17 January 2013

Russian man loses pseudo Google domain name

Russian man loses pseudo Google domain name
RAPSI
The lawsuit filed with the NAF on November 19 was heard according to the Uniform Domain NameDispute Resolution Policy (UDRP Rules), when cases of squatting in international domain zones (.com, .net, .org) are settled out of court. Russian national ...

Rachael Ray buys her husband's name and 28 more interesting domain ...
Domain Name Wire
Memo to Rachael Ray's husband: she owns you. This week's end user domain sales report includes Rachael Ray buying her husband's (domain) name, Hubspot, Taser, and more. Afternic. Better Bathrooms UK Limited paid $3,388 for BetterLights.com.

Rick Santorum lets his political future (of domain names) expire
Domain Name Wire
The domains just recently expired and he still has time to renew the domains at Network Solutions. Otherwise they'll be auctioned off. Of course, Santorum has his official web site at RickSantorum.com. But given how his name has been played with in ...

3 questions and 3 things I'm looking forward to at Webfest
Domain Name Wire
Webfest After so many years of calling it DOMAINfest, it's kind of strange to type Webfest. But that's the new name of DomainSponsor's annual conference. I don't mind, especially since there's no more funky capitalization. (I always had double check if ...

Facebook registers some Graph Search domains, but the exact domain doesn't ...
Domain Name Wire
And people are definitely paying attention. As of right now, the domain shows 32 offers, 132 visitors to the listing page, and nearly 1,700 visitors in the past 30 days. I bet all of that activity happened in the past 24 hours. But here's the thing ...

Live Event Media, Inc., dba Eventure, Announces Domain Name Acquisition ...
San Francisco Chronicle
From planning, inviting, attending, capturing and scrapboarding, Eventure truly redefines how one organizes life's most memorable moments. For the first time ever, consumers and professionals now have a Social Calendar to use, so go ahead and Plan It ..

San Francisco Chronicle

'.cz' TLD records millionth registered domain name
World Trademark Review (subscription)
NIC, the organisation responsible for servicing and maintaining '.cz', the Czech top-level domain, announced on November 19 2012 that it had registered the one millionth '.cz' domain name, thus becoming the 12th 'millionaire' among the EU member states.

Frito-Lay forwards Doritos.com to its Facebook page - Domain Name Wire
Bayoubuzz (subscription)
I'm not a fan of companies turning over their web presences to Facebook. Or even advertising their Facebook page in a commercial instead of their own domain name. Doing so puts you at the whim of Facebook and its frequent changes to terms of service.

Domainshive.com Makes Buying, Selling, Parking and Auctioning Domain ...
SBWire (press release)
London, UK -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/16/2013 -- Choosing the right domain names for your business or investment portfolio can be a daunting task with hundreds of millions of names available in the aftermarket. Domainhive.com offers free domain name listing and ...

MATR News: Get A Domain Name Without Bankrupting Your Startup
I'm sure you have all been frustrated at least once by not being able to get the Internet domain nameyou want for your company. Who owns all of these names, and should you ever buy one for a premium? The simple answer is that if you want ...
MATR News

Domain name changed | drupal.org
Hi Everyone: I have a newbie question, can you guys please help me to fix this? I am developing a site for my company, but they just decided to change the ...
drupal.org/node/1890292

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