Monthly Archives: March 2008

Sun 23rd March 2008
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Domainers go Shopping during NameJet - In the last few days the auctions at NameJet.com have been very active with many 1k+ domain sales: jogger.com                                    $25,201 careerplan.com                            $22,700 healthcaresolutions.com            $10,700 dmvrecords.com                         $ 8,664 japs.com                                        $ 8,200 starnine.com                       ... read more ...
Fri 21st March 2008
Written by The Domains in EN
Click on a Link, Go to Jail - This is an important story. It effects you as an American, a Domainer and as an internet user. It starts with child porn. I know everyone’s knee jerk reaction once they hear child porn, is put the bastard away. I know. I agree. But you need to understand what went on here. What the government did. What happened here can happen to you, there are many things the government says are illegal, including owning certain domain names, if the Snowe bill passes. So let’s begin. I will comment after ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in IT and tagged
Una mappa con tutti i domini nazionali - Facciamo un breve ripasso con l’aiuto di Wikipedia. I domini di primo livello (TLD, top-level domain) stanno ad indicare l’ultima parte del nome di dominio internet, la sigla alfanumerica dopo il punto più a destra in un indirizzo internet. Per esempio com, org, net. Tra questi alcuni, spesso formati da due lettere, indicano la nazionalità (country code top-level domain o ccTLD), ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Arbitrage with a “Domain Name” Domain - Domain parking arbitrage works. But with a domain related domain? Domain name parking arbitrage brings a select few players massive income. Until recently, individuals got in on the game at Parked.com (until Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) pulled the plug). For the uninitiated, here’s how domain parking arbitrage works: 1. Buy a click on Google or other search engine 2. Send click to domain parking page 3. Earn (hopefully more) when visitor clicks on parking ads Every major ... read more ...
Thu 20th March 2008
Written by The Domains in EN
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE???????? - It been just about a month since the The Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008″ was introduced in Congress. We immediately informed you about the bill, told you that if passed it, the government would be able to take away your property, the most generic of domain names and fine you up to 6 million dollars per domain. We immediately let you know that if the bill passed it would greatly depress all domain values. It would virtual end the domain industry as we know it. We also let you know ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Demand Media Lands in Austin - Media company holds party for its three Austin ventures. Social media and domain name company Demand Media, which owns domain registrar eNom, held a party in Austin last night for its three local ventures: Pluck, which it recently bought for $70 million, Livestrong.com, a partnership with the Lance Armstrong Foundation, and ExpertVillage. The event was held at downtown nightspot Six, which is co-owned by Lance Armstrong. (Armstrong and Demand Media CEO Richard Rosenblatt ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Register.com Loses Register.cc Battle - Battle of the registrars goes to “the little guy”. In terms of size, Register.com is Goliath and Domain-It is David. According to RegistrarStats.com, Register.com controls 2,635,000 domains compared to Domain-It’s 25,000. But David prevailed in an arbitration filed under UDRP by Register.com for the domain Register.cc (first covered on Domain Name Wire here.) The three person panel found that, while the domain is identical to Register.com’s trademark, ... read more ...
Wed 19th March 2008
Written by The Domains in EN
The Street.com: Online Advertising Stays Healthy - In an article published by thestreet.com today, it states that: “Online advertising continues to stand its ground even in a shaky economy” The street quoted Sanford Bernstein analyst, Jeffrey Lindsay, as seeing online advertising growing by 23.9% in the U.S. and 23.3% worldwide in 2008. Although the street noted “that’s a drop from last year’s growth of 25% in the U.S. and 26.3% worldwide, there is no cause for concern,  at least not yet. Despite pessimism triggered by the recent run of ... read more ...
 
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Dark Blue Sea enters into Agreement with GoDaddy to Sell the Domains - According to a report in tradingmarkets.com, Dark Blue Sea, part of our Domain parking Stock Index, entered into a 5 year agreement with GoDaddy.com to sell domain names from its own portfolio. Dark Blue Sea will issue GoDaddy an option to acquire 6.5 million shares of Dark Blue Sea shares at an exercise price of $.65 AU, expiring on June 7, 2013. To exercise the options, Godaddy.com has to sell 45,000 domains of Dark Blue Sea over the same time frame. According to the press release of Dark Blue ... read more ...
 
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Is Google of 2008 like Yahoo of 1999??? - In a very interesting article published by Dow Jones today, the question is asked is Google of Today like Yahoo of 1999. The article states: “”””In 1999, it would have been presumptuous to compare the fledging online search company Google with the world’s most popular Internet portal, Yahoo.””” “””Google of today finds itself in a position similar to the Yahoo of old: Both are quirky-named companies with a corporate counter-culture and a seeming control of the Internet world. ... read more ...
 
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RAMP.COM AT $13k ON EBAY WITH 10 HOURS TO GO: - We discussed the domain auction for Ramp.com at ebay, several days ago. We want to report that the listing has been updated to provide for the trasnaction to be completed in escrow through the attorney for the debtor which owns the domain and which has been ordered sold by the Bankruptcy Court. With this added information it seems like a real sale which the buyer will be protected. Good luck to everyone bidding on this. Here is the updated info from the ebay listing: Ramp.com is owned by Ramp Corporation ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Your Florida Tax Dollars during Work: flhsmv.gov - Florida changes domain name for drivers license site. But it’s still bad. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles changed its domain name this month from hsmv.state.fl.us to flhsmv.gov. OK, so that’s an improvement, but wow that sucks. According to Electra Bustle, the department’s executive director, “This new address is easier to remember and will help identify the department as a government organization.” Hmmm. The original address ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Afternic to Open Auctions to Individual Domainers - Domain sales site to open up auction platform to individual domain owners. Afternic plans to open up its auction feature this year to allow individual domain owners to submit domains for auction, the company disclosed in an online web conference. Currently, Afternic’s auctions only include domains that have met their reserve. I imagine this will work somewhat like Sedo’s auctions, where you can list qualified domains with a specific closing time but retain a ... read more ...
Tue 18th March 2008
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FCC Spectrum Auction nets 19.6 Billion in Bids - A sale of communications airwaves by the federal government to the commercial wireless industry closed Tuesday, after 261 rounds of bidding and $19.6 billion in bids.The Federal Communications Commission has not revealed who the winners of the valuable radio spectrum licenses are The sale has been among the most closely followed in the 15-year history of airwaves auctions as the spectrum being sold has the ability to transmit signals over vast geographic distances and through buildings in urban settings. Commercial ... read more ...
 
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Communicate.com Gets a Good Recommendation from SmallCapInvestor.com - In an article in the smallcapinvestor.com about communicate.com, the author gave communicate.com high marks and recongized the value of domain names in general: “””Communicate.com owns highly valuable Internet domain names. Domain names, although their intrinsic value is difficult to assess, have been sold for extremely high prices. Beer.com went for $7 million. Porn.com was snapped up for $9.5 million. At the height of dot-com mania in 2000, AsSeenOnTv.com was purchased for $5.1 million. Even ... read more ...
 
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Google: Microsoft Acquisition of Yahoo would be “Bad for a Internet” - In a report published on Monday, Google said it was concerned about the free flow of information on the Internet if Microsoft was to succeed in acquiring Yahoo.“We would be concerned by any kind of acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft,” Chief Executive Eric Schmidt told reporters. “We would hope that anything they did would be consistent with the openness of the Internet, but I doubt it would be.” Schmidt pointed to Microsoft’s past history and “the things that it has done that have been ... read more ...
 
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Yahoo Looks to a Future - Yahoo says it expects to roughly double operating cash flow over the next three years and generate $8.8 billion in revenue after costs in 2010.Yahoo says its three-year financial plan support the board’s determination that Microsoft’s Jan. 31 takeover bid undervalues the company. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo Inc. continues to expect first-quarter revenue of $1.28 billion and $1.38 billion and full-year revenue of $5.35 billion to $5.95 billion. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial expect revenue ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
How to Develop Your Domain Names — Fast - Want to develop your domains? Here’s a solution that even non-techies will appreciate. [Editor’s note: this is an updated version of an article originally posted March 6, 2006] Domain parking got you down? Worried about the Snowe Bill and what it may do to your undeveloped domains? Killed by the death of parking arbitrage? It seems most people in the domain industry are finally getting on the development bandwagon. This article discusses a simple way for ... read more ...
 
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Leggo My Eggo! Kellogg Loses Domain Dispute - Food company Kellogg has lost a battle for the domain Eggo.com. Kellogg North America Company, which sells frozen waffles under the “Eggo” brand, has lost a domain dispute for the domain Eggo.com. In its dispute before National Arbitration Forum, Kellogg asserted that the domain name was for sale since it was registered in 2001, probably referring to an Archive.org image of the site that showed the domain for sale at DomainDeluxe. But Kellogg didn’t check ... read more ...
Mon 17th March 2008
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Trademark Applications for “Domain” - A look at some of the more interesting trademark applications including the word “domain”. Filing a trademark or service mark in the United States is fairly affordable, costing as little as a few hundred dollars if you only have one class of goods or services. Here’s a look at some accepted and rejected trademarks including the word “domain”. GoDaddys Domains.com: Graham R Clark of Conroe, Texas plopped down $325 for this application, claiming a first use ... read more ...
Sun 16th March 2008
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NameJet Auction Updates - Here are some notable sales from the last few days at NameJet.com: inbusiness.com $9,110 mortgageproviders.com $6,666 windproof.com $4,900 shippingtubes.com $4,266 ereceipts.com $4,000 freestreamingmovies.com $2,600 seatrek.com $2,433 indiasexguide.com $1,049 Payforcollege.com $1,010 Here are some other NameJet.com sales in the last few days from other people who have posted to the site: toolmakers.com $9,100 tourismofindia.com $8,888 unethical.com $6,700 coloradohouses.com ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
Rick Schwartz on a Snowe Bill - Rick Schwartz made a powerful post on this blog today regarding the Snow bill. According to Rick this is his first and only public comment he is going to make on the bill. It is a must read for all those in the industry Here is a reprint of his post: “”””””””””””” What is the excuse now? Good Afternoon folks, Many of you have wondered why I have remained so silent on the Snowe Bill. What am I supposed to say at this point? It isn’t like I did not see this coming and I ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Ramp.com on Sale on ebay.com - The domain name ramp.com is for sale on ebay. According to the listing the domain is “being sold pursuant to court order” Payment terms do NOT include escrow.com so you will have to pay for it before receiving it. As always with ebay.com do your homework and be careful the link is here Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Sat 15th March 2008
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Microsoft Buys online ad company - On Friday Microsoft announced that they bought Rapt, a San Francisco-based online ad management firm, for an undisclosed sum. The move came three days after Google’s closed on its 3.3 billion dollar, acquisition of DoubleClick. Both acquisitions are a sign of the heated battle between the companies for a share of the growing display advertising market. Since Google announced its intention to buy DoubleClick last April, Microsoft has spent $6 billion to buy aQuantive, an ad network that competes ... read more ...
 
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Yahoo Microsoft Talk - According to the Wall Street Journal, Senior executives from Microsoft and Yahoo met for the first time Monday to discuss Microsoft’s takeover offer for the internet company,  a breakthrough that could be the first step toward a friendly deal between the two rivals. However, no bankers attended and no further talks have been scheduled, according to the Journal report. The meeting occurred Monday near Yahoo’s Sunnyvale headquartersYahoo releases its first-quarter earnings April 22. Google+Michael ... read more ...