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Over the past couple of weeks, I've been writing about the top stories of 2018. These include GDPR, free speech questions, company acquisitions, the new Cooperative Agreement for .com, record prices for new TLD sales, and the success of .App,

You can get a quick download on these topics by listening to my New Year's Eve podcast. Next week's podcast is the annual predictions episode, so stay tuned for that!

Speaking of podcasts, be sure to check out my December 24 podcast with Bill Sweetman. He has a warning for everyone in the domain business.

Now, as we do every month, let's review the top stories on DNW last month, as ranked by pageviews:

1. NBC registers domain names for sports betting - is NBC getting ready for sports betting or were these domain registrations just defensive?

2. Marriott's poor choice of domain for email notification - Email-Marriott.com looks like a phishing email to many people.

3. GMO is sending expired domains to GoDaddy Auctions - GoDaddy picked up another top 10 registrar. I wonder if Enom will transition in 2018 now that Tucows sold off its share of NameJet to Web.com.

4. GoDaddy tests new branding on Afternic landers - The GoDaddy logo is front and center.

5. Four ways to improve the GoDaddy aftermarket - GoDaddy has the dominant domain name aftermarket. It could be better.

And here are the DNW podcasts from December

#213 - Understanding .Brand domains

#214 - Domain predictions – who was right?

#215 - 7 reasons companies need a great domain

#216 - The Fake Domain Broker

#217 - 2018 in Review

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Andrew