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Randy Pendleton, known as Archangel on NamePros since 2004, was a domain investor and creative person. Randy passed away early this month. His family is running a GoFundMe fundraiser, to help raise funds for his funeral and associated expenses. Randy battled ailments and had partial paralysis since his birth in 1983. That didn’t stop him […]
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The IDN domain spłunk.com has been used to spread malware and perform phishing attacks, riding on the coat-tails of the real Splunk brand. Splunk Inc. of San Francisco, filed a UDRP to take over the domain, which translates as xn--spunk-l7a.com in ASCII. The decision: Transfer the domain. Details follow: Splunk Inc. v. Super Privacy Service […]
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If you didn’t attend NameSummit 2017 in NYC, the first digital branding conference, you’ll have the opportunity to do so in 2018. The gathering of two hundred professionals from the marketing, branding, domain and tech industries, allowed the free flow of ideas and knowledge, across several domains. Yesterday, we covered the video of how to […]
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A white paper by Markmonitor reveals the recommended corporate approach to domain name acquisition. Titled, “Assessing the Value of a Domain,” this white paper attempts to define the necessary steps, in order to acquire domains necessary to one’s brand strategy. “Have you ever wanted to register a domain only to find that it is already […]
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The XYZ Registry is on the verge of imminent brand changes, and it’s all about a better experience. Seeking a unique identity among thousands of domain industry companies is not a simple task. Many hours are spent deciding on the proper elements of one’s brand. Daniel Negari, founder and CEO of XYZ shares his thoughts […]
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The tech industry fallout from the decision by GoDaddy to oust neo-nazi web site, The Daily Stormer, is ongoing. While the domain name DailyStormer.com was moved to the Google Registrar, nothing changed with its content, as it lies outside the jurisdiction of any domain registrar. Meanwhile, tech industry companies are restricting several other aspects of […]
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NameSummit 2017, the first digital branding conference, took place in New York City last week. The successful event attracted professionals from the marketing, branding, domain investing and IP law, among others. If you missed out on the photos released from the event, check out photos from day 1 of NameSummit and photos from day 2 […]
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SpamHaus, the malware activity monitor, keeps track of the number of bad domains spewing out spam, for every TLD. Then, it calculates their “badness ratio,” based on the number of registered domains among the domains seen, and it ranks the TLDs, generating a list of “The World’s Most Abused TLDs.“ Last month, dot .Study was […]
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The political and financial crisis in Venezuela has taken yet another victim, courtesy of the Latin American nation’s leadership. The national ccTLD registry for .VE domain names appears to have lost its content, displaying an error page instead. Registro.nic.ve is the web site that handles and manages dot .VE domain names, and up until July […]
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Who says you need an old domain to reap the traffic? The web site at 420beginner.com sold at Flippa for six figures, as a high performing Amazon affiliate web site. According to its seller, the $165,000 dollar sale was based on the following performance parameters: Traffic : 36,056 uniques per month Revenue : $8,097 per […]
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