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• On The Day New gTLD Picked Up 19,163 New Registrations, .Com Picked Up 37,782

  Plenty of new and buzz was created yesterday when new gTLD’s generated 19,163 new domain registrations led by .Guru However in all fairness we need to point... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Slam Strategy “Dotcom Means Nothing to the Consumer”

  Shaun Le Cornu from Slam Strategy wrote a piece today on their blog about why a dotbrand is better than a brand.com. The article is worth a read as it shows... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• New gTLD’s Take Over The Home Page Of Godaddy

  

  Godaddy has been changing their home page quite a bit over the last couple of months, with one blogger noticing that all references to new gTLD’s were dropped... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• CornerstoneHomes.com Sells For $150K on Sedo

  

  Just crossing the Sedo.com sales wire today is the domain name CornerstoneHomes.com which sold for $150,000 The domain name was owned by Cornerstone Home... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• .Guru Domains Already For Sale; P*ssy.guru For $20K Anyone?

  

  As the last day of general availability ended yesterday, we know that .Guru was the big winner so far with over 12,000 domain registrations. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Twitter Reports Earnings First Time as a Public Company – Stock Down in After...

  

  Today is the first earnings report from Twitter as a public company.  They exceeded expectations as they were actually expected to lose about .02 a share and... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• 17 Year Old Vernet.com Saved in UDRP

  Vernet, of Ollainville , France , just lost its bid to get the domain name Vernet.com in a UDRP which was registered back on April 9, 1997 The UDRP decision... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• 7 Year Old StableTable.com Saved In UDRP

  Hedera AB of Lund, Sweden, just lost its bid to grab the domain name stabletable.com in a UDRP which was registered back on November 24, 2007. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Insurance.Pro Saved In UDRP

  Christopher Copeland (“Complainant”), just lost it bid to grab the domain name Insurance.Pro from Michael Silver who was represented by John Berryhil Here are... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Rightside Announces They Have Over 40 Registrars On Board To Carry Their New...

  Rightside™, the domain name services business of Demand Media (NYSE: DMD), today announced new partnerships with many of the world’s leading registrars to... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Liu.com Leads NameJet Reported Sales in January 2014

  

  NameJet reports $836,000 in reported sales for January. It was another strong month for short names as 34 out of the 83 reported names were 6 characters or less... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• ICANN’s Sweetheart Of A Contract To PowerAuctions Covers All Costs & Gives Them...

  On 13 September 2013, ICANN entered into what may well be the most lucrative contract ever granted in ICANN’s history with Power Auctions LLC to conduct its Las... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Are The Days Of Outrageously Expensive Super Bowl Commercials Over ?

  Avi Dan  wrote a piece for Forbes on whether the days of big money ads on Super Bowl Sunday are over. Of course looking at a game that was a blowout makes... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• European Commission Weights In On ICANN Last Resort Auction & They Are Not Happy

  The European Commission filed a comment on the recently updated ICANN’s New gTLD Auction Rules. To summarize the European Commission is “deeply concerned about... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• UDRP Filed On Y8.Net; EntourageMovie.com; EntourageFilm.com

  A few interesting UDRP filed today. Web Entertainment, LLC filed a UDRP on the domain name y8.net Y8.net is a gaming site, so is Y8.com which is owned under... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Who Won The Super Bowl Of Search ?

  Vanessa Fox wrote piece on MarketingLand.com that took a look at the Super Bowl of Search. In the article she started out with how long they have been covering... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Go Daddy BodyBuilder Ad Needed To Hit The Weights Harder

  Go Daddy and their Super Bowl ad did not fare too well on Sunday.  According to the Admeter on USA Today the bodybuilder ad finished in the bottom five.... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Who Does Search Arbitrage Benefit ?

  Dan Monarko of Flying Cork Media took a look at the practice of search arbitrage, who it benefits  and what they do to protect their clients. Search Arbitrage i... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sandwich.co Sells For 18K After The .Com Sells For $137,500

  The domain name sandwich.co sold on Sedo today for $18,000 USD. Yahoo sold the domain name Sandwich.com for $137,500 back in November 2013 also on Sedo. The... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Go Daddy Auctions January Market Report Led by Spokes.com

  

  Go Daddy Auctions Market Report January 2014 Go Daddy sold 4386 less domains in January vs the previous month. In total there were 35, 209 sales in January vs... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH