04|15|2011 7:34 pm EDT .XXX Goes Live in the Root Servers by Frank Michlick in Categories: Registries – 1 Comment Earlier today IANA added the .XXX Top Level Domain to the root nameservers. While the registry operator Afilias is still in their setup process for ICM registry , the zone is currently propagating. While a number of registrars have already been taking pre-registrations, the actual timeline for the launch has not yet been published.

Latona’s No Reserve Auction at Sedo will end tomorrow ,on Tuesday April 5,2011 at 12:00 EST .The sale will end with 100 percent of these domain names going to the highest bidder. Here are some interesting domain names in the auction and some description : ISU.com Acronym of at least 4 big US universities; and other companies; PageRank 2; Search Results In Google: 38,700,000; Avg. Broad Monthly Searches: 206,250; Avg

[news release] After many attempts, Latona’s Auction House officially decided not to do any more domain auctions on its platform. Sedo dominates the online domain auction space and they do it well. Rick Latona is currently running a no reserve auction there.

A lot of Nice names today. I picked up FloridaTunaFishing.com yesterday and I am going to be trying to build a lead gen site on it. A few leads a month will easily make it worth it and maybe get me some free fishing trips

A screen shot of theSSLstore’s VeriSign product offerings page (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Internet security solutions provider theSSLstore ( www.thesslstore.com ) announced on Wednesday it has achieved a significant increase in sales after joining the VeriSign ( www.verisign.com ) Partner Program . TheSSLstore saw a 200 percent increase in sales since enrolling in the VeriSign Partner Program, and continues to grow five-to-seven percent month over month.

A map of Peak 10’s data center network (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed hosting and data center provider Peak 10 ( www.peak10.com ) announced on Tuesday it has expanded its second enterprise-class facility contiguous with current operations in Richmond, Virginia. Peak 10 began construction on the data center last Marc h, which adds 13,500 square feet to bring Peak 10 Richmond’s total footprint to nearly 30,000 square feet. As the company’s 19th facility, the second Richmond data center is engineered with multiple levels of security, UPS, HVAC systems, fire suppression and around-the-clock monitoring and management.

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