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Marchex and Web.com release earnings

Domain portfolio owner and sizable registrar group note earnings.

Two domain name firms released third quarter earnings results following the bell yesterday.

Marchex noted GAAP revenue of $40.6 million, compared to $33.7 million in the same quarter of 2012. Its adjusted EBITDA fell to $3.4 million from $4.8 million in Q3 2012.

The firm is primarily a pay-per-call business, but it also owns the Archeo domain name business. Archeo sold 81 domain names last quarter for a total of $1.9 million.

Web.com, which owns domain registrars Network Solutions and Register.com, noted GAAP revenue of $125.2 million, up from from $105.8 million for the third quarter of 2012. Its non-GAAP measure increased 9% from a year ago. Its GAAP net loss shrunk from $21.5 million to $6.0 million and its adjusted EBITDA was $38.9 million, essentially flat from last year.

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