.Com and .Net Base Tops 100 Million Domain Names

VeriSign reports growth over 100 million domain names. As forecasted , the total number of .com and .net domain names under management topped 100 million in the second quarter of 2010, reports VeriSign .

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Top Domain Name Wire Stories of July 2010

A look back at July in the domain name industry. It’s hot outside here in Texas, and it was a hot month for domain name news. Here are the top 5 stories on Domain Name Wire from July, ranked by views.

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Domain Hack DealsPl.us Loses Case for DealsPlus.com

Company tries to get “proper” version of its domain through UDRP but fails. I’ve argued many, many times that you shouldn’t create a web site at a “domain hack”, where the top level domain name is part of the keywords

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13 Country Code Domains That Can Follow in .Co’s Footsteps

Here are 13 ccTLDs just begging to be commercialized. With the recent launch of .co, we’ve seen another re-purposed country code domain name get international recognition. It joins other fairly successful commercializations such as .tv and .me, as well as failures such as .ws and .md. Here are some other country code top level domain names that might have commercial potential, and my predicted marketing success for each one

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Sedo Sells Three Digit Domain Name For Six Figures

Two three digit domains sell for big bucks.

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GM-Volt.com Getting Lots of Traffic, But is the Site Owner at Risk?

Even if you’re a company fan, resist the urge to use a trademark in your domain name. The GM Volt electric car is getting quite a bit of buzz lately, including this article in the New York Times. The article links to GM-Volt.com , which it notes is unaffiliated with GM.

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Court Rules in BME.com Cybersquatting Case, Could Affect Domain Owners

BME.com case ruling could affect domain owners. A United States District Court ruling in a case between Gregory Ricks and BMEZine over the domain name BME.com has some interesting implications for domain name owners. (For background on the case, see Ricks Files Lawsuit to Retain Control of BME.com ) Without getting into all the details of what was argued, here are some of the court’s decisions ( large pdf ) worth noting: 1. The court held that a re-registration of a domain name is a “registration” for the purposes of the Anti-Cybersquatting Protection Act.

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Think the Domain Renewal Scam is Bad? Check out MediaNetCom.

Company will help me protect my trademark by listing it on its low traffic web site for $1,117.00. One of the more frustrating and misleading domain name shenanigans is the fake renewal notice

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.Biz Was the Most Popular Billboard Domain on a Recent Car Trip

Stretch of I-70 is a big promo for .biz domain name. This past weekend I took my daughter to St. Louis to visit her great-grandfather. We flew into St. Louis, and then drove 75 minutes along I-70 to his house

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Cloud.com Floats Higher with Good Domain Name

Cloud computing company gets more marketing punch with good domain name. Cloud.com VP of Business Development Shannon Williams admits that he wasn’t a huge believer in the power of a generic domain name for marketing

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Congratulations, .Co. Now the Real Work Begins.

Relaunch was successful, but hard work remains.

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GrubHub Gets It All Backwards in Domain Dispute

A battle for foodies. Online food delivery portal GrubHub.com has lost a domain name dispute against the owner of HubGrub.com , with a National Arbitration Forum panelist finding against GrubHub.com on all counts. It’s an interesting case for a few reasons.

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Domain Roundtable Goes to the Bahamas in March

Conference makes its return in a very nice location. After taking a year off, Thought Convergence’s Domain Roundtable is making a return in 2011 in a big way: a trip to the Bahamas. The event will take place March 1-4, 2011 at Atlantis in the Bahamas. Other details are not yet available

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Forbes Explains How Tucows’ CEO Plays Video Games to Become a Better Leader

Forbes published an article yesterday about how video games can teach better leadership, and the article prominently features Tucows CEO Elliot Noss. The article starts off: Elliot Noss, chief executive of domain name provider Tucows, has spent the past five years training to become a better leader.

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Sedo Releases Dates for SedoPro World Tour

Company gives more details about its world tour program. Following up to our story a couple weeks ago, Sedo has launched its SedoPro World Tour web site .

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ICANN Ombudsman Fails to Hide Story About Air Canada Argument

ICANN Ombudsman tries to get name taken out of public record in air travel dispute. Earlier this year DNW wrote about ICANN Ombudsman Frank Fowlie and a complaint he filed against Air Canada

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265 .Co Domains That Weren’t Registered in Landrush

Good keyword domains still available in .co. Now that the .co landrush has ended , I have compiled a list of 265 .co domain names that weren’t picked up in the period. That means they will be available on July 20. But many of these keyword domains will be in demand, meaning you need to pre-register them. For a list of registrars and pricing for pre-registering domains, see this guide

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.Co Receives Nearly 28,000 Landrush Applications

.Co landrush proves significant interest in securing .co domains. The .Co landrush application period has closed, and the domain name registry has received 27,905 applications during the period. That brings the total applications received to date (including sunrise) to 39,000. 2,523 domain names received more than one landrush application, which means they’ll be auctioned off on Pool. 70 domain names had 10 or more applicants

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