Monthly Archives: January 2009

Sun 11th January 2009
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POOL.com Top Drop List Is Full Of Trademark Infringing Domains - Everyday pool.com sends out a list for the Top Deleting Domains for the next day. If you check out Pool.com “Top Deleting Domains” list for tomorrow, I think you will see a common theme, trademark infringing domains. Actually out of the 30 domains listed, over half, 18 by my count, are bang on trademark infringing domains. I understand that if a domain is scheduled to drop, it’s going to drop, but why advertise them and send out a newsletter highlighting such crap? Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Notable NameJet Domain Sales - Here are some notable sales from NameJet for this past week: Coto.com                   $5,100 LinkWorld.com           $3,300 Publicschools.org       $3,001 DiscountLuxury.com  $2,544 HobbyShow.com         $2,200 AntiAgingSpa.com      $2,190 AllProperties.com       $1,902 ColdAndFlu.com         $1,700 Marya.com                  $1,601 PriceKiller.com            $1,417 ThePavilion.com         $1,250 Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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Our Top Domains Picks At SnapNames.com: Jan 11 Edition - The following domains are our top picks for domains either currently at auction, or up for backorders at Snap. You can simply click on the link to backorder: These are already at auction, but you can still join these auctions. Check the individual listings for the closing dates and current high bids: flipping.com premiumgifts.com vuj.org exf.org nzv.org qfe.org These are not at auction yet, but will be dropping soon, click to back order: tuition.com ferriswheel.com letteropener.com 9y.org makemillions.com pricewar.com 4141.com punishable.com uxux.com governmentjobs.org electrify.com fastview.com hotcurry.com rentalpackages.com livefriend.com 18thbirthday.com glenmont.com weekendsale.com visitbethlehem.com 48150.com fantasticlinks.com Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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NamePros Cited in ISO.mobi Domain Arbitration - Content on popular domain forum cited as evidence of bad faith. Domain name forum NamePros was cited in the recently decided arbitration case for ISO.mobi at World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). According to the complainant, International Organization for Standardization ISO, the owner of ISO.mobi offered some of ISO’s other trademarks in domain names for sale: An offer to sell the disputed domain name was made on the website “www.namepros.com”. ... read more ...
Fri 9th January 2009
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Live Domain Auction For Adult Internet Show Is Released - The live domain auction for the adult Internext show in Las Vegas was released today. This is a preliminary list and is subject to change. The auction will be held on Tuesday, January 13, 3:00 p.m. PST, 6pm EST and remote bidding will be available through the SnapNames.com interface. The reserve prices are stated in ranges. Warning (especially in China)  the following domains contain sexually explicit words. 69.net $50,001 – $100,000 adult.net $100,001 – $250,000 adultanime.com $50,001 – $100,000 adultservices.com $10,001 ... read more ...
 
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Google Has Only 1.5 Millions Advertisers?? - According to the New York Times blog, Google had 1 million advertisers in 2007, 600,000 in 2006 and 360,000 in 2005. At that rate, UBS Analyst Ben Schacter told the Times, Google probably had between 1.3 million and 1.5 million advertisers by the end of 2008. Between 2003 and 2007, Google advertisers spent, on average, about $16,000 per year and according to the article, that figure changed little between 2003 and 2007. “””In a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, ... read more ...
 
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China Widens Crack Down On Sites For Porn, Now Targeting MSN and 13 Others - We reported a couple of days ago, that China threatened to punish or shut down 19 sites including Google and Baidu, for allowing “vulgar content” to appear on its sites, unless they quickly purged the offensive content. Today China, called out another 14 sites, including MSN.com for the “large amount of inappropriate images on its film channel and some “selected pictures” in its social messaging section. The Chinese government says it has a number of “cybercops” which monitor all major ... read more ...
 
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It’s Great To Be A Florida Gator - As a proud member of the Gator Nation, I have to brag on my boys winning their second National BCS Football Championship in the last three years, by defeating a very good Oklahoma Sooners team, in Miami Thursday night, 24-14. Tim Tebow, Percy Harvin and a stellar defense, made Coach Urban Meyers, the first coach to win two BCS National Championships. As we all know great achievements are hard to accomplish.  At times like these I think of all the sports fans who never get to experience victory.  ... read more ...
 
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DOMAINfest, Domainer Mardi Gras on Horizon - Two domain conferences on agenda for next 6 weeks. Domain industry professionals have two conferences on the agenda from now until the end of February. In less than two weeks, DOMAINfest kicks off in Hollywood, California. DOMAINfest, organized by DomainSponsor, is the largest industry conference by attendance. DomainSponsor will spend about $1 million organizing the show, including parties at Universal Studios and the Playboy Mansion. The conference starts January ... read more ...
 
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Rod Underhill Named WhyPark Advisor - Co-founder of MP3.com becomes senior advisor to WhyPark. Domain Name Wire has learned that Rod Underhill, one of the founders of MP3.com, is joining domain parking alternative WhyPark as a senior advisor. The company will make an official announcement on Monday. Underhill is an attorney who gained fame as co-founder of MP3.com, which skyrocketed to a $6 billion valuation during the dot.com boom. He has also co-authored two “Idiot’s Guide” books, including ... read more ...
 
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Celebrity Domain Names: Meg Whitman, Conde Naste [Updated] - Two celebrity domain name scuffles get media attention. Can’t bid for her name. Two stories hit the online world today about pseudo-celebrities battling to get their names as domain names. First, there’s an Associated Press article about former eBay CEO-turned-politician Meg Whitman. She filed for WIPO arbitration to get MegWhitman.com. The case was terminated because WIPO determined she was not famous enough for her name to be a brand. [The original version ... read more ...
 
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VeriSign Notifies Registrars About Domain Tasting Changes - VeriSign sends notice about changes to add grace period rules. As required by a new ICANN policy, VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has notified its registrars about changes to the Add Grace Period policy. These changes were made to limit the practice of “domain tasting”, which is registering a domain and returning it for a refund within the grace period if it doesn’t deliver enough traffic. The text of the notice is below: Please be advised that ICANN formally announced ... read more ...
 
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Domain Arbitration Doesn’t “Get More” Crazy Than This - Denmark company tries to grab GetMore.com domain name at arbitration. Picture this. You own an online electronics store called GetMore.dk. After a few years you realize you probably should own GetMore.com as well. So you find out the owner of the domain has listed it for sale on Sedo. You try to negotiate but the owner wants too much. Who you gonna call? WIPO. That’s what GetMore A/S, owner GetMore.dk did. It filed an arbitration case for GetMore.com. It ... read more ...
Thu 8th January 2009
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Sign of a Times: NASDAQ Starts Bailout Index - According to USA TODAY, the NASDAQ started the Government Relief Stock Index, that tracks the performance of publicly traded companies that have accepted government bailout money, under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Currently index is comprised of 24 companies, but more will be added as additional companies accept TARP money from the Government. Some of the companies in the index are GM, AIG, Bank Of America and Goldman Sachs. The index began with a value of 1,000 on Monday and by the ... read more ...
 
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Asset Protection Company Urges All To Register & Host Domains Outside Of US - The Sovereignsociety.com, a group whose fundamental purpose is to give advice regarding asset protection, issued an advisory yesterday, telling its members, that in light of the Kentucky Domain Seizure, they should register and host all of their domain names outside of the US. In its post, the SovereignSociety, in calling the Kentucky seizure action a “trade war”, since the Commonwealth is attacking 141 online gambling sites, while protecting the online gambling site operating in Kentucky, TwinSpires.com, ... read more ...
 
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Verizon Wireless Picks Microsoft Over Google - Verizon Wireless announced a five-year deal with Microsoft to be the default search provider on the wireless carrier’s phones, as well as handling mobile advertising services.Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the deal Wednesday in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show. Effective in the first half of 2009, Microsoft will power search on Verizon’s mobile portal as well as local and Internet search on the carrier’s feature phones and smartphones. Depending on the device, Microsoft Live ... read more ...
 
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Ping Golf Loses Ping.me Domain Name Arbitration - Golf equipment manufacturer loses questionable attempt to acquire domain name. When I saw that Ping.me was in arbitration at National Arbitration Forum, I correctly assumed that Ping Golf was behind the dispute. Ping Golf has been aggressive acquiring other domains including “Ping” in the past. The good news is domain owner Pingify Networks Inc. won the battle for the domain it paid $12,500 for in the .me sunrise auctions. The bad news is the interpretation ... read more ...
 
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.Me Domains Getting Developed…Slowly - Some .me domain names now resolving to “real” web sites. It’s one thing for a “new” domain extension to sell well when it launches (.eu, .mobi). The true test if a domain will retain long term value is if it is actually used and embraced on the web. As you know, I’m not a fan of .me. Yeah, it’s a cute play on domains. But once ICANN releases new top level domains, .me will just be “another domain”. A country code domain at that. .You, anyone? ... read more ...
 
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NameKing Still King of Domain Tasting - Registrar NameKing still biggest domain taster, but numbers declining. Domain registrar NameKing.com is still the king of domain tasting. NameKing, a subsidiary of Oversee.net, continues to drop nearly 1 million .com domains during the add grace period each month. As I predicted, ICANN’s budget measure to stem domain tasting curtailed the practice but did not eliminate it. The graph below shows the number of .com domains NameKing dropped during the add grace period ... read more ...
 
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Live Current Looks to Sell More Domains, Malaysia.com Whois Changes - Live Current Media seeking offers on more premium domain names; whois information for Malaysia.com changes. Live Current Media (OTCbb: LIVC.ob) is considering selling Yen.com, Body.com, Mouse.com, Keyboard.com and Leisure.com to raise much need cash, Domain Name Wire has learned. Any sale would “clearly depend upon receiving offers that meet our price expectations”, Chief Corporate Development Officer Mark Melville informed me via e-mail. In October the company ... read more ...
Wed 7th January 2009
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Bobbleheads.com And Sedo.com Get Covered By E-Commerce Times - We are always glad to see the domain industry get coverage in non-domain publications. The E-Commerce Times, just published a story discussing the value of buying a good domain name, highlighting the purchase of Bobblehead.com and Bobbleheads.com last year. According to the story both domains were purchased by Warren Royal, last year at Sedo.com for $29,112 and $36,000, respectively. The story notes: Mr. Royal is quoting as saying “””the domain purchases, he said, likely will pay themselves ... read more ...
 
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The .ORG Registry Adopts A Domain Anti-Abuse Policy; Allows For Domain Cancellation: Are Your .Org’s At Risk? - Today The Public Interest Registry (“PIR”), the company which runs the .Org registry, announced a Domain “Anti-Abuse Policy”, effective 5 February 2009. In announcing this policy PIR is taking a strong stand against what is defines as Domain Abuse and it gives itself the right to cancel,  any .org, domain registration which is considered to be abusive. From the announcement: “”””Abusive use(s) of .ORG domain names should not be tolerated. The nature of such abuses creates security ... read more ...
 
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Does Sony Listen? I’m Still Waiting. - My Sony Vaio is broken. Please fix it. [Updated: Good news: Sony is sending someone to my office to replace the touch pad. Hopefully that will do the trick.] I’m going off topic here, so bear with me. Last year I bought a Sony Vaio SZ750N for about $2,000. The specs are awesome: 13″ screen, under 4 pounds, screen just a few millimeters thick, and integrated Sprint EVDO. It’s perfect for writing on the go and connecting to a fast wireless network. Unfortunately ... read more ...
 
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FreshDrop Analyzes a Numbers on Expired Domains - Service helps you find good expiring domains. Expired domain catchers sift through reams of data to find the best expiring domains. Over the past couple months I’ve been test driving what may be the best data source for finding high quality expiring domains for the price: FreshDrop. FreshDrop provides a searchable, easy-to-use interface for finding domains that meet your criteria. Looking for domains on TDNAM in Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Pinyin, Turkish, ... read more ...
 
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Companies Have Fiduciary Responsibility to Lock Down Domain Names - A simple, cheap method to lock down domains exists. Public company CTOs need to get on the ball. CheckFree is warning 5 million customers about its domain name mishap last month where its nameservers were changed to forward its web site. All the perpetrators did was get a password to CheckFree’s account at Network Solutions, log in, and change the nameservers to point to another server. This same thing could happen to other companies, and public company executives ... read more ...