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THE GENIUS OF ELLIOT SILVER

I don’t write headlines very often – well, actually never, that point people’s attention away from my otherworldly mind. (Not sure if that sounds right!).  However, a very simple (‘ere genius) article by our fellow domain blogger, Elliot Silver, really pulled out some excellent questions all domain investors should try to answer, including those who

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HOPE LIVES! IS THERE FINALLY AN ALTERNATIVE TO GODADDY?!!

I’m not the only one sick of GoDaddy. The ridiculous ads, the manipulations, the trickery, the failure to support the domain community at a level they’re capable of doing, GoDaddy is the top money-maker suckering in the naive masses of consumers and businesses who believe a company that places a T&A Super Bowl ad would

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HOW REGISTRARS MAKE MONEY FROM EXPIRED DOMAINS

[FOLLOW-UP TO DOMAINNAMEWIRE.COM GODADDY ARTICLE] This is the way it works when a registrar gets an expired domain falling into their lap after a customer stupidly forgets to renew it: 1) On Expiration Date: Registrar disconnects expired domain from owner’s website DNS (previous owner’s use of the domain ceases, and the registrar now can play

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GODADDY TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT WATCH

Wow! I was doing some research on GoDaddy and saw a domain up for auction that really caught my eye.  The domain is “MICROSOFTINTERVIEWS.COM” (Microsoft Interviews dot com). This is odd, since I have seen some serious lawsuits against cybersquatters infringing on Microsoft-related domains. Some of the domains MS was going after were even questionable

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