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Overstock.com is O.co Loco (Motley Fool)
November 14, 2011 @ 10:34 PMMonths of marketing campaigns, changing the name of its sporting coliseum in Oakland, and actively pushing its O.co domain as a shortcut to Overstock.com isn’t working as well as the e-tailer would like. There are way too many people that confuse O.co with O.com — which hasn’t been made available, even to Oprah Winfrey — and it’s also not easy to rebrand a company.
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Will Google Search Replace Domain Names?
November 14, 2011 @ 6:54 AMThe growing notion among big advertising agencies and brand marketers is that as search engines find answers instantly, there’s no real need to enter a domain name in the browser and therefore domain names are far less important.
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.CO Registry Responds to Overstock.com Announcement
November 14, 2011 @ 5:30 AMThe .Co registry just posted it response/thoughts on the Announcement made by Overstock.com yesterday through Adage.com, on its pull back of its re-branding from O.Co.
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Citrix Assigns $18 Million Value to Cloud.com Domain Name
November 14, 2011 @ 4:22 AMHow much is the cloud.com domain name worth? According to Citrix’s accountants, it’s $18 million.
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Domainer Colin Pape Files Complaint with FTC Over Google
November 14, 2011 @ 2:41 AMShopCity says that Google unfairly used its control of search results to damage ShopCity.com, according to Bloomberg. The company complains that Google pushed it down in search rankings and favored its own competing service.
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Afilias Launches New Educational Materials On gTLD Innovation for New Top ...
November 14, 2011 @ 1:40 AMAfilias Limited, a global provider of technical registry services for Internet domains, today announced that it has launched the second phase of its education campaign to help companies, organizations and cities better understand the pros and cons of the ICANN New gTLD Program, which opens January 12, 2012.
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IANA Contract Is up for Renewal, Only to U.S. Bidders
November 14, 2011 @ 12:10 AMThe Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is aiming to strengthen requirements for transparency, independence and accountability in its next contract for the creation of top-level domains. The contract, currently held by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), awards powers to create new top-level domains (such as dot.museum or dot.movie) and is due to expire in March 2012.
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Never Lose That .UK Again: Decade-long Renewals Ok'd
November 13, 2011 @ 9:45 PMStarting 1 May 2012, official registrars will be able to sell domain names for periods of between one and 10 years. This brings .uk into line with other top-level domains including .com and .org.
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Iowa Hawkeyes Buy Adult Domain Names to Block Use
November 12, 2011 @ 3:14 PMThe Iowa athletic department is trying to purchase some Internet domains to block their usage by the adult entertainment industry.
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US Could Claim Millions of Canadian Domain Names in Piracy Battle
November 12, 2011 @ 1:15 PMProposed U.S. legislation to stop online piracy has the effect of asserting jurisdiction over millions of Canadian registered IP addresses and domain names.
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