http://www.igoldrush.com Wed, 16 May 2012 20:52:24 +0000 en hourly 12 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22236 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22236#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 20:47:22 +0000 TheDomains http://www.thedomains.com/?p=25657 TheDomains: A complaint was just filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on the domain name Vanity.com. Beyond the fact that an undisclosed complainant is trying to take away a dictionary word domain, the even more shocking part is that the ... Continue reading →]]> http://www.thedomains.com/2012/05/16/wow-now-the-udrp-thing-is-officially-crazy-as-a-complaint-is-filed-against-vanity-com-a-fully-developed-site/feed/ 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22235 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22235#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 20:04:52 +0000 TheDomains http://www.thedomains.com/?p=25654 TheDomains: Moniker® and SnapNames®, announced today that they will exclusively broker the domain name ‘FreeSex.com. Furthermore, this premium domain name will be available for online bids in the Moniker and SnapNames Premium International & ccTLD Doma... Continue reading →]]> http://www.thedomains.com/2012/05/16/monikersnapnames-com-brokering-freesex-com/feed/ 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22234 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22234#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:47:00 +0000 CircleID http://www.igoldrush.com/?guid=a09eb04be1f4e296c4aae2bd32f6eb3e CircleID: The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently issued a detailed press release regarding Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) cases for which it provided arbitration services in 2011 and, once again, the number of WIPO filings was up.... Continue reading →]]> http://www.igoldrush.com/internetnews/2011-udrp-filings-up-at-wipo-down-at-naf-and-still-infinitesimal/feed 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22233 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22233#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:24:46 +0000 DomainGang http://domaingang.com/?p=16832 DomainGang: OpenNIC – the alternate root registry - has launched .pirate as a TLD that would appeal to free speech advocates. According to Dotpirate.me: “The .Pirate TLDis a domain space that was born out of the frustration of world governments attempt... Continue reading →]]> http://domaingang.com/domain-news/freedom-of-speech-dotpirate-new-tld-in-the-opennic-universe/feed/ 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22232 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22232#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:03:32 +0000 Domain Shane http://domainshane.com/?p=16971 Domain Shane: I just received an email from 4.cn proudly announcing that they had just finished brokering the sale of 999.com for 4,000,000 RMB or approximately $632,000 which would put it at number two on the annual sales chart compiled over at DnJournal. 4.cn has ... Continue reading →]]> http://domainshane.com/4-cn-reports-the-sale-of-999-com-for-632772/feed/ 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22231 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22231#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 17:38:53 +0000 DomainIncite http://domainincite.com/?p=8964 DomainIncite: Mesh Digital, owner of the Domainmonster and Domainbox registrars, has been acquired by rival/partner Hosting Europe Group for an undisclosed sum. Operating mainly in the UK and Germany, the buyer says it is the largest privately owned hosting company in Europe, already the owner of large registrars including 123-reg/Webfusion, a Mesh reseller. “They’ve been a [...] Related posts:DomainMonster gets .co accreditation ICM adds another .xxx registrar Register.com sold at a $65 million loss Continue reading →]]> http://domainincite.com/domainmonster-joins-123-reg-stable/feed/ 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22230 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22230#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 17:38:18 +0000 Elliot Silver http://www.elliotsblog.com/?p=14281 Elliot Silver: I’m going to give out an award honoring your favorite account manager, account executive, or account representative at a domain industry company. Please post your nomination in the comment section below, and I’ll post a poll early next week where you can vote for your favorite, with the winner receiving $500 cash from me. I’ll [...] Continue reading →]]> http://www.elliotsblog.com/your-favorite-account-manager-0396/feed 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22229 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22229#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 16:12:10 +0000 Morgan Linton http://morganlinton.com/?p=5724 Morgan Linton: One of the newest and most active blogs to enter the Domaining Blog space this year was DNFBlog.com written by Puranjay, a domain investor and blogger. The blog launched in January of this year and quickly ramped up with 58 posts in March and 61 in April. The blog covered a variety of topics from [...] Continue reading →]]> http://morganlinton.com/what-happened-to-dnfblog/feed/ 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22226 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22226#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000 CircleID http://www.igoldrush.com/?guid=297b3ad3ae8a203c135c8bdfba0cfc90 CircleID: In my previous blog on the topic, I stated that the business case supporting the IPv4 roll-out in the late 90s was the Internet. Although IP depletion will slowly become a reality, the chances are that due to mitigating technologies such as NAT and DNS... Continue reading →]]> http://www.igoldrush.com/internetnews/business-case-for-ipv6-part-2/feed 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22228 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22228#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:52:09 +0000 DomainGang http://domaingang.com/?p=16828 DomainGang: A GoDaddy user is getting ready to sue the biggest domain registrar in the world, reportedly for millions of dollars. The reason? Physical injury sustained while wading through dozens of pages in order to renew or order domain services. “My finge... Continue reading →]]> http://domaingang.com/domain-news/godaddy-account-holder-to-sue-for-physical-injury/feed/ 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22227 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22227#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:15:59 +0000 Domain Name Wire http://domainnamewire.com/?p=21550 Domain Name Wire: Intuit picks up Apps.net domain name and other notable domain purchases. The biggest name on this week’s end user domain sales report is Intuit. The company (of Quicken and Quickbooks fame) bought Apps.net for EUR 21,400 at Sedo. It already owns Apps.com. It offers Intuit Apps for many of its products. Here are other domain [...] Continue reading →]]> http://domainnamewire.com/2012/05/16/intuit-apps-domain-name/feed/ 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22225 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22225#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:49:00 +0000 The Frager Factor http://www.igoldrush.com/?guid=ff7690b9cf8a11a90b807acb4e4cb1b1 The Frager Factor: AHA.com might be used by Harmon's AHA which is actually a revolution in web browser built to be used while driving.  If so it's a simple TRUNCATION from AHARadio.com to AHA.com for $125K same as these AFW guys thought their truncation was wo... Continue reading →]]> http://fragerfactor.blogspot.com/feeds/3899133167302544790/comments/default 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22224 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22224#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:11:00 +0000 The Frager Factor http://www.igoldrush.com/?guid=9289eac1cd711c8443fe47d055139432 The Frager Factor: The greatest salesmen in the world all do one thing that sets them apart from the rest.LISTEN Just shut up and listen. Your customer or prospect will tell you how to sell them what they want to buy. There is a 4 step process to closing deals. It's cal... Continue reading →]]> http://fragerfactor.blogspot.com/feeds/700281224835297941/comments/default 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22223 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22223#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:07:12 +0000 Domain Name Wire http://domainnamewire.com/?p=21548 Domain Name Wire: Request for .xxx domain name denied. United Kingdom insurance company BGL Group Limited, better known as CompareTheMarket.com, is the first complainant to lose a UDRP for a .xxx domain name. The company filed the complaint against UK resident Jon Watkins, who registered the domain back in December when .xxx became generally available. But as I’ve [...] Continue reading →]]> http://domainnamewire.com/2012/05/16/uk-insurer-first-to-lose-xxx-dispute/feed/ 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22222 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22222#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 13:50:22 +0000 Morgan Linton http://morganlinton.com/?p=5722 Morgan Linton: I have been thinking about this for over a year now so decided to share it with all of you before taking the next steps. This idea initially came from a new blog reader who asked me if I had anything with my top blog posts in physical book form. I told him that I [...] Continue reading →]]> http://morganlinton.com/should-i-publish-a-book-of-my-favorite-blog-posts/feed/ 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22221 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22221#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 12:56:44 +0000 DomainIncite http://domainincite.com/?p=8957 DomainIncite: Irish small businesses overwhelmingly chose .com domains over .ie and .eu during the first year of a Blacknight Solutions web presence freebie initiative. Blacknight said today signed up 10,000 Irish small business customers through Getting Business Online, a partnership with Google and the local postal service, which it launched a year ago. The scheme, which [...] Related posts:Is Ireland’s .ie to change hands? Startup America obtains s.co and offers free .co domains to entrepreneurs Want thousands of free .jobs domains? Now’s your chance Continue reading →]]> http://domainincite.com/even-when-the-domains-are-free-irish-small-businesses-prefer-com-to-ie/feed/ 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22220 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22220#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 12:40:31 +0000 Elliot Silver http://www.elliotsblog.com/?p=14275 Elliot Silver: I just received a press release announcing that BankAds, a company I previously covered, “has signed an exclusive agreement to acquire CreditCards.net.” Yesterday, the company announced its acquisition of OnlineBanks.com, but I think CreditCards.net is far superior to this domain name. BankAds co-founder Sean Sullivan stated, “the re-launched CreditCards.net property is going to be the [...] Continue reading →]]> http://www.elliotsblog.com/bankads-to-acquire-creditcards-net-0284/feed 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22219 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22219#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 12:18:03 +0000 TheDomains http://www.thedomains.com/?p=25643 TheDomains: The Social Security administration published the most popular 1,000 boy and 1,000 girl baby names for 2011, on Monday. It probably won’t surprise you to find out the all 2,000 .Com domains are taken. Some popular baby names are also the names of ... Continue reading →]]> http://www.thedomains.com/2012/05/16/the-top-1000-most-popular-baby-name-list-is-out-for-2011-all-coms-are-taken/feed/ 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22218 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22218#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:47:11 +0000 DomainIncite http://domainincite.com/?p=8952 DomainIncite: Nominet, the .uk registry, is providing registry services for seven new generic top-level domain applications, according to CEO Lesley Cowley. Cowley told Nominet’s Annual General Meeting today that five of the applications are for dot-brands, a Nominet spokesperson said. The identities of the clients are currently protected by non-disclosure agreements. The other two bids are [...] Related posts:Nominet confirmed for .wales gTLD bid New TLDs make it into election manifesto Melbourne IT involved in 100+ gTLD applications Continue reading →]]> http://domainincite.com/nominet-involved-in-seven-gtld-applications/feed/ 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22217 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22217#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:34:55 +0000 DomainPulse.com http://www.domainpulse.com/?p=8390 DomainPulse.com: India is calling for a United Nations-run body to take over the responsibilities of ICANN, with discussions likely to take place in Geneva later this week, according to a report in The Hindu. The Geneva meeting is to be led by the Commission on Science and Technology for Development and [...] Continue reading →]]> http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/05/16/india-calls-for-un-body-to-replace-icann/feed/ 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22216 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22216#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 10:49:33 +0000 Domain Shane http://domainshane.com/?p=16955 Domain Shane: Half of May has gone away and its been a heck of a month. Great sales, great weather, and not any time to spend money so building bank. Speaking of bank. I’m built a little and if you are looking to sell some NNNN.coms for a little cash flow let ... Continue reading →]]> http://domainshane.com/wednesdays-big-list-of-domains-at-auction-or-dropping-around-the-internet-5-16-12/feed/ 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22215 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22215#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 06:05:30 +0000 DomainPulse.com http://www.domainpulse.com/?p=8387 DomainPulse.com: The ICANN Board has ratified the Global Policy Proposal for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA as sent by the Address Supporting Organization (ASO) Council to the ICANN Board on 13 March 2012. The proposal was posted for public comment from 14 March 2012 through 4 April 2012, [...] Continue reading →]]> http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/05/16/ratification-of-global-policy-proposal-for-post-exhaustion-ipv4-allocation-mechanisms-by-the-iana/feed/ 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22214 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22214#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 06:02:22 +0000 DomainPulse.com http://www.domainpulse.com/?p=8385 DomainPulse.com: As part of ICANN‘s review of its conflicts of interest and ethics practices, on 6 May 2012 the ICANN Board approved revisions to the Board Conflicts of Interest Policy, the Code of Conduct and Expected Standards of Behavior. The Board also approved new Corporate Governance Guidelines, a flexible framework document [...] Continue reading →]]> http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/05/16/revised-icann-board-conflicts-of-interest-policy-and-other-governance-documents-adopted/feed/ 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22213 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22213#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 01:23:06 +0000 SevenMile http://domainnamesales.com/sevenmile/?p=1876 SevenMile: Watching the news this morning it was hard not to feel bad for the poor Greeks. Yes, their leaders made unwise choices. Yes, they don’t work as many hours as their Northern neighbors. Too many Greek countrymen work for their government, effectively draining the public coffers rather than contributing to the real economy and growing [...] Continue reading →]]> http://domainnamesales.com/sevenmile/2012-05/in-new-gtlds-the-only-certainty-is-change/feed/ 0 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22212 http://www.igoldrush.com/newsfeed/ig22212#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 01:10:59 +0000 Domain Name Wire http://domainnamewire.com/?p=21541 Domain Name Wire: Zimbabwe.com sells for a fraction of what it sold for in 2007. We always hear stories about people who bought domains and flipped them for many times their purchase price. But the opposite also happens. Take the case of Zimbabwe.com, which just sold for $42,500 at Sedo. The last time this domain (reported) sold was [...] Continue reading →]]> http://domainnamewire.com/2012/05/15/zimbabwe-com-seller-takes-huge-loss/feed/ 0