Vice President Joe Biden Domain Name Expires

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JoeBiden.com

If Vice President Joe Biden intends to run for President in the 2016 US Presidential election, JoeBiden.com  should be renewed by someone associated with the VP. If the domain name isn’t renewed, it will most likely go to auction.

According to the default Network Solutions landing page currently showing on JoeBiden.com, the domain name expired on July 16, 2013. Prior to its expiration, JoeBiden.com was registered to an organization called Citizens for Biden.

A snapshot of the website from Screenshots.com shows that it previously forwarded to Vice President Biden’s page on the White House website. When then Senator Biden was running for President, JoeBiden.com was used as a campaign website, according to another screenshot. After joining the Democratic party ticket with President Barack Obama, a screenshot shows that the domain name forwarded to the victorious  campaign website, BarackObama.com.

Vice President Biden has been

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MMQB: Peril Of Naming Your Website Without EMD

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I want to share an imteresting story that was posted on Deadspin regarding the MMQB.com domain name.

Sports Illustrated (SI) columnist Peter King, who famously covers the National Football League, is known for his MMQB column. MMQB stands for “Monday Morning Quarterback,” and the column is regularly posted following Sunday football games with news, analysis, and opinions about the week’s NFL games. I always find myself reading the column to get King’s insight.

It was recently announced that SI would have a standalone website called The MMQB. The domain name that was referenced is TheMMQB.com, which currently forwards to

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H&M Hiring “Search & Domain Strategist”

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Bill Sweetman shared an interesting job opening that he saw, and I want to share it with you. H&M, a trendy clothing store with retail stores across the world, is looking to hire a Search & Domain Strategist. The reason I found it interesting is that the company has specifically listed domain names as a tool in its SEO strategy.

Here are a few of the requirements I found most interesting, with respect to domain names (full details can be seen within the job listing):

  • Create and maintain the search and domain name strategy, coordinating with stakeholders across the company.
  • Act as an advisor to legal department and all H&M brands on acquisition and legal actions for domain names and domain name owners profiting our brand.
  • Keep up to date with trends in search and domain name industry.

I find it interesting that the company is not only looking for someone to help protect the H&M brand when it comes to domain names, but they also appear to

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Hilco Streambank Selling CircuitCity.com & CompUSA.com Domain Names

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Hilco Streambank is the company that auctioned Bargain.com for $150,000, ETM.com for $16,659, and they privately sold the package of “My Website” related domain names and phone numbers for around $35,000. The company is now preparing for a much more significant domain name sale, which includes the CircuitCity.com and CompUSA.com domain names.

According to the sale description page:

“Hilco Streambank has been engaged to market for sale the Circuit City ® and CompUSA ® trademarks and associated domain names. This executive summary provides a brief description of the assets available for sale.

Hilco Streambank is currently soliciting offers for these brands and associated intellectual property assets. Please contact us to be granted access to the online data room for further diligence of the assets and to receive sale process details.“

From what I understand, Hilco Streambank originally sold the Circuit City

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Bill McClure Offers Additional Insight on Bouquet.com Acquisition

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Bouquet.comAt the TRAFFIC Las Vegas auction, Bill McClure purchased the Bouquet.com domain name for $30,000. When the website launched soon thereafter, he was kind enough to offer some insight into his purchase  for inclusion in my blog post.

In the comment section of a blog post last week where the plural Bouquets.com domain name was offered for sale, there was some discussion about the Bouquet.com purchase and a few excellent questions were posed. Bill was kind enough to offer even more insight into the purchase, which I think is valuable given Bill’s successes online.

I think Bill’s insight is invaluable, and I thought it would be beneficial to create a separate post with the questions about the purchase and Bill’s replies to them. I know Bill is a busy guy, and I appreciate his taking the time to share this with us.

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NicaraguaCanal.com: Smart End User Purchase

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Reuters is reporting that “Nicaraguan lawmakers granted a 50-year concession to a Chinese company on Thursday for it to design, build and manage a shipping channel across the Central American nation that would compete with the Panama Canal.” The construction of this Nicaragua Canal would likely generate a significant amount of revenue for the country if/when it’s built.

Smartly, the company behind the Nicaragua Canal project appears to have bought the matching NicaraguaCanal.com domain name. The current registrant for the domain name is HK Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co., Ltd, which is the same company mentioned in the Reuters article.

NicaraguaCanal.com has a registration date of August of 2007, and it appears to have been owned by a domain investor. In 2009, the domain registration was made private. According to Daily Changes, the domain name was on Sedo DNS until September of 2012 when it moved to Afternic DNS. The Whois registration remained private until May 18, 2013. The domain name is still listed for sale on Sedo, but based on the current ownership, I would assume it’s a dated listing that should probably be taken down.

NicaraguaCanal.com does not currently resolve, but I assume the company has plans for it – or didn’t want someone else to control it. Interestingly, PanamaCanal.com appears to be owned by a tour company, not affiliated with the Panama Canal.

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