article thumbnail

Google To Make Not Provided Keywords Exclusively Available to.Google Domain Names

Bill Hartzer

Starting on April 1, 2014, at UTC +6 (10:00am Central Standard Time, 8:00am Pacific), Google is opening up.Google gTLD to general availability. Domain names will be available at many registrars, including GoDaddy, Enom.com, Name.com, and 101Domain.com. starting at 10:00am Central Standard Time on April 1, 2014.

article thumbnail

Apple and Afilias Special Projects Register 1800 Nonsense Domain Names

Bill Hartzer

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.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Laureate Education Sues Domain Name Proxy Service for Trademark Infringement

Bill Hartzer

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.

article thumbnail

Facebook Acquired Messenger.com

Bill Hartzer

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.,

article thumbnail

Did Microsoft Just Buy Vericen.com, a Typo Domain of Verizon?

Bill Hartzer

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.

Microsoft 105
article thumbnail

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington is Now Called Globe Life Park in Arlington

Bill Hartzer

Globe Life Stadium, GlobeLifeStadium.com, was registered on January 28, 2014, on Godaddy: Domain Name: GLOBELIFESTADIUM.COM. Registry Domain ID: 1844606830_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN. Registrar URL: [link]. Update Date: 2014-01-28 17:58:59. Creation Date: 2014-01-28 17:32:26. Name Server: NS16.DOMAINCONTROL.COM.

article thumbnail

Apple Owns Mystery Domains, Hosted on Amazon Cloud Server

Bill Hartzer

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.

Apple 121