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Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2010
Applicants:

Robert Parsons, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Barbara Rechterman, Cave Creek, AZ (US);

Micheal Zimmerman, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

James Bladel, Le Claire, IA (US);

Richard Merdinger, Coralville, IA (US);

Inventors:

Robert Parsons, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Barbara Rechterman, Cave Creek, AZ (US);

Micheal Zimmerman, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

James Bladel, Le Claire, IA (US);

Richard Merdinger, Coralville, IA (US);

Assignee:

Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods of the present inventions allow for providing a preferred domain position on a registration website. An exemplary method may comprise receiving a request from a registrar, which may comprise a bid that the registrar had previously received from a registry seeking a preferred placement on a domain registration website for a domain administered by the registry. The method may further comprise generating a quality score for the domain, determining (based upon the bid and the quality score) a preferred placement for the domain, and transmitting the preferred placement to the registrar.


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