Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer: Angela Merkel denounces Internet Neutrality
Almost 70 years after the end of World War II, Germany has become a financial powerhouse that uses its financial and political prowess to influence European politics. The European Union is polarized between the poorer countries of the South and the German “axis” that handles the majority of the capital. Angela Merkel, German chancellor since […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The Pirate Bay leaves .SE behind for North Korean ccTLD
The “pirates” of The Pirate Bay are on the move again. After hopping around between various ccTLDs thanks to the efforts of anti-piracy and government agencies, The Pirate Bay found temporary solace in Sweden. You can bid goodbye to the Swedish .SE ccTLD however, as a raid by the Swedish authorities resulted in the confiscation […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Misinformed Aussie writer yelps ‘Cybersquatters’ over bought domain
An Australian construction company called BHP Billiton, recently announced the name of its spin-off company – South32. They could have named the company anything really, after checking for the name being available as a .com, but they opted for this name. The .com was registered in 2012, long before BHP Billiton’s choice of a name was […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Ugly domains: HomeVestors flaunts its trademark enforcement against domain name registrants
HomeVestors of America owns the trademark “We Buy Ugly Houses®“, and they aren’t shy disclosing their track record of enforcing their mark as it’s applied to domain names. Apparently, there have been more than 160 such cases, including 10 direct transfers of domains and 22 domain take-downs; that’s a lot of UDRPs. We have not […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Serial spammers Dopa .com continue to pester domainers!
Dopa.com continues to send out unsolicited – aka “spam” – emails, even when the recipients of their solicitations do not respond. They are now referencing those unanswered emails, adding an extra layer of annoyance. How are these spamming phucksticks allowed to exist in the domain industry, is beyond our comprehension. Therefore, we will continue to […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Find.Beer: New Belgium beer company rolls out dot .Beer domains
A press release from New Belgium Brewing Company, the third-largest craft brewer and eighth-largest overall brewery in the U.S., outlines the company’s decision to utilize several premium dot .Beer domains in their marketing strategy. The active use of gTLD domains by companies, is an important stepping stone towards global adoption and recognition of the new […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain Name Jargon : Spambroker
Amazingly, we are heading towards the end of 2014 and the 20th edition of the educational Domain Name Jargon series – the highly acclaimed lexicon of domain terms and other trivia. Our goal is to utilize Domain Name Jargon and help domain investors get a better grasp of the domain industry terminology, as we strive […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Austrian Airlines wins UDRP for exact match .com domain it let expire
If you think that Austrian Airlines sucks, you need to justify your sentiment by providing factual information – even if you’re squatting on the exact match dot com domain. The owner of AustrianAirlines.com, apparently has a bone to pick with the national Austrian airline, that operates from Austrian.com and AUA.com. The airline was founded in […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.David Clements at Brannans: Call to sellers for premium domains
Ever since David Clements took over the family business project, the assets brokered via his newsletter include premium words and geo-domains. November’s newsletter presented some great opportunities for domain investors to get discounts on these premium domain names. David Clements has now sent out a reminder call for domain owners in need of his brokerage […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Don’t click that link: GoDaddy warns customers of domain hijacking via phishing emails
GoDaddy is the biggest domain registrar in the world, with millions of domains under management. Statistically, it is the number one target of domain thieves, domain hijackers and other vagabonds. Simply put, there are more attempts to steal domains from GoDaddy accounts, than all other domain registrars combined. Beginning in January 2014, ICANN requires that […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Unexpected windfall: Are domain owners still giving away domains for chump change?
A very nice lady blogger wrote about her “unexpected windfall“, after selling a pair of aged domain names to a person who inquired about them. Registered in 2001 by Ms. Roz Rogoff, the pair of domains GoVocal.com and GoVocal.net remained unused, despite spending money for the design of a logo. Ms. Rogoff intended to give […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Caution: GoDaddy and eNom phishing sites used in domain hijack attempts
If you’ve been following our extensive coverage on domain theft, it’s been rampant this year, primarily thanks to a new silly requirement by ICANN to verify email addresses, as of January 1st, 2014. That requirement has led to a barrage of domain theft incidents, primarily via the use of phishing emails that take unsuspected domain […]
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