Former VIP account holders at GoDaddy feel betrayed
GoDaddy has terminated the ‘VIP‘ or Executive status for a large number of its accounts, ending an era that allocated account managers to almost everyone. The new criteria for getting a VIP account at GoDaddy changed earlier this year, with even active domainers such as Elliot Silver losing that VIP status. Frustration is building up […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Boston terrorists found – Domain names get registered in seconds!
One suspect in the Boston bombing tragedy was shot by the Boston police and taken to the hospital. According to police reports, the second suspect is still at large, after a brief gunfight with the police. The suspects’ names were announced over the Boston PD scanners as Mike Mulugeta and Sunil Tripathi. Within seconds of […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Google AdSense updates terms and conditions
Google has sent a notification to all AdSense users, with an update on upcoming changes to its terms and conditions: We’d like to inform you that, starting April 23, we’ll be updating the AdSense Terms and Conditions to make sure they’re up to date and in line with other Google product policies. When logging in […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Name and shame: Spammers raiding Internet Traffic domains – Crystaltravel.co.uk
We wrote before about the spamming douchebags that utilize the contact form of domains parked at Internet Traffic, in order to advertize businesses and services. Those dicks usually come from countries that are used to promote services on the cheap, maybe a penny per post or spam. We are naming and shaming the companies, domain […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Disaster domain registrants: Who are they and why they do it
Tragic events that involve human loss, such as the Boston marathon bombing, attract certain types of domain registrants like bees to honey. Some of them do it to benefit financially, by attempting to hold the domain until a book or a movie comes out. Others believe that they’d profit from a quick flip, as if […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .NG: Rick Schwartz becomes king of Nigerian ccTLD
Domain King, Rick Schwartz, launched his latest investment salvo earlier this morning, with a much-discussed domain acquisition. The joint venture with the world’s newest publicly open ccTLD, Nigerian .NG, ensures that Rick’s trademark moniker further establishes itself. “Folks, we are living in strange times, exciting times, and by using a domain hack for my latest […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.5 things not to do onto other domainers
Like every other industry, competition in domaining is sometimes intense. Domainers face off one another for good deals on domains, bidding against each other in domain auctions, and rush to hand-register the latest trends, news and keywords – preferably, as a .com. There are a few things that a domainer should not do onto another […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DBR Funfest 2012 video leaked
Domain Boardroom is known for its “by invitation only” membership, and for the fact that once someone is banned, they are never allowed to return; an absolute ostracism for misbehaving members. Still, as announced by Elliot in January, DBR is having a Funfest party in May, an event that last year involved lots of frolicking […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Medical study suggests ‘standing man registrations’ to male domainers
A medical study by the Piscataway Memorial Hospital delivers some shocking news for male domainers: if you plan to father a child, watch your domain registration habits. The all-male, 500-strong medical sample was followed for 36 months as they attempted to enter fatherhood. Testicular temperature and sperm count tests were performed weekly. The results were […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Stolen domain update: WTD .com frozen at GoDaddy
In February of this year we disclosed that the domain name WTD.com has been stolen from its rightful owners, via a proxy method. That method, however simplistic as it might be, involves the recreation of the managing email for that domain, if it belongs to a domain that expired. The current holder of WTD.com not […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.North Korea aims rockets at ICANN 46 conference
The ICANN 46 agenda was disrupted earlier today, after news of an imminent North Korean missile launch made it to Beijing. Recent threats by North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, to take down the Internet were seen with a skeptical eye at first. Meanwhile, ICANN 46 participants aren’t taking any chances. “I don’t know what […]
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