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Name.com Caught Hijacking Non-Existent Subdomains

Bill Hartzer

So, Jonathan explains that he moved his domain names over to Name.com. Jonathan set up a few domain names on Name.com for a project and queried the DNS using the dig tool. Jonathan claims that: If I query a domain name that doesn’t exist, I’m supposed to see a failure. while still showing the domain name.

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NamesCon 2014: The Secondary Market Is the Primary Market

Bill Hartzer

Reps from Sedo, Domain Names Sales, Namejet, and Paul Nicks from Godaddy, and Mike Berkens from TheDomains.com. Question: Are the best years and the huge paydays of domain 2ndary market behind us? Working together to create marketing and education is key, and collaboration is key. Jeff from Unigestry.

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TopSEOs.com Banned In Google

Bill Hartzer

At the Pubcon Conference today in Las Vegas, here’s the TopSEOs.com booth: A search in Google reveals that TopSEOs.com has been banned in Google: TopSEOs has been around or a long time, the domain name originally registered in 2002. August 2008: [link]. Search Engine Marketing Firms' January 2010: [link].

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NamesCon 2014: Carolyn Goodman, Mayor, City of Las Vegas

Bill Hartzer

We are known for the Vegas brand name. it has been a really tough time since 2008 with gambling going worldwide. She has gone to a lot of other tourism markets. To be.Vegas and have that opportunity, it’s a grand time to have all the marketing opportunity. Domain Names' There is no personal income tax.

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How I Became the Person Most Mentioned by Digital Marketers on Twitter

Convince & Convert

That happened to me – and you’re damn right I dad-milked that sucker – when it was announced last week that (among digital marketers) I am the most retweeted and most mentioned person on Twitter (PDF). In the latter rankings, I bested Mr. Fallon, Mr. Happy, and some guy named Barack Obama. That guy is EVERYWHERE!

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Kimberly-Clark uses social quiz to woo talent

Socialmedia.biz

Kimberly-Clark is looking for bright, talented thinkers who are eager to explore ideas, solve problems, and be part of collaborative teams and a performance-based culture that is focused on being number one in its markets.

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How to start an LLC

Taylor Marek

After I had a list of possible names, I googled each one in quotation brackets to see if it pulled up in a search result. If it didn’t, I would visit GoDaddy and see if the domain name was taken. You can’t just use the name alone, except when buying the domain name for the company.

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