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  • July 2008

    • Domain-Name Rule Change 'Brand Owner's Nightmare'

      BusinessWeek  |  Jul 1, 08 5:45 PM CDT

      Domain-Name Rule Change 'Brand Owner's Nightmare'

      (Newser) - The decision of an internet oversight body to allow more domain names opens the playing field to cybersquatters—who register domain names in the hopes someone else will have to purchase them later, BusinessWeek reports. No more is it a matter of simply .com or .net: Squatters may now buy up countless addresses, forcing brand names to keep a much wider-ranging eye on the web. More »

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      Internet  • domain names  • World Wide Web  • ICANN  • web domain  • infringement

  • April 2008

    • Pizza.com Name Sells for $2.6M

      Baltimore Sun  |  Apr 4, 08 8:55 AM CDT

      Pizza.com Name Sells for $2.6M

      (Newser) - The domain name pizza.com sold at auction yesterday for $2.6 million, netting a tidy little profit for a Baltimore man who bought 14 years ago for $20, the Baltimore Sun reports. Seller Chris Clark held onto the name over the years, making sure to keep up with the $20 annual registration fees. Then he read that vodka.com recently sold for $3 million, and "I thought, 'Why don't I just try to see what the level of interest is?'" he said. More »

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      Internet  • website  • domain names  • pizza  • web domain

  • July 2007

    • Five Priciest Web Domains

      Forbes  |  Jul 8, 07 12:40 PM CDT

      Five Priciest Web Domains

      (Newser) - Sex.com -             $12  million   (2005) Porn.com -           $9.5 million   (2007) Business.com -      $7.5 million   (1999) Diamond.com -      $7.5 million   (2006) Beer.com -            $7.0  million  (1999) More »

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      Internet  • list  • website  • web  • web domain

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