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GoDaddy Will Pay $1.79 Billion for Heg in Major Euro Expansion
December 7, 2016 @ 2:23 AMGoDaddy is to substantially increase the size of its European operation with the $1.79 billion acquisition of Host Europe Group. The market-leading registrar confirmed yesterday earlier reports that it was on track to buy HEG, which counts several big-name British and German registrars among its brands. The deal is worth €1.69 billion ($1.79 billion), which…
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GoDaddy Acquires Host Europe Group, Becomes Market Leader in Europe for Small Business Cloud Services
December 6, 2016 @ 3:30 PMGoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), the world’s largest cloud platform dedicated to small, independent ventures, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Host Europe Group (HEG) for €1.69 billion (US$1.79…
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Sanofi Wins Case Over Ambien Domains, But to What End?
December 6, 2016 @ 9:40 AM20 domains canceled, meaning they can just be used again. Sanofi has won a cybersquatting case against the owner of 20 domain names that have Ambien (Sanofi’s blockbuster sleeping medicine) in them. The owner of the domain names used them to put up online pharmacies. But what good will it do? The perpetrator will merely…
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GoDaddy is Buying Namescon
December 6, 2016 @ 6:15 AMWorld’s largest domain name registrar will own NamesCon after it completes HEG acquisition. The rumors are true-GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) is acquiring Host Europe Group. The US $1.79 billion transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of next year, and will include top European brands such as 123Reg and DomainFactory. And NamesCon. That’s right, GoDaddy…
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Icp.com UDRP Denied But No Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
December 5, 2016 @ 2:22 PMSpanish company that uses ICP.es can’t have ICP.com. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied a UDRP filed against the domain name ICP.com, but the panel did not consider if the complainant was guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Información, Control y Planificación, S.A., a diversified company in Spain that uses the domain name…
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.xyz, .club and .vip Get The Nod to Sell in China
December 5, 2016 @ 5:44 AMThe Chinese government has granted licenses to operate in the country to its first tranche of new gTLDs — .vip, .club and .xyz. The agreements mean that Chinese registrars will be able to give their Chinese customers the ability to actually use their domains for web sites. It also means the companies will be obliged…
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This is Big: China Approves .club, .vip and .xyz
December 5, 2016 @ 5:27 AMDomain names can now be hosted in China. .Club, .VIP (MMX) and XYZ are celebrating today after being approved by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (“MIIT”). The approvals mark the first time Western new top level domain registries have received MIIT’s stamp of approval for domains to be hosted in China. Previously, .Club,…
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Dropcatch Spends Millions to Buy Five Hundred More Registrars
December 2, 2016 @ 5:26 AMDomain drop-catching service DropCatch.com has added five hundred new registrar accreditations to its stable over the last few days. The additions give the company a total accreditation count of at least 1,252, according to DI data. That means about 43% of all ICANN-accredited registrars are now controlled by just one company. DropCatch is owned by…
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The New Domain Transfer Policy Goes Into Effect Today. Here's What You Need to Know.
December 1, 2016 @ 7:06 AMCertain changes to whois will require more work and may result in your domain being locked. Don’t say you weren’t warned. The new ICANN domain name transfer policy goes into effect today, and the key difference between it and the old policy has to do with changes to the domain name registrant. The old policy…
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GoDaddy Expands GoDaddy Pro Program, Launches Free WordPress Site Management Tools
December 1, 2016 @ 6:52 AMEnhanced program provides single dashboard for web developers and designers to manage their client’s WordPress sites, perform one-click bulk plugin and theme updates, automate back-ups and security scans…
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