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Domain Names

Dark Day For Jeeves

Well, its a dark day for Jeeves – he’s getting the sack. The man (can you call him that) has graced the screens and domain of AskJeeves.com for around a decade, he calls the shots over at BlogLines (they were acquired for an undisclosed price last Autumn) an he’s become an absolute icon and catch…

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Sex Sells

Sex.com, in all its covert glory has finally sold. The price tag – US$14,000,000. I was writing a guide on domain naming strategies and purchasing when up popped this article. This domain (sex.com) has been lashed around, hijacked, cybersquatted, been through the courts and, finally, sold with the news breaking this morning. There was me…

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Are Eu Ready?

Come on… you read it like “are you ready”….. Registration for “.eu” names begins on Dec. 7 at 10 a.m. GMT. For the first two months, only certain rights holders such as registered trademark owners, public bodies and companies can register. On Feb. 2, “.eu” opens up to family names. General registration begins April 7…

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Whois Ajax?

Reading through some posts over at TechCrunch this morning and came across this addition – AjaxWhois. It seems there are more Ajax tools popping up all over the place, but I gotta say, I like this one. I’m a regular ‘whois’ user at whois.org, and I’m pretty impressed with the Ajax offering, in particular with…

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