Monthly Archives: January 2009

Tue 6th January 2009
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J.P. Morgan: Online Ads Revenue To Continue to Grow, But Lower Keyword Prices Coming - According to a new report by JP Morgan’s Imran KhanWhile,  entitled “Nothing But Net”, online ad spending is projected to continue to grow. However the report warns that the contraction of the general economy will put even greater downward pressure on the price of both online display and search advertising. “Although the economic news cycle is largely negative, we believe the longer-term secular trends that are driving the growth of online activity remain quite positive, and we expect these ... read more ...
 
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Google Files Patent for Unified Address Bar/Search Box - Company files patent for allowing searches to be conducted in the address bar. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has filed for a patent to allow users to enter either search terms and domain names into a search box (such as an address bar), and having the computer figure out if the search term was meant to be a specific domain name or web site. Patent application 20090006389 was filed last year and just published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this month. The abstract ... read more ...
 
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WhyPark Launches Overhauled Service - New WhyPark platform released today. Domain parking alternative WhyPark launched its enhanced platform today. Domain Name Wire previewed the new platform back in October. After playing around with the system I must say I’m impressed. WhyPark 2.0 (as I’ll call it) is like an incubator for growing traffic and revenue for domain names. It’s ideal for domains that don’t get much type-in traffic and will only generate revenue through organic traffic. Start with ... read more ...
 
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2009 Domain Name Wire Survey Opens - Fourth annual survey open for participation. Domain Name Wire has just opened the response period for its 4th Annual Domain Name Wire Survey. The survey collects domain name industry feedback on the state of the industry, service providers including domain registrars and domain parking companies, and opinions on domain name issues. This year’s survey includes new questions to address changes in the domain market, including a question about domain parking alternatives ... read more ...
 
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Domaining.com Sells ItalianRestaurants.com for $17,000 - Domain is first “big” sale at popular Domaining.com web site. About a month after launching its domain name marketplace, domain news aggregator Domaining.com has sold ItalianRestaurants.com for $17,000. The site charges a listing fee and commission for all domain name sales, and the rates were recently reduced. Listing fees start at $5 for domains under $250 and go as high as $25 for domains priced over $2,500. This listing fee ensures sellers price domains ... read more ...
Mon 5th January 2009
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Nielson Releases Search Data For November - Nielson Research released its November search share ratings by provider today. The research shows that Google Year to Year growth was almost 22% while Yahoo search was down 1.5% and Microsoft Search was down almost 17%, here are the full results Provider Searches (000) YOY Growth Share of Searches --------------- -------------- ----------------- All Search 8,075,564 9.6% 100.0% Google Search ... read more ...
 
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China Cracking Down On Google, Baudi & Others For Porn - According to Reuters, China has launched a crackdown on websites, with officials accusing search engines including Baidu and Google of spreading pornography and vulgarity, saying repeat violators and those that had a “malign influence” might be exposed, punished or shut down. China’s Ministry of Public Security and six other government agencies announced the campaign at a meeting on Monday, state television reported, showing officials hauling digital equipment away from one unidentified office. The ... read more ...
 
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Register.com’s Customer Service Lie - J.D. Power should reconsider Register.com’s call center award. Domain name registrar Register.com likes to tout its J.D. Power and Associates call center certification. Perhaps their call center representatives are friendly, but the company’s policies make it difficult to get trivial things done. If you’ve ever had a domain at register.com, you know they require you to call their call center to get transfer authorization codes to move your domains to other ... read more ...
 
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Dough! Mrs. Fields Loses 1800cookies.com Case - Cookie and gift seller loses arbitration for domain 1800cookies.com. Cookie and gift company Mrs. Fields has lost an arbitration case at National Arbitration Forum for the domain name 1800cookies.com. Mrs. Fields has a trademark for 1-800-Cookies, which is its primary phone number for ordering. It also uses the web address 800cookies.com. But the arbitration panel found that the owner of the domain registered it before Mrs. Fields had rights to the trademark. This ... read more ...
 
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Mystery Domain Auction Shuts Down - Mystery Domain Auction has shut down. After just 4 short days, John Motson has shut down his controversial Mystery Domain Auction site, according to a blog post on his site. Apparently Motson was worried about both legal issues and technical problems toward the end of the auction. I would be somewhat surprised if PayPal would allows ist service to be used for the site. And the technical problem — processing bids toward the end of the auction — would have been ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Advertises to a Mainstream, Update on New TLDs - Ad in The Economist likely the first of many. As I finished the Christmas Double Issue of The Economist, I flipped through the final pages of ads and was surprised to see this: Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) promised to do mainstream marketing for the launch of new top level domains, and this is the first ad I’ve seen. The tag line on the ad reads “New Generic Top Level Domains – Openness, Change, Innovation” I hope ICANN takes ... read more ...
Sun 4th January 2009
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iMode.com Starts a New Years off Selling for $17K during SnapNames.com - While you were trying to get over your hangover on New Years Day, the domain iMode.com sold for $17,001. iMode.com was on our first list of top Snapnames domains. In a couple of other notable sales: Slade.com sold today at Snapnames.com for $6,258 Over at Namejet.com solarguide.com sold today for $3,200. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Coming To An Interstate Near You, Pay To Use Public Highways? - Off the topics of domains, but a thought I wrtie about a trend I’m seeing around the US, which may effect everyone of you in the NEAR future, is paying to use previously free interstate highways. In Miami a month ago, the state took the two left lanes of I-95 and blocked them off, restricting their use to those having a “Sun Pass”, an electronic toll collector which was used for previously to pay the tolls on toll roads without using cash. This left 3 lanes for use for free on the busy federal ... read more ...
Sat 3rd January 2009
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Browser Wars: Internet Explorer Falls Under 70% Usage - Net Applications released updated global browser market share numbers today, indicating that Internet Explorer is losing users at an accelerated pace. The browser’s share dropped from 69.77% in November to 68.15% in December. Firefox gained more than half a point and ended up at 21.34%, Safari approaches the next big hurdle with 7.93% and Chrome came in at 1.04%, the first time Google was able to cross the 1% mark. Opera remained stable 0.71%. Over the past 12 months, IE gave up 7.9 points of ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Publishes It’s Annual Report: Here is Ours - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN, published it’s annual report, The report puts a bright face on what ICANN calls the “organization’s achievements and progress during 2008″ The report highlights the three major initiatives ICANN has undertaken this year: the process for introducing new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to the Internet; the introduction for the first time of internationalized domain names (IDNs); and an extensive Improving Institutional Confidence ... read more ...
Fri 2nd January 2009
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Has a Net Killed Brick and Mortar Retailing? - According to a new report by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), up to 73,000 brick and mortar retail establishments could close in just the first half of 2009. The ICSC says there was a net loss of about 33,000 retail establishments in 2008. In making its prediction for 2008, the ICSC pointed to the national chains like Sears and Talbots, which already announced plans to close hundreds of stores, as well as the bankruptcy or liquidation of big chains like Circuit City, Linens’n ... read more ...
 
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Top Domains At SnapNames.com: Jan 1 Edition - Here is our second list of our top picks for domains available for backorder, or at an opened auction at SnapNames.com You can simply click on the link to backorder: cruises.org cif.com traveltips.com bargained.com lowerdebt.com letteropener.com hotelrecommendations.com rentalpackages.com poisonoussnakes.com campusclassifieds.com smartasset.com baseballsportsbook.com hotcurry.com 10018.com keymarket.com hongkongvacation.com goodkid.com californiapersonals.com streetnames.com tieclips.com zerocarbonemissions.com greatvideogame.com basketballsportsbook.com punishable.com harley.net sportsticket.com foodbars.com parkme.com australiansportsbook.com quartzwatch.com funs.com htmlprogramming.com corporateevents.com newyorkoffice.com Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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Mystery Domain Auction Isn’t About Domain Names - My take on MysteryDomainAuction.com. John Motson of DNxpert.com launched his MysteryDomainAuction.com web site yesterday, and a blogging firestorm ensued. But before I get into that, let me tell you the backstory. About a month ago Motson e-mailed me to say he was now giving away his eBook about domaining that he previously offered for sale. Having reviewed the book, I thought it was certainly worth downloading for free. Motson didn’t hide that he was giving ... read more ...
 
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5 Domain Name Resolutions for 2009 - Here are my five New Year’s resolutions for 2009. I’ve never broken a New Year’s resolution. That’s because I set the bar low, such as vowing not to eat seafood (I don’t eat the stuff anyway). But this year I’m going to lay out on the line 5 resolutions related to domain names. 1. I will launch my first Geo Domain site, Lakeway.com. I’ve been working on the site for a while, and you can see a shell online now. I’m still waiting for a few customizations ... read more ...