More than 700 domain applications : Dot .BANK enters General Availability next week

The General Availability period of Dot .BANK is five days away; the June 24th launch is highly anticipated by a number of large financial institutions, that have applied for their brands and names in the dot .BANK gTLD. Dot .BANK is the result of two years of proactive action by the fTLD Registry’s coalition to […]

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Matt Cutts : Google to block all web sites and domains except for Google.com

In a shocking announcement earlier today, Google SEO ‘baron’, Matt Cutts, announced the immediate roll-out of Google Wolf 1.0. Substituting cute names like Google Panda, and Google Penguin, the new Google Wolf 1.0 removes all web sites, domains, links and other useless content from Google. The only result to remain on Google, will be Google.com, […]

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‘In the wild’ domains : New website by The Domain Name Association launches

We often post photos of domain name instances in public, that are non-COM, and our roster of such ccTLDs and TLDs is growing. Not to be outdone, The Domain Name Association (theDNA) is launching a new web site, according to .CLUB officer Jeff Sass, who is on the board of directors at DNA. The launch […]

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Uniregistry Market : A window to a portfolio of 500,000 reserved domains opens!

Uniregistry announced its reserved domain marketplace opening today; aptly named: Uniregistry Market. Interfacing with at least 25 Registrars currently, the Uniregistry Market creates a distribution network for a little over 500,000 domain names that were previously reserved. Vern Jurovich, Chief Operating Officer at Uniregistry, told us that the current lot comprises of the North Sound […]

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Civil rights attorney, Lisa Bloom, registered several .ATTORNEY and .LAWYER domains

Lisa Bloom is an experienced attorney, specializing in civil rights, divorce, and employment law. She has appeared as an expert guest on many television shows and news channels. Lastly, she’s married to domain investor Braden Pollock, which makes things a tad more interesting to domainers. 😀 In a recent post for Rightside, Lisa Bloom “admits” […]

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Zone file records for .XYZ domains drop below the 860,000 mark

It’s been a week since we reported the apparent reversing of dot .XYZ domain registrations. In a nutshell: Dot .XYZ domains did not reach the projected and anticipated “magic” number of 1,000,000 registrations, despite wishful thinking by the XYZ Registry. Instead, several thousand .XYZ domains began to drop, and the current numbers show a downwards […]

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Part 6 : More Elequa LLL .com domains make it to the Chinese market

It’s been several days that FMA.com, the web site of legendary domain investor, Thunayan K. AL-Ghanim (Elequa) is down. We aren’t sure why, but Elequa was made aware of this downtime a few days ago. Some other major web sites, such as Ibiza.com, share the same DNS and are also down. Meanwhile, the flow of […]

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New Sedo newsletter format improves domain news delivery

Sedo has redesigned its monthly domain newsletter; the Sedo Domain Newsletter was given a visual and functional lifting to incorporate several new features. Adding updates from the Sedo marketplace, along with tips and tricks on a full range of domain topics, the Sedo newsletter will include exclusive – handpicked – domain names. The new format […]

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Dollar Shave Club : Biggest waste of a registered dot .CLUB domain thus far!

There’s no question about the success of dot .CLUB; its registry operates on a dual meaning for the word, which can be used for private groups and places of entertainment alike. Unlike several other gTLDs that top it, dot .CLUB did not give away freebies, and its #4th position overall in the gTLD roster is […]

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Southern California Domainers : Gearing up for July meet-up

The Southern California Domainers meet-up is scheduled for Friday, July 24th in Los Angeles, California. With many domain investors calling California their home, the event aspires to bring together domain industry professionals for a social business meeting. The event is open to anyone that RSVP’s, not just locals! Event organizer Jason Thompson pointed out that […]

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Phriday phuckers : DOPA spam continues to arrive!

After a break of several months, DOPA – that claims to be offering competitive domain monetization services – delivered more of their usual spam. Despite being made aware of their spammy practices via numerous DomainGang posts, DOPA.com sends more spam to email addresses harvested from the WHOIS of domains. In the latest email, Liz Chen […]

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Brand.Bar domainer interview : Monte Cahn and the ‘right of the dot’ gTLD debate

Monte Cahn, needs no introduction; an important member of the domain community for the past 15 years, is Co-Founder and President of Right of the Dot LLC, an Internet consulting and advisement firm specializing in new and existing TLD strategy, board advisement, premium domain and market positioning, sales and services. Angela St. Julien, founder of […]

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