Monthly Archives: November 2008

Mon 17th November 2008
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Shares of Chinese Search Engine Giant Baidu Tumble $45 On Drug Ads By Unlicensed Providers - Shares of Chinese search engine operator Baidu.com, got pounded today due to a report by China’s state television network that Baidu may have let unlicensed health clinics buy popular medical ad keywords on its search engine. Shares of Baidu fell $4480, or 25%, to close at $134.09, in afternoon trading. Earlier, the stock traded as low as $130.51, its cheapest price since May 2007. Sterne Agee Leach analyst James Lee said Monday that a report by CCTV over the weekend into medical malpractice in ... read more ...
 
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Mark Cuban Charged With Insider Trading - The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the SEC has charged Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban with insider trading related to sales of Mamma.com. Mr. Cuban was also a major shareholder in Tucows.com, but divested himself of those shares. More to come Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Live Current Reports Earnings - Live Current Media Inc. a member of our Domain Stock Parking Index announced earnings for the third quarter, ending September 30, 2008. Here are the highlights Record Q3 revenue of $1.95 million, driven by significant sales growth in the health and beauty segment. Record Q3 Perfume.com revenue of $1.93 million, an increase of 29% compared to Q3 of 2007, marking the fourth consecutive quarter with quarterly year-over-year revenue growth of more than 27%. Also in this quarter ... read more ...
 
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Hybrid.com on Auction At GreatDomains.com - Sedo, today announced that it is brokering the sale of Hybrid.com, one of the most highly sought-after domain names in the automotive sector today. Hybrid.com will be featured on Sedo’s premium auction platform, GreatDomains.com, taking place December 4th through the 11th. The hybrid vehicle market continues to grow even in a slow economy, and auto-industry forecaster J.D. Power Associates expects hybrid vehicles to make up 4.6 percent of the total new ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Improves Security of Escrow Process - Online account interface makes spoofing more difficult. It has been a while since I’ve sold a domain on Sedo, so I noticed a new security enhancement today when transferring a domain to a buyer. The security problem was that Sedo’s escrow process used to be handled exclusively by e-mail. After Sedo received funds, the seller received an email with instructions for transferring the domain. This e-mail could be spoofed (indeed, I recall reading about at least ... read more ...
 
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Parked.com Adds New Countries to Yahoo Feed - Support should help boost earnings in foreign markets. One of the difficulties of providing a parking service based on Yahoo’s advertising feed is that it doesn’t cover as many countries as Google’s feed. But the list of countries supported is expanding. Recently, domain parking company Parked.com added several new supported regions on its main Yahoo ad feed: -India -South East Asia Market: Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, and Indonesia -Latin ... read more ...
 
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One and Two Character Domains Coming to .Mobi - ICANN approves short domains for .mobi. ICANN’s board has approved the release of one and two character second level domains on the .mobi top level domain. dotMobi announced the decision today and said it will release the domain names in a request for proposal process rather than an auction. This is a smart move — it’s imperative for the long term viability of .mobi that these domains are used as real web sites rather than just held for resale. For example, ... read more ...
 
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Common Sense Comes to Kentucky - Finally, someone with common sense lays the hammer on Kentucky’s Governor. A Kentucky appeals court has granted a motion to stay the forfeiture hearing for 141 gambling related domain names until it can hear arguments. Of course the appeals court could still make a blunder, but this is further proof that U.S. courts eventually get most things right and prevent injustice. Although painful and expensive for domain owners, the fact that U.S. courts have a good appeals ... read more ...
 
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Live Current Media Running Low on Cash - Domain name company faces serious cash crunch. Live Current Media (OTCbb: Livc.ob), owner of such prized domains as Cricket.com, Perfume.com, and Brazil.com, faces a serious cash crunch. The company reported earnings and released its 10-Q over the weekend, but it’s the balance sheet that demands the most attention. For the quarter ending September 30, 2008 Live Current generated $1,954,684 in revenue, with nearly all of it coming from its Perfume.com operations. ... read more ...
Sat 15th November 2008
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AfterMarket Releases Live Domain Auction List From TRAFFIC Down Under - AfterMarket Announced it’s list of Domains to be Auctioned off at TRAFFIC Down Under on November 20th. Bidding on the auction is actually opened, online, on the list of 100 domains, including many top .com.au domains. In announcing the list, Aftermarket says it made the determination to limit the top reserve price to $50,000 and include many low and no reserve domains, due to the economy. “We found far better DEALS in the lower ranges than we found in the upper echelon. This is the effect of ... read more ...
 
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Kentucky Appeals Court Stops Action On Kentucky Domain Seizures - The Interactive Media Entertainment Gaming Association (iMEGA) has announced that the Court of Appeals of Kentucky has granted a motion to stay the forfeiture hearing for 141 Internet domain names. The order issued yesterday prohibits Wingate from holding a forfeiture hearing scheduled for Dec. 3 and stays all action until oral arguments are held before the Court of Appeals on December 12th. “We’re pleased that the Court of Appeals has given us the opportunity to challenge these seizures,” ... read more ...
Fri 14th November 2008
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ACLU, EFF and CDT File Amicus Brief In Kentucy Domain Seziure Case - Three civil libertarian groups, unassociated with the domain industry or the gambling industry, joined together to file an Amicus (friend of the court) brief with the Kentucky Appeals Court, (pdf file) on the Domain seizure action. The Brief was filed by the ACLU of Kentucky, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT). The brief makes several key points. First the seizure order is over broad, and would  infringe on the first amendment right of the ... read more ...
 
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Here We Go Again: Now Enom Has A Site To Sell Its Own Domain Inventory: Where Did These Domains Come From? - Following on the heals of Tucows launch of YummyNames.com,  to sell expired domains of its customers, Tucows elected to keep, today we notice that Enom has launched  AcquireThisName.com. Enom is not taking credit for this site, at least not directly. If you click on the “about us” link you get this: Q: Do you own the domains you sell? A: No, we represent the domain owner and facilitate the sale of the domain. Q: Is AcquireThisName a domain registrar? A: No, AcquireThisName ... read more ...
 
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Aftermarket.com Traffic Down Under Auction Underway - Live auction kicks off online today, live next week. The Aftermarket.com live auction at the Traffic Down Under conference in Australia has begun. Domains are finalized and bidding is now available on the Aftermarket.com site. Lots will begin closing when the on-site auction in Australia begins on November 20th and 8:30 a.m. local time. That’s 5:30 PM EST on November 19. Aftermarket.com is offering a text message reminder service to notify you when the auction ... read more ...
 
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Exclusive: Preview of New EVO Landing System - EVO Landing releasing new system that allows domain owner to fully customize web sites. EVO Landing is releasing a new version of its domain development system. Yesterday I got a preview of the system with EVO Landing co-founder Mark Michael, and I was very impressed. If you aren’t familiar with EVO Landing, it is a service to auto-generate content based web sites on your domain names. But the new release goes far beyond that, turning EVO into a fully customizable ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Cuts EstDomains, Spam Down 75% - ICANN moves forward with de-accreditation of EstDomains, related spam host cut off. Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is moving forward with terminating EstDomains, a domain registrar managing about 280,000 domain names. EstDomains had come under fire for managing a high amount of domain names used for spam, spyware, and other nefarious activities. EstDomains was a reseller under Directi, parent company of domain parking provider Skenzo. ... read more ...
 
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Ng Steps Down, Kupietzky Promoted to President of Oversee.net - Kupietzky promoted, Ng to leave CEO position and become Chairman of Board. Jeff Kupietzky Domain Name Wire has learned that later today Oversee.net will announce that Jeff Kupietzky has been named President of the company. Oversee.net is parent company of DomainSponsor, Moniker, and SnapNames. Kupietzky had been Executive Vice President as well as General Manager for DomainSponsor. Kupietzky will take over day-to-day operations as Oversee.net co-founder Lawrence ... read more ...
 
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Domain Name Tasting Down 84% - Domain tasting is down 84% since ICANN implemented its 20 cent fee. In June ICANN approved a budget measure designed to curtail domain name tasting (registering a domain, checking it for traffic, and then deleting it within the first 5 days for a full refund if traffic wasn’t high enough) and domain kiting (registering a domain and then serially deleting it and re-registering it every 5 days to avoid paying registration fees). The budget measure called for the 20 ... read more ...
 
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BMEzine Files Response to BME.com Lawsuit - An update to the ongoing saga over BME.com. BMEzine.com’s home page. BMEzine has filed a response to Gregory Ricks’ lawsuit over the domain name BME.com. Here’s a quick history: -In August, Gregory Ricks lost the domain name BME.com in a WIPO decision under UDRP. Although it is a generic three character domain name, he had a picture and ads related to tattoos and body modification. There is a popular web site called BMEzine.com about tattoos, body modification, ... read more ...
Thu 13th November 2008
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PubCon On Effective Domain Strategies & Trademark Laws and Domains - The Pubcon show, Webmaster World, is going on in Las Vegas this week. There are some interesting sessions and some transcripts coming out of those sessions you can check out The first one is on the topic of effective domain strategies. The Panel was comprised of Jeremy Wright, CEO, B5Media; Jeff Libert, CEO of DirectoryCompany.com; Grace Della, CEO of Ten Golden Rules and Victor Pitts VP of Sales Client Services for  Moniker. The second panel was to discuss trademarks and domain names and the legal ... read more ...
 
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Dangerous.com during $13,433 during NameJet.com - The domain Dangerous.com is in a closed auction at NameJet.com and with a day to go the high bid is currently $13,433. There are 249 bidders registered for this auction so the domain could go much higher. My guess is $22,500 as a final price Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Microsoft’s “Paying People To Click” is Working: But How Well? - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that paying people to use its Internet search engine is attracting new consumers, although there is little evidence that those people are making a habit of it. Under Microsoft’s Cashback program, the company rewards shoppers with rebates from a few cents to $20 or more on items they find using its Live Search engine. When Microsoft began Cashback, the company said it would measure its success by the number of items advertised in the system, growth in its share of searches ... read more ...
 
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Spam Hosting Company Taken Down - According to reports, the volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide dropped drastically today after a Web hosting firm identified by the computer security community as a major host of organizations allegedly engaged in spam activity was taken offline. The company, McColo Corp is located in a 30 story office tower in downtown San Jose, Calif. Security experts have found that McColo is home to servers that serve as a gateway for a significant portion of the world’s junk e-mail. Two Internet providers ... read more ...
 
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ENOM Starts “Business Listing Service” For Domains - Enom just announced a new service for domain names called the “Business Listing Service” for $20 per year, per domain. According to their announcement: “”””Enom.com says Business Listing service is an incredibly easy and cost-effective way for you to increase your online visibility and boost website traffic Use the power of your domain and enhance your domain registration information, which may be visible to millions of people searching for businesses just like yours. Add relevant contact ... read more ...
 
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WhoCanISue.com? Maybe This Guy - Driving back to Florida last week,  I couldn’t help notice a couple of billboards for the domain WhoCanISue.com. Then a few days ago I saw some bus stops and benches for the same domain around town. So I did what any good domainer would do, ran to see if the dom ain, CanISue.com was registered. Not surprisingly the domain was registered and of course, not to the same company paying all that money for the billboards and bus stop advertising. I was also not shocked to see, when I visited CanISue.com, ... read more ...