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Motorola Continues Buying Up Razr Domain Names
October 5, 2011 @ 1:32 PMNeed any more proof that the Motorola RAZR is making a comeback?
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The Pirate Bay Adds Domain Name to Bypass Court Order
October 5, 2011 @ 5:38 AMShowing how futile Internet censorship can be, The Pirate Bay has registered a new domain name – depiraatbaai.be – to allow Belgian users to access the site and bypass a recent court order. For just a few dollars, The Pirate Bay should now be fully accessible in the future, and the site has already started redirecting Belgian users to their new home.
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NameMedia Pulls Listings From Sedo
October 5, 2011 @ 1:43 AMCompany removes listings from Sedo but it may be only temporary. Notice anything missing from Sedo lately? NameMedia, which operates BuyDomains and Afternic, has yanked all of its domains from Sedo. The company previously listed its owned and operated domain names on Sedo’s marketplace. Sedo changed its commission rate and terms and …
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Afilias to Sponsor Columbia Business School Webinar On ICANN New gTLD Program
October 5, 2011 @ 12:19 AMAfilias Limited, a leading provider of Internet domain name registry and Domain Name System (DNS) services, today announced that it is the Diamond sponsor of a free global webinar entitled, Who Should Invest in a dot Brand? Evaluating the Business Case for a Top-Level Domain Name.
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Domain Registration Tipped Off GrouponGoods.com
October 5, 2011 @ 12:04 AMGroupon Goods launch foreshadowed by domain registration. In August I wrote about Groupon’s registration of GrouponGoods.com. At the time I asked if it was for a merchandise site or charity. Today I got my first Groupon Goods email. According to the company: Groupon Goods features really good deals on great products. To get airspace on …
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AUSregistry Rebrands, Sets Up Registry Infrastructure in The US
October 4, 2011 @ 10:07 PMCompany drops the Australia reference in name and offers two locations for registry services. Are U.S. companies more comfortable with a registry services provider in their home country? It appears so. AusRegistry International has changed its name to ARI Registry Services and is setting up registry infrastructure for its new TLD offerings…
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Big Brands Recognizing The Value of New gTLDs
October 4, 2011 @ 1:22 AMSuccessful companies already understand the importance and impact of brand control in domain names. No company would ever consider using hotmail.com or gmail.com email addresses for official business. A decade ago, did companies invest in Geocities or Tripod URLs, or did they promote their own domain names? Today, if a company hosts its blog with WordPress.com, do they take the default brand.wordpress.com Web address, or do they upgrade to their own branded second-level domain name?
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Ebay and PayPal Relaunch X.com
October 3, 2011 @ 11:21 PMSingle letter domain name finally put to good use. It’s a shame to see a single letter .com domain name languish. So it’s good news that PayPal is finally putting its rare single letter domain name X.com back to use. The company, along with parent eBay, launched x.commerce at the domain name last month. The goal is to get developers to create …
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Nominet Raises Pittance From Short Domains
October 3, 2011 @ 11:02 PMNominet, the non-profit body that oversees UK domain naming, recently auctioned off its remaining one- and two-letter domain names, such as x.co.uk and pr.co.uk. It’s said to have raised £3 million for charity. However, many of the auctions were won by domain-squatting speculators. On the one hand, well done, Nominet, for raising money for …
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Internet Overseer Should Review Ethics Policy, Ad Group Says
October 3, 2011 @ 5:28 AMThe organization that manages the Internet’s domain-name system should conduct a systematic review of its ethics policies, according to a group representing large corporations and advertisers.
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