Top Domain Name News Stories of July 2007

Published: July 30, 2007, 9:42 am

Tags: domain sales, policy amp law, domain registrars, domain services

Here’s a look at the top 5 domain name news stories of July. Following are the five most viewed news stories at DomainNameWire.com for the month of July, ranked in order of views. #1: New Domain Name Renewal Scam Hits Inboxes - yet another domain renewal scam is making its rounds. After publishing this story, the credit card processor that was an unwilling participant in the scam shut down the scammer’s account. Alas, the scammer merely started collecting credit card numbers for himself. I’m still receiving a few of these fraudulant emails each week. #2: Internet Brands Files for $100M IPO - Internet Brands, formerly known as CarsDirect, filed to raise up to $100M in an initial public offering. The company owns valuable domain names including Autos.com and Loan.com. As Domain Name Wire’s article first pointed out, Internet Brands has a collection of web sites that happen to contain trademarked terms…although the trademark owners don’t seem to

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