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Go Daddy Reunites With Victory Junction for Possible $100000 Weekend
November 11, 2011 @ 3:29 AMGoDaddy.com, the world’s largest provider of Web hosting, domain name registrations and net-new SSL Certificates, has partnered with Victory Junction for a second year to help provide life-changing experiences to children with chronic medical conditions and their families. Beginning Friday and through the weekend, five percent of GoDaddy.com’s online sales, up to $50,000, will be donated to Victory Junction. .ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR), will also be participating in the promotion by matching the funds donated by GoDaddy.com for a total donation of $100,000.
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87 Major Assns. and Businesses Join with ANA to Form Coalition to Oppose ICANN’s TLD Expansion Program
November 10, 2011 @ 11:50 PMEighty-seven major national and international business associations and companies have joined forces with the ANA (Association of National Advertisers), forming the Coalition for Responsible Internet Domain Oversight (CRIDO) to oppose the rollout of ICANN’s top-level domain expansion program. Among the many influential members of CRIDO are the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the National Association of Manufacturers, the American Society of Association Executives, the National Restaurant Association, the Intellectual Property Owners Association, the American Council of Life Insurers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA). The WFA represents a global network of 51 advertiser associations representing some 90 percent of global marketing communications spending, equivalent to $700 billion annually.
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Protrada Enhancements Make Profiting From Domaining Even Easier
November 10, 2011 @ 10:04 PMThe world’s first aggregator of major domain auction houses, Protrada today confirmed new enhancements to make search, filtering and communications easier for members to sort and analyze over 6.4 million aftermarket domains from Protrada partners.
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MU IT Department Purchases .xxx Domain Names to Avoid Mu-related Porn
November 10, 2011 @ 3:34 PMDivision of Information Technology Director Terry Robb is a leader in MU’s effort to prevent porn sites created under the MU name. The university has bought missouri.xxx, mizzou.xxx and missouritigers.xxx, which means adult entertainment enterprises cannot use those URLs.
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New Coalition Forms to Fight Web Domain-name Plan
November 10, 2011 @ 1:24 AMEighty-seven companies and business association announced on Thursday that they have formed a coalition to fight a plan that would allow for new domain addresses. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), nonprofit organization that manages the Internet’s address system, approved a plan in June to allow for the registration of new top-level domains in addition to traditional domains such as…
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Domain Companies Show Off Their Wares at Ad-Tech
November 10, 2011 @ 1:18 AMAfilias and its dotMobi brand will be showing off the mobile internet and .mobi domain names at booth 1950. Sedo will evangelize the power of a great domain name at booth 2115. Affiliate.com and its TheParkingPlace solution are at booth 1213. And Media.net, which I will be representing, will show off its publisher advertising solution at booth 1406.
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Nominet Reports Strong Demand for .uk Domains
November 9, 2011 @ 10:46 PMInternet registry for .uk domain names Nominet has announced that .uk registrations grew by 10.5 percent over the past 12 months to total of 97 million .uk domains at end-September.
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Internet REIT, Inc. Selects Afternic as Exclusive Broker for Premium Domains
November 9, 2011 @ 10:22 PMAfternic, the world’s leading domain marketplace, announced today that it has been selected as the exclusive broker for over 1,000 premium names owned by Internet REIT, Inc., a media company that owns and manages high-quality domain names. Domains listed for sale by iREIT include many high-value names such as OfficeSupply.com, HouseFinancing.com, FlightDeals.com, and SecondMortgage.com.
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Tucows Inc. Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter of 2011
November 9, 2011 @ 6:18 PMTucows Inc., a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, today reported its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011.
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Schools Grab .xxx Sites to Protect Names
November 8, 2011 @ 11:31 PMSchools nationwide, including The University of Missouri and Washington University, are snapping up .xxx domain names to avoid links of their names to porn sites.
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