Domain portfolio owner and large registrar group report earnings. Two domain name companies released third quarter earnings results after the bell yesterday. Marchex reported GAAP revenue of $40.6 million, compared to $33.7 million in the same ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Web.com to Cut More Network Solutions Employees
· Domain RegistrarsCompany plans more pink slips at iconic domain registrar. Web.com plans to fire more Network Solutions employees after it acquires the company than it previously thought. The company, which also owns domain name registrar Register.com, originally ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Register.com Owner to Acquire Network Solutions
· Domain RegistrarsRegister.com and Network Solutions to get married. Two of the highest priced and oldest domain name registrars are getting married. Web.com, which owns Register.com, will pay $405 million plus 18 million shares of Web.com stock as well as take on ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Network Solutions and Register.com Slot .Co Second
· Domain RegistrarsBig registrars pushing .co as next best thing to .com. Last month Go Daddy created quite a buzz by briefly changed its default domain name search parameter to .co. Although Go Daddy and its competitors continue to offer .com first, two large retail ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Court Ruling on Baidu v. Register.com Has Implications for Domain Registrars
· Domain RegistrarsCourt says registrars can't get away with gross negligence just because it's in their TOS. Domain name registrars, take note: you can't just claim no responsibility for your actions in your terms of service and expect a court to uphold it. That's ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Web.com Buys Register.com for $135 Million
· Domain RegistrarsLarge registrar agrees to be acquired by small business hosting and design company. Web hosting and design company Web.com has agreed to purchase privately held domain name registrar Register.com for $135 million. The company views domain name ... Continue Reading17 Comments
In Battle Over Retail Distribution, NameMedia Leaving Sedo in the Dust
· Domain SalesRegister.com agreement latest win for NameMedia. Today NameMedia -- which operates Afternic and BuyDomains -- announced that it has signed Register.com as a premium promotion partner. That means that visitors to Register.com can purchase any of the ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Register.com: Baidu Can’t Sue Us for Negligence. Its In Our Contract.
· Domain RegistrarsDomain name registrar argues that you can't sue it for negligence because it's in the TOS. What happens if you register a domain name at Register.com and then Register.com screws up? Tough luck. That's the message the company is sending by asking a ... Continue Reading4 Comments
How Baidu Got Hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army
· Domain RegistrarsCourt documents show how imposter allegedly duped Register.com into handing over access to Baidu.com. Last month visitors to Baidu.com were redirected to a page stating that the site had been hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army. Baidu later sued ... Continue Reading27 Comments
Baidu Sues Register.com Over Hacking Incident
· Domain RegistrarsDomain name registrar sued over alleged security breach. [Update: The court has now published an unredacted version of the lawsuit, detailing how Baidu alleges Register.com gave the keys to its domain to a hacker.] Baidu, Inc. announced that it has ... Continue Reading17 Comments