Google provided an update on mobile-indexing. Google first started working on mobile-first indexing a number of years ago. Since then, they switched to indexing the majority of web pages with Googlebot-Smartphone. Their existing plan was …
Read More »364.6 million domain registrations in Q3 2021
The third quarter of 2021 closed with 364.6 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains, a decrease of 2.7 million domain name registrations, or 0.7%, compared to the second quarter of 2021. Domain name …
Read More »Record low .UK domains suspended by law enforcement
Nominet, the .UK registry, has today published its update on .UK domains suspended for criminal activity over the 12 months to 31 October 2021. Nominet suspends domains following notification from the police or other law enforcement agencies that the domain …
Read More »PIR acquires .GIVING, partners with DONUTS
Public Interest Registry (PIR) today announced an expansion of its registry portfolio of top-level domains. PIR’s acquired the New gTLD extension .GIVING from Giving Limited. Once the transfer is finalized, PIR will “offer access to …
Read More »DAN launches domain network and aims to create a 30+ million secondary market
DAN’s Open Domain Distribution Network has launched. The advanced, easy-to-implement & feature-rich domain distribution network is now out of Beta and available for enterprise-level integrators. With this new network, DAN aims to create a pool …
Read More »CentralNic acquires NameAction
CentralNic Group plc (AIM: CNIC) announced that it has acquired the domain name and brand protection business trading as NameAction in an asset deal for a consideration of c.$1 million in cash from NameAction Inc. …
Read More »Donuts domain trend report: November 2021
This is a great report provided by Donuts to get keyword and domain ideas for you future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD/NewgTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better evaluate you current …
Read More »The Afternic / GoDaddy / DomainTools domain name pricing problem is now fixed
Last month I wrote about a disastrous mixup with GoDaddy and Afternic domain name pricing at Domain Tools. Generally, when you do a whois search at Domain Tools and the domain name is listed for …
Read More »Dynadot announces aftermarket domain sales
Dynadot has started announcing aftermarket domain name sales. The report includes domain name sales from Expired Auctions, Backorder Auctions, User Auctions, Last Chance Auctions, and Marketplace listings. See the top 10 Aftermarket sales from September …
Read More »GoDaddy’s hosting was hacked 2.5 months ago!
GoDaddy’s Managed WordPress hosting was hacked and up to 1.2 million customers were exposed. Email addresses, customer numbers, usernames, passwords and SSL private keys were all exposed. And somehow GoDaddy either found out about this …
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Google new spam policy: Expired domain abuse
Google announced the March 2024 core update that they claim is designed to improve the quality of Search by showing less content that feels like it was made to attract clicks, and more content that people find useful. They also shared that Google has new spam policies to better handle …
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Buyer of Cofounders .com shares his thought process
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Ladies and gentlemen this is Rick Schwartz
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7 things Jordan Fried learned about domains (Owner of NFT.com and PuertoRico.com)
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Mike Mann says GoDaddy domain appraisals are a total scam and a racket
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Upcoming changes to Dan.com
GoDaddy and DAN want to move towards a simplified Aftermarket experience so they are announcing three upcoming changes to Dan.com. 1. Payout Currency Selection Starting on July 5th, you can choose a preferred payout currency in your payout settings. This enables payouts in either US Dollars (USD), Great British Pounds …
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Dan.com landers are now available on Afternic
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DAN: Import Lease to Own (LTO) transactions with a 10% commission
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7 things Jordan Fried learned about domains (Owner of NFT.com and PuertoRico.com)
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Liquid market report Q4 2022: $11.4M in Escrow.com sales