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Overstock.com Releases New O.co TV Commercials
January 20, 2011 @ 12:27 PMOnline retailer releases new commercials for o.co. Overstock.com — or should I call it o.co? — has released two new commercials touting its o.co web address after announcing this morning it is using o.co as a "shortcut". One of the ads is embedded below. It’s all a bit confusing, honestly. In some cases the company refers to…
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Overstock.com Announces Introduction of O.co Domain Name
January 20, 2011 @ 10:59 AMOverstock.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTK) today announced the introduction of the domain name O.CO as a shortcut for its Overstock.com website. The company purchased the domain name from .CO Internet S.A.S, the official .CO domain registry in July 2010. During the initial introduction period, consumers who shop O.CO will receive free shipping on their entire order. To learn more visit <a href="http://www.o.co" rel="nofollow">http://www.o.co</a>.
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American Idol Premiers: Let The Domain Name Cybersquatting Begin
January 20, 2011 @ 8:18 AMSo American Idol had its 2011 premier tonight, and you know what that means… the unsavory practice of registering domain names related to AI contestants. It seems that every year, as contestants perform in the preliminary rounds, some people speculate and purchase domain names of the contestants who have great (or horrible) performances. I am sure Go Daddy is buzzing right now with people trying to grab these names to strike cybersquatting gold.
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Love is in The Air for .me & You
January 20, 2011 @ 3:05 AMWho wouldn’t want to Love.Me, Kiss.Me, Miss.Me at the most romantic time of year? On Feb. 3, online entrepreneurs and romantics alike can bid for some of the world’s most flirtatious domains at the DOMAINfest .ME auction. In the United States, every Feb. 14, tens of millions of Americans are interested in just one thing! Valentine’s Day means love is in the air. So, imagine the phenomenal interest in these premium “love” domains: Want.Me, Love.Me, Kiss.Me, Miss.Me.
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RIAA Threatens ICANN Over Domain Names
January 20, 2011 @ 1:28 AMThe Recording Industry Association of America has turned its sights on ICANN, the body responsible for managing domain names. At issue is ICANN’s plan to allow a series of new generic top level domains (gTLDs), including .music. The RIAA reckons – apparently seriously – that simply allowing such TLDs to exist will encourage music piracy. In a letter to ICANN chairman Peter Dengate-Thrush, Victoria Sheckler, deputy general counsel of the RIAA, says the organization is concerned that the process for objecting to a new TLD sets the bar too high.
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Website Owner Pushes Back Against Righthaven With Counterclaim
January 20, 2011 @ 1:17 AMAnother website owner is fighting back against newspaper copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC, counter-suing the Las Vegas firm and charging it sues first and asks questions later. A motion for dismissal and a counterclaim was filed against Righthaven on Wednesday in U.S. District Court for Nevada by Azkar Choudhry and his Pak.Org website, which were sued by Righthaven on Dec. 13. Righthaven, the copyright enforcement partner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, accused Choudhry and the Pak.Org website of copyright infringement after a Review-Journal graphic illustrating the Vdara hotel “death ray” showed up on the Pak.Org site.
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Austin.com Goes Up for Sale
January 19, 2011 @ 1:44 PMBig geo domain is looking for a new owner. The domain name and web site Austin.com is now officially for sale at Sedo. I caught wind a few months ago that the site was up for sale, which didn’t surprise me much. I met with one of Austin.com’s key employees a year or two ago and left feeling that the site owners were taking it in the wrong…
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Report Suspicious Go Daddy Phishing Emails
January 19, 2011 @ 1:31 PMLike every other domain registrar, Go Daddy is required to send domain name owners an annual email for each domain registration per ICANN regulations. These emails ensure that the registrant’s Whois information is accurate. Some nefarious individuals take advantage of this, and they spoof Go Daddy’s emails, in the hopes that a domain registrant will click one of the fraudulent links and type in their Go Daddy account and password, giving account access away to the thief. This is one way domain names are stolen.
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Frank Michlick Joins Left of The Dot Media Inc. As Chief Technology Officer
January 19, 2011 @ 11:17 AMLeft of the Dot is pleased to announce that Frank Michlick has joined the company’s executive team to help build and grow the technology behind the new domain name monetization service that enhances premium, multi-million dollar domain names. Left of the Dot has developed a platform to enable premium domain name holders to lease sub-domain inventory to small businesses, creating significant new, recurring, revenue streams for the domain holder.
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Domain Name Ay.com Up for Auction On Flippa.com Now at $100k, Buy It Now $2mm
January 19, 2011 @ 8:16 AM2-letter (LL.com) domain names rarely ever go up for sale, let alone on auction websites with ‘No Reserve’ bid. However, the domain name, ‘AY.com‘ was recently put up for auction with a minimum bid of only $79,999, no reserve, and a ‘buy it now’ price of $1,999,999. This comes after a recent sale of the FB.com domain name to Facebook for $8.5 million. While there are only 676 LL.com domain names in existence, there seem to be very few that ever go up for public sale. Historic 2-letter dot.com domain names have sold for prices ranging from $XXX,XXX to the latest $8.5 million that FB.com fetched only months ago.
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