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Oversee.net Gets Another Lawsuit

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Another class action lawsuit has been filed against Los Angeles-based Oversee.net , over a scandal involving shill bidding by one of the employees of the firm's SnapNames unit. Oversee.net acquired SnapNames in 2007; the shill bidding apparently pre-dated Oversee.net's acquisition of the firm. READ MORE>>.

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Oversee's SnapNames Hit By Domain Bid Scandal

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Los Angeles-based Oversee.net is in the midst of a major scandal today, as the firm revealed to customers that its SnapNames unit was the victim of a shill bidding scheme by a former employee. Industry publications are reporting that the former employee is now facing criminal charges for the shill bidding scheme.

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Oversee Resolves SnapNames Lawsuits

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Los Angeles-based Oversee.net , the operator of Internet marketing and domain monetization services, said today with subsidiary SnapNames that they have resolved two lawsuits filed as a result of a former employee's improper bidding activity. SnapNames collects and auctions off expiring and expired domain names to the highest bidder.

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LowFares.com Sees Traffic Jump

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Travel search site LowFares.com , which is owned by Oversee.net, is reporting that it has seen a jump in visitors to the site of 73 percent since the beginning of the year. LowFares said the search engine marketing efforts were the result of additional advertiser relationships the firm has secured in recent months.

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Interview with Josh Stomel, ResumeBucket

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We also allow the users to have a custom URL, for example, resumebucket.com/joshstomel. I went on to Oversee.net, and helped to build that company from 60 to 250 employees. What's the idea behind the site? Josh Stomel: ResumeBucket is a portal that allows consumers to simply put their resume online, within seconds.

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Donuts Starts Rollout Of Domains To Public

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Donuts is based in Bellevue, Washington, but thanks to the company''s roots at Demand Media, Oversee.net, and other domain name companies here also has executives and staff in Los Angeles.