07 May 2013

Amazon vs the Amazon

Amazon v the Amazon: internet retailer in domain name battle
The Guardian
The Seattle-based company has applied for its brand to be a top-level domain name(currently .com), but the South American governments argue this would prevent the use of this internet address for environmental protection, the promotion of indigenous ...

The Guardian

How Can You Change the Domain Name Without Affecting SEO
Business 2 Community
Are you wondering whether permanent modification of a URL or domain name affects search engine optimization? Well, yes it does affect the SEO as search engines respond differently to such changes. However, the damage can be substantially limited.

Business 2 Community

Network Solutions files domain privacy patent application
Domain Name Wire
Domain name registrar Network Solutions wants to patent various aspects of a domain privacy service, and has filed a patent application for “Private Domain Name Registration” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The application is technically a ...

ICANN announces opening of Istanbul office as part of globalization effort
PCWorld
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers coordinates the DNS (Domain NameSystem) and IP addresses, which are the cornerstones of the Internet. The announcement marks a significant step for ICANN as it prepares to spread its ...

The Pirate Bay Moves To Icelandic Domain After Being Hosted In Greenland ...
Huffington Post
According to reports, Pirate Bay founders feared the U.S. would seize its .org domain name. Although downloading torrents of albums, movies and software is illegal in Iceland -- as it is in the U.S. -- The Pirate Bay appears safe in the land of fire ...

APWG Report: Cybercriminals Perfect Mass Attacks on Server Farms to Mount ...
Fort Mills Times
Using this method, a phisher hacks into a web server that hosts a large number of domains – a “shared virtual server” – and plants phishing attacks on every domain name on the server. This allows the phisher to subvert hundreds or even thousands of Web ...

Moms.com sells for $252000 in Sedo Auction
Domain Name Wire
Moms.com domain name sells for $252,000 in monthly Great Domains auction. Sedo The headlinedomain name in this month's Great Domains auction at Sedo hit its reserve in extended bidding. Bidding for Moms.com jumped from $175,000 to $249,000 ...

Commercial Business Brand 1800Lending.com and 1-800-Lending Phoneword ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Previously offered as part of a package with the ultra-premium domain name Lending.com for $6,000,000, the 1-800-LENDING business identity (which includes the matching 1800Lending.comdomain name, the 1-800-LENDING phone word and all ...

WagerWeb Changes
Net Newsledger
SAN JOSE -WagerWeb, one of the internet's leading sportsbooks and casinos, today announced that they will change their domain name from wagerweb.com towagerweb.ag in Spring of 2013. Following in the footsteps of other prominent gaming sites that ...

Net Newsledger

.ME Domain and Domain.com Join Forces for TechCrunch Disrupt New York
PR Web (press release)
ME Registry, operator of the .ME domain extension, announces the sponsorship of TechCrunch Disrupt New York and a joint exhibition with Domain.com, a global leader in domain nameregistration and web hosting solutions. Domain.com will be joining .

MetaTrader Programming Company CandleFOREX Makes Virtual Move - PRWeb
PR Web (press release)
New cyber location, same great MetaTrader programming service: CandleFOREX, an Arizona-based company that builds Expert Advisors and Indicators for the MetaTrader platform, today announces the launch of its new domain name. The company, which ...

Hilco to auction Bargain.com, ETM.com, other domains - Domain Name Wire
Bayoubuzz (subscription)
Hilco Streambank announced that it will auction off a number of domain names, including Bargain.com, next month through its online auction platform HilcoIPAuctions.com . Hilco is well known for auctioning of domain names related to defunct brands, but ...

Pirate Bay Finds Safe Haven in Iceland, Switches to .IS Domain ...
By Ernesto
It has been a busy month for The Pirate Bay's IT department thus far, with the site skipping fromdomain to domain. Two weeks ago the notorious BitTorrent site traded in its .SE domain for the Greenland-based .GL TLD. The Pirate Bay took this ... At the very least, Greenland has been exposed as a rather lawless country willing to violate property rights in the name of lobbyists and for the moment, the DMCA bots now have to file all the new DMCA take downs with the new domain, guess ...
TorrentFreak

Sedo's Greatdomains and Snapnames Dotster Auction Ending today ...
By Frank Michlick
Today two domain name auctions are ending - first the GreatDomains auction at Sedo then the Dotster Auction at SnapNames. Here are the domains and their.
Domain Name News (DNN)

South American countries battling Amazon over domain name | Fox ...
The governments of South American countries, including Brazil and Peru, are in a tussle with Amazon.com to see who will become the digital king of the jungle.
www.foxnews.com/.../south-american-countries-battling-amaz...

New Domain Name Association names interim board | DomainIncite ...
The formative Domain Name Association has started calling itself the Domain Name Association and is moving closer to a proper launch under the guidance of ...
domainincite.com/12774-new-domain-name-association-name...

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