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Legendary Vancouver area domainer Garry Chernoff was not able to make it to last week's Traffic conference, so the Castello Brothers took the conference to him! Michael and David made a 250-mile pilgrimage to Penticton, British Columbia to see "The Cherminator" and wound up getting a birds eye view of Garry's world.
Company targets niche enthusiasts with latest release.
Last Monday I made a quick stop at DevHub's offices in Seattle before heading to the DomainTools open house.
From the moment I walked in to the office it was clear that people hadn't been getting much sleep there. The company just launched the latest version of
Some interesting sponsors for next week's ICANN conference.
Next week the domain name world will converge on Brussels for ICANN meeting number 38. It costs a lot of money to organize these ICANN meetings and the organization often comes under fire for this. To help defray the cost it offers various sponsorships.
There are a
Panelist calls out company for trying to breaking "spirit" of UDRP.
Tulsa, Oklahoma payment processor Blue Financial Corporation — which runs Bluefin Payment Systems — has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking by a WIPO UDRP panel.
This case was particularly egregious. Blue Financial has a trademark for "Freebird" for "Pro...
A mostmortem on last week's TRAFFIC conference.
I enjoyed last week in the Pacific Northwest. Sometimes it's hard to provide updates on the blog during a conference because you're too busy meeting with people. That was the case last week. So here's a recap of some of my thoughts from last week:
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Yahoo now has Flicker.com for Flickr.com web site.
As Michael Berkens pointed out today, Yahoo now owns the domain name Flicker.com.
But this wasn't your typical domain name sale. It was actually the culmination of year long anti-cybersquatting lawsuit brought against the Flicker.com owner AshantiPLC, which is owned in part by domain investor Saha...
Panel not convinced that West Corporation should get Entrado.com domain name.
Well-known domain name investor Mrs Jello, LLC, commonly known as "Mrs Jello", has successfully defended against a UDRP case brought by West Corporation.
West Corporation (which has a good domain name West.com) has a subsidiary called Intrado (which has a bad domain name ...
Travelzoo purchased the domain name Fly.com™ in an all cash deal in late January 2009 for $1.76 Million. The domain name transaction was done using the Sedo.com domain brokerage service. By February 2009 the Fly.com site was live in the US and by August in the UK.
Fly.com is an "Airfare search engine" that uses real
The GulfOfMexico.com is getting a lot of attention these days and so is the body of water that the BP oil spill is in! With the massive amounts of interest with what is happening in the gulf, the worlds eyes are looking to see what is happening in the Gulf Of Mexico via under water
I have been considering sending a couple of my domain names to auction, which has got me thinking as to which service would be best to do this with. The options are a little limited but you do have a couple options at least. Here are the services that I could think of off hand
As you may have noticed today, there's a "Deal of the Week" link in the header of my blog. Each week, I will try to bring you a special offer or discount from a domain or Internet company that might benefit your business. Special offers may vary between domain registration discounts, web development deals, SEO
Related posts:A Deal May Not Be Don...
I was searching Google for an accessory for a new Apple product, and I was surprised at the number of domain names that included Apple trademarks. Since receiving a cease and desist letter from a company several years back when I first started buying domain names, I have been very careful not to buy? domain
Related posts:Acknowledging the Anti-C...
The SnapNames.com monthly showcase auction for June closes tomorrow Tuesday June 15th at 3:15PM EST in accordance with Snaps normal closing procedures.
The auction for June features "Telecom, Mobile and Tech" domains.
We have gone through the few hundred domains in this auction and could only find a few "interesting" domains.
Overall I would have t...
The whois record for Flicker.com was last updated a few weeks ago and Yahoo now owns the domain.
Fickr.com of course is one of Yahoo's prime properties and the 31st most visited site on the net according to Alexa.
Surprisingly the domain Flicker.com is still resolving to the former owners site.
We asked the question in a post
The airline, Air France, currently hold the number one spot on Google for?"France flights"?with their AirFrance.US website. The AirFrance.US website drew approximately 184,238 unique visitors for the month of April 2010 (source: compete.com).
The company cover?183 destinations in 98 countries, have 417 aircraft, and?conduct 1700 flights daily. That...
Domains are stolen each day despite domain locks and secure passwords. The
stakes are higher the more valuable the domain or the larger the portfolio. Fact
is, people may not steal just domains: they may affect entire businesses and
revenue streams.
Dotster.com
Dotster uses NameSafe which is described as "prevent(ing) account ownership
c...
Written in PHP, the GraphicWar script is a clone of KittenWar's (KittenWar.com)
features.
I am offering a pre-release discount of $30 which includes the design of a
graphical header and free installation. The script will be available on June
26th and priced at $35 with the option of a graphical header for $10 more (free
installation still incl...
So it's about time we blow the lid off this one and get to the bottom of it. A new breed of Domainer has emerged but some argue that this isn't a Domainer at all but instead a developer. The Domaining industry has seen a HUGE shift towards development as domain owners try to recapture
An eventful weekend yesterday.? Finished my training for my half Ironman that is next weekend.? Biked into work on Friday. Wouldn't seem like that big of deal except this particular division is 50 miles away.? Took me 2 1/2 hours and made it right on time for my meeting.? A little sweaty but there.? I
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The domain name PornLive.com which has been registered for over 10 years received one bid at GreatDomains meeting its reserve price. Porn domains are a niche that always seem to do very well, year after year.
With adult cam websites experiencing even stronger interest in 2010 thanks in partto ChatRoulette, it's no surprise PornLive.com hit its res...
Executive summary:
This is a tale of two identical trademarks, one for a soccer ball and one for wine. And while the oldest one is for the wine, it's being used on the web against the ball's rights.
Jabulani means "to celebrate" in the Zulu language, spoken by 10 million people in Africa.
Known for its raw, powerful
Last week, the Cyrillic domain "?.com" (xn--80a.com, and not to be confused with the Latin "a.com" ) sold at GoDaddy auctions for the price of $4,505, with 53 bidders having placed bids. Also last week, Lonnie Borck of B52 Media bought a different single letter domain, "e.co" for $81,000.
Which is the better buy? Would you...
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