. 1. United States Postal Services just wasted your money objecting to .mail top level domain – apparently the USPS believes it has some legal right to the term “mail”. 2. New expired domain rules go into effect in August – a new Expired Registration ... read more ...
Sat 14th July 2012
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
Two good domain name articles to review this weekend - Two articles for your weekend. I read two great articles on domain sites this week that I wanted to bring to your attention. First is a post by Owen Frager. Now, I’ll be the first to admit I don’t usually click through to Owen’s stuff because I find the story has little to do with the headline. But when I saw that Escrow.com retweeted an article he wrote about the company, I took a look. Frager has written a fascinating story about Escrow.com and its president ... read more ...
Sat 5th May 2012
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
Articles du mois de “mai 2012” - L’AFNIC tire un premier bilan de l’ouverture des IDN. Le 3 mai, 30 nouveaux caractères sont disponibles à l’enregistrement pour les 6 ccTLD opérés par l’AFNIC (.fr, .re, .yt, .pm, .wf et .tf). Le premier bilan et infographie sur les trois premières heures disponible sur : http://www.afnic.fr/fr/l-afnic-en-bref/actualites/actualites-generales/5938/show/l-afnic-tire-un-premier-bilan-de-l-ouverture-des-idn-2.html Du 3 mai au 3 juillet 2012, l’AFNIC a mis en place une période dite ... read more ...
Sat 8th October 2011
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Demand Media’s eHow Sends Letter To Writers & Editors Telling Then They Are Cutting Back Production Of Articles - According to BusinessInsider.com Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) has sent out a letter to it current writers and editiors telling them they are going to cut back on production of “content”. “We will have fewer eHow.com assignments for the foreseeable future.” Demand also stated that we need to make sure of a few things including “That every article is written and copy edited by a qualified professional with background, knowledge or experience in the topic.” I thought that rule would have been ... read more ...
Mon 28th March 2011
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
EzineArticles.com Traffic Dropped 10% to 35% Thanks to Google Changes - User-submitted content site takes a big search engine hit but is still a behemoth. EzineArticles.com definitely lost traffic after Google’s recent algorithm change to go after low quality content. But today the company quantified it. In a blog post today strangely titled “Some Niches Seeing Increased Traffic“, the company reported a 10%-35% drop in traffic since the changes. It’s a wide range, but I suspect it’s fluctuating. The site is apparently seeing ... read more ...
Mon 28th February 2011
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
EzineArticles.com Cracks Down After Google Algorithm Changes - Site forces quality changes for submitted articles. One of the sites frequently mentioned as being targeted in Google’s recent quality crackdown is EzineArticles.com. It should come as no surprise that today the site instituted new rules and checks for quality. The site lets people submit articles that are free to reprint. The author gets a number of benefits, but backlinks are one of the biggest. As a result, many authors submit quick articles with little substance ... read more ...
Wed 10th May 2006
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
New USA Today and Wall Street Journal articles - Another day, another series of domain name article is major publications. The front page of today’s The Wall Street Journal covers the .xxx debate. It’s a fascinating story discussing the US Department of Commerce role in influencing decisions about the controversial domain name. USA Today has a story titled “Domain names become premium Web real estate“. It discusses Amy Schrier, who sold Blue.com for $500,000. She bought the domain for $65,000 in 2002. ... read more ...
Fri 19th February 2016
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Expired Domain Report: KeyPoint.com, SellOff.com and more - A weekly roundup of expired domain name sales. February 8 marked the Chinese New Year. Yes, 2016 is to be the “Year of the Monkey”. After the amazing surge in prices we saw during 2015 – the “Year of the Sheep”, it amuses me to say – the Chinese domain sector went through a predictable downturn that has lasted 2 months so far. Partly to allay worries about stagnant or falling prices, domain investors in the West have clung to this New Year holiday like a life raft, assuring one ... read more ...
Thu 11th February 2016
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Not Quite What You're Thinking: Tesila.com (Expired Domain Report) - Here are expired domain names that sold within the past week. Here’s something you’re going to see more and more as brands contend with the vagaries of foreign pronunciation and transliteration: Tesila.com ($14.0k). As you must have guessed, that price was based on an electric car company. But it’s not a typo. In Romania, there is a town called Teșila – evidently too small to appear in the list of cities with 2000+ residents. Small size notwithstanding, you can book a luxury ski hotel ... read more ...
Tue 9th February 2016
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
L’ICANN dirigée pour la première fois par un Européen - L'ICANN a choisi un Suédois, Göran Marby, pour être son nouveau directeur. Il devra accompagner l'indépendance promise par les États-Unis au système de DNS racine sur lequel repose le Web. Est-ce un signe politique, au moment où l’ICANN vit une transition très importante, qui doit assurer son indépendance vis à vis des États-Unis ? Pour la première fois depuis la création de l’Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) en 1998, l’institution sera bientôt ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
January domain name sales in-depth - Joseph Peterson takes an in-depth look at January’s domain name sales on NameJet. January 2016 was a busy month for NameJet. Not only did the auction platform deliver its customary mix of expired domains and seller-managed inventory; it also handled the NamesCon auctions in conjunction with Right Of The Dot and (in many cases) a live auctioneer at the Las Vegas conference. In presenting these January sales data, I’ve decided to exclude all domains associated with NamesCon, whether they were ... read more ...
Tue 2nd February 2016
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Minds + Machines moving to another level - The February 2016 trading update from Minds + Machines (LON:MMX) was another giant stride from the internet domain name specialist away from its “land grab” past. Although the company is still in the running for seven yet-to-be assigned generic top level domains (gTLDs) – a TLD being the part of an internet address after the final dot – the successful launch in the final quarter of 2015 of .law, the Spanish-language equivalent .abogado and also .miami demonstrated that ... read more ...
Sun 31st January 2016
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Revised New gTLD Program Implementation Review Report Now Available – ag-IP - Home / Revised New gTLD Program Implementation Review Report Now Available / LOS ANGELES - ICANN announced the publication of the revised Program Implementation Review report, a self-assessment of New gTLD Program processes. According to ICANN, the report of public comments [PDF, 788 KB], which includes a summary and analysis of the comments received regarding the draft report, has also been published. The Program Implementation Review ... read more ...
Thu 21st January 2016
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Reviewing New gTLD Program Safeguards Against DNS Abuse – ag-IP - Home / Reviewing New gTLD Program Safeguards Against DNS Abuse / LOS ANGELES - ICANN is currently engaged in data collection on DNS abuse and mitigation efforts implemented as part of the New gTLD Program. Members of the community and general public are invited to join ICANN on 28 January 2016 in an open discussion on the topic. This work will help inform the efforts of the review team examining the effects of the Program on Competition, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Toot.com for $31.8k and other lapsed domain name sales - Toot.com leads expired domain name sales. Close observers will have noticed the absence of SnapNames results from my last article, which only covered NameJet expired domains. In the week since NamesCon, most of us have drifted homeward and settled back into our normal routines. So this time both auction houses are represented in the charts – 7 days for SnapNames, 5 days for NameJet. By far the biggest expired domain auction was TOOT.com ($31.8k). Most of us will recognize that as an English ... read more ...
Thu 14th January 2016
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Inside NameJet's record month - The journey to a record December at NameJet. Did you catch that? Maybe not. To really appreciate just how marvelous NameJet’s (podcast) performance was during December – indeed, throughout the whole of 2015 – let’s rewind and play things back in slow motion. Since mid 2011, NameJet has reported domain sales that clear over $2000. Early on, the auction platform announced as few as 49 domains per month; and during its first year the market place never surpassed 92. Less than 1/4 of months ... read more ...
Tue 12th January 2016
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Minds + Machines adds .boston to portfolio - Internet domain specialist Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX) has added the .boston address to its portfolio. M+M is taking a 99% stake in Boston TLD management, which took on the  rights and operation of the name from Boston Globe Media Partners. The launch of .boston as an internet address is planned for later this year following receipt of required documentation for the acquisition by ICANN, the domain name overseer. Antony Van Couvering, M+M’s chief executive, said it ... read more ...
Thu 7th January 2016
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Applied Physician Leadership Academy Launched - Reading Health System (RHS) has announced a strategic partnership with The Leadership Development Group (TLD Group) to offer TLD Group's Applied Physician Leadership Academy (APLA), a customized leadership development program designed to engage and develop physician leaders to be positioned for success as the industry moves from volume to value-based care delivery.  This multi-year program will kick off in February 2016 with RHS's department chairs, section chiefs, and physician leaders ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
WEBINAR: WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System Phase 2 Report – ag-IP - Home / WEBINAR: WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System Phase 2 Report / LOS ANGELES - ICANN published the WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System (ARS) Phase 2 report on 23 December 2015. This webinar, scheduled for 12 January 2016, will focus on the findings of the report and its implications for the community. Participants will learn about the results of the Phase 2 study, which acts as a follow-on to the Phase 1 report [PDF, 1.4 MB] published ... read more ...
Wed 6th January 2016
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
How .MUSIC Will Go Mainstream and Benefit ICANN’s New gTLD Program - Since the launch of the New gTLD Program in 2012, it has become evident that new gTLD registries overestimated the demand for new Top-Level Domain name extensions. Furthermore, new gTLD registries did not anticipate the hurdles in raising awareness, not to mention creating adoption for new domains. Even the most pessimistic New gTLD Program critic did not expect such uninspiring results. It was a wake up call for many in the domain industry. The New gTLD Program currently lacks credibility. ... read more ...
Tue 5th January 2016
Written by DomainHack.er in ES and tagged
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Written by DomainHack.er in ES and tagged
Los nuevos dominios, una alternativa para atraer a potenciales clientes - ');eIFD.close(); var s = eIFD.createElement('SCRIPT'); s.src = 'http://' + (eS2?eS2:eS1) +'/layers/epl-41.js'; eIFD.body.appendChild(s); if (!eS2) { var ss = eIFD.createElement('SCRIPT'); ss.src = 'http://ads.e-planning.net/egc/4/51f5'; eIFD.body.appendChild(ss); } eplLL = true; return false; } } eplCheckStart(); function eplSetAdM(eID,custF) { if (eplCheckStart()) { if (custF) { document.epl.setCustomAdShow(eID,eplArgs.custom[eID]); } document.epl.showSpace(eID); } else ... read more ...
Thu 31st December 2015
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Zhuang Jia: Chinese Pump and Dump - Joseph Peterson draws parallels between market manipulators in Chinese stock markets and the domain name market. An article just published by Bloomberg gives us an x-ray glimpse into a Chinese investment culture reliant on pump-and-dump schemes. The parallels with domain market activity during 2015 are so obvious that even this sentence feels a bit redundant. A Shanghai accountant sums it all up: If you want to make a quick buck from the stock market, you’d better look for stocks with manipulators ... read more ...
Mon 28th December 2015
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
TAG-Domains Becomes an Accredited Registrar for Oman country-code Top-Level … – ag-IP - Home / TAG-Domains Becomes an Accredited Registrar for Oman country-code ... / MUSCAT – Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Domain Names (TAG-Domains), a subsidiary of Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP), and an Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) accredited registrar signified a new milestone in its history and became an accredited registrar for the country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) of Sultanate ... read more ...