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Godaddy’s Perfect Match Superbowl Ad

I haven’t been a big fan of Godaddy’s commercials so far but I have to admit I like this one. It makes me laugh every time I see it and, in addition to being memorable, I think it does a … Continue reading

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Good News For Domainers & Registrars – Verisign Loses Automatic Price Increase But Keeps .com

In a document signed November 29, 2012, the U.S. Department of Commerce took away Verisign’s automatic price increase provisions on .com domain names. Previous contracts with ICANN had allowed Verisign to automatically increase prices during the term of the agreement … Continue reading

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ICANN’s New gTLD Domain Name List Released

ICANN has revealed the entire list of new gTLDs today. You can download a spreadsheet here (right click and ‘save as’ since this is an Excel spreadsheet). It’s good to see so many brands. Interesting that the first press question … Continue reading

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1930 New TLD Applications Will Be Announced

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) received a total of 1930 applications, after refunds, for new generic top-level domains. – 1846 of those are “standard” applications. – 84 are designated as “community-based”. Of the 1930, 66 have … Continue reading

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