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• Registrar BigRock Gets ICANN Terminated Registrar Dynamic Dolphin’s Domains

  ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from Dynamic Dolphin, Inc. to BigRock Solutions Ltd. due to compliance actions taken by ICANN that... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• 88888.com Sold For $245K; 888888888888888888888888.com Is Dropping Tomorrow

  The domain name 88888.com  was sold for $245,000 just a few weeks ago by Name Administration. At the time we chatted about how the number 8 was super lucky in... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Porn.XXX Ranks On 1st Page Of Google for Porn; Good News For New gTLD’s

  

  Well its taken a while but the bang on domain name Porn.xxx is has made it to the first page of Google for the search term “porn”. Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• St. Andrews The Golf Course Wins Control of 10 Year Old StAndrews.com in UDRP

  St Andrews Links Ltd of St Andrews, Fife, the United Kingdom of Great Britain just won control of the domain name standrews.com in a one member UDRP decision. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Is ICANN Going To Hold Registries; The $25K .Sucks One To What They Said In...

  Vox Populi Registry Inc. (VOX) was in the news last week when it put up a site taking Priority Registrations for .sucks domain names for $250 per domain, per... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• PC World: “Typos Online Aren’t Just a Hassle, They’re a Hazard”

  

  (Image credit: Shutterstock) PC World did a story today on typos, they went on to look at the problems that typos cause as they are still being used by... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Jennifer Wolfe: “Your .Com Won’t Be Worth Much Anymore”

  Jennifer Wolfe is a digital strategy advisor and executive leader.  She is nationally accredited in public relations and the  Co-author of Brand Rewired and... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• New gTLD Price Wars As United Domains Under Cuts Godaddy

  United Domains sent out an email making customers aware that they were now taking binding pre-orders on some new gTLD domain names. Interestedly Go Daddy which... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Georgia Mega Millions Winner Ira Curry’s Name Could Mean Big Bucks For...

  

  IBTimes.com has a story on a lottey winner’s name being used by someone else looking to cash in. From the article: In the digital age, teenagers in their... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Google+ Profile Links Work with Bunch of Google Domains Like Google.me

  

  Google has been rolling out the availability of vanity urls for a little while now. One thing that was picked up by Search Engine Roundtable back in October... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• .BUZZ Rolls Out Gift Cards In Time For The Holidays: “Give the Gift of .Buzz”

  We knew that the new gTLD registries would come up with some creative marketing ideas. Today we got an email from the upcoming .buzz registry who is selling . Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Internet is About to Experience One of Its Greatest Changes: ICANN

  The Times of India sat down with Fadi Chehade of ICANN and conducted a small interview. Fadi Chehade is the president and CEO of the International Corporation o... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Well Here’s The 1st: KPMG To Replace Its .Com With Its New gTLD

  

  I know a lot of people in the domain industry have put the eventual success on the new gTLD program on whether big brands would actually switch from their .com... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) UDRP Panel Awards Hijacked Domain

  Virtually all UDRP panels in the past have refused to return an allegedly  stolen domain name back to the original registrant, generally finding such a matter t... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Mr. Schwartz I’m Not Going To Let Readers Tell Me What To Write, But I’ll...

  Rich Schwartz challenged me to repeat the poll he ran on RicksBlog.com last week after I called the results of the poll Bull Shit. I have no problem with runnin... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Google Releases Their Transparency Report

  

  Google reported today on their blog that requests from governments to remove content continues to rise. When you read the actual report, Google actually shows... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• You’ve Got To Be Kidding: $25K For A .Sucks Domain Name Registration

  One of the new gTLD applicants for .sucksopened up Priority Registrations for .sucks domain names for $250 per domain and Trademark Priority Registrations of... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• You Got To Be Kidding: $25K For A .Sucks Domain Name Registration

  One of the new gTLD applicants for .sucksopened up Priority Registrations for .sucks domain names for $250 per domain and Trademark Priority Registrations of... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• After Asking For $40K To Sell; 14 Year Old Privata.com Lost In UDRP

  BARBET  of  Spain, ust grabbed the domain privata.com which was registered and has been owned by the domain holder since 1999. The Complainant didn’t register... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Indonesia Will Roll out Shorter .id Domains Next Year

  

  TechInAsia.com reported that the country code for Indonesia will be getting shorter. From the article: Next year, Indonesians will have to get used to a... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH