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Back to My Old Stomping Grounds For a Family Wedding & Research on a GeoDomain Project

gloriousdomains — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:13:05 +0000

I’m currently in Sarasota, Florida where our son will be getting married on the beach this weekend. While I’m in Sarasota – the place where I began a TV sporstcasting career – I will also be researching a possible geodomain project

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Back to My Old Stomping Grounds For a Family Wedding & Research on a GeoDomain Project

High Value of Generic Domains Cited in New Interviews With Oversee.net & Swap.com CEOs

gloriousdomains — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:30:23 +0000

The high value of generic domain names was the topic of conversation in two new interviews with industry leaders – Jeff Kupietzky of Oversee.net and Jeff Bennett of Swap.com. One was printed by a Boston business publication and the other kicked off a new video series from Simon Johnson’s DomainerIncome.tv.

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High Value of Generic Domains Cited in New Interviews With Oversee.net & Swap.com CEOs

Epik Mints Their Own Currency for Buying Domains & Funding Development + Latest Show News

gloriousdomains — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:54:53 +0000

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Attendees at the Epik Developer’s Conference coming up Sept. 15-17 will find a little something extra in their “goodie” bags – $795 worth of EpikBucks

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Epik Mints Their Own Currency for Buying Domains & Funding Development + Latest Show News

Developing Story: Rob Monster’s Grand Plan for Epik.com and Why Parking Won’t Be Part Of It

gloriousdomains — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:33:59 +0000

DN Journal’s new monthly newsletter is out. We connected with Epik.com Founder Rob Monster to learn more about the upcoming Epik Developers Conference, but the discussion wound up covering much more than that, including Monster’s take on the shaky state of domain parking and the future of domain development

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Developing Story: Rob Monster’s Grand Plan for Epik.com and Why Parking Won’t Be Part Of It

Another Million $ Sale at Moniker + ccTLD News + Alexa Raad Resigns as .ORG’s President & CEO

gloriousdomains — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:25:41 +0000

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Moniker rings up a 7-figure sale in the DOMAINfest New York Extended Online Auction, country code news featuring ,AU, .NL, .MX and .UK, plus Alexa Raad, the highly successful President and CEO of the .ORG Registry (PIR) will step down next month.

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Another Million $ Sale at Moniker + ccTLD News + Alexa Raad Resigns as .ORG’s President & CEO

Germany’s Top Domain Conference Coming Next Week + Zak Muscovitch Needs Your Vote!

gloriousdomains — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:04:33 +0000

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A preview of Germany’s biggest domain conference – DomainvermarkterForum – coming up next week in Munich. Plus, why .CA domain owners should rally behind Zak Muscovitch’s bid for a seat on CIRA’s Board of Directors.

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Germany’s Top Domain Conference Coming Next Week + Zak Muscovitch Needs Your Vote!

Prince.com Reigns On DN Journal’s Weekly Top 20 Domain Sales Chart After 6-Figure Sale

gloriousdomains — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:43:50 +0000

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The top sale ranks among the year’s 25 biggest to date. Nine country code domains made the all extension leader board and we also saw one of the year’s five biggest non .com gTLD sales this week.

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Prince.com Reigns On DN Journal’s Weekly Top 20 Domain Sales Chart After 6-Figure Sale

Photos & Highlights From the DOMAINfest Power Networking Day in New York City

gloriousdomains — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:44:56 +0000

The DOMAINfest New York Power Networking Day was held Wednesday (August 18) at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan. Conference organizer Oversee.net sent us some of show photographer Marvin Yan’s pictures from the event so we could share them and the conference highlights with you.

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Photos & Highlights From the DOMAINfest Power Networking Day in New York City

Keynote Speaker Named for 1st Annual Epik Domain Developers Conference

gloriousdomains — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:31:50 +0000

The 1st Annual Epik Domain Developers Conference is coming up Sept.

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Keynote Speaker Named for 1st Annual Epik Domain Developers Conference

In the News: DOMAINFest New York, GreatDomains, the Annual .INFO Awards & Ray Neu

gloriousdomains — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:35:18 +0000

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Updates on Wednesday’s DOMAINfest in New York, a new online auction at GreatDomains, information on the annual .Info Awards Contest (with $15,500 in prize money up for grabs) and a note on Morgan Linton’s new video interview with Ray Neu.

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In the News: DOMAINFest New York, GreatDomains, the Annual .INFO Awards & Ray Neu

Million Dollar Package Sale at Moniker + Pair of 6-Figure Deals Lead New DN Journal Sales Report

gloriousdomains — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:24:36 +0000

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com.

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Million Dollar Package Sale at Moniker + Pair of 6-Figure Deals Lead New DN Journal Sales Report

More Who Are They? Answers + 20 Free Passes to Spain’s Domaining III Show Up For Grabs

gloriousdomains — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:57:23 +0000

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com we identify the two remaining unnamed domainers from our latest Who Are They? photo challenge.

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More Who Are They? Answers + 20 Free Passes to Spain’s Domaining III Show Up For Grabs

Real Estate Domain Giant Rob Grant Cuts a Unique Development Deal with Sotheby’s Realty

gloriousdomains — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:00:33 +0000

Rob Grant, CEO of RealEstateDirectory.com (who was profiled in our April 2008 Cover Story) and John Burke, President and CEO of Select Sotheby’s International Realty in northern New York State, have announced a unique partnership with the launch of a powerful New York real estate portal for LakeGeorgeRealEstate.com.

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Real Estate Domain Giant Rob Grant Cuts a Unique Development Deal with Sotheby’s Realty

If Parking is Dead How Come A New Company Is Entering the Already Crowded Space?

gloriousdomains — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:38:44 +0000

Parking revenues have fallen so far over the past couple of years that some have declared parking to be dead. I wouldn’t go quite that far, but there is no denying that parking has become a critically ill patient. In this environment, no one would dream of starting up another parking company, right?

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If Parking is Dead How Come A New Company Is Entering the Already Crowded Space?

New DN Journal Domain Sales Report: Buyers Were Back Out in Force This Week

gloriousdomains — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:20:10 +0000

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Another six-figure sale leads our latest Top 20 Chart and many of the names on the elite list come from deals no one has reported before now. Several were part of a $152,000 transaction involving a group of 3-digit numerical domains.

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New DN Journal Domain Sales Report: Buyers Were Back Out in Force This Week

Companies and Events in the News: DOMAINfest New York, Parked.com & NameDrive.com

gloriousdomains — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:45:54 +0000

A second Keynote Speaker has been added for next week’s DOMAINfest New York Power Networking Day…DNWStats.com adds Parked.com as a partner for their new traffic and revenue verification service…and a large group of 3-Letter ccTLDs have gone on the auction block at NameDrive’s NDX Market.

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Companies and Events in the News: DOMAINfest New York, Parked.com & NameDrive.com

DNW Stats Fills an Industry Void With a Free Domain Traffic and Revenue Verification Service

gloriousdomains — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:03:19 +0000

Tired of getting ripped off by people selling domains with bogus traffic and revenue statistics? Andrew Allemann’s new DNW Stats service aims to put a choke hold on the cheaters

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DNW Stats Fills an Industry Void With a Free Domain Traffic and Revenue Verification Service

Who Are They – Round 2: Can You ID These Guys Hanging Out With Domain Pioneer Richard Lau?

gloriousdomains — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:21:12 +0000

Time for another round of everyone’s favorite domain game (OK, so maybe it’s the only domain game, but we’re not too proud to take the title by default!).

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Who Are They – Round 2: Can You ID These Guys Hanging Out With Domain Pioneer Richard Lau?

Hot on the Heels of Good Domain Aftermarket News Buyers Respond By Taking a Break!

gloriousdomains — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:24:29 +0000

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The week started with several reports of sales increases for 2Q-2010 vs. the previous quarter and the same quarter a year ago (our own data showed a 38% jump in dollar volume over 2Q-2009)

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Hot on the Heels of Good Domain Aftermarket News Buyers Respond By Taking a Break!

A New Approach to Domain Monetization: My Experience With SmartName’s eCommerce Platform

gloriousdomains — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 06:32:58 +0000

Over the past four months I have been giving the new ecommerce platform at SmartName.com a thorough test to see if their quick development system could breath some life into domains that weren’t producing anything parked. Over that time span I have moved about 500 domains into SmartName.

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A New Approach to Domain Monetization: My Experience With SmartName’s eCommerce Platform

Latest Quarterly Domain Sales Data From DN Journal & Sedo Shows Nice Uptick in the Aftermarket

gloriousdomains — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:57:54 +0000

The latest quarterly domain sales data from DNJournal.com & Sedo.com shows a nice uptick in aftermarket activity. Sedo reported its 4th straight quarter of rising sales. Also, T.R.A.F.F.I.C.

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Latest Quarterly Domain Sales Data From DN Journal & Sedo Shows Nice Uptick in the Aftermarket

Rick Latona on the Over-Crowded Conference Calendar: Where Does the Madness Stop?

gloriousdomains — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:08:17 +0000

This month’s T.R.A.F.F.I.C.

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Rick Latona on the Over-Crowded Conference Calendar: Where Does the Madness Stop?

Total Value of 2Q-2010 Domain Sales Jump 26% Over the Previous Quarter & 38% Over A Year Ago

gloriousdomains — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:01:50 +0000

In the latest DN Journal newsletter we break down 2Q-2010 domain sales results which showed a big jump from the previous quarter as well as from the same quarter in 2009. We also profile an impressive young woman who is doing some great work for a charity that is widely supported by the domain industry.

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Total Value of 2Q-2010 Domain Sales Jump 26% Over the Previous Quarter & 38% Over A Year Ago

Who Are They? Now We Know! Readers Help Us Match Names With Industry Faces

gloriousdomains — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:55:05 +0000

In my last Lowdown post I asked readers to help us identify some people in our massive industry photo archives that I did not have names for. I started the quest with a shot of two lovely ladies. As I expected, our readers came through like champs! En route to getting the IDs I needed I also had an interesting brush with ESP!

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Who Are They? Now We Know! Readers Help Us Match Names With Industry Faces

Sedo On Fire: They Sweep All But Two Entries on DN Journal’s Weekly Domain Sales Chart

gloriousdomains — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:06:19 +0000

Sedo makes a consistently strong showing on our weekly Top 20 Domain Sales Chart but the company outdid themselves this week, turning in the best showing by anyone EVER on our all-extension leader board.

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Sedo On Fire: They Sweep All But Two Entries on DN Journal’s Weekly Domain Sales Chart

Who Are They? Help Match Unidentified Domainers With Their Photos

gloriousdomains — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:59:43 +0000

Over the years I have taken thousands of photos of domainers at industry events around the world. I noticed in going through our massive photo archive recently that we have hundreds of photos of people whose names I don’t have.

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Who Are They? Help Match Unidentified Domainers With Their Photos

Castello Brothers to Deliver Keynote Speech in Spain & Kamila Sekiewicz Settles In At NameDrive

gloriousdomains — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:25:51 +0000

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The Castello Brothers will join Sedo’s Tim Schumacher as keynote speakers at next month’s Domaining III conference in Spain, NameDrive has a new Director of Business Development and, after 40 shows, Owen Frager will hang up his Domain Success microphone Wednesday.

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Castello Brothers to Deliver Keynote Speech in Spain & Kamila Sekiewicz Settles In At NameDrive

.CO Just Went Live But Aftermarket Sales Sites Devoted to the Extension Are Already Operating

gloriousdomains — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:49:18 +0000

The newly re-launched .CO extension just opened for general registration Tuesday but before most new .CO domain owners even had time to change their nameservers venues popped up offering newly registered .CO domain for sale. The highest profile sales site is Flipping.co by virtue of the fact that it comes from Francois Carillo.

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.CO Just Went Live But Aftermarket Sales Sites Devoted to the Extension Are Already Operating

Five Shows in 14 Days! The August Domain Conference Schedule Will Be The Busiest Ever

gloriousdomains — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:32:05 +0000

Just when you thought the show schedule couldn’t get any more crowded, here comes August and the busiest domain conference month ever! Five major conferences are scheduled between the U.S.

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Five Shows in 14 Days! The August Domain Conference Schedule Will Be The Busiest Ever

Pair of ccTLDs Sell For $750,000 as Non .Coms Score Repeat Win Over .Coms on DNJ Chart

gloriousdomains — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:15:18 +0000

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com and after 7 years of tracking the domain aftermarket we saw something we’ve never seen before – non .com domains took more places on our weekly all extension Top 20 Chart than .coms for the 2nd week in a row. 2 ccTLD sales totaling $750,000 led the non .com charge.

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Pair of ccTLDs Sell For $750,000 as Non .Coms Score Repeat Win Over .Coms on DNJ Chart

.CO Gets Off to a Fast Start – Total Regs Pass the 100,000 Mark Within 30 Minutes of Launch

gloriousdomains — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:33:15 +0000

The .CO extension opened for general registration today and the re-launched TLD got off to a blazing start. Within 30 minutes of opening the total number of .CO domains taken had soared past the 100,000 mark

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.CO Gets Off to a Fast Start – Total Regs Pass the 100,000 Mark Within 30 Minutes of Launch

People & Companies in the News: .CO, Sedo, ICANN, Rick Schwartz and Rick Silver

gloriousdomains — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:18:40 +0000

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: .CO General Registration Just Hours Away, Sedo Pro Forum website goes live, public commentary closing soon on hot topics at ICANN, Rick Schwartz logs another big sale and Canada’s Rick Silver takes center stage with .CA.

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People & Companies in the News: .CO, Sedo, ICANN, Rick Schwartz and Rick Silver

Country Code Alchemist: How .CA Devotee Rick Silver Is Turning Canadian Websites Into Gold

gloriousdomains — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:08:46 +0000

A new Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com.

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Country Code Alchemist: How .CA Devotee Rick Silver Is Turning Canadian Websites Into Gold

Skip Hoagland’s Online Empire Expands With Launch of Shooting.com and CarClassifieds.com

gloriousdomains — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:50:18 +0000

Skip Hoagland has always preached that partnerships are the way to get high quality domains developed into popular websites. Hoagland cut deals with experts in hunting and automotive media to transform two more of his domains – Shooting.com and CarClassifieds.com – into online destinations that just launched.

.ORG Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary – Do You Know What the 1st .ORG Domain Registered Was?

gloriousdomains — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:47:08 +0000

The venerable .ORG registry is celebrating its 25th anniversary this week. It was on July 10, 1985 that the first .ORG domain name was registered.

F Words Fetch $183,000 to Take the Top Two Spots on This Week’s Domain Sales Chart

gloriousdomains — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:07:46 +0000

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A pair of F words totaling $183,000 set the pace at the top of our new all extension Top 20 Sales Chart

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F Words Fetch $183,000 to Take the Top Two Spots on This Week’s Domain Sales Chart

Fresh Off Their World Cup Win Spain Is Gearing Up for the Country’s Biggest Domain Conference

gloriousdomains — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:50:55 +0000

An international domain conference you may not have heard about before is coming up in Valencia, Spain early this fall. Domaining III, produced by Inverdom’s Dietmar Stefitz, has already lined up Sedo Co-Founder and CEO Tim Schumacher as one its keynote speakers.

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Fresh Off Their World Cup Win Spain Is Gearing Up for the Country’s Biggest Domain Conference

ICANN Postscript: Inside Directi’s Brussels Beerfest at the World’s Best Stocked Bar

gloriousdomains — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:56:15 +0000

You thought ICANN meetings must be boring, right? Well, not if Directi has anything to say about it. At the latest meeting in Brussels, Directi held a Beerfest at the Delirium Cafe – a famous bar that has the largest variety of beer available at any one place on earth – more than 2,000 brews! Here is an inside view of the event.

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ICANN Postscript: Inside Directi’s Brussels Beerfest at the World’s Best Stocked Bar

Weekend Roundup Featuring .CO, the CFIT-Verisign Legal Battle & Domain Auction News

gloriousdomains — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:02:43 +0000

The Lowdown at DNJournal.com has a Weekend News Roundup featuring details about an extension for the .CO Land Rush, CFIT’s latest court win over Verisign in a legal battle that may one day give domain registrant’s some relief from Verisign’s constant price hikes and the latest domain auction news.

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Weekend Roundup Featuring .CO, the CFIT-Verisign Legal Battle & Domain Auction News

Three 6-Figure Sales (Including a .CA Blockbuster) Light Up DNJ’s Latest Leader Board

gloriousdomains — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:48:55 +0000

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com.

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Three 6-Figure Sales (Including a .CA Blockbuster) Light Up DNJ’s Latest Leader Board

SedoPro Forum Moves To New "World Tour" Format With Multiple Events Around the Globe

gloriousdomains — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:26:42 +0000

The SedoPro Forum is switching to a new “World Tour” format that will begin next month with a get together in Boston, the home base for Sedo’s North American operations.

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SedoPro Forum Moves To New "World Tour" Format With Multiple Events Around the Globe

A Memorable Summer Vacation in a Corner of the Country That the Internet Forgot

gloriousdomains — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:19:12 +0000

I just returned from a memorable vacation that took me across the Carolinas and even beyond the long reach of the Internet for several days over the July 4th weekend (yes there are still places in America with no Internet access!). Here are some details and photos from a trip I won’t soon forget.

With TV ‘s Audience Growing Old, Advertisers Told to Spend Their Money on the Web

gloriousdomains — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:00:25 +0000

Younger viewers are deserting TV in droves, choosing to consume their video online instead. The median age of prime time TV viewers is the oldest ever – close to 51 years old now. That has huge ramifications for TV as well as video rich web platforms that stand to benefit from the historic shift.

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With TV ‘s Audience Growing Old, Advertisers Told to Spend Their Money on the Web

French Company Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Hijacking Attempt Against American Serviceman

gloriousdomains — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:28:40 +0000

When it comes to domain arbitration cases, domainers usually get the short end of the stick – even when decisions should go in their favor. So it was refreshing to hear about a decision that came down a few days ago busting a French company for trying to hijack a one-word generic domain from its rightful owner.

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French Company Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Hijacking Attempt Against American Serviceman

Game Domain Passes Go, Collects $450,000 to Lead This Week’s Sales Chart

gloriousdomains — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:44:26 +0000

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com.

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Game Domain Passes Go, Collects $450,000 to Lead This Week’s Sales Chart

Like the Lakers DOMAINfest Global Plans Repeat Win By Taking Their 2011 Show Back to L.A.

gloriousdomains — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:04:52 +0000

Just as L.A.’s beloved Lakers repeated as NBA champions last week, the organizers of the DOMAINfest Global conference have positioned themselves for another big win by announcing their show will return to L.A.’s popular beachfront community Santa Monica in February 2011.

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Like the Lakers DOMAINfest Global Plans Repeat Win By Taking Their 2011 Show Back to L.A.

ICANN Meeting & .CO Land Rush Get Underway + Castello Brothers Worship the Sun

gloriousdomains — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:28:50 +0000

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: the 38th ICANN internationl ICANN meeting opens in Brussels, Belgium and the .CO land rush gets underway. Plus, the Castello Brothers were spotted at a Tanning Expo at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas last week

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ICANN Meeting & .CO Land Rush Get Underway + Castello Brothers Worship the Sun

DN Journal’s Comprehensive Review of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver Conference

gloriousdomains — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:33:25 +0000

DN Journal’s wire to wire review of Canada’s first T.RA.F.F.I.C. conference has just been published.

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DN Journal’s Comprehensive Review of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver Conference

The Latest T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Miami News – Plus Another Embarrassment for NAF Arbitrators

gloriousdomains — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:04:29 +0000

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com, The preliminary agenda has been posted and early bird registration opened for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference coming to Miami’s South Beach.

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The Latest T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Miami News – Plus Another Embarrassment for NAF Arbitrators

7-Figure Sale & a Quartet of 6-Figure Transactions Lead New DN Journal Sales Report

gloriousdomains — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:05:49 +0000

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Since we were away last week for T.R.A.F.F.I.C.

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7-Figure Sale & a Quartet of 6-Figure Transactions Lead New DN Journal Sales Report