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Scientology, Mugshots, Dropbox and GoDaddy: Year in review

Scientology, Mugshots, Dropbox and GoDaddy: Year in review

More top stories from 2018.

I have reviewed the top stories on DNW in 2018 over the past couple of weeks. Most of these were based on high-level topics but there were some one-off stories that also landed at the top. Here they are:

Take a look at The Church of Scientology’s domain names – The controversial organization registers a lot of domain names of both its leadership and its detractors.

Sahar Sarid arrested on charges related to Mugshots.com – The domain investor is in hot water following the California Attorney General filed charges.

How Dropbox got the Dropbox.com domain name – It wasn’t easy! Dropbox co-founder Drew Houston explained the story to Tim Ferriss.

This GoDaddy Premium Domain change could help you sell a lot more domains – GoDaddy expanded the promotional real estate for premium domains. It added valuations and reasons why a domain is premium. GoDaddy also closed an expiring domain loophole last year.

Also on the wire

Other reporting from the domain desk.

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