Ammar Kubba’s Olympic challenge: Been there, done that, Frank!
Posted by DomainGang on August 3, 2012, at 11:02 am
It was 7:30am Pacific time, when the news of Frank Schilling intending to participate in the 2016 Olympics in Rio at the sport of windsurfing reached the DomainTools headquarters. Ammar Kubba, CEO of Thought Convergence, leaned back in his Aeron chair and rubbed his freshly trimmed goatee. “What is this bullshit, Frankie is trying to […]
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Elliot Silver runs into Francois in a busy Paris street
Posted by DomainGang on July 7, 2012, at 3:48 pm
Domain investor, Elliot Silver, was strolling the busy streets of Paris, France, where he is vacationing with his family. Little did he know, that at 11:25am on Friday he’d meet one of the most prolific French domain entrepreneurs, Francois of Domaining.com. Francois recognized Elliot first; after all, Elliot Silver’s mugshot is plastered on his About.me […]
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A Domainer’s midsummer night’s dream
Posted by DomainGang on June 20, 2012, at 8:00 am
Last night I went to the movies and saw Prometheus. A few beers and a stimulating conversation later, it was time for bed. The visuals of the day, along with the alcohol, food and hot company turned my sleep into a complete mess of a symbol-laden dreamfest. I found myself in the middle of a […]
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Mission Impossible: My night at the ICANN TAS strategy room
Posted by DomainGang on May 5, 2012, at 9:35 pm
Boredom was killing my gray matter slowly, having scanned the usual news on Domaining.com for the fourth time. Nothing but blogger repetitions of Google alerts for “domains” and results from National Arbitration Forum newsletters. I needed some hot action and I knew where to find it. I dialed the number of a good friend of […]
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Quick and dirty guide: How to become an instant domainer!
Posted by DomainGang on May 1, 2012, at 12:47 pm
A lot of computer geeks aspire to become domainers, particularly after uber-domainer, Mike Mann, broke the world record of single day domain registrations. How does one become a domainer overnight? What are the steps to follow in order to become a domainer and reap the fruit of domain success? First, you need a domain as […]
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10 Things Domainers dread that might happen!
Posted by DomainGang on April 18, 2012, at 5:55 pm
The world of domaining is fluid and ever-changing. Prices go up and down, faster than an Essex girl’s knickers. On a daily basis, rules change, and ICANN comes up with new ways to frustrate us! What are the top 10 things that domainers dread that might happen? ICANN charging for raising our concerns by posting […]
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Rick Schwartz – Blogging is cathartic
Posted by DomainGang on April 9, 2012, at 10:30 am
Catharsis or katharsis is a Greek word meaning “cleansing” or “purging“; the idea is that through outputting one’s thoughts and ideas where they can be re-read and shared, one achieves peace of mind. Blogging is the modern, electronic and often online only version of journal-keeping, and to those that blog on a regular basis it’s […]
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DomainTools story: A Domain Thief’s miserable ending
Posted by DomainGang on March 22, 2012, at 10:35 am
At 5:30am I got a distress call from a dame that oozed fear, and a clear longing for an experienced domain investigator. “Help me please, Lucius. My domain has been stolen!” Naturally, I’m not one that’d trust anyone’s words. Especially those of a pretty young dame with curly, blonde hair. We met in the early […]
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Appraiso: Morgan Linton’s big fat Greek Domain App
Posted by DomainGang on March 7, 2012, at 10:45 am
Morgan Linton reached for a chocolate mint cookie and a glass of skim milk. As he munched on the fabulous cookie his beloved fiancée had baked earlier, the cuckoo clock chimed 10:00pm. “Gosh darn it, “he mumbled, rubbing his eyes that had turned red from too much research on the computer. “Is it really 10 […]
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Registrations gone wild: Long tail domains of famous movie lines
Posted by DomainGang on March 5, 2012, at 7:45 pm
While it’s the plot and the visuals that characterize a movie, often times a single line or exchange between actors defines that film in its entirety. We researched several top movies and their respective most popular lines and came up with the following dot .com list for your enjoyment, courtesy of top WHOIS tool, DomainTools […]
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Christmas Story: Rick Schwartz and the 2012 Mayan Calendar
Posted by DomainGang on December 21, 2011, at 11:28 am
It was December 1st, 2011 – a lunar month before the beginning of the End. Rick Schwartz paced up and down in his lounge, an aged document laying open on his mahogany desk, lit by the fluorescent light of the Dell computer screen. “It can’t be, it can’t be”, he muttered. “Everything I worked so […]
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Fun! The World of Domaining according to Urban Dictionary
Posted by DomainGang on December 18, 2011, at 3:01 am
Urban Dictionary is a Web-based dictionary of slang words and phrases, which contained over 6 million definitions as of October 2011. While the definitions are not always humorous, the examples most often are. Searching for domain-related definitions, we found the following jewels which we’d like to share with you for your Sunday enjoyment. 😀 Domainer: […]
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