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Facebook Recovers Typo Domain Names

Bill Hartzer

Most likely a result of Facebook having sued a whole lot of cyber-squatters recently, Facebook has recovered 44 domain names that are typos of the Facebook brand. If you look at the new owner of these domains, they are owned by Facebook: Registrant: Domain Administrator. Facebook, Inc. California Ave. Palo Alto CA 94304.

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51 Sponsors I Want to Meet at the NamesCon Domain Name Conference

Bill Hartzer

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. Domain Diction. Domain Name Association. Domain Name Sales.

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Exclusive: Domainer Returns Domain Name to Amazon’s Jeff Bezos

Bill Hartzer

Domainers, those who buy and sell domain names for a living, are not all evil. Olea, who owns domain names like ScienceBooks.com and hundreds of other generic, keyword rich domain names, saw the domain name JeffBezos.com, bid on the name, and ultimately won the domain name at auction.

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Facebook Registers 21 Instagram Direct Domain Names

Bill Hartzer

In an offensive move, Facebook has registered twenty one new domain names in conjunction with their launch of Instagram Direct. It allows you to send photos or videos directly to a group of people (followers) or only certain people. Here is the list of domain names that Facebook registered recently. Domain Names'

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Selling Your Domain Name with LeadRefs

Bill Hartzer

At the very top of the page you can put in a URL to check to see if a domain name is available. I got the error message “Our internal risk system has prevented us from finding leads for this domain due to its material”. Hopefully, the LeadRefs.com website will become a well respected place to buy and sell expired domain names.

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Update: Microsoft’s Synsup Labs Domain Names

Bill Hartzer

Last month I first discovered that Microsoft had secretly acquired 47 domain names related to a brand called “Synsup Labs&#. Those domain names had previously been pointed to the Bing.com search results for a keyword search for SynsupLabs.

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Big Reddit Changes Coming? Conde Nast Purchases 285 Reddit Domain Names

Bill Hartzer

As you may or may not know, I typically watch the domain name purchases of many of the web’s biggest brands online. When a large group of domain names is purchases by an organization that is popular on the web, it usually indicates something big is coming. And I do it on a regular basis.