Monthly Archives: October 2009

Fri 9th October 2009
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FTC: Were Not Going To Fine Bloggers $11K, At Least Not The First Time - An interesting article appeared at FastCompany.com today talking about the new FTC regulations we blogged about the other day and its planned enforcement of those rules on Blogs and other online marketers. FastCompany posed a bunch of questions to Richard Cleland, assistant director, division of advertising practices at the FTC. While certainly Mr. Cleland statements are not binding on the FTC, it does give some insight on how the FTC is going to enforce the new rules on bloggers. Regarding the $11K ... read more ...
 
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SedoPro Partner Forum Wraps Up in Key West - Successful and enjoyable conference comes to an end. The SedoPro Partner Forum concluded this morning in Key West, Florida. Yesterday started with a couple panels in the morning, followed by an afternoon of wave runners, snorkeling, bike riding, and scooters. After an afternoon in the hot sun, attendees walked over to an oceanfront restaurant for a steak and seafood dinner (see picture below, courtesy of Bill Sweetman of Tucows). After dinner guests went to a 1920s ... read more ...
Thu 8th October 2009
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SnapNames .Mobi 3 Number and 3 Word Picks - Well we haven’t done a Snapnames.com pick post in a while, much less for .mobi domains but here are some pretty rare 3 numbered and word .mobi’s for you. All are in auction at Snapnames.com right now and they all have a least one bid, with the high bid around $100 for each, so if you are so inclined you can click on the link and join the auction. two.mobi won.mobi 234.mobi 250.mobi 450.mobi 470.mobi 475.mobi 480.mobi 650.mobi 727.mobi 767.mobi shy.mobi Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Ticket.com Sells For $1.525 Million On Afternic.com - Afternic.com just announced they have sold the domain Ticket.com for $1,525,000. The domain is owned by BuyDomains.com Another huge seven figure sale for the industry. It will be the 5th highest domain sale on Ron Jackson DNJournal year to date chart for 2009. According to the announcement: “””Ticket.com was promoted through the AfternicDLS global distribution network. The agreement was finalized with the assistance of a BuyDomains Sales Executive.””” Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Another 4 Letter Domain Becomes A Star, This Time For AOL: JSYK.com - AOL announced today the launch of JSYK.com (Just So You Know),  described by AOL as a new tween and teen pop culture blog featuring celebrity news, photos, videos, polls, quizzes and more. The target audience of JSYK.com is 9-15 year-olds. This marks another major media company that has rolled out a major site around a 4 letter domain (LLLL.com) Back In April we posted about Universal and YouTube.com rolled out Vevo.com for a online music hub. In March the Scifi Network announced it was changing ... read more ...
 
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Can a Three Letter Domain Be a Typo? - Dun Bradstreet wins DBN.com domain name. Here’s an interesting UDRP domain arbitration decided by a National Arbitration Forum panelist. Dun Bradstreet Corporation, which operates DNB.com, filed for arbitration against DBN.com. The domain owner didn’t respond to the complaint and lost the case. It didn’t help that his parking page at DBN.com has links for products related to Dun Bradstreet. What’s interesting is that DB claims the respondent is engaging ... read more ...
 
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Scenes from SedoPro Event in Key West, Florida - SedoPro event kicks off. The SedoPro Partner Forum opened last night in Key West, Florida. Getting to the event turned into a bit of a challenge for some attendees. I got stuck on a plane in Dallas, resulting in missing my connection in Miami to the island. I caught the next flight, which had about a half dozen people going to the event. But American Airlines had a few problems — apparently letting people on to the plane who didn’t have tickets — which ... read more ...
 
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Arbitrator Hands DKB.com to Deutsche Kreditbank - Three letter domain name awarded to bank. An arbitrator with World Intellectual Property Organization has awarded the domain name DKB.com to Deutsche Kreditbank AG. The owner of DKB.com, DKB Data Services, had invalid contact information and may have been dissolved — which probably explains why it didn’t respond to the complaint. Arbitrator John Swinson found that the domain was registered in bad faith because it has not been used: The Respondent has apparently ... read more ...
Wed 7th October 2009
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Drew Carey Ups His Bid For Twitter Account “Drew” To A Cool Million - Last week we told you about Drew Carey, bidding up to $100,000 for the Twitter name “Drew” (@drewfromTV) if he got 100,000 followers on his own Twitter account by November 9, 2009. Since the news last week, the number of  followers on Drew Carey account went from around 13,000 to over 50,000. Today according to Mashable.com,  Drew Carey increased his bid up to $1,000,000, if he reaches one million followers on his own account by the end of the year. In the event Drew Carey doesn’t reach a ... read more ...
 
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Google: Ad Recession Is Over - The CEO of Google,  Eric Schmidt said today, that the worst of the advertising recession is over and Google started to see signs of a recovery in May and June. Schmidt said that the largest U.S. Internet search engine has increased its hiring and investment in anticipation of a recovery. “The worst is behind us,” he said. “We’re clearly seeing aspects of recovery, not just in the U.S. but also Europe.” Schmidt also said Google plans to resume its average pace of one acquisition per month ... read more ...
 
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Hot Off The Press: SnapNames Monthly Domain Showcase Auction For Oct Released - Snapnames.com released the full list of the domains for its Monthly Showcase Auction for October which is for “Money and Financial” domains (although there are a few other type of domains in the auction). The online auction which will be held next week, starts on Tuesday October 13th noon EST and closes on Thursday October 15th at 3:15pm EST, in accordance with SnapNames normal closing rules. There are approximately 250 domains in this list making it the largest Monthly Showcase Auction that ... read more ...
 
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Another Six Figure Domain Sale: Freelancer.com - According to TechCrunch.com,  an Australian company that’s been offering freelance jobs online since 2004, using the domain GetAFreeLancer.com, recently acquired the domain Freelancer.com for “a six figure sum”. The domain according to the article was purchased from a private individual who used to run a magazine called Computer Freelancer. So although we don’t know the exact price of the domain,  we can add another good domain to the six figure sales list for this year. Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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2009 .INFO Award Nominations Are Now Opened: 1st Place Prize Is $7,500 - Afilias the .Info registry announced today the opening of the 2009 .INFO Awards. The awards, first created in 2006, rewards the best professionally created .INFO Web sites from around the world. .INFO Site owners are able to submit their .INFO site for consideration until 11:59 p.m. on October 23, 2009. Sites will be judged in two parts. First a panel of judges, to be announced in mid-October, will create a shortlist of final contenders based on select criteria. ... read more ...
 
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NameMedia Launches “Domainer’s Advantage” Knowledge Center For Domainers - NameMedia today announced the launch of Domainer’s Advantage, an interactive knowledge center for domain investors located at Afternic.com. The newly launched service, called Domainer’s Advantage, offers domain investors a comprehensive knowledge center including: Real time domain industry news feed: Stay informed of the latest industry news Weekly domain sales reports: Be the first to know what sold – and at what price Best Practices: Proven tips on ... read more ...
 
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.Org Registrations Grew 11% In First Half Of Year, Making It The Fastest Growing TLD - The Public Interest Registry, the company that runs the .Org registry released today their first bi-annual domain name report, “The Dashboard“. (pdf file) “The Dashboard” revealed that registrations for .ORG domain names grew 11%, up to 7.69 million total registrations in the first half of 2009, compared to a year ago. From January to June, .ORG’s experienced the highest percentage growth rate of any TLD at 5% (.com growth was at 3.2% and .mobi was the only TLD to show a decline in registrations). The ... read more ...
 
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Domain Owner Wins Expenses in Lawsuit - Company sues UDRP complainant, wins, and judge orders complainant to pay expenses. Neon Network, LLC, has been awarded expenses after winning a default judgment against Aspis Liv Forsakrings in a domain dispute. Aspis filed a UDRP case with World Intellectual Property Organization last year to get the domain name Aspis.com, and it won. Aspis.com is a gripe site complaining about Aspis Liv Forsaking, an insurance company. Neon Network filed a lawsuit in Arizona ... read more ...
 
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GetAFreelancer Upgrades domain to Freelancer.com - Work exchange web site improves its image with new domain name. GetAFreelancer, a service exchange for freelance programmers, web designers and copywriters, has upgraded its domain name to Freelancer.com, reports TechCrunch. The purchase price was in the “six figures”. Although GetAFreelancer.com isn’t nearly as good as Freelancer.com, the company was still able to create a good business, scoring over one million registered users to date. ... read more ...
 
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Above.com Optimizes Domain Parking Revenue - Above.com optimizes your domain parking revenue. A lot of people are complaining about falling domain parking revenues. To counteract the drop, they’re turning to domain development. But there’s a simpler solution: optimizing your current parking revenue. I’ve been testing Above.com, a domain parking optimization service, for the past couple weeks. It does as advertised: optimizes your domains across parking companies to maximize revenue. Above.com is a ... read more ...
 
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Domainer Mardi Gras Early Bird Rate Ends Next Week - Best Domainer Mardi Gras discount ends soon. Early bird rates for Domainer Mardi Gras end October 15, so now is the time to register if you plan to make the trip. Early bird registration is $795, but if you also book your hotel room at the conference hotel, you’ll get admission for only $495. The hotel is a good deal, too, so this will probably be your most affordable conference opportunity for 2010. Domainer Mardi Gras (DMG) organizers sent a multi-page brochure ... read more ...
Tue 6th October 2009
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ComScore: Drug Companies “Have Virtually Abandoned Search Advertising” & It’s All Because Of The Government - Maybe here is an reason why some of your PPC revenue is down. According to Adage.com, drug companies, “have virtually abandoned search ad marketing in the wake of the FDA’s online ad crackdown earlier this year.” The Adage.com article cites a study from ComScore, which showed that “paid search ads by pharmaceutical companies dropped 84% between March 26 of this year and the end of June.” Apparently March 26 was the date the FDA’s sent warning letters to 14 drug makers saying that  its ... read more ...
 
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Google CEO Schmidt: We Overpaid A Billion Dollars For YouTube.com - According to Cnet.com, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt said under oath,  that he told  Google’s board of directors that his estimate of YouTube’s worth was somewhere between $600-$700 million, at the same time it went out purchased YouTube.com in 2006 for $1.65 Billion dollars. It’s a very interesting and unique insight to one of the most successful company in the world decision to overspend on YouTube.com and acquire it for a Billion dollars more than they thought it was worth. You can read ... read more ...
 
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Yahoo’s New Program To Lower PPC Click Prices To Advertisers Can’t Be Good For Domainers - According to MediaPost.com, Yahoo has plans to issue a  “variety of tools for advertisers aimed at lowering costs for paid search campaigns” On Friday Yahoo is going to announce it will allow advertisers to participate in its BOSS (Build your Own Search Engine) search program through a deal with Domain Development Corp.,(an Advertiser on This Blog). “””Advertisers will bid within the same search marketplace, Panama, but the ads will appear on third-party Web sites participating in BOSS. ... read more ...
 
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Dark Blue Sea and GoDaddy Get Back Together - Australian domain company signs new sales agreement with Go Daddy. Dark Blue Sea, parent company of Fabulous, has had a rough year. It probably hit bottom back in July, when GoDaddy pulled out of a sales distribution agreement with the company. Perhaps it’s one of those on-again, off-again relationships, as the two registrars have inked another sales agreement. This is good news, given that an outside investor is currently trying to takeover the company. I ... read more ...
 
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Deerhake Says He Didn’t Agree to Sign ICANN Letter for New TLDs - GDNS CEO says he didn’t give permission to be listed as signatory on letter to ICANN. One of the signers of a letter to ICANN that urged swift approval of new top level domain names says he didn’t agree to sign the letter. In a letter to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom, several other high ranking ICANN employees, and its Board of Directors, Stephen Deerhake of GDNS, Inc says he didn’t explicitly agree to sign the letter. The letter that he is listed as a signatory ... read more ...
 
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Yahoo Awarded Patent for Human-Enhanced Search Engine - Yahoo gets patent for human editor enhancements to search results. Yahoo was awarded U.S. patent 7,599,911 today for “Method and apparatus for search ranking using human input and automated ranking”. The patent was filed in 2002. Essentially, this method calculates search rankings based on both automated search algorithms and human editor input. In the patent, Yahoo describes a way that previously-collected input from human editors can be mixed in, or “blended”, ... read more ...