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Digital Ghost Towns: When Big Companies Acquire, Shut Down, and Sit on Domains

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Digital Ghost Towns: When Big Companies Acquire, Shut Down, and Sit on Domains

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Digital Ghost Towns: When Big Companies Acquire, Shut Down, and Sit on Premium Domains

www.snagged.com

Fascinating accounts of how iconic domains were acquired, the stories behind domain name choices, epic fails, unintended meanings, and notable moments in domain history.

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Side note: a lot of fucking ai generated images in that one. The surreal text on some of the logos was funny.

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