04|21|2012 01:30 pm EDT
This Week In Domains (week 17/2012)
Want to know what happened in the 17th week of 2012 week in the world of domain names? As reported…
Here at DNN
- Google settles Dispute over gmail.de after 8 years
- LeadRefs Announcing New Version of Domain Sales Lead Generation Tool
- ICANN Says new TLD Application System (TAS) Bug is fixed, QA in progress
- IANA contract opened again for re-bid by the US government
- 15 Million .DE Domain Names Registered
- IANA contract opened again for re-bid by the US government
- EnCirca Provides List of .Travel and .PRO Domains that are Expiring/New or in Auction
- DENIC and Netnod Team Up for Further Name Service Enhancement of .de
- Frank Schilling’s InternetTraffic.com now powers 1,500,000+ domains
- Pool Releases Digital Archery Game for new TLD Applicants
- Sedo Greatdomains, Moniker Auctions Start today & Auction Submission Deadlines
By other domain industry blogs
- Another Tip to Find a Domain Buyer (ElliotsBlog)
- From $10 domain registration to $4,050 sale in two weeks; a 400x return (DNW)
- Trends at the Top: Analyzing the Top 100 Sales from 2010 and 2011 (DNFBlog)
- Why on earth does Google want to FTP into your server? (Acro.net)
- Respond To All Offers – Even The Really Bad Ones (LeadRefs)
- California Toyota dealer guilty of reverse domain name hijacking (DNW)
- WirelessPhone.com sold for $355k in 2006. WirelessPhones.com just sold for $70k. (DNW)
- Dissecting Deloitte’s .deloitte press release (DNW)
- Sell a Domain Name via Trade Organization Email Blast (ElliotsBlog)
- Jackpot.com domain sells for $500,000 (DNW)
- I Make $5,000 + Per Month with Google’s Adsense Program (DomainShane)
- NameCheap Overtakes Go Daddy (ElliotsBlog)
- TAS down for at least another week (DomainIncite)
Press releases and the like
and elsewhere
- IE domain names on the rise (InsideIreland)
- How Go Daddy Keeps 52 Million Domains Running (Data Center Knowledge)
- Domain-gate Furor Spreads as Rivals Demand Return of ‘Names’ in CD 19 (Sunshine State News)
- Abusive Domain Name Registrations and the Right to a Day in Court (lawdit reading room, UK)
- Web Host Go Daddy Installs 2 Million WordPress Sites with Hosting Connection (The WHIR)
- ICANN Data Breach Stokes Domain Name Concerns (Media Post)
- Tim Berners-Lee: we don’t need arbitrary new TLDs (Wired UK)
- Insurance Quote Provider 4AutoInsuranceQuote Purchases Domain Names To Strengthen Brand Presence (Press Release)
- Belgium Blocks Alternative Pirate Bay Domain (TorrentFreak)
- How Authorship (and Google+) Will Change Linkbuilding
- Antimonopoly watchdog’s suit over .rf domains challenged (RAPSI)
- How a Sports Fanatic Turned His Blog Hobby Into a Career (Mashable)
- Meet the ‘Mann’ who registered 14,962 domains in 24 hours
What do you think were the top stories in the domaining world this week? Let us know in the comments.
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