Golf.com.br domain : Brazilian generic ccTLD lost in UDRP
Gotta love words with secondary meaning. The domain Golf.com.br, a Brazilian ccTLD, was lost in UDRP, after its owner tried to sell it for $100,000 dollars. It’d be great to do so if the content at Golf.com.br were related to golf – the sport. Unfortunately, the Complainant in this UDRP is the German automotive corporation […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Startup names : Spend $11 bucks for a .LINK instead of $85,000 dollars for a .COM
The new Internet namespace has proven to be valuable for startup companies; limited budgets save a lot of money for development, versus domain names. Before the launch of several hundred new gTLDs tailored to many different specific uses, companies would be stuck with secondary tier domain names. In the past, once these companies raised more […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Father.com : Quiet launch of apparel brand for Father’s Day
The premium generic domain Father.com has changed its content and mission statement, in the days before Father’s Day. Once parked with affiliate content, the mega-keyword domain is now a joint venture between two established entrepreneurs. Their new representation and use is as “Father Brands” : A boutique brand group specializing in direct sales to Target […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dylann Storm Roof : Domains of the “Last Rhodesian” Charleston killer
The evil insanity behind the mindless murders of innocent Americans in Charleston, South Carolina, is still unfolding; suspect Dylann Storm Roof will have a lot of questions to answer in the coming weeks. Calling himself the “Last Rhodesian“, after the former apartheid-led name of Zimbabwe, Dylann Roof registered the domain name LastRhodesian.com on February 9, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Party like it’s 2007 : Fischer, Goldberger and the Moniker domain auction
NBC News covered a domain auction organized by Moniker in 2007, presenting “dramatic” coverage of live activity by bidders Ari Goldberger and Larry Fischer. The blast from the past article describes the action and aspirations of domain investors 8 years ago: Someone else makes a bid for $120,000. Fischer and Goldberger up the ante, and […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Worldwide Media lands ultimate ‘joint ventures’ gTLD domain!
Worldwide Media, Inc. is a large domain portfolio holder, operated by domain investor and attorney Michael “Mike” Berkens, who operates the popular domain blog The Domains. Mike is actively involved in the research and business development of new gTLDs, as the co-founder and Managing Director of Right of The Dot, along with Monte Cahn. The release […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Gmail and domains : Phishers using SMS to hijack your account!
In the past year and a half, a lot of domain names were stolen from their lawful owners by phishing emails. By sending emails posing as legitimate communication from a domain registrar, cybercriminals manage to obtain a domain owner’s user name and password. Without two way authentication enabled at the registrar level, one is at […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Ketchup porn ? Expired German domain leads Heinz users to nude images
Ketchup is a popular condiment around the world, and Heinz makes probably the best tomato ketchup there is. A year ago, Heinz launched a campaign in Germany and placed a domain link with assorted QR code on the label of ketchup bottles. The web site was about allowing visitors to design their own creative labels; […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.TheNew10 : Plans for a redesigned $10 dollar bill failed at domain registration level
Someone should give the US Treasury some marketing and branding tips as they apply to domain names. The upcoming redesigned $10 dollar bill isn’t due for circulation until 2020; in the meantime, there is a twitter campaign using the hashtag #TheNew10. The plan of the US Treasury is to select a prominent American woman for […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.‘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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