.CA Gambling Domain Tops Weekly Sales List
Slots.ca topped the Domain Name Journal weekly list of top reported domain name sales, selling for $206,906 through a private sale brokered by Moniker Brokerage, in the week to 4 July.
There were two other sales to top the six-figure mark in the week, these being sz.com and sydneyhotels.com, both selling ...
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Google to Rank .CO As Generic TLD
.CO Internet, the registry for the recently relaunched .CO country code Top Level Domain, is pushing for the ccTLD being recognised as an alternative to .COM. Their goal has received a boost with Google agreeing to rank .CO domains as a generic Top Level Domain is their content is targeted ...
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IBM Interested in New gTLD
IBM, the global IT and IT services company, is likely to apply for their own gTLD when they become available according to a reading by Antony Van Couvering of their submission to ICANN’s comment forum on the fourth version of the Draft Applicant Guidebook.
Van Couvering notes a few prescient points ...
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US Ninth Circuit Applies Nominative Use Defence to Domain Names
In a decision that will likely help define the boundaries of trademark owners’ rights in domain names, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed and remanded a district court’s broad injunction prohibiting any use of the trademark LEXUS in domain names used by an independent auto broker legally helping ...
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.NZ Launches IDNs Next Week
Internationalised domain names are coming to the .NZ name space next week with domain names using the macronised vowels ā, ē, ī, ō and ū becoming available as of 10.30 on Monday 26 July 2010. Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
New Zealand Domain Name Commissioner Debbie Monahan ...
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ICANN: ccNSO Review – Public Comment Period Extended to 15 September
Public Comment Deadline: 15 September 2010
In November 2009, ICANN appointed ITEMS International to carry out the external review of its country code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO).
Based on a survey and interviews, the independent consultant issued - in June 2010 - its recommendations and conclusions in a ...
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XXX.COM For Auction With $7m Reserve
The XXX.COM domain name is up for sale at the forthcoming with a reserve price listed as $5m and up, although the reserve appears to be $7m according to a posting on Elliot’s Blog. The timing is interesting with the SEX.COM also up for sale.
The auction takes place at the ...
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.CO Gets Even Hotter With 200,000 Registrations
Well, not quite 200,00 right now, but checking the .CO Internet website it shows that as of 08:45 British Summer Time there is 194,576 domain names registered. When subtracting the 39,000 or so domain names that were registered before registration was available to everyone, it means around 155,000 domain names ...
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.CO Is Hot, Hot, Hot!
The relaunch of .CO domain names for anyone who wants to register one has been extraordinarily popular with over 100,000 domains registered within the first 25 minutes of live registrations.
.CO is being promoted as an alternative to .COM and if initial registrations statistics are a guide, then it is going ...
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Overstock Buys O.CO for $350,000 in First Big Premium .CO Sale
Overstock.com announced it purchased the domain name O.CO from .CO Internet, the official .CO registry for $350,000. The new domain name is intended to enhance Overstock.com’s brand recognition and retention, align with current marketing initiatives, and make it easier for shoppers to find the company’s products and services online.
The deal ...
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