Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 8, 2014

January 13 to 16, 2014, I’m attending the NamesCon conference in Las Vegas. This domain name conference is going to be amazing one, especially because of the speakers, the sponsors, and the attendees. Nonetheless, now is a very critical time for the domain industry as a whole, as the new gTLDS are launching soon.

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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 7, 2014

Microsoft failed to renew the domain name Engyro.com recently when it came up for renewal. The domain name doesn’t currently resolve (at least not for me). Here are other domain names that Microsoft did not renew on April 7, 2014: diagram.biz. Domain Names' diagrams.biz.

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Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

registered a few new domain names. I normally monitor the domain names that are registered by major companies on a regular basis. Disney doesn’t register a whole lot of domain names. But, they currently own 15,000 domain names total. Domain Names' farklenation.net.

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Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Ever since I originally noticed that Apple was registering nonsense domain names, I have been intrigued about why they would be registering and then not renewing nonsense domain names. And it’s not just one or two domain names, or a dozen of them. info domain names would be at least $15,000.

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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 9, 2014

Tired of having to pay for web hosting and don’t want to park your domain name with a domain name parking company ? Well, you can (temporarily) host your domain name with Bing.com for free. Log into the registrar where your domain name is located, and change the name servers so that they point to ns1.msft.net

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 21, 2015

is suing Domain Name Proxy Service, Inc. The Domain Name Proxy Service, Inc. Well, if you are in this situation, and you need to protect your trademark(s), especially if a rogue website is using your trademark on their website, first I would go ahead and look up the whois data for the domain name.

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Bill Hartzer

OCTOBER 18, 2014

I also was shown an interesting price bug at GoDaddy, where they were offering a domain name for $5,000. There appears to be a bug in how GoDaddy is displaying the prices of some New gTLD domain names. Pubcon Las Vegas 2014. https://www.billhartzer.com/pages/com-better-gtld-domain-name/.

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Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

Google Knowledge Graph and How to Get In–and a report on the results of my.Com vs. gTLD Domain Name tests. I tested.Com domain names versus gTLD domain names (new gTLDs) and am seeing some interesting results. https://www.billhartzer.com/pages/com-better-gtld-domain-name/.

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Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Google’s CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA won’t stop spam bots, Best Buy Oops, ICANN hacked, Freebase is shutting down, and Apple’s mysterious domain names. This will be my last weekly update in 2014, so I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. And it’s not just one or two domain names, or a dozen of them.

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Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Domain Name SEO Search Engine Registration scam, Google SERPs Instagram Date Mistake, 7Search Accused of Traffic Stealing. Domain SEO Service Registration Scam. Recently I’ve received a few notices from a Chinese company saying that my domain name won’t have as much visibility unless I pay them $64.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 28, 2014

Kevin Allen is helping set up for the 2014 Domainer’s Choice Awards. The Domainer’s Choice Awards are taking place this evening, here in Dana Point, California, at the Dana Point Yacht Club. The nominees for Domainer’s Choice Awards are listed here. Domain Names' Rook Media.

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Bill Hartzer

OCTOBER 13, 2014

I’d like to mention Jenny Halasz, who, at Pubcon, was very vocal about not being on “the list” https://www.billhartzer.com/pages/34-speakers-i-want-to-meet-at-pubcon-las-vegas-2014/. Pubcon Las Vegas 2014. I tested.Com domain names versus gTLD domain names (new gTLDs) and am seeing some interesting results.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 28, 2014

Sevan Derderian of Domain Name Sales accepts one of his awards at the Domainer’s Choice Awards this evening at the Dana Point Yacht Club. The first annual Domainer’s Choice Awards were presented this evening, June 28, 2014, at the Dana Point Yacht Club, in Dana Point, California. Winner: Namejet.com.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 14, 2014

Jennifer wrote a book called Domain Names Rewired, and is a keynote speaker here at NamesCon 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. What domain names do they need to compete with the brands that have applied for a new TLD? domain name. reserve key domains for future slogans and campaigns. Domain Names'

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Bill Hartzer

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

It appears that Facebook has recently acquired the Messenger.com domain name. Checking the name servers and the whois data for Messenger.com, there was a recent change to the name servers: from lovellsnames.org to facebook.com, and the registrant is now Facebook. Domain Names' Gandy Blvd.,

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Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 17, 2014

ICANN , the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers organization that oversees internet domain names, has been hacked. In late November 2014 they were targeted with a spear phishing attack, and then this month they discovered that the compromised credentials were used to access other ICANN systems besides email.

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Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

owns a bunch of nonsensical domain names that use Apple’s own DNS, but are hosted on Amazon’s cloud server. These domains continue to be registered on a regular basis, some as late as last week. And they’ve been buying these nonsensical domain names and setting up web hosting for at least 6 months now.

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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 8, 2014

Did Microsoft just register a domain name that is a typo (a typo domain) of Verizon? I know this might be a stretch, but I am really curious about one of the domain names that was just registered, and was set up on Microsoft’s name servers: vericen.com. Registry Domain ID: 1853664725_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN.

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Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 7, 2014

It’s a shame that these scams exist after all these years, as they have morphed from a search engine submission to even a domain name registration scam. This important notification notifies you about the expiration notice of your domain registration for XXXXXXX.com search engine submission. Registrar URL:[link].

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Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Globe Life Stadium, GlobeLifeStadium.com, was registered on January 28, 2014, on Godaddy: Domain Name: GLOBELIFESTADIUM.COM. Registry Domain ID: 1844606830_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN. Update Date: 2014-01-28 17:58:59. Creation Date: 2014-01-28 17:32:26. Last update of WHOIS database: 2014-2-5T16:00:00Z.

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Bill Hartzer

AUGUST 1, 2014

But based on the number of domain names that have been purchased recently by Microsoft and their private acquisition of the Sway.com domain name leads me to believe that Sway is launching soon. No purchase price has been disclosed but it was likely six figures for the domain. Updated Date: 2014-07-30T10:42:03-0700.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 14, 2014

Domain Names' Moderators are helping distribute the load. Keynotes in Room A. Breakouts are in the breakout rooms. Register for Water Night. 582 attendees are here at NamesCon. Wifi is sponsored by Rook Media.

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Bill Hartzer

JULY 16, 2014

Mozilla Media domain names were just registered by Mozilla. Here is the whois record, and it’s registered through Mark Monitor: Domain Name: mozillamedia.com. Registry Domain ID: Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.markmonitor.com. Registry Domain ID: Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.markmonitor.com.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 23, 2014

At least when it comes to domain names. Of the 19 domain names that Microsoft has failed to renew in the past 24 hours, there are three that apparently Microsoft doesn’t want anymore. They haven’t renewed these names, meaning that you soon can “play by the new rules”: playbythenewrules.com.

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Bill Hartzer

JULY 2, 2014

If you don’t, then you may want to read my post about a test that was done regarding domain names with hyphens. That certainly opened up my eyes, and now I prefer domains without hyphens in them. Just recently, Microsoft registered these two domain names. Updated Date: 2014-06-30T11:11:57-0700.

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Bill Hartzer

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

a registry for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), has added seven new generic top-level domains that will soon be available for new registrations. There will be 13 registrars where you can register a new domain name using any of these 7 new gTLDs. – united-domains AG. – united-domains AG.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 10, 2014

Back in mid May, right after the European ruling came down related to the “right to remove” your details from Google, a mysterious domain name called CookieChoices.org was registered. The whois record showed that it was, in fact, owned by Google and pointed to their name servers. Domain Names Google Search Engines'

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 14, 2014

How do you use a domain name differently? There has been an audience that has been ignored, and there has not been a name space for Spanish content. He is asking companies to translate the content but put it in Spanish on a.UNO domain name. They want a short, easy to remember domain. Domain Names'

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 14, 2014

Domain Names' Nevada selected for drone technology, and excited about Zappos and Switch. She welcomes us and every day is a new day. Every day is a think out of the box and look what we can do day. Welcome to fabulous Las Vegas.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 9, 2015

From January 11 to January 15, 2015, the NamesCon 2015 domain name conference is being held in Las Vegas. ” In the “Global SEO and Domain Name Preference” session, I’ll be presenting some of the results of my extensive Search Engine Marketing Study (New gTLD vs.Com Domains). Domain Names'

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 14, 2014

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? Jeff: domain name sales offers a buy now option and a make offer option. Supply will go up, and demand will go up.

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Bill Hartzer

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Date: Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 1:30 PM. Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of XXXXXXXX@gmail.com designates 10.152.43.197 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=XXXXXXXX@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com. 82.1414002613130 (num_hops = 1); Wed, 22 Oct 2014 11:30:13 -0700 (PDT). To: XXXXXXX@gmail.com.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 6, 2014

Back on May 16, 2014, I wrote about Google registering the domain name CookieChoices.org. Well, now I have discovered today that it looks like there is a version of Google’s search engine on CookieChoices.org.

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Bill Hartzer

OCTOBER 28, 2014

I expect this Reddit AMA to be no different, combining SEO and Domain Names, as well as the new research that I’ve just released yesterday regarding the New gTLD domains and how they’ve been doing in Google. Conde Nast Purchases 285 Reddit Domain Names As you may or may not know, I typically watch.

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Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

While the Change of Address tool is still broken in my opinion, it’s important to note that the tool is only really meant for moving from one domain name to another. In fact, technically speaking, you’re not moving (to another domain). It’s still the same website, the same domain name.

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Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 4, 2014

If you look at the actual post on Instagram, you can see that it was actually posted “2 months ago” Which would be October 2014. Related posts: Facebook Registers 21 Instagram Direct Domain Names In an offensive move, Facebook has registered twenty one new. So how does Google think it was posted in 1970?

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Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Bill Hartzer Weekly Update November 24, 2014 Google Cache Date a Month Old Now, Google Rolled Out. Updated: GoDaddy Domain Name Auctions Are Down GoDaddy, the domain name registrar, not only is a place. Related posts: Google Cache Dates About A Month Old Now It appears that many Google cache dates are showing that.

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