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Afternic Sells $550k in Domains for Week Ending January , 2011
January 11, 2011 @ 1:07 PMAfternic.com published its weekly list of reportable domain name sales for the period ending January 9 2011. The domain Soulmate.com lead the way selling for $100K but the more interesting sale was Adss.com for $61,600.
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Go Daddy to Unveil First GoDaddy.co Girl
January 11, 2011 @ 2:15 AMGo Daddy says it will unveil GoDaddy.co girl in conjunction with Super Bowl commercial. .Co already scored a major coup by partnering with Go Daddy on its 2011 Super Bowl commercial. But the publicity train rolls on. The latest announcement from Go Daddy: it will showcase its first every GoDaddy.co girl in the commercial. Well, maybe…
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New Domain Extension .gr.com Launches Today With a Landrush for Premium Domain
January 10, 2011 @ 2:06 PMA new “zone” of domain names ending with the extension .GR.COM is being launched in a Landrush starting at 6pm GMT today. Domain name buyers will be able to acquire premium “keyword” domains ending .GR.COM, as unlike other domain extensions launched over recent years, no domains have been withheld from sale. Examples of available names include: business.gr.com, loans.gr.com, dating.gr.com, flights.gr.com, games.gr.com, blog.gr.com, video.gr.com, poker.gr.com, athens.gr.com, travel.gr.com, shopping.gr.com
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Verizon iPhone Domain Name Suffers Same Fate As Wikileaks.com at Go Daddy
January 10, 2011 @ 1:45 PMAs news spreads of a presumed iPhone announcement from Verizon Wireless tomorrow, commentators have been discussing some related domain names that are now owned by Verizon. For instance, iPhoneForVerizon.com now appears to be owned by Verizon. The company fiercely defends it’s trademarks, so this is no surprise to me. Perhaps the best iPhone / Verizon domain name would be VerizoniPhone.com, which does not appear to be owned by either Apple or Verizon Wireless. Instead, it appears to be registered to a California resident and registered with Go Daddy.
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Chinese Top Level Domain Name in Hong Kong Available for Register
January 10, 2011 @ 10:56 AMBack in June 2010, the Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited (HKIRC) was granted approval by ICANN to administer Chinese equivalent of the “.hk” top level domain name, the Chinese term for Hong Kong, to eliminate language barriers. Subsequently, free and priority registration of the Chinese domain has been offered to current English domain users, with any new customers able to register both Chinese and English “.hk” domain names for the price of one. HKIRC has now announced its plan to launch [Chinese Characters] domain categories in February/March 2011 (exact dates to be confirmed).
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Microsoft Spent $50 Million Dollars On Jellyfish.com in 2007 & Doesn’t Have It Set to Work Without The Www. in Front
January 10, 2011 @ 10:51 AMYears before Groupon was even in existence, back In October 2007 Microsfot shelled out a reported $50 Million Dollars for the Shopping site Jellyfish.com. Today the domain name doesn’t even resolve, unless as Mike below points out you type in the address as <a href="http://www.jellyfish.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.jellyfish.com</a>. If you type in just Jellyfish.com into your browser the domain does not resolve.
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Survey: What's The Most Important Selling Point of a Domain Name Registrar?
January 10, 2011 @ 9:11 AMGive your opinion in this year’s survey. There are hundreds of domain name registrars. So how do you choose one? Good question. And I ask it every year on the Domain Name Wire Survey. Last year survey respondents said security and price were the most important factors. Has that changed? When you complete the Sixth Annual Domain Name…
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.at Crosses 1 Million Domain Registrations - Domain Name News
January 10, 2011 @ 8:04 AMThe Austrian Registry just crossed the 1,000,000 domain registration mark this morning as reported by DVmag.
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Hundreds of .jobs Domains Now Live Under Directemployer's Direction
January 10, 2011 @ 5:37 AMThe controversial and highly debated Universe.jobs project has launched, and now hundreds of both geographical and vocational .jobs domains are live, according to DomainIncite.com. The .jobs domains are offered to registrants as a service of the DirectEmployers Association’s National Labor Exchange.
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Popular .music Initiative Files Us Trademark Application
January 10, 2011 @ 5:12 AM.Music backer files application for U.S. trademark. Constantinos Roussos has been aggressive in marketing his initiative for a .music top level domain name. He’s also voice displeasure that latecomers could derail his hopes by also applying for the .music top level domain. At the June 2010 ICANN meeting Roussos voiced his displeasure about…
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