Reddit wars: Domainers are angry and won’t take it anymore!
Just a day after the exposure of strong anti-domainer sentiment on the popular time-waster destination Reddit, domainers themselves are going on the offensive. “Those pimply kids at Reddit have no clue about domains, don’t waist [sic] any time trying to educate them,” wrote user Joe755x on the popular forum, NamePros. “I mean, fine if you […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain Security: GoDaddy increases length of validation codes
No domain registrar in the world cares more about domain security than GoDaddy. If your domains were stolen and moved to some Chinese or Russian domain registrar, that’s because you were stupid enough not to turn two-factor authentication on. The requirement to punch in a “validation code” sent to your phone via SMS is a […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Out of Curiosity: Bobak Ferdowsi of NASA finally puts his domain to good use!
Remember Bobak Ferdowsi? He made history with NASA in 2012, as the JPL engineer sporting a memorable “mohawk” hairstyle, celebrating the successful mission of Curiosity on Mars; he was quickly dubbed “the Mohawk guy.” When his name got squatted as a .com, Bobak did not succumb to the $500 dollar selling price. The domain still […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.No love for domainers in unfortunate Reddit thread
A domainer intending to “educate” the Reddit masses on how to buy and sell domains, received nothing but scorn and derogatory comments. It didn’t help that the thread starter declared owning at some point more than 1,000 domains, something that in the eyes of many is an instant pass to being a cybersquatter. “You’re a […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Big year ahead: NamesCon mentioned in article by The Register
NamesCon is barely a month away; the biggest domain conference is already well over 500 confirmed registrations, with a goal to surpass 800 attendees. Domain conferences rarely make the news outside of the domain industry, but NamesCon broke new ground after getting coverage from British tech publication, The Register. In an article covering re recent […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Ebola.com goes offline
The web site at Ebola.com is currently offline, generating speculation about what is going on with one of the most controversial domains in recent memory. Just a week ago, Ebola.com was relaunched with a redesigned logo and content, although the overall aesthetic result left a lot to be desired. Ebola.com is still registered at Moniker, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 […]
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