Domain Buzz Issue #6 – Top Domain Articles and News
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Listed below are the top news stories, announcements and articles from the domain industry that happened this past week.
June 14th through June 21st
- DotSauce – The .ME Landrush is coming to an end! Just 1 week left to pre-register your .ME domains: “Landrush officially closes on June 26th, don’t delay.“
- DNW breaks the news that TDNAM and NameJet allow employees to participate in auctions: “Two of the major services let employees compete with domainers.”
- TheDomains reports on sales at DomainerMeeting Paris Live Auction: “The live auction just completed in Paris and the auction netted $361,375.“
- Sahar shares a DomainerMeeting preview audio podcast: “Dan Kimball of Bido/DNZoom On WebmasterRadio.FM“
- Dominik reports that Volkswagen is allowed to register “VW.de” domain: “Volkswagen has recently sued Denic for the domain. The Frankfurt court now entitled Volkswagen to VW.de“
- Amazingly, China’s .CN domain surpasses .NET in number of registrations: “.CN overtook .NET sometime in the first quarter of 2008 says Verisign.“
- DotSauce – Bido auction service sells DiscountImages.com on opening day: “DiscountImages.com” was successfully sold at Bido auction for $911 to TheMadHat“
- NameBio reports that Sexe.org sells for $151,400: “Makes this one of the highest non .com adult domain sales of all time.“
- The 2008 VeriSign Domain Industry Brief is released: “According to the report, the base of domain registrations has grown 26 percent in the past twelve months and six percent quarter over quarter.“
- NameClerk releases Available Domains List #66: “Another email list will be going out this weekend, be sure to sign up.“
- DNCartoons.com launches fun domain industry website: “We hope you enjoy. We are looking forward to your domain and internet cartoon concept submissions.“
- DomainerDeveloper has published an extensive editorial on why we need multiple TLDs: “The evolution of the Internet will demand new gTLD’s primarily because the evolution of the Internet is experiencing the influx of so many new types of content.“
There you have this week in domaining! Stay tuned for featured articles from DotSauce throughout the week and a new issue of “Domain Buzz” next weekend.
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