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.Com registry says data shows short sellers were way out of line about impact of AdSense for Domains. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) published a blog post this week stating that data shows short sellers were wrong about the impact AdSense for Domains (AFD) would have on .com registrations. Google effectively shut down its AdSense for Domains […]

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Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) published a blog post this week stating that data shows short sellers were wrong about the impact AdSense for Domains (AFD) would have on .com registrations

probably needs a better wording:

1) Verisign published a blog post that there were Verisign shares investors who bet that Verisign stock price will drop (impacted by Google's decission in relation to ads on parked domains).
2) Earlier Verisign had issued a statement saying that its own calculations showed that 2% of its domain base (which was 171.9 million at the time) was parked for monetization.
3) Now, with Q4 drawing to a close, Verisign said the data shows no meaningful change in .com deletions

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My own conclusion is that Verisign stock price seems to have had a normalization after a price spike (probably due to new investors getting these stocks following the Berkshire Hathaway investments in it). And, yes, there are no abnormalities in price there - all looks cushty, and for me (totally inexeprienced in this field) this recent price spike is actually a good "buy" signal.

.. do you own Verisign shares?