 | Mike Mann Claims Sex.com Over $10 Million in Debt
Companies claim Sex.com owner in debt over $10 million.
Three creditors filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against Sex.com owner Escom, LLC today in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California.
The petition, obtained by Domain Name Wire (pdf), lists three creditors, all of which appear to have investor and BuyDomains...
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| Fact Check: UK Registrar World’s Largest New Domain Name Supplier?
Reviewing the numbers behind DomainMonster’s claim.
Yesterday domain name registrar DomainMonster.com sent out a press release “UK Company Confirmed as World’s Largest New Domain Name Supplier“. According to the release,
Measured by the largest number of domains registered in the first month of public door o...
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| .Canon: Why Would You Want .Brand?
I’m still trying to understand .brand.
I’ve never understood the lure of a brand owning .brand. Yesterday Canon announced that it will launch .canon when new top level domain names are allowed. Why? I’d really like to understand everyone’s opinion on this, but let me first clear the air of common claims I
| Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 9:22 |
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| How the iPad Will Further Fragment the Web — and Learning from .Mobi
iPad-friendly sites are a reminder of mobile-friendly web sites.
In January I wrote about how the iPad could be bad for domainers because it will change the way some people navigate the web. Today news of a different sort regarding the iPad and web sites has surfaced: NPR and The Wall Street Journal will show
| Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 21:34 |
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| LogicBoxes Manages .Co Transition
LogicBoxes powers .co registrar for transition of domain names.
LogicBoxes, a sort of “registrar/registry in a box” solution, announced today that it is the registrar backbone behind .Co Internet’s transition of .co domain names from Universidad de los Andes to its own platform.
.Co is being commercialized into a g...
| Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 15:4 |
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| Canon Announces Plans for .Canon Top Level Domain Name
USA.canon instead of USA.canon.com?
Electronics company Canon has announced plans to apply for the .canon top level domain name, when such domain names become available. In a press release, Canon states:
With the adoption of the new gTLD system, which enables the direct utilization of the Canon brand, Canon hopes to globally integr...
| Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 13:54 |
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| Observations from a Brief Trip to SXSW
A few random observations about SXSW Interactive.
Since I live in Austin, I often take for granted the size and scope of the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) conference. There are essentially three conferences in one: Interactive (tech), Film, and Music. Starting last Friday, there will be tens of thousands of techies, film buffs,
| Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 11:29 |
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| Another French City Loses Fight for Geo Domain Name
Tignes loses domain name dispute for Tignes.com.
Ah, France. Beautiful vistas, tasty food, and governments that think they have all rights to their city names.
Following in the footsteps of Paris, Tignes has lost a UDRP for the domain name Tignes.com.
Commune de Tignes originally filed a complaint against the domain owners in Tribun...
| Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 10:37 |
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| Yahoo Gets Patent for Behavioral Ad Targeting
Search company granted patent for delivering ads based on user profile and behavioral information.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent 7,680,786 (pdf) to Yahoo! today for “Optimization of targeted advertisements based on user profile information”.
The invention covers using both behavioral and user pr...
| Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 10:17 |
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| MusicVideos.com Sells for $250,000, .Info Snags $24,000
MusicVideos.com takes home prize, but good .co.uk and .info domain sales as well.
Sedo completed well over $1 million in domain name transactions last week, including helping Yahoo! sell MusicVideos.com for $250,000.
The company also sold Gold.co.uk for 42,050 GPB, which is about $63,000 USD. Last week the company auctioned off Mob...
| Domain Name Wire - Monday, March 15, 2010 - 16:48 |
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| Radio Station Duped by Google News Into Airing Old Sex.com Story
Google News results in radio station picking up three-year-old story.
[Update: KLIV has posted a note on its home page about the error: "We Goofed! Earlier today KLIV aired a story, reprinted here on KLIV.com, regarding former Internet entrepreneur Stephen Cohen’s legal dispute with the web site Sex.com. While the domain name is up ...
| Domain Name Wire - Monday, March 15, 2010 - 16:3 |
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| Bankaholic Founder to Contribute to MO.com
Entrepreneur who cashed in on sale to BankRate.com will contribute to MO.com.
MO.com has announced that Johns Wu, the entrepreneur who founded Bankaholic.com and sold it to BankRate for $15 million, will be contributing to MO.com.
MO.com is a new site that profiles entrepreneurs as a way to learn from each other. It was founded by
| Domain Name Wire - Monday, March 15, 2010 - 11:48 |
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| Registry – Registrar Integration Debate Far from Over for New TLDs
Some integration between registries and registrars likely for new TLDs.
Last week I reported about an ICANN board resolution that called for “strict separation of entities offering registry services and those acting as registrars. No co-ownership will be allowed.”
In other words, domain name registrars such as Go Daddy a...
| Domain Name Wire - Monday, March 15, 2010 - 11:47 |
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| New UDRP Goes into Effect Today – Still No Response from ICANN
CAC’s “supplemental rules” change goes into effect today.
Czech Arbitration Court’s new UDRP procedure — in which complainants pay only 500 EUR at first unless the domain owner responds or the arbitrator needs to think about the case — goes into effect today.
As far as I can tell, ICANN has not r...
| Domain Name Wire - Monday, March 15, 2010 - 10:51 |
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| Why Does the Press Insist on Quoting eBay Starting Prices for Domain Names?
Press perpetuates silly domain prices and negative view of domain investing.
Perhaps it makes for easy filler. But why must the press always quote outlandish starting prices for domain names on eBay?
Whenever there’s a celebrity scandal, big news story, or product launch, it seems that many writers need something to grab onto...
| Domain Name Wire - Monday, March 15, 2010 - 10:34 |
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| .Ngo Wants to Be a Secure .Org
Non-profit proposes .ngo top level domain name.
A U.K. charity wants to create a secure .org top level domain name at .ngo.
Non-profit Article 25 has set up a web site at dotNGO.net describing its plan:
There is currently no secure version of .org that can give any public reassurance that your donation is going to a registered
| Domain Name Wire - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 21:50 |
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| Breaking: Thought Convergence and Jay Westerdal Settle
Fallout from acquisition resolved in confidential settlement.
At long last, Thought Convergence and Jay Westerdal et al have settled their lawsuit stemming from Thought Convergence’s acquisition of Westerdal’s Name Intelligence.
The parties participated in a second mediation session with Hon. George P. Schiavelli (Ret.) ...
| Domain Name Wire - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 21:23 |
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| Poll: How Long Until New Top Level Domain Names?
When do you think new TLDs will be available for registration?
Another ICANN meeting has wrapped up. Blows were dealt to many, but some progress was made. With EOI off the table, the focus is on settling the “overarching issues”. The intellectual property constituency, which didn’t show up to Nairobi, was perhaps t...
| Domain Name Wire - Friday, March 12, 2010 - 14:10 |
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| ICANN Board Drops Bomb on Registrars Hoping to Launch New TLDs
Board opts for separation of registrars and registries for new top level domain names.
ICANN’s board resolved today that there will be “strict separation of entities offering registry services and those acting as registrars. No co-ownership will be allowed.”
However, the board left the possibility open for compromi...
| Domain Name Wire - Friday, March 12, 2010 - 11:29 |
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| Shocker: ICANN Nixes Expressions of Interest for New TLDs
No Expressions of Interest for new top level domain names.
I guess I’m not in the internal loop at ICANN, but I’m surprised that its board voted to completely nix the idea of “Expressions of Interest” for new top level domain names.
The idea was simple. If you want to apply for a new top level
| Domain Name Wire - Friday, March 12, 2010 - 11:13 |
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