In a poll just out tonight by Breitbart/Gravis 71% of US registered voters are opposed to the transition in which the US gave up oversight over ICANN. For those in the ICANN community the poll question was less than entirely accurate. “The United States will relinquish its administrative control over the Internet to a private organization where other countries, which could include China, … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2016
A guide to boosting organic click through rates
Larry Kim from WordStream and Brian Dean from Backlinko.com produced one hell of an infographic for those interested in boosting organic traffic. The infographic was published on SearchEngineLand.com and Larry goes through some examples in depth so check out the full article there. … [Read more...]
.US Gains Over 100K Domains On 1st Day of $.10 Registration Promotion
The .US domain name extension gained over 100,000 domains yesterday. The domain name registrar, Uniregistry started a promotion of .US registrations for only $.10 officially starting at on October 1 but but yesterday was the first day Uniregistry actually sent out an email blast of the $.10 domain registration promotion. According to RegistrarStats.com; the number of .US domain names … [Read more...]
10 Takeaways from the Rick Schwartz interview
Once again I would like to thank Rick Schwartz for taking the time to do an interview that read more like a domain guidebook. The interview was long and some people do not like to read the whole article when it's 2000 words, let alone over 5,600 words. So here are 10 takeaways from the interview: On China It is far from dead and it may be a Pigeon Shit Bubble. The dollars are real … [Read more...]
Payoneer Raises $180 million
Payoneer recently got into the escrow business to challenge front runner Escrow.com. Elliot did an interview with Scott Reynolds, President, Payoneer Escrow. Venture Beat is reporting this morning they just raised $180 million. Digital payments company Payoneer has raised a whopping $180 million in a series E round led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), with participation from existing … [Read more...]
Ouch: Land Rover Loses UDRP on RangeRoverChauffeur.com Losing All Three Elements
LAND ROVER just lost a UDRP on the domain name RangeRoverChauffeur.com in a one member panel decision of Houston Putnam Lowry, and the domain owner did not even respond. Land Rover not only lose the UDRP but it lost all three elements of a UDRP. Here are the highlights: "Complainant claims Respondent’s domain is confusingly similar to Complainant’s mark because it incorporates the mark … [Read more...]
Domain Owned by “World’s Largest International TV & Broadband Company” Hit With UDRP
The domain name LGI.com has been hit with a UDRP. The domain is owned and forwards to the website of Libertyglobal.com which according to its site is the World's largest international TV and broadband company. The Complainant who filed the UDRP is unknown as this point Here are the key facts listed on their website: Key Facts: World's largest international TV and … [Read more...]