Bill Simmons formerly of Grantland and ESPN has new show coming out on HBO called "Any Given Wednesday." In February Simmons started a new website called "The Ringer" he hired several former Grantland staff to work with him on the new website. Recently Simmons gave some insight into how they came picked the name The Ringer. The newsletter post details all the names they thought about both … [Read more...]
Six .VIP premium domains Total 1,334,000 CNY at Auction
6 .VIP domains sold for 1,334,000 CNY at West.cn according to a press release from Minds + Machines. The news was also reported on Ename.cn. Press release from MMX.co Six .VIP premium domains were auctioned on West.CN—a Chengdu-based registrar in China—on May 31st for a total of 1,334,000 CNY, or approximately 202,671 USD . The 6 premium names sold were D.VIP, 66.VIP, YY.VIP, ZT.VIP, … [Read more...]
New gTLD’s Registrations Blows Past The 21 Million Mark; Chinese Registrants Fall to 46%
The zone files finally updated for Thursday and Friday,and there are now more than 21 million new gTLD domain names registered. Yesterday we reported the .XYZ passed .info but did not have the actual number of registrations. Today we know the actual number of registrations for .XYZ is 5,580,532 through the last zone update. .info according to registrarstats.com currently has 5,509,571 … [Read more...]
Breaking: .XYZ Passes .Info With Over 5.5 Million Registrations; Now 4th Biggest gTLD In the World
The new gTLD .XYZ has passed .info to become the 4th most registered Generic Top Level Domain Extension in the world. According to RegistrarStats.com, .info has 5,508,922 domain names registered. The zone files for yesterday have not updated but TheDomains.com reached out to the .XYZ registry who confirmed that they now have more registered domain names than .info. The only generic top … [Read more...]
This Time Mark Monitor Has to Protect Their own Intellectual Property
Mark Monitor is usually out there to protect the intellectual interests of their clients. Recently they had to look out for their own ip assets and won a UDRP with regards to the name MarkMonitors.com. This was an obvious slam dunk as the respondent did not even respond. The panelist did make note that the respondent has made many registrations of "dubious legitimacy." Assisting the Panel in its … [Read more...]
The Most Expensive Google Adwords in the U.S.
A little over a month ago we posted about the highest paying keywords in the U.K. and how they were dominated by gambling keywords. Here is a look at the most expensive keywords according to Google Adwords in the U.S. No surprise that the legal sector dominates the U.S. market. One niche I can say I have never thought about, Water Damage, is high on the list as well. The data was … [Read more...]
Just Released: Searchable Tool To Find Available .XYZ Domains Taken in .Com, .Net & .Org
The .XYZ registry just released a tool that finds available .XYZ domain names that are registered in .Com, .Net and .Org I'm told the database is over 2 million domain names. I beta tested the tool for the last hour and wound up registering several hundred .XYZ domain names centered around some keywords. You can place any word, letters or numbers into the tool, select the maximum number … [Read more...]