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Global Phishing Trends and Domain Name Use
November 8, 2011 @ 9:46 PMA new survey by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reveals that phishing attacks perpetrated against Chinese e-commerce and banking sites soared by 44 percent in the first half of 2011. Some 70 percent of all maliciously registered domain names in the world were established by Chinese cybercriminals for use against Chinese brands and enterprises.
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Internet Domain Name for Wales (Or Cymru) Could Help Business
November 8, 2011 @ 3:01 PMA majority of businesses and consumers believe Wales should have its own internet domain name, according to a new report.
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Demand Media Demands Focus On Its Registrar Business
November 8, 2011 @ 2:15 AMWhen it announced quarterly earnings yesterday, the company reported a 20% hike in registrar revenue compared to the third quarter of 2010. It now has 12.2 million domains managed on its platform. That’s up from 10.6 million a year ago.
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Demand Media Reports Higher Third-quarter Revenue
November 7, 2011 @ 4:44 PMThird-quarter revenue, excluding traffic acquisition costs, rose 26 percent to $78.1 million, the company reported on Monday. That was in line with analysts’ average estimate of $78.2 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
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Washington U., Missouri Seek to Protect Names From Pornography Links
November 6, 2011 @ 9:31 PMThe University of Missouri and Washington University are among schools nationwide snapping up .xxx domain names to avoid links of their names to pornography sites.
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Occupy Wall Street Pays $8,000 for a Home On The Web
November 4, 2011 @ 1:57 AMOccupy Wall Street, seeking a more formal Web presence for the coterie of protesters who have set up camp in downtown Manhattan, is acquiring the domain name occupywallstreet.net for $8,000, according to parties on both sides of the transaction.
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Hindi Domain Name to Bridge Digital Divide
November 3, 2011 @ 4:38 AMIndia is preparing to launch the dot-Bharat domain name in Hindi in May with the aim of bridging the digital divide in the country. The move will enable organizations and individuals to register their website addresses in Hindi – and later more local languages – making them more accessible to a large proportion of Indians who aren’t familiar with English.
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Left Of The Dot Media Adds Two Industry Leaders
November 2, 2011 @ 11:47 PMLeft of the Dot Media Inc. announced today the appointment of Xavier Buck and Slavik Viner to the company’s Board of Directors. Both are well known in the Domain Industry and have extremely successful track records.
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When You Mean Facebook but Type Faecbook
November 2, 2011 @ 11:47 PMAny company that achieves a sizable online presence faces the threat of typosquatters. They’re the ones who buy up domain names spelled similarly to those of real companies and take advantage of fat-fingered users. In October, the National Arbitration Forum dismissed a complaint filed by Google (GOOG) seeking control of three typosquatting sites, goggle.com,goggle.net, and goggle.org. The arbitration panel said it lacked jurisdiction. The sites, registered to a Barbados-based businessman named David Csumrik—that’s not a typo—divert users to a visitor survey that promises a chance to win prizes such as iPads. According to several watchdog groups, it’s a scam: Victims don’t win any prizes, and their e-mail addresses are blitzed with spam. Csumrik did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
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Marchex Reports Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results
November 2, 2011 @ 10:16 PMRevenue was $39.9 million for the third quarter of 2011, compared to $24.2 million for the same period of 2010…
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