Sedo Sells $1.73 Million In Domain Names

07 February 2012, 02:06:26 PM from The Domains
 

Sedo.com just published its weekly sales report and in all “894 sales through our marketplace, totaling over $1.73 million”

The reportable sales were led by:

geb.com at 40,000 EUR

Top ccTLD: football-betting.co.uk at 11,800 GBP

Top “other” TLD: lotto.info at 19,500 USD

Here is a list of all the reportable sales:

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Despite $100M Dollar Budget, ICANN Calls For Volunteers

07 February 2012, 01:43:06 PM from The Domains
 

In an announcement just issued by ICANN (pdf) they are calling for volunteers to “assist in the evaluation of those organizations seeking financial support to apply for a new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD).”

Hum

ICANN has budgeted some $100 Million dollars from incoming application fees from the new gTLD program and they are asking people to volunteer their time to evaluate applicants seeking financial support.

Throughout the new gTLD process and various Guidebooks and meetings ICANN has stated that financial assistance would be made available to certain worthy  organization that didn’t have the $185K application fee.  This discounted rate if you will was part and parcel of the program.

To now ask people to determine which organization are entitled to financial assistance and a discounted application fee,  for free, well it does

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Despite $100M Dollar Budget, ICANN Calls For Volunteers to “Assist In The Evaluation of Those Seeking Financial Support To Apply For A New gTLD

07 February 2012, 01:43:06 PM from The Domains
 

In an announcement just issued by ICANN (pdf) they are calling for volunteers to “assist in the evaluation of those organizations seeking financial support to apply for a new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD).”

Hum

ICANN has budgeted some $100 Million dollars from incoming application fees from the new gTLD program and they are asking people to volunteer their time to evaluate applicants seeking financial support.

Throughout the new gTLD process and various Guidebooks and meetings ICANN has stated that financial assistance would be made available to certain worthy  organization that didn’t have the $185K application fee.  This discounted rate if you will was part and parcel of the program.

To now ask people to determine which organization are entitled to financial assistance and a discounted application fee,  for free, well it does

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Despite $100 Million Dollar Budget ICANN Calls For IVolunteers to “Assist In The Evaluation of Those Seeking Financial Support To Apply For A New Top-Level Domain (gTLD)

07 February 2012, 01:43:06 PM from The Domains
 

In an announcement just issued by ICANN (pdf) they are calling for volunteers to “assist in the evaluation of those organizations seeking financial support to apply for a new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD).”

Hum

ICANN has budgeted some $100 Million dollars from incoming application fees from the new gTLD program and they are asking people to volunteer their time to evaluate applicants yes those seeking financial support.

Throughout the new gTLD process and various Guidebooks and meetings ICANN has stated that financial assistance would be made available to certain worthy  organization that didn’t have the $185K application fee.  This discounted rate if you will was part and parcel of the program.

To now ask people to determine which organization are entitled to financial assistance and a discounted application fee,  for free, we

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ICANN Opens Comment Period To Hear About Defensive New gTLD Extensions

07 February 2012, 06:27:50 AM from The Domains
 

ICANN has just opened a comment period to hear from people and companies concerned about defensive applications for new gTLD’s.

“”Public comment is requested as to why there may be a perceived need for defensive new gTLD applications and steps that could be considered to help alleviate this concern.”"

The comment period closes  on February 27th.

In announcing the opening of the comment period ICANN said:

“”The New gTLD Program was designed to increase competition and choice by introducing new gTLDs into the Internet’s addressing system. The Application Submission period for gTLD applications opened on 12 January 2012 and will close on 12 April 2012.

“”During the development of the New gTLD Program, some trademark holders indicated that they were concerned about the perceived need for def

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Bob Parsons & Richard Rosenblatt Makes The Reuters/Klout Top 50 “Most Influential Execs on the Web” List

06 February 2012, 06:10:24 PM from The Domains
 

Two CEO from the domain space have been named by Klout.com one of the top 50 “Most Influential Execs on the Web”

Richard Rosenblatt, the CEO of Demand Media, Inc. is listed as number 34 on the list with a Klout Score of 56.

Bob Parsons, the Executive Chairman of Godaddy.com is listed as number 40 on the list with a Klout Score of 53. (It should be noted that Klout incorrectly still has Parsons listed as the CEO of Godaddy).

Both Richard and Bob’s Klout score are higher as that of the CEO of Group On, LinkedIn and Zynga.

Also making the top 50 list is Esther Dyson one of the most vocal opponents of the new gTLD program who made the list at number 46 as the CEO of EDventure Holdings

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Yahoo! Tells Tsavo Media Its Owes Them $4.8 million For Sending Low Quality Traffic to Yahoo Advertisers

06 February 2012, 11:32:59 AM from The Domains
 

According to a Press Release today Cyberplex Inc. (TSX:CX),  subsidiary, Tsavo Media  will have to repay  Yahoo! approximately $4.8 million over a reasonable time period” for sending low quality traffic to Yahoo advertisers.

“Yahoo! is retroactively charging Tsavo for what Yahoo! is now saying was actually low quality traffic, ranging back over many months during 2011.”

“While the Company and Yahoo! remain in discussions on this issue, the Company now expects that Yahoo! will enforce its decision to charge back this amount citing its right to do so pursuant to the terms of Tsavo Media’s agreement with Yahoo!.”

“Cyberplex also announced today that its President, Ted Hastings, has provided his resignation.”

According to TechCrunch.com, Tsavo Media  operates a network of

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USA Today: Super Bowl Commercials: Dogs Win!!!

06 February 2012, 09:09:00 AM from The Domains
 

According to the USA Today Ad Meter, the race for the Super Bowl Ad race was won by the Dogs.

The top three rated ads all featured dogs.

The Doritos commercial where the big Dog bribes the cat owner was the top rated rate.

The Volkswagen ad where the overweight Dog gets fit took second and the Sketchers ad where the Boston Terrier in Dog in sneakers wins the greyhound race finished third.

The rescue dog in the Bud Light that worked tirelessly to supply a thirsty crowd with beer finished 6th.

In 4th place was the Doritos commercial where the Baby grabs the bag of Doritos sling shot style, the M&M/Mars with the ‘Naked” Brown M&M was 5th.

The Godaddy commercials escaped the bottom 5, but were down towards the bottom on the list.

For the record The .Co commercial was ranked lower

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