Domain investor Gavin Durni no longer with us
Domain investor, Gavin Durni, is no longer with us. Gavin Durni passed away suddenly on Sunday, May 18th, aged just 29 years old. Gentle and mild mannered, Gavin will be remembered for his business brilliance and kindness. Durni negotiated sales and acquisitions of domain names, primarily in the South African ccTLD, .co.za; he operated as […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Did you order a code red? Adam Dicker warns of scams on Skype
Domain investor Adam Dicker is a popular speaker at various domain conferences, with an upcoming book on domain investing. For all that, he was apparently targeted by a scammer on Skype, who posed as a top US military soliciting Adam Dicker’s advice and support. Impersonating the real Sgt. Major Lebert Beharie, the scammer sent the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.is.gd ‘back from the dead’ after implementing anti-DDoS solution
Popular URL shortener, is.gd, is back up, after a downtime of three days. The Gibraltar-based company went offline on May 18th, and thousands of “is.gd” links went dead. According to the announcement, the domain was also moved to a new registrar, KSregistry GmbH: “Sorry for the extended downtime, we haven’t forgotten about this and the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.eBay hacked: Time to change your passwords once again!
Giant online auction house eBay has been hacked, and is in the process of asking its millions of users to change their passwords. As posted on the corporate blog, a cyberattack on eBay servers compromised a database containing encrypted passwords and other non-financial data. While there have been no reports of unauthorized access to user […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain inequality: Less than 1% of the world owns a domain name
Numbers don’t lie, and a new domain infographic created by the Domain Index, organizers of the first Virtual Web Fair, shows some interesting results. In the top ownership by domain value section, the top 1% of domains – ranked by portfolio value – is owned by 580,000 persons or companies. That number consists of 29 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN 50 in London: The future of domain investors is about to change
This June, two great events are scheduled for the world to watch. First, World Cup Soccer 2014 starts in Brazil, on June 12; an event that will attract several billion people around the world. Second, the ICANN50 conference is scheduled for June 22-26, in London, UK. ICANN seems to be introducing changes quietly these days, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dumb domains: Silly domain name generator shows the funny side of gTLDs
Let’s face it, not all keyword+gTLD domain names are created equal. Some are weird, strange, odd – or outright ludicrous. A new online tool residing at Dumb.domains takes those seemingly innocent keywords, combines them with live gTLDs, and spits out a combination that looks and sounds like the classic “clownpenis.fart” skit. You can always buy […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Down and under: Aussie host & registrar Crazy Domains issues $100 credit for lost data
Australian web host and domain registrar, Crazy Domains, made some headlines four years ago with a steamy video commercial featuring Pamela Anderson. The Aussie company had is strike of bad luck recently, after losing some critical data of some of its customers. Apparently, less than 20 customer accounts were affected, but the respective data loss […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Have it both ways: Domain conference or vacation?
If you’re contemplating a hefty bill in order to attend a domain conference, versus going on a vacation with your significant other – or alone – the choice is obvious. Not only are vacations necessary to rejuvenate and rekindle relationships, your abstinence from socializing the “same old, same old” circle of buddies, associates and colleagues […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Merriam-Webster adds selfie, hashtag, tweep, unfriend to 2014 edition of dictionary
Thousands of catfish pouting selfies will finally receive recognition by their tweeps. The 2014 edition of the Merriam-Webster dictionary, finally adds the words selfie, hashtag, tweep, unfriend and others – for a total of 150 new words that will finally stop producing red underlines in your favorite editor. Some of them, like fangirl, were […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.RedCarter.com – Complainant wins UDRP with cancelled trademark !
In a truly bizarre decision, the domain name RedCarter.com was given to the Complainant, Red Carter LLC, after not only they let it expire, but they let the trademark get cancelled as well. Red Carter LLC, is a fashion designer based in New York City, producing a series of haute couture garments that include swimwear […]
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