There is a rift between Move Inc. and the National Association of Realtors, Inman.com reports that associations will not be able to display or even link to property listings on a .Realtor domain. So far there are about 96,000 .Realtor registrations. From the article: Come May 7, U.S. and Canadian brokerages and associations who want to make sure their home on the Web reflects their Realtor … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2015
52.com sells for $1.775 Million
According to a post on Namepros by member Vicho, The Second Beijing Domain Auction was successfully held in Beijing, China on April 24, 2015. The auction resulted in seven figures worth of domain sales. He included some pics in his post which you can check them out on Namepros 52.com was the star of the show selling for $1,775,400. 32.cn was not too shabby at $274,380. 52.com has been … [Read more...]
Activist Buys Up Domain Names of Politicians who voted for Indiana’s Anti-Gay Law
PinkNews.com reported that an activist Konrad Juengling bought up domains related to politicians who voted for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana, the law caught a lot of heat during the NCAA Tournament as the final four was held in Indianapolis. Lawmakers in Indiana scrambled to amend the bill which many saw as a right to discriminate against gay people. Mr. Juengling has said he … [Read more...]
How the blockchain could change the domain business
Mike Ward wrote a very interesting piece on Coin Telegraph with regards to the Blockchain and domain names. Ward takes a look at how the DNS can run on a decentralized platform, he talks about the flexibility this would provide and how it would create greater freedom, reduce costs and provide less exposure to risk. I thought the most interesting part of his article was talking about how some … [Read more...]
Web.com Awarded Netsol.Domains in UDRP
A one member panel ruled in favor of Web.com with regards to the domain name Netsol.domains. The registrant was based out of Spain and it seems tried to sell the domain for $5,000. The registrant did say that the name along with other infringing domains were registered as part of an automated list generated from software created by Respondent that was designed to generate a list of “best search … [Read more...]
Walmart Files UDRP on New gTLD Domain Walmart.LGBT
Walmart has filed a UDRP on the new gTLD domain Walmart.lgbt. The new domain extension .LGBT, for those that may not know, "is the first internet address created specifically for connecting with the Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender community." and is operated by Afilias. Interestedly just a couple of months ago Walmart came out against the "Anti-LGBT … [Read more...]
Google Reports: Paid Clicks up 13% but Cost Per Click Down 7%: Revenue up 12%
Google reported its earnings for the 1st Quarter of 2015 after the market closed today. Google reported revenue in the three months ended in March 31st, rose 12%, year over year, to $17.26 billion “Paid Clicks” rose 13%, year over year, but was down 1% from Q4′s level. Average cost per click was down 7% from the year-earlier period and down 5% from Q4′s level. Google has now missed … [Read more...]