Monthly Archives: November 2008

Tue 4th November 2008
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Verizon to Sell and Release Up To 100,000 Domains - According ot FariWinds Partners Press Release,  FairWinds Partners, a member of CADNA, has been working with Verizon Communications to develop and implement an innovative approach to optimizing Verizon’s domain portfolio. “”””Verizon’s domain name portfolio strategy has enabled cuts of over $1.1million in unnecessary spending while at the same time increasing incoming revenue and the overall strength of the brand. Verizon and FairWinds worked together to halt the wasteful registration ... read more ...
 
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Before Meg Whitman Runs For Office She Is Chasing Domain Names - Meg Whitman, the former CEO of eBay, has been rumored to be considering a run for the Governor of California in 2010. But first she is chasing domain names. According to the Sacromento Bee, on Oct. 15, Whitman filed a petition with the World Intellectual Property Organization to claim rightful ownership of five domain names: megwhitmanforgovernor.com, megwhitman2010.com, meg2010.com whitmanforgovernor.com and whitman2010.com. The domains were registered by Thomas Hall beginning on Jan. 28, only ... read more ...
 
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Google-Yahoo Agree to Concessions To Get The Deal Done - According to The Wall Street Journal‘,  Google and Yahoo have reportedly submitted a list of concessions that in an attempt to  appease antitrust regulators threatening to block the alliance. The companies offered their revisions to the U.S. Justice Department during the weekend. The Journal said Google and Yahoo are now willing to limit the amount of revenue generated from the partnership and shorten the deal’s duration. Google’s advertising customers would also be given the option to not ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy Gets Stolen Domain Name Back to Owner - Domain registrar secures popular blog domain for real owner. It’s every web site owner’s worst nightmare: having a domain name stolen and the thief holding it for ransom. That’s what recently happened to MakeUseOf.com, a popular blog about web applications and software. But as in many cases, MakeUseOf.com blamed GoDaddy for losing its domain when it wasn’t the company’s fault. In a blog post on blogger and another one on its site, MakeUseOf.com pins the ... read more ...
 
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GeoDomains Can Profit from Affiliate Programs, Too - Try “local affiliate programs” for your geo domain names. Because of their local nature, geo domain names can be difficult to plug into affiliate programs. There are localized programs such as hotels, but finding dentists, doctors, and plumbers that are using localized affiliate program is difficult. There’s an answer, and it’s detailed step-by-step in Jeremy Schoemaker’s latest newsletter. Schoemaker is a famous affiliate known as Shoemoney. Schoemaker ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Completes Sale of All-In.com for $40,000 - Domain name aftermarket completes sale of domain name to Canadian man. Domain name aftermarket Sedo has completed the sale of All-In.com for $40,000 to a Canadian man. The seller was Internet Media Consutlants SA of Switzerland. There is currently a placeholder on the page, but we can assume the domain name will be used for Poker, as “all in” is a common poker term. It’s a good thing this name wasn’t named by Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear in his assault ... read more ...
 
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Domain Name Got Live Current Cricket Deal - Article details how domain company beat out media behemoths for cricket contract. An article in today’s Globe and Mail, Canada’s largest newspaper, details how Live Current Media (OTCbb: livc.ob) acquired the web rights to Indian Premier League (IPL), a new cricket league. Live Current beat out large media companies, and the article points out that the company’s Cricket.com domain name got it in the door: Mr. Hampson, chief executive officer of Live Current ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy Tests Parking Pages on 404 Pages - GoDaddy tries monetizing error pages with parked pages, but will discontinue practice. GoDaddy is concluding a test in which it ran parked domain name ads on error pages of its customers free hosting accounts. The tests were limited and only showed the ads on non-existent pages of sites that used GoDaddy’s free, ad-supported service. Interestingly, the ads were not part of GoDaddy’s feed but instead a full landing page served by DomainSponsor. In the example ... read more ...
Mon 3rd November 2008
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Wealthy and Smart People Lose Money Too - Their reputations precede them. They stature is recognized around the world. But just like the rest of us, they lose money in a crappy economy. In a report by MSNBC they confirm that Warren Buffett is losing lots of money. So are Kirk Kerkorian, Carl Icahn and Sumner Redstone. They are still plenty rich, but their losses, illustrate how few have been spared in today’s punishing market when even big-name investors, corporate executives and hedge-fund titans are all watching their wealth evaporate. The ... read more ...
 
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J.P. Morgan Lowers Growth Estimates for Online Adveristing - J.P.Morgan reduced its online advertising forecast for the second time in two months. Emphasizing that it hoped it was the last downgrade it would be making for a while, the analysts issued an advisory to investors attributing the downgrade to “further economic deterioration” that is weakening demand from online advertisers. “Since we reduced our estimates on September 4th, we have seen a further slowdown in the economy, particularly in the last two weeks of the third quarter,” “Weakness ... read more ...
 
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“TRAFFIC Down Under” Charity Auction Domains Announced - TRAFFIC Down Under will hold a charity auction of ten premium domain names with the revenue to be donated to the Internet Commerce Association (ICA). The top ten domains to be auctioned off are (the people or company listed after is the one who generously contributed the domain to the auction): LanzaroteCanaryIslands.com – Kevin J. Sinclair CityChicks.com – Anonymous FreeRangeFoods.com – Howard Hoffman AudioCabinets.net – Rick Latona CarbBlockers.com – Fabulous.com FranchiseCompany.com ... read more ...
 
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The Ireland Post: Bad Economy Good For Ecommerce - According to ThePost.ie, an publication located in Ireland,  the bad economy will cause people to look to the net for an increased amount of purchases in an attempt to reduce costs. “””””The smart company preparing for an extended downturn should think of investing in a proper website now. “When people are looking for cheaper products or services, whether it is airline flights or lawnmowers, they are going to go online,” said Martin Casey, managing director of web design and internet ... read more ...
 
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Domain Name Wire Acquires DNW.com - Domain name will forward to DomainNameWire.com. Domain Name Wire has acquired the three letter domain name DNW.com. By acquiring the short, easy-to-remember domain name and acronym for the site, Domain Name Wire will now be even easier to access by web users: they can just type-in DNW.com rather than the longer DomainNameWire.com. “I’m excited about the acquisition of this premium domain name,” said Domain Name Wire editor Andrew Allemann. “Domain Name ... read more ...
 
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Sedo to Hold Numeric Domain Name Auction - Auction to feature domain names with numbers only. Domain aftermarket Sedo will hold a domain name auction November 27 through December 4 featuring domain names consisting only of numbers. Some of the popular domain names in the auction will likely be phone number area codes and popular zip codes. Examples of domain names Sedo will consider for the auction are: -two-to-three-numbered term with a .com or .net extension -four-numbered term with appeal (5000.com, 2009.com, ... read more ...
 
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DomainFight Searches UDRP Arbitration Cases - Search tool scans both NAF and WIPO cases. One of the frustrations I encounter when researching UDRP arbitration cases is that there are two primary databases to search. Most decisions that matter are handled by National Arbitration Forum (NAF) and World Intellectual Property Organizations (WIPO). If I want to look for cases involving a particular person, I have to navigate between both sites to search. This also annoyed the guys at USpeakWeType Technologies, LLC, ... read more ...
Sun 2nd November 2008
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SarahPalin.com Lands on Afternic [Updated} - An auction for SarahPalin.com has started on Afternic, although the authenticity has not been verified. An auction for SarahPalin.com has started on domain name aftermarket Afternic.com. The auction will end November 7 and is currently $501 with three bids. Domain Name Wire was unable to confirm that the person who listed the domain for sale actually owns the domain name. The domain has a private whois record, but based on historical whois records and the nameserver ... read more ...
Sat 1st November 2008
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eNom Phishing Attacks Continue and Morph - Latest attack is seemingly innocuous maintenance notice. Domain registrar eNom, the second largest domain registrar in the world, continues to be hit with phishing attacks. The first attack resembled an inaccurate whois report. The new one is a routine maintenance reminder. What’s interesting about the latest phishing attempt is that it doesn’t compel recipients to visit Enom’s site to take any action. Typically phishing attacks scare recipients into taking ... read more ...