Sedo released their weekly sales and Caps.co.uk led the way at 15,000 GBP ($18,716). The top .com sale was Fenius.com at 14,000 Euros. VideoSlots.casino sold for $7,500. HC.tv sold for $12,750 Domain … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2017
Google Adwords: Exact Match Keywords No Longer Exact Match
WordStream published an article today about some changes to Google Adwords. Google is changing how exact match keywords work. Before they would only serve an ad when a user’s search exactly matched the keyword. WordStream pointed out, "Now, exact match keywords can show when search queries share the same words of that keyword, but in different order. For instance, the exact match keyword [men’s … [Read more...]
Popular Topic at ICANN 58 “Two-Character Domain Names in the New gTLD Namespace”
Centr.org published their report on ICANN 58 for the most part it was a lot of technical things that our readers might not be highly interested in. The one topic that might be of interest centered around the release of LL domain names that correlate to matching cctlds. Relevance to ccTLDs These discussions are highly relevant for ccTLDs, for which the release of the corresponding country … [Read more...]
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Acquires WWE.XYZ From The Registry With 4 More .XYZ Domains
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) registered WWE.xyz yesterday along with WorldWrestlingEntertainment.xyz. According to DomainTools.com, it's the first time those two domain name have been registered. In the case of WWE.xyz since it was first registered yesterday, that can only mean that the XYZ registry had it on its reserved list but never "registered" the domain since all available … [Read more...]
Grandma Powell arguing that domain is not property
In the ongoing dispute for Heidi Powell.com we wrote a post a few weeks ago where John Berryhill discussed domains as property. John has been actively posting on Namepros lately with regards to the battle for HeidiPowell.com. The Grandma vs the Fitness Trainer has been getting a lot of exposure. Joseph Peterson from Slanted.com has been trying to help shine as much light on the topic as … [Read more...]
So everyone’s full of shit ?
Let me be clear there are scam artists, charlatans and snake oil salespeople in the domain industry. Fact ! I do believe that each situation and or person needs to be looked at individually and you should have something to substantiate your claims. Over the last couple days there was a thread that questioned Mike Mann's sales, and while I understand the initial post after being answered by … [Read more...]
Attorney Who Represented Wi.com in UDRP Offers To File Response For New Owner For Free If Another UDRP is Filed
Yesterday we published a post about the domain name Wi.com which is in auction at Namejet.com and was the subject of an unsuccessful UDRP filed in 2015. The attorney who successfully represented the current owner of the Wi.com, Stevan Lieberman in the 2015 UDRP has just left a comment on TheDomains.com post offering to file a response for the buyer of Wi.com if a UDRP is filed against the … [Read more...]