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The domain name home.nyc is now not part of the .nyc auction as it was registered for $30 because of a glitch. Yesterday it was announced that there is going to be a .NYC premium …

Google announced today that Penguin is now part of the core Google search algorithm. Google’s algorithms rely on more than 200 unique signals or “clues” that make it possible to surface what you might be …

Someone has wasted a lot of money on domain names and he has not sold any in over 10 years. Now he is about to do another mistake. At least he is not infringing the …

GoDaddy and Verisign will be running a new presidential election TV campaign through the U.S. Election Day on November 8. Two different TV commercials were produced by GoDaddy’s own in-house team in mid-September. The spots …

Auctions.nyc and the City of New York announced the first auction of .nyc premium domains. Starting October 24, twenty high value .nyc domain names associated with Living in NYC will be available to New Yorkers …

.Games domains entered general availability yesterday September 21. .Games got about 3,820 domain name registrations in the first hours of general availability. .Games got 368 applications during the Sunrise phase with brands like Nintendo, EA, …

123 Reg, a UK registrar, published a video named “6 things to avoid when naming a business and buying a domain”. “Looking to launch an online business? You’ll need a name for your business, and …

.Games domains enter general availability tomorrow September 21. At the same time Rightside is also releasing 26,533 2 character domain names from all extensions in its portfolio. Early Access Period (EAP) for .Games domain names …

Uniregistry announced today its partnership with The Grid, bringing Uniregistry’s portfolio of domain names to an online website builder. Uniregistry is an ICANN-accredited domain name services company, providing tools for purchasing, managing and monetizing domain …

Minds + Machines (MMX) announced today the Group’s unaudited interim results for the six month period ended 30 June 2016. H1 2016 billings increased over 300% to US$8.05 million (H1 2015: US$2.0 million) significantly helped …

ICANN announced that the October 2018 ICANN meeting will be held in Barcelona, Spain. The decision came as ICANN intended to hold its third Public Meeting of 2018 in the Europe region. After a review …

First of all Frank Schilling is not REALLY dropping 230,000 domain names. These are his registry’s domains. Everyone that registers one will pay Uniregistry a fee. Frank Schilling is expanding his sales channel from just …

GMO Registry, Inc. announced that new top level domain .shop has already grossed over $2 million dollars in revenue with close to 2,000 registrations mid-way through the advance registration .shop Early Access Program. The .shop …

The .CLUB Jackpot Auction ended today at Sedo featuring 30 .Club domains names such as i.club, co.club, us.club, uk.club, 777.club and many “country code” 2 letter domains. All the domains were auctioned without reserve prices …